Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-01
Rich NohIemen who are I1seful.

There is often a great advantage to q
town, as well as to the individual noble
man, when the capital of peer is in
vested in some great commercial under
taking, or takes the direction of improv-
ing and developing the town itself. The
Duke of Devonshire, the very model of
4 business man, has Deen doing great
work in the two towns, where he is a
large landowner, of Buxton and East
bourne. Cardiff is a typical instance.
1t was once an insignificant place,
whittier coal was brought down on the
backs of mules to the tiny wharf of a
little creek belonging to the port of
Bristol. 1t was known chiefly to the
traveller as place situated near to the
cathedral village of Llandaf. Now the
relative importance of the two places is
entirely altered; Cardiff is a busy town
and thriving port, while Llandaf is its
suburb, as Clifton is a suburb of Bristol.
The late Marquis of Butte, to whose en-
terprising spirit the rise of this town is
entirely due, possessed, in addition to
some 5000 acres of the Glamorganshire
hills, rich with mineral treasures, large
tract of moorland, desolate and bare, in
front of the small town of Cardiff.
Several schemes were suggested to him
for utilizing this land, and he at last de-
termined on supplying the town with
docks. In this great enterprise the mar
quis is popularity reported, as was also
said of that great commercial Eobleman,
the Duke of BridgwateT, to have haz-
arded almost his last penny; but in the
issue the docks have been successful
far more successful than the canals.
The present marquis was only an infant
when he came into the title. The trus-
tees carried out all the plans of his
father, and Lord Butte, we believe, in
stead of appropriating the vast income
derived from the docks, devotes it to the
further expansion of the port. The
marquis is the owner Of large fields of
smokeless coal which isnoW preferred by
all the navies of the world. Lord Butte
inherits the genius of his father in being
an immense builder and as his house
in his Scottish isle has been recently
burnt down, he will have further op-
portunity for exercising his capacity this
way. About one-half of the great town
of Cardiff belongs to him, of course in
Guiding the castle, which, reconstructed
once, is receiving another reconstruc-
ton. The east end, which is practically
the "west end" of Cardiff, belongs to
Lord Tredegar, and is called after him
Tredegarville. His land RdjOins Lord
Bute's, and he may possibly have a port
to compete with Lord Bute's. A curious
point has, however, been raised to the
effect that the Crown is the owner of
the beach from low-water to high-water
mark, and may on occasion assert its
rights. Many other instances might be
given of the vast commercial interests
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are the property of the Duke of Cleve-
land, might be mentioned. The Duke
of Westminster is, we believe, greatly
engaged in building transactions. He
is the landlord of the two Houses of
Parliament. Within recent years his
Westminster property has been enor-
mously developed, and will soon be
entirely covered with sumptuous build |
iEgs The Earl of Derby owns a great |
part of Liverpool; the Duke of Norfolk
owns a great part of Sheffield the Earl
of Kimberly owns a good deal of Fal-
mouth. Lord Macaulay said, according |
to Mr. Trevelyan's work, that he would |
not exchange his position for all the |
wealth which Lord Dudley had below
the ground, or Lord Westminster above |
it. The town of Brighton affords sew
eral illustrations of our subject. The |
Earl of Chichester has good deal Of |
property in the east end, but being dis |
appointed in an election he abjured |
the place, beyond presenting it with a
cemetery as a solemn warning. He is |
now taking his part in the remarkable |
development of the place.-London En-. !
TIE ROSE OF SHARoN.-The so-caIled !
Rose of Sharon is one of the most ex-
quisite flowers in shape and hue. Its |
blossoms are bell-shaped, and of many /
mingled hues and dyes. But its history |
is legendary and romantic in the high |
est degree. In the East, throughout |
Syria, Judea and Arabia, it is regarded |
with the profoundest reverence. The |
leaves that encircle the round blossoms /
dry and close together when the seasons |
Of blossoms are over, and the stalk, !
whitening completely away at last FROM /
the bush on which it grew, having dried 1
in the shape of a ball, which is carried /
by the breeze TO great distances. In this I
way it is borne over the wastes and /
sandy deserts, until at last, touching /
some moist place, it clings to the soil, |
whereit Immediately takes some moist |
fresh root and springs to life and beauty |
again. For this reason the Orientals |
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