The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-23
ChatSWOrth.

rising above the trees behind us, we return to
Rowsley and from thence we drive to Chats-
worth, palace of great modern magnlhcence
Haddon Hall belongs to the mouldy past
but Chatsworth is princely mansion OF the
present day. 1t is splendid establishment,
one of the great show houses of England,
owned and kept up at an enormous cost by
the Duke of Devonshire. The dukes estate
surrounding the palace of Chatsworth Is I'M
auestionably one of the finest IN the world
Il is situated in one of the most beautiful, as
we'll as one of the most fertile districts of
Great Britain. The fence which walls it H.
extends over circuit of eleven miles; 1t is a
little kingdom in itself, an estate of royal
proportions and colossal magnihcence There
are breezy hills and humid dales, murmurlng
streams and sparkling lakes, rugged heights
and smiling plains, Towering shrubs and
grand old trees.
On commanding eminence surrounded by
a park over nine miles in circumference,
stands the Ducal Palace, grand brownlsh-
yellow structure of beautiful architecture
It is of vast SIZE 1t has frontage OF at
least six hundred feet and in parts is OF prob
ably equal depth. We do not know how
many rooms there are; we have not time to
count them to-day, nor do we feel disposed
giving the 'well- got-up, fulfilled" iverled
to tell us. He is a fine man, by the way,
this guide He conducts himself on the
European plan. We only pay for what infor-
nation he gives to us and he only gives us
the information for which we pay. He looks
like bank director and bears himself with
dignity. One would naturally suppose that
he would be MORALLY offended If we should
slide sixpence into his hand, but with all of
his lordly airs he is not offended in that way
He is not an American you know, he is an
Englishman If you really wish to stir up
the righteous indignation of his noble SOUL
Just neglect to give him even little tip.
But here we are in the grand entrance hail.
splendid room sixty Or seventy feet In length
The decorations of its lofty walls are superb
The elegant frescoes with which they are
adorned. represent Caesars celebrated passing
of the Rubicon his death in the senate house
and SO on. We would like to carefully exam
inc the adornments of this noble room for we
may wish to ''6x up our study in the parson-
age after this STYLE when we get home again,
but our lordly guide bids us come on, +" and
we dare not disobey his high commands. So
here we CO. up magnificent staircase, rich
with statues of heather deities and elegantly
wrought columns into the state apartments of
the house. These rooms are All we
run short of adjectives, we cannot describe
them But our ladies say they are superb
ly wonderfully magnifcently grand Yes,
they are just too lovely for anything" Dear
souls they are correct. These prlncely
apartments are certainly bewilderingly grand,
with splendid pictures of the judgment of
Paris. Phaton in the chariot of the sun and
other NEUROLOGICAL subjects painted on the
ceilings overhead, with magnificent tessellated
flooring under foot and crowded with the
richest. the rarest and the most curious works
of virtu and art, ancient and modern, gath
cred from the four quarters of the world.
The presents of princes, kings and emperors
and the purchases of the wealthiest dukes for
three generations have contributed to adorn
these superb rooms. They are little ahead
of anything we have in the parsonage of the
church to which we minister In one of these
apartments, we would qualify it in some
way if we had not already exhausted all OF
the adjectives in the dictionary-our guide
calls our paralyzed attention to one OF Hol-
bein's portraits of Henry VIII and the elegant
and deliberately carved rosary of that numer-
ously married king. What is this A huge
table of malachite-a single magnificent
slab, eight feet long by four feet wide-and a
clock of gold and malachte worth thousand
pounds. present to the duke from the En-
peror Nicholas In the state bedroom our
astonished eyes reverently gazed at the bed
in which George II died and the chairs and
foot-stoos used by George III and his queen
at their coronation. But come, this boundless
wealth of magnifcence and splendor is OPP
pressvey bewildering. Let us give the guide
a collection and get out into the open air
''Would we exchange our humble home
across the sea for this ducal residence" No,
indeed. This is not home, 1t is vast
wait a moment till we haul up new
adiective-Ah. yes, we have it now. 1t is a
vast callaesthetic show-h house. 1t is nice
place to look at but it is a poor place to live