Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-10-18

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urbane waiter in a swallow tailed coat.
Then follows drive in the magnificent
park with its twenty four hundred acres
elegantly laid off and kept in perfection
Thousands of deer, rabbits, pheasants ana
other game seem quietly at home amidst
this picturesque loneliness. From the
castle gate to Snow Hill, three miles, runs
the s.long walk as straight AS an arrow
and smooth as floor, lined on either side
with grand old English oaks whose branch
es meet overhead and "the woven leaves
make network of the dark blue light OF
day.n Almost parallel is the sQueen's
walk splendid avenue planted by
Queen Anne. At Snow Hill we pay our
respects to the equestrian statue OF George
III, and most opportunity remembering
that the day is the ''glorious fourth,' re-
fleet on the obstiuacy of the narrow-mlnd-
ed old king which caused our great grand
sirAs to strike for independence and con-
sequently transmit to US the inestlmable
benefits eff liberty" and 1.-The best govern
mert the world ever saw"
We are so UGH impressed by the Cir
cumstance that party OF Americans
should be sightseeing after this fashion
on this date. that we communicate the in
tpresting coincidence to our companion
able cnaciman. AS his only reply Is, II
beg pardon, 1--WE finally comprehend that
this intelligent Englishman has never even
teart! Of the fourth of July. However, he is
imm. nsely gratfied on our account at the
PASSING of the young Prince Leopold and
suite on horseback, saying, s'YOur people
love to look at the ryal family. Two
American ladies. that drove out yester-
day, waited for hours in the lark to see
Her Majesty, who was bout for barring"
But on we drive by winding, leafy glades,
and where "sott, messy lawns extend
their swells, fragrant with erfumed
herbs.' through tue most beautiful diver
sity of this sylvan scenery. Wepass Cum
berland Lodge, the summer home OF Prince
| Christian; SunDinghill, where stands the
Queens private chapel, and in the vicarage
garden are pointed out three trees, plant
ed respectively by the hands OF Edmund
| Burke, Lord Bolingbroke and the Earl OF
Chesterfield. Just beyond is 1.-THE Vine,"
which is shown to strangers ''for aeon
sidera ton" 1t is wonderful sight.
Raised from a slip of the grape vine at
Hampton Court, which was planted in
| 1863, and said to he the largest in Europe,
if not in the world. This one almost
equals the parent stem although planted
thirty years later, producing IN good
seasons twenty-five hundred clusters,
aver: ging each one pound IN weight. The
fruit, the Black Hamburg, possesses SUI
perior flavor, and is reserved for Her
Majesty's dessert.
| Returning, we have a distant view of the
royal gardens covering an area of thirty
acres; 'Frogmore House, the late residence
of the Duchess of Kent, and the mauso-
| leum of Prince Albert. Then we cross the
| Thames for an hours visit to Elton Col
lege founded by Henry vi. AS we stroll
! through corridors and courts we meet
shoals of boys looking exceedingly schol-
arly in their black robes and tall beavers,
and we recall the fact that many of Eng
lands most distinguished men were once
known as ''Etonians," such names as Wal
pole, Hallam, West, Fielding, Gray, Shell
ley, &C., occur to us, not forgetting the
Duke Of Wellington and Mr.. Gladstone.
Our coachman calls attention to the dis
tinctive dress of ''gentlemen's sons" as
| differing from the commonaltv.
But this long "day at Windsor must
have an end. Reluctantly we give fare
Well look at the castle walls, which are OIL
der than most things-older than Shaks-
peare and English literature-so much OIL
Ger than our America And we shall all
have passed away and been forgotten be-
fore time Can have any effect upon this
almost everlasting stone.
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