Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-02
Rich Rooms.
The Magnificent Apartments Which
have Witnessed Many Histori-
& cal Scene.
The Inventive Genius OF the Decorator
and the Skilled Hand Of the Mas.
ter Workman,
At the Command Of Royal Patrons Weave Together
with Marvellous Cunning Scenes ofLuxu.
rious Splendor.

WIN harfeti0uS cunning scenes OF Luxus
rious Splendor.
Special Correspondence to The HERALD. n
THE WATERLOO CHAMBER,
An immense room is the repository
for the portraits of eminent men, SOW
ereign statesmen aud celebrated mill
tary commanders, who were connected
with the battle of Waterloo. The Grand
reception room is ninety feet long. A
gothic window of plate glass forms
almost the entire north end of the room,
and opens upon a beautiful and EXTEND
ed prospect over the parks and adjacent
country. The style of the room is of
the time of Louis XIV. The floor is of
oak, parquet of oak, being inlaid with
heur-de-lis in ebony. The furniture is
in a style uniform with the room,
heavily gilt, and covered with a carpet
OF Administer manufacture. -Four
chandeliers of the most beautiful design,
with cut glass branches and pendants
At one end of the room is a vase of
malachite, presented to Queen Victoria
by Emperor Nicholas, of Russia, and ON
either side is a Prussin granite vase.
The walls are hung with fine specimens
OF Gobelin tapestry in six compart-
ments' The subject is ''the history of
gason and the golden Fleece"
THE GRAND BANQUETING HALL
is 200 feet long, 81 feet broad, and 80
feet high. The. ceiling is divided into
thirteen bays, each of which in subdi-
vided into twenty-four smaller ones,
and these contain each two shields, en-
blazened with the armoral bearings of
all the Knights of the Garter, from the
institution of the order in 1850, down
To the present time, with references on
each side of the windows. The south
side of the room has thirteen windows.
In the opposite room are recesses, in
which are placed full length portraits
OF the last eleven Sovereigns of Eng
land In the music gallery vt the east
ern end is a powerful organ, beneath
which is a copy of the Coronation Chair
of Westminster Abbey, The furni-
ture is of oak, richly carved, and covered
with scarlet plush, embroidered with
the garter and cross of St. George.
The Guard Chamber is rs feet long,
the ceiling is groined. Both ceiling and
walls are of plaster, painted in imitation
of stone. There are four whole length
figures clothed in armor, with their
lances, standing on brackets. two on
each side of the room, two also at the
south end The date of the armor and
by whom worn is written on the brack-
ct. These
COATS OF MAIL
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mems in the country. There are piles
of ancient armor on either side of the
room, ''including that of Charles, Prince
of Wales, 1920. Henry, Prince of Wales
1912. Lord Essex, 1896. Prince Ru-
| pert, 1856 The room is filled with
trophies of Trafalgar Blenheim and
| Waterloo. The silver shield inlaid
with gold, by Benvenute Celleiri pre-
sented by Frances of France to Henry
| VIII, on the field of the cloth of cold
fixed ia glass case, revolves ona pivot
over the chimney piece. The subject
is Cesar and Pompey; the head of
Pompey, with the ring, is presented to
Caesar, who turns away his head with
horror, and sheds flood of tears.
In the Queen presence chamber the
ceiling is very beautiful, the walls are
wains coated with oak, and decorated
with four SPLENDID specimens of Gobe-
lin tapestery, a continuation of the his
tory of Queen Esther and Mordecia.
This ends the suite of rooms, showed to
strangers.
THE QUEEN 5 APARTMENTS
are on the other side of the QUADRANGLE.
also those used for visitors stavinG at
the Castle. Where there is so much of
interest to see, il is difficult to select.
as what would interest one might not
another. would have spent DAYS wan
dering through these rooms, admirino
these many beauties, instead of a few
hours, hurried through by the guide.
who, no doubt, becomes weary telling
over the same story many times each
day, and often to persons who look at
least, with mouth open, as if they hard
ly comprehended what was being told
them.
In the afternoon we drove to Stoke
Pages, the air was soft and balmy, the
sun behind cloud, and for this once.
added to our comfort. 1t is seldom one
wishes the sun obscured, where there is
much misty weather. A heavy rain
had fallen during the night.
THE HEDGES WERE BEAUTIFUL,
SO clean and fragrant. As we neared
the church with its ''iyy mantled tow
or, and the church wary with its ..vew
tree shade, the perfect quiet that
relSned all about gave one feeling OF
awe as you approached the grave of
the Poet As we opened the rate,
noticed a man near digging a grave.
asked him where Grey was buried. he
pointed to monument, old and dinoy.
close to the church where his mother is
buried, and where it is said che wrote
his eulogy." The inscription was 50
obliterated, that il was with difficulty
you could read anything. The name
OF Grey occurred so often that one might
suppose that several of the name had
been buried there. The church i,
covered with Ivy and very old. Iron
pipes through the aisles for heatinr.
seemed modern and out of place.
As we left the church yard saw il
the adjacent park, beautiful monu
ment, and rs drew near found it had
been erected in 1879. to Thomas Grey
" MI. cIlii, descendant OF VIII
liam Penn, the founder of Pennsyl
vania, who formerly occupied the man.
sion in Stoke Park. Eight verses (selec
tionsl from the eulogy were Inscribed OF
the sides of the monument. We haC
intended returning through the park
but IT Is closed now to strangers. SO ",
took different route, passing Etor
college, which was closed being vaca
ton, and many beautiful homes.
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