Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-05-19
LONDON IN APRIL.
OLIVE LoGAN's VIEW OF ROY
Atty.
THE QUEENS ARRIVAL AT WINDSOR
nRAUTrss OF ENGLISH RURAL LAND
scAPE-THE PRAcTIUALITIEs
OF THE TOWN.

Correspondence Of th Cincinnati Enquirer.
But let me tell you of the Queen.
She arrived at halfpast six of the twi-
light. The royal train running into the
scarlet.draped station, from which all
but grandees and train Officials were ex
cluded. Lillias and | sat outside in
the basket pheton, and enjoyed the
SIGHT OF the equipages. What splen-
dor here The finest coaches Long
Acre knows how to build; high.hung
barouches on Z Springs, without front
seat or hammer.cloih, because the
horses are not driven, but ridden by
postillions. And such horses Four
exquisite creatures to each carriage,
poems Of horses, Of a finer breed than
Cinderella's grandmother turned out,
which really, after all, you know,
must have been rather poor cattle, or
they would have had more staying
power
A commotion within 1t is, it is the
Queen Be still, my fluttering heart |
In an instant the anointed Presence
emerges. Heavens, how worn and
haggard she looks / wonder if it bc
true that this change of Ministers is a
most terrible annoyance TO her2
"Why, yes TO be sure il is ~ says Lii.
lias. This is exactly the sort of cri-
sis, IN which, in the olden time, the
Sovereign cut of the Minister'S head,
or uice uersa." We spring out Of the
pb@ton ut sight of her, to properly
curtsey as the great lady enters her
carriage. She responds to ours and
other salutauons by a nod, Not a
glimmer OF smile lights up that
heavy face, the Gueiphlc eyes droop-
ing as ii too weighted with the iron
pressure of sorrow to lift the lids.
She is dressed as usual in deep mourn.
ing, with the widows cap inside her
bonnet, and the long Grape veil Imply
hanging by her shoulder like the mast
of u sailing vessel that cannot brag of
a bellyful Of iavoring wind. Inside
her cloak one can see the minever lin,
ing, an enormously costly pelt, for this
is the true royal ermine; the little
creatures are worth about twenty
guineas apiece, and they are scarcely
fs., ssr than a Kitten a fortnight old,
The fur is as white as snow, except at
the black tail, where there is yellow
spot almost US bright as q canary's
wing.
The Princess Beatrice is, as usual,
close by her mothers side we'll
looking young lady OF twenty -four.
Not one Of the Queens children in
hcrits the fathers beauty A great
family resemblance runs through all,
and all look like the Queen. Various
high.born personages are in attend.
ance-Lady Churchill, General Sir
Henry Ponsonby, Captain Edwards,
Of tho Navy, and DIR. Marshal, now
the favorite physician. The anointed
get into tho first carriage together,
and, when they are settled comfort.
ably, n man dressed in q dark, every
day suit Of clothes, and wearing a
Scotch cap, swings into tho rumble
beside the royal iootman, who wears
scarlet, with a Grape band on the left
arm, badge of mourning for the
Prince Consort, which the servants Of
the Queens household have never lett
of.
"You saw who that was 2" said Lii.
las. ..
"Whom do you meani"
"rbe man with the Glengarry cap"
ono"
John Brown"
So of they go at rapid hand gal.
lop, right away from the station and
tho town, of TO tho castle, through q
world Of tender grcenery, for vegeta.
tion in England is just now at that
delightful stage which unites ma.
turc majesty with adolescent charm.
Swcctbriar is in full leaf, and the great
nower.buds Of the rhododendrons are
swelling apacc. Early tulips and hya-
cinths make every garden gay with
color, wbilc not hedge but Is fragrant
with the primrose and the violet. But
II Is the birches that give tho most
beauty to the landscape. They are Of