Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-08-22

COIIlnS OF royalty. IN anOCn6F crypt,
where lay the bodies of John 1st and I'd,
is the chair in which the sovereigns of
England have been crowned for the last
six hundred years. Next the tomb of
Mary Stewart, the saddest thing, is a little
bronze cradle with little bronze baby in
it, the daugher of James II. Edward,
the Confessor, lies back of this cradle
The pavement in this crypt was laid in
1860, and the names thereon are literally
worn off by the multitude of passing feet.
The most artistic monument, though
small, is the one erected to the memory
Of Sir John Franklin, representing ship
encrusted with snow and ice and almost
crushed to pieces, and bearing the in
scriptiOn ''Oh Frost, o Ice, o Snow
1 could not catch the rest of the stanza,
for the ''beadle'' pushed me along; as,
with note book in hand, was the tail end
of the procession there are fifty of us
We left the dim old arches of Westmin-
srer, and, crossing Trafalgar Square,
guarded by Landseer's lions, we took the
Midland train for South Remington,
where we took the Suburban train and
"ChL " GAC III SIdI L d1dCGJ "Il04C w e
spent the rest of the day. We went
through corridor after corridor, with
vines on one side and glass on the other,
catching through the shrubbery glimpses
of terraces of lovely flowers, ponds and
summer-houses. Up stair after stair we
went; through long galleries, with signs
of Refreshments" 'tPaIe Ale,'' F'Ice-
cold n afo rSfh
tions to remember "this is the cheapest
place!' Past booths with jumping jacks
and little crystal vases for sale; past stalls
with guide-bOoks and photographs, dolls
and canaries, candy and popcorn, and
the thousand and one little concomitants
of such a show, even to live bees at work,
whose queen you might see for shilling,
together with the injunction never to kill
bee. There are here bewildering mix
ture of fiower-girls and ancient marbles; !;
efigies of tOmbs from all the ancient Alb
bys, mingled with the most modern sculp-
lures; parrots, programmes and sign
boards, seem to mixed up in endless con-
fusion; together with patent advertise
ments, and exquisite fountains, with new
er a drop of water in them; rare tropi-
cal plants; canaries in cages; sparrows
fitting around; stuffed tigers crouching;
deers fighting. On one side is the Al
~hambra, gorgeous i'll gold, crimson and
purple, and supported by pillars of yell
slow marble, connected with airy arches;
on the~other fac stmtIe of the earliest
Egyptian style. From ,Elizabethian Hall
you pass intothe Farnese palace, with its
priceless marbles, SO grandin their silent
beauty you look up between the yellow
marble columns at feathery palms and
delicate exotics. Enormous hanging
Baskets are suspended high in air above
the balcony; with long dropping sprays
of tender vines. Rare statuary gfeams
through the green foliage, and the very
unpoeticaf perfume eRa&aating from the
eating houses and restaurants fills the air
Here and theresthe dark broIazed head Of
a mailed Knight, of the earliest Christian
era, looms up throught thegreenery.-
Through an adjacent doorway, with the
significant inscription, Glove thy Neigh
bOr," you see in marble an affectionate
group. The bronze monument of Cardi-
nal ZenO is also here, near Michael An
gelo's wonderful piece ofz sculpture,
Moses, withsso many other lovely pieces
in marble, that it is weariness to the
flesh to inscribe them all, in such be-
wildering place; like the good things in
the Exchange, they become a drug in the
memorial market. Crossing the main hall
and passing through the Alhambra you
pass through a magnificent room, at the
end of which is the loVeliest fernery eye
ever beheld. Passing from this, you en-
ter the Roman Coliseum, adjoining which
is the Pantheon, while all around, in
marble, are the sculptured heads of the
celebrated Romans of history. Still far
ther, is the AcrOpOlis of Athens, with cell
ebrated Athenian statesmen grouped
around in three long halls, in all ages and
stages of sculpture and decay. Next came
the Egyptian Court, with its quaint and
curiOusly Ornamented and carved walls
The next is Music Hall, of which 1 cam
not, for lack of time and space, now speak
We sat down to lunch in an open space
between this and the Egyptian Court,
with an endless vista of little of every
thing under the sun on either side of us,
and munched our bread and butter, cold
ham and chicken, with the Sphynx calm
| ly contemplating US.