Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-12-17

is imported also. Not long ago sh
shipped cargo of hides and wool il
ONE Of her own steamers to Bordeaux
and it is to come back laden with build
ing supplies for this mansion. sh'
has no time to 60 across the sea her
self, and the captain Of her ship vii
bring with him decorators and design
ers, and upholstery men, who ere tt
take a look at things and finish the
interior for her occu .ation regardless
of expense.
This mansion stands in the centre
Of what's undoubtedly the finest pri
vate park in the world, including two
hundred and fifty acres Of land, laid
ont in the most elab rate manner
filed with statuary, fountains, grot.
tos, caYss, cascades, and no end OF
beautiful trees and plants. The i'm.
provement of the natural beautY0;
the plsssssrisai SAID to have cost Senors
Copaino nearly million dollars, and
she has q force Of thirty gardeners
constantly at work. The superin
tendent is Scotchman, and he told
me his orders were to make the place
q: paradise, without regard to cost. In
'thia park there are many wild ami
mails and domesticated pets, not only
natives of the country, but imported
from other lands, and the flowers are
wonderful.
At present the madam is living in
q temporary structure, but remains
constantly on the ground to superin-
tend the construction of hernew home.
She has another park and palace an
hours drive from Santiago-the finest
I" "estancia" or plantation in Chill, per-
haps in all South America, and l do
not know Of one in North America or
Europe that will equal it. This is
called "Macul," and the estate stretch
es from the boundaries of the city Of
Santiago far into the Cordilleras,
whose glistening caps Of everlasting
snow mark the limits Of the widow 8
mite. In the valleys..are her fields of
grain, her orchards and her vineyards,
while in the foothills Of the noun
tains her Aocks Of sheep and herds oil
cattle feed. Here she gives employ
ment to goo or 400 men, all organ.
lied under the direction Of superin.
tendents, most of whom are Scotch
men, She has one American in her
at Macul." whose business
is that of a general farmer, but his
time is mostly occupied in teaching
the natives on the place how to ope.
rate labor. saving agricultural ma.
chinery.
Farming in Chilli is conducted very
much as it was in England in old feu-
dal times, each estate having its re.
who are permitted to use tene-
ments, or homes built there for that
purpose, and are pai1 for the amount
of labor they perform. Theee poems
are not permitted to accept employ
ment from any except their own land.
lord, and are always subject to his
call for purposes Of war or peace. 1t
is said that the madam can marshal a
thousand men from her two farms if
she needs them.
The vineyard of "Macul" supplies
nearly all Of the market Of Chill with
claret and sherry wines, and the cel-
lar on the place, an enormous build
ing, 500 feet long by 100 wide, is
kept constantly full. Nine. Cousino
makes her own bottles, but imports
her labels from France. On this farm
she has some very valuable imported
stock, both cattle and horses, and her
racing stable is the most extensive
and successful in South America. The
madam takes great interest IN the
turf, attends every racing meeting in
Chill, and always bets very heavily
upon her own horses. At the last
meeting her winnings are reported at
more than a hundred thousand dol
|ars Outside Of the purses won by her
horses, which are always divided
among the employees Of the stables.
In addition to Macul she has anoth-
'r large estate about thirty miles from
Santiago, but gives it very little AZ
;entiecaaad has not been shere for
,umber of years. -!n'the city she has
;wo large and fine houses, Que of them.
being the former. residence Of Henry
Msiggg, the California fugitivs, within
was tho finest residence in Santiago
1t the. time it WAS built. All the tim
ber and other material used in it's
came from California
and it 10 mostly red cedar. The con-
and architecture are after
The American plan, and in appearance
and arrangement it resembles the vii
las at Newport. The cost Was enor-
nous, Int it was built in the days OF
Meiggss glory, when money was oi
no value to him. The other city resi-
dencs Of Sonora Cousino S a stone
erected on the Spanish Ameri
can plan, with court in the centre,
and ia ornamented with some very