The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-28
SANDRANGHAM.
How the Prince of Wales Conducts Him.
self at His Country Residence.

no harder working man In all the
| Queens dominions-he flies to Sand
bingham for repOse and recreation,
! finding special pleasure in intercourse
with soldiers, sailors, diplomatists, art
lists, and leading the life of q country
gentlemen, keen after sport, unfailing
in his benevolence, solieitous about the
welfare of the jewellers on his land, and
looking after the education of their
children and the comfort of theis
homes. That this is not an exaggerated
abstract of what the Prince does will
surely be testified by any who have
ever been in the district, and have
learned in what way the Prince OF
Wales discharges his duties as land
lord. The interest he takes in agri-
culture and the Improvements of stock
has been rewarded by prizes which
have been received at agricultural and
cattle shows; and it has been found
compatible with the preservation of an
extraordinary quantity of game to have
good crops and contented neighbOrs.
But the Hares and Rabbits Bill perhaps
has had not such full play within the
limits of Sandringham chase As in
other parts of Norfolk.
At Sandringham the Prince and
Princess of Wales lead the quiet, we'll
ordered, tranquil, yet busy life of an
English gentleman and his wife, sur
rounded, nevertheless, by some of the
state which is inseparable from their
position. There is at the gate by the
janitor blue-coated, helmeted person.
age, familiar with the discipline of
Scotland Yard, to look after vagronf
men and women, and the broad paths
and strawberries between the Cottage
and the Hall are under the eye of other
members of the force. But the penalty
which greatness pays for security is,
not very heavy, and ministers in Lon
don or on their travels in the three
kingdoms are subjected to the disagree
ment of being looked after by consta-
bles. The royal palaces filled with
treasures of price need protection as
much as public museums, etc, and
their inmates. moreover. are especially
exposed to the onSlaughts, aggressions
and importunate attempts of the wide
ranging guerrilla of lunatic. weak
minded folk to whom the members of
royal families offer irresistible attrac-
tons. { remember one annoying old
person who sen. me by every mail to
the Crimea in 1S54-5 boxes of tracts
and prophecies, with long letters, in
which she described herself as "Proph-
eess to the Queen of England, the
Prince Consort of England and the
Elect" and / own / was very much
pleased when read of her being taken
care of before returned; bat the race
is not extinct. and all sorts of mad
people try from time to time to burst
in upon Windsor, Balmoral. Sandring-
ham, Osborne or Abergeldie-yes,
even in the valley of the Dee. But in
these days there must be warders at
the gate as there were in days of old.
Although many of the larger kinds
of birds, which once gave a peculiar
interest 20 the Norfolk wastes, such as
the great bustard and the wild swan,
have disappeared, the pre-eminenee of
the county for sporting purposes is
still maintained; and even if there be
districts IN which the cartridges are,
pro rata more numerous, the soil of
Norfolk and the disposition of the farms
are generally exceedingly favorable
to plenty of birds, and in no place do
pheasants thrive better. The configu-
ration of the coast and the wastes of
mere and marsh are favorable to great
gatherings of sea birds and wild fowl;
and although the salmon is not heard
of as it was in the DAYS when the Ger
porstion of Lynn made presents of fish
to she neighboring lords and the
streams are not adapted for trout, there
is an abundance of white-fish, and the
ponds and still deeps are full of pike.
The Prince, however, is not an enthu-
siastic angler, and is quite content with
the sport which is afforded TO him by
the East Norfolk hounds, by his own
well-Stocked coverts, by the best pre-
serves in England, and by the deer
forests at Balmoral.
The meets of the East Norfolk pack,
now hunted by Mr.. FOuntaine, are
generally accessible. Later in the sea-
son come the shooting parties-the hot
corners for pheasants, the hecatombs
of rabbits, and the partridge drives;
and there are, moreover, outlying ex-
eursions to the marshes for snipe. and
10 the ponds near bablngley Tor teal,
widgeOn and duck. The experiment
made by the Prince of importing
grouse and turning them loose on the
heather seems fairly successful for the
limited area of moor available. and at
present some dozen packs are said to
be making themselves comfortable for
the winter. They need all the shelter
they can get, for the winds blow cold
from the Wash, and the snow lies deep
at times, nor does the sky of East Nor
folk glow with frequent sunshine all the
year round. The mode of life at Sand,
bingham is full of healthy enjoyment.
House time is half an hour earlier than
that of Greenwich, so that the half-past
nine breakfast is really at nine; the two
O'Clock is at half-past one; and the
ainbr half-naSt cpvar There ~