New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-11
MR.. GLADSTONE AT HADDO.
NOTES on HIS JOURNEY AND ON HIS hE-
CEPTION BY LORD ABERDEEN.

,ba, fortnight since be has been the guest of Colo
mol Faroubarson at InvercauId and then of the Earl
of Fife ot Mar Lodge He journeyed TO Invercauld
amid outbursts Of popular enthusiasm. lie spent
his time alike under Colonel Farqnharsons ROOF ana
! Lord Flies amid companies OF celebrities invited 10
meet him. and in whirl of excursions, visits 70 tne
| Oueen nj Bamoral continual publicity at every
moment of the day. aad quick succession OF
| brilliant festivities arranged in his honor. Inc
Scotch papers have reported his least movements
! with microscopic minueness: tho interest OF tner
readers growing IL would seem. by what II feeds on
and tho passion of popular loyalty 20 their leader
| rising daily higher and higher by the time
ho was ready TO leave Mar Lodge for lladdo
| House all Dccsilc and all Aberdeen
shire wcre In glow of expectation. llo hau
been looked for nj laddo on saturday. some com
plcations I believe. with royalty, including Vls'''
not only 10 i,amor,l but to DIrthall postponed h'
departure. and IL was finally settled he should ocsh
what may be called his return journey on Monday
| Tho day, engagements for Mr. Gladstone wer"
sufficiently numerous. To leave Mar Lodge IN tue
| carly morning 10 drive 10 Brlhal and lunch vain
the Duchess of Edinburgh, 10 drive from Brkhall 10
Ballatcr 10 Journey 10y rail from Ballatcr to Apor-
| deem with popular receptions and III some caho'
briei speeches at each way-station 10 face muir
tude az Aberdeen. receive address from the Cor-
| poratlon and make speech; to journey again ny
rail TO Old Meldrum.-morc receptions. more al
dresses and more speeches 10y the way, and at Old
Medium itself-and then to drive with Lord Amer
deem 10 IIaddo House ;--snch was the programme
arranged for Mr. Gladstone. and such il the Scottish
conception of the capacities of Prime Minister OF
sevcnty-fve for what they call repose.
! Uadao House Is place remarkable III more ways
than one There is a story that when the Loru
| Aberdeen known to history as Prime Minister Oh
England grandfather 70 he Lord Aberdeen OF -
dav first came into the property, he stood n me
door of the house and gazed out upon the scene be
fore him in a kind Of despair IT you Know thls
part Of Abcrdecnshlre you know that Nature mas
done nothing for 1t except arrange the grou"l III
urdulatiyns and occasionally lift it INTO hill OF
good proportions She quite forgot 70 provide trees
TIE Prime Minister that to be behcld the nal'e
ness ol the land before him and considered within
Inns, II whether he should abandon the home OF MS
fathers and 20 abroad to live or whether he should
try 10 improve il and make the place into something
J moro attractive. He resolved on the latrer ne
called into council painter, some Of whose lahd-
scalcs may still be seen with pleasure. VIZ. TILES
not "a landscape gardener By profession, b" one "i
those men - whom It has been given to 'nter -"
! inmast councils Of Nature and discern what sAi
vonll have done had she been in the right mood.
! lie aud Lord Aberdeen together planted and la'u
out this pas,, with the most admirable perception
]
! or ENGLAND which owes little to Na'r"e and :"
much to Art The house looks 10 longer on the
dreorv stones and waste stretches Of rolling ground
| which, a. 50 much of Aberdeenshire sfiu docs
Hal,lo once offered to the view. In front tile trees
Oh two side, and hillside here sheep are Feeding
shut N the prospect From the other facade the eye
is instantly carried past gardens skiiilly and
brilliantly cultivated By lons straight avenue to
! tne deer par.. entered by gate h-lf milo
! away and still on by the same narrow avenue 10
tho summit Of this long hill crowned By statue set
AGAINST mass of forest AMI EN- bosoned III toIIa.e
amid which tls eye rests in content. Out from this
central path lead others which you discover As you
advance into glade, and depths Of forest and grassy
drives. Wherever you walk You come upon fresh
b,,uti.s ANYTHING like the stif symmetry Of tree
plautmc which the French We're then aud before
then pract sing has been wholly avoided Nature
has been concliated to parody Bacon phrase ny
obcying her Every tree has been planted, and they
ali seem TO have sprung mp of themselves. lnIeo
axes cover | don't knox how many ~ the 3,ooo
acres included IN the policies. i must say pre-
fer tie English word park,-and thee are drives an"
walks of infinite varit ~ III every di'cooi ana IL
delightful A. they are various.
The house bears an inscription. err into the red
dlsh-grav granite OF which II is built which dates
il in 1739 There existed then. believe. only the
central pavilion substantial threc-storv fabric OF
no great architectural p9erensOns bat excellent III
proportion. with mouldingS and her" and there i
! whole wirdow-casing whISl suggest Italian IN
hueucc \ balcony runs across the entire front ap-
/ preached from the ground at either end by broad
sfalrwavs half-spiral. the curve true comic -ec-
ton: a broader balcony and porch ~ tho middle
| The IMPRESSION is one-simple as the structure Is
OF dignity and even of statcIiness. On ether side
are tvo-tor. wings ut right angles to tie front, but
-tr,t.,r fi.f hufl
ine, rhi make the transition by curves These
Wings are. simply covered with ivy. rs you ap-
nrolch bv the flank OF the hill in front you don't see
I'm. house tiu lust upon H. and am sIro you viii
say if IS one OF the most charming You know, IL ITS
freedom from Alteration and lis admirable ease.
+ Is from this central balcony thar Mr. Gladstone
Will by and by speak. while the KIND % court IN
closed on three sides by the central portion and the
two wings and open on the fourth, Is the arena 10
he occupied BIS his escort; the multitude on foot
beng arranged on the lawn beyond the drive lead
Ing from both sides To he house.
II was known that Mr.. Gladstone could MOI reach
Haddo before half past o. but people began to ar
| rive by noon That may be taken as ore more meas
IRE OF Scottish enthusiasm. They came from long
distances and most OF them in dog-carts or small
wagonettes \ field had been SCI apart for their
| vehicles and there they camped out for luncheoh'
| and after luncheon devoted themselves 10 seeing
everything that was to be seen of these beautiful
grounds II IS not quite clear that there Is anybody
in Aberdeenshire So poorly of rs 70 he obliged to
travel on foot farmer who rents sixty acres ami
has a capital of $4,000 is 4 man Who seldom OF
never does a stroke of work with his own lands
but is always 10 be met driving about IN n gig on
his way TO or from some near " distant market
Many OF the people now arriving are not farmers
| They live in Mcthlick or much further of. Many
of them are laborcrs on the estate. Not shop
keeper in a village for ten miles round who does not
put in an appearance. Ii is their one chance in life