New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05
ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSES
~ STATELY YORKSHIRE HOME.


=. comfortable rooms in Yorkshire Or tor 'lae
ne in England, and will say. at the FISK OF
-, tbe clov,u hoof of John Bull too distinctly,
=, % n,ace in the world can thorough comfort
wall realized rs in an English country mousse
.nA n NAV be added that in no other place Is cou
- horsa life understood as 1t is in Engiahu'
TS.-a are NJ the extreme outside, dozen frehcu
country houses modelled on the Engilsh pi'n'
nat IL 10 saw the life in them is-for the new
ton. for all its violence, LETT many nloIo w." :;
aozeu superb chateaus In France. Ih's oii'i =,
very much matter of money, although no' -
% II is indubtable that although "e"l.n -
hans better distributed in France than IN EHe@".'
4 Is very seldom that one sees An es'd
,ha former country carried on IN at al 'ue y anu
.,v,. peo2le are accustomed to here L wiz nOe
make lnvidlous comparisons with inc M.
s,ates because | know that the dUcui'y'
;mpossibility, Of getting servants VINO "'' 80
competent OF respectful, much less oo'"'
life of the wealthy exceptionally o'''oi ." car
Thero is plenty of money. but no genuine soou 81
y Ian.a excellent servants. better eA
80. A.. . .o,oon Of COMPOUNDED tamihSI4S
- :, rDcl.nd arc TO be had aud one Is "'"V
a.,i,ateIv served; bat there Is no' '"0
o,a, Now in this country theIe arc 49,
,hopsauds of people who have town anu .,,,.e
bors,s with horses and carriages anu an I'D
.i,,o of servants all paid, fed' clo'"'u -,
a fond - as il is called. by the head Oh TIC 49,
who also has string of gamekeepers, d" "eN -
edward and baif. with carriers anu law Iao-
che home farm" and often herusin"u I.a.
~. o.,tl.- brredng establishment aud sh 'pneiu'
70 attend 20 the Hocks. There are ga ona
Iook after the pine pples, grapes anu me,on'' -
- ,hare ia an entire fox hunting establishments
,nds terriers horses. huntsmsn, whips helPo'S
- and the Lord knows how many n'''o
.-...rs -, reouring wages. clothing ana peel wv
80 NJ an enormous quantity OF Oeet' "S'0
said nothing about the cloud OF se'NAn'-""9
dairy. aids housemaids, Kltchen'mflu''
maids scullery-maids, tue still-room ihaiu "".
uelstarched hOusekeeper herself No'
n.ccssary to refer further to MS our. 'ln''S
I..,.. ,rb, rnl,s over the wine. and the uhuer
IL bo rrles over and pol shes the plate 10 'n'
sonad Of footmen to the PAGE boy 10 tlo '"''a'
baad coaehman his undet eoachmeu an"
For these latter are of town lie as wei a.
If. and INV psrpose Is now 10 give r.
- .ts,cb Of the immense scale On winch Ing
rsh country houses are kept up - w ~
non IN hear inferior people who are NOT IN It,
-. 90 b,ld mn theiI hands because nohIe-
" .ho came into thirty. forty or fifty thousahu
il starting per aunum when he succeeueu l"
~ nrooertv becomes short OF money ana Hh@"y
. GOES broke" as they say az Newman Nc'' ~
rersons have no idea how very NIUE a''u1l 'P'"
- ., +bere il in thirty thousand year with
-, tho. big houses to keep mp. The margin Is
40 small that an unlucky wear AT Ne"haI'e''
rnsom Goodwood and Doncaster, with nau h"""S
a. whist AT the Turf Cuh, or the travellers "I TIC
Narlborough aud "A downright bad "aLh one il'-u'
:. h,o,,,ot At the Road will more than dispose OF
Ten years of "a peers pocket money HIS ol' "a
nense, 20 on and. short of confesNins To "a screw
iOutr lis
GOT or till brilliant coup brings things found
again.
Tn. owner of the house | write from Is NOT
,..,. only a landed gentleman with about
s;.h+een Thousand sterling n year drawn from an
pnenrumbcred estate managed with consumnate
tact and skill He is the most popular man IN thls
mart of Yorkshire perhaps because although one OF
,be hest and stanchest fellows and soldiers IN the
world he is a downright YOrkshirenian. l. e knows
neriectlv well how TO take care OF himself In any
eompany He never bets or gamblos either with
esros horses or stocks but know that he does not
save money except for one unmarried daughter
His wife is a lady in her own right ahd IL PROVIDED
oi tbe event of his death by settlements. and his
son will take the property by Vlrtue OF the entail
The t,tber has therefore no occasion to lay up
against a rainy dry. II is true that he spends AT
Iea.t 10 rer cent of his rents IN draining aud i'm
and there for mis- tenants but allowing for all this
he has a clear fourteen thousand OF income which
he spends right handsomely in keeping up tins
beautiful old house and handsome Mansion IN
London He is not large preSeryer OF game I've
cause he likes to get Oh well with his farmers lie
does not own OF rent a grOuse-mOOr or deer-ioreSt
but las lust few keepers TO look after bis part
ridges and pheasants He has, it is true, some good
horses for ne is an Master of FOxhOunds. and all
the family ride well across country he has no ex.
travayant tastes in the way of foreign travel or
Yachting. He and his family divide their time be-
tween his town and country houses, and incur no
extraordinary expenses But then these houses are
mary,llously well-kest, aud the owner enerians III
handsome style some of the best company in Eng
land.
To find all ones gu-sts game TO shoot or FISH TO
catch and some Of them horses ride besides feed
ing man and wife servant and maid. and their
horses on a liberal scale. is not Onlv costly under
taking hut Que requiring infinite social tact, not to
say talent. as well considerable industry and
panstaking II need not be so large a scale as
at Badminton where the late Duke OF Beaufort
used to feed during the hunting three hun
bred men and a huge number Of horses every dag,
TO the great reduction OF the present Dukes Income
10 involve all this trouble for a dozen guests
at a time must not only be well selected but well
looked after. G1ests are wonderfully well looked
after here. Whenever | come have my favorite
room given 70 me- and when arrive / see my name
written at full length on large white card which
sips INTO a little flame on the exterior Of the
double doors also see a superb fire flaming in H
sigantc fireplace, genuine norih-country fire.
made with enormous blocks Of that firm. btum-
nous coal called Sllkstone While have been re
ceving hearty welcome my effects have been
unpacked aud distributed in varIous old Oaken and
walnut wardrobes and chests Of drawers. Ny guns
have been given charge of the head keeper my
own dspatch-box is on the taole, and in case ny
servant shOuld have forgotten to pack It up. note