The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-11

them his hnpplest, for an nuiManb unplt
felt it's iingers itching to graep, v tnIoat Q,
the man who, because ne eoula " rune, lau
Mr. Tlood has broad, liberal i.as-when
"ms or my folks" are concerned ne doesn't
like his plebeian neIghbors TO zoe too near
| him; he doesn't want curious oassefs.Dy,
staring him out OF commentaries he hasn't
forgotten the "owld ancestral hl In me
| native land" when there was
psrlor ard kitchen and parry
And Zig sty-all In one.
| And so he builded with n due Teard for his
| elevation from Jim Flood, h. Kkwhigil the
same means bHrkeepefl. to Jams U. Flood,
Ed. Bonanza King -ailee same6. H.; you
sahe2
lie has a house and lot, the latte containing
u trifle over $4,000 acres. quite n lick garden
pateh, on see, where he can rale sass anu
| things. But Ii Isn't garden seeche Ia plant
Ing -its money. So he Ia not leEing nature
%unadorned. but is just singing slathers OF
pretty things all over his lot-srtticial lakes,
serpsntine walks, drives which wind about
here and there and everyw here, game pre-
serves, labyrinths, fountains, terrace walks.
hron1es, statuary, aud flower tardens tit
for fairies to dws1l In
Leaving the lot just as Edison epctrio light
| changes the whole scene into faiy land, we
will examine the house thereon. / Is OF ir-
regular proportions. the faeades being 100
and $50 feet respectively, with an observatory
100 feet high. There are tnfreta&ld towers.
hay windows and oval windows I line port
coehere. n grand and still u grandg entrance.
verandas twenty feet wide-in act, every
thing which artists could suggest TO con-
tribute to the grandeur ot the building.
Examining the Interior arrangements, they
prove as excellent ne those 81 tho exterior,
and on the same grand scale. Tht basement
noor Ia divided Into wine cellars, lsrders, fuel
rooms. md has also the heating ard v~entilat-
Ing apparatus. The ground hpu contains
| the grand halls and stttircises, tie library,
dining and billiard rooms, conservatory OF
| music, dancing rooms, n eepti0n Ald W
| rooms. smoking rooms, n bitlu's. pantry
twenty feet square, smaller pMtries, ser
wants Offices, etc. When, on tsteniE1ts, the
entire floor IL thrown into one q (aa, With
tha exception Of pantfies aud servants offices,
Il can bp) the spectacle Will be magnificent
indeed.
The picture gallery Is on the second floor.
This room Ii lighted by handsomely designed
ceiling lights ~ stained glass. Theramainder
IF the second floor Is divided int b0udolrs,
guest chambers, family looms, dressing
apartments, and hath rooms, wne;e one. may
laxnriate III the Turkish or Russian process.
The third tlpor Is designed 10 furnish room
for the small army OF servants necessary to
keep the wheels Of this fins establishment
grensed and In running order.
Slowly descending from the heights. tine
mosaic work OF this floors, the nantes OF va
rIons cJlored marbles, inlald ~wtthpnyx, fnala-
titlhf hiNi VhAitt tiN'hiA FNfF''"T tED - J1AA' -
the ceilings. tho variety If tho woods used
the handsome carving and artistic finish OF
the entire building, Ia noted. Passing out
through the Kitchen. which Is formed In one
lofty story. open 10 and ventti tied at 1.-THE roof,
the magnificent conservatory is next visited.
This Is on as grand u sc te MS the house., ana
will always furnish choice flowers In sufficient
ulantiiie tn d%pcOrats all the apartments OF
h ! mausion. The rarests plants will be eul-
ttvated, with blossoms dainty enough to
n lprn either "a bride or Il Is. IL.
Crossing q lawn 10 some distance In the
rear. ana to the right Of the house, the sta
bles appear. They might be mistaken for the
residences Of some of the psopie a trlhe less
favored than has been James q. Flood, Esq,
Il. K, but they are occupied by arlstocratio
horses, which would aniit the air e0ntemptu-
ously at sight Of the stpady-golng family
horse which goes regularly 10 mill on week.
days and to meeting on Sunday. There ars
sixteen boxes and stalls. with oil the modern
appliances for the comfort OF the occupants.
Pfivate gas aud waterworks supply the
entire establishment, and every detail has
been carefully looked after, making this one
of the most elegant private residences In the
world.