Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-05-28
PATHS CASTLE.

where the Divine songstress Spends Her sum-
Vacation.
Phia. Press Correspondence
The Castle of Craig-y-Nos is perched high
up on the cleft of a beautifully wooded noun
tain, and limpid lakes lie in the valley below.
The castle is built alter the common fashion
of all Welsh castles, with low bastions, and
what il called curtain between-that is, a
straight line of wall joining two semi-circu-
lar towers. The walls, which are of the gray
ish-green slate so plentiful here, are topped
with battlements and covered here and there
with ivy, while the windows are either arched
or gablcd. Spreading away in front are the
gardens and lawns, all terraced, because of
the precipitous character of the ground, and
SO coming gradually down to the little valley
along which we had just driven. Through
this valley runs a tumbling river, with an
unprOnounceatle name, spanned with pretty
bridges and well-stocked with fish. The
valley opens into the great Swansea valley,
while the whole country around is extremely
mountainous and abounding in game.
The castle contains twenty-five rooms, none
of them very large, but all warm and cosy,
as they should be in this climate. PATHS
own is hung with blue silk, all the uphol-
stery being to match, while attached to It is a
little dressing room that is complete enough
in its appointments for a princess The
dun person who could not find something
to interest him there 1t contains two grand
pianos, albums, statuettes, pictures and offer
ings from admirers, chief among the latter
being an exquisite inlald cabinet containing
gold and silver cOrOnets, with which almost
every nation in the world has crowned the
diva "Queen of Song" The morning room
contains n picture of the late Duke of
Albany, with his autograph across the top
and a manly, modest letter begging Patti
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had sent him. I'm the billiard-room is an
immense orchestrion, which is set playing
every night after dinner.
THE CONSERVATORY AND SERVANTS.
Tho conservatory leads out from the din
ing-room proper and this in turn leads to the
winter garden, which / consider the great
beauty of the estate. This is a garden of
great size, entirely covered in with glass and
containing running fountains, graveled
walks and rustic seats Adjoining the win
ter garden are the hothouses-one i'm which
nothing but grapes are cultivated, the second
devoted to pineapples, cucumbers and straw
berries and the third for flowers. a short
distance from this third conservatory is the
gashouse, where, under the superintendenCe
of two men, gas for the whole establishment
is manufactured
Then come the stables containing ten or
twelve horses and carriages and carts of all
descriptions while adjoining each other are
an immense flower garden, kitchen garden,
orchard, a farmyard with cows and chickens
of all Sorts and a "'pheasantry," which, asits
name indicates, is filed with pheas,nts.
You will easily imagine that such an estab-
lishment as this is not run without consid-
cradle 'help." There are, indeed, twenty
servants, not including the gamekeepers and
gasmen, distributed as follows: Two cooks,
two chambermads, two buffers, five gar
deners,, two coachmen, two fOotmen, two
stablemen, madame's two maids monsieur's
valet and the women of the laundry, whose
number varies according to that of the
quests.
Abundance and good cheer are on all sides,
-whiiePatti shows a new and more lOyable
side of disposition i'm her anxiety to please
every one alike and to make all around her
happy and at home.