The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-10-01
MIR. Giadstone's Home.

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property OF his wife, who inherited
it from ner father, Sir Stephen G!ynne'
Spelled Hawarden, it is always called,
when pronounced correctly, Harden.
The parish OF Hawarden numbers
about $4,000 acres, and OF these
5000 belong to the Gladstone estate.
The village, in itself, neither pretty
nor picturesque, is outside the gates
OF the park, which stretches away
grandly from the mano house. Oaks,
lines, or lindens and elms are thlckly
set over the grounds, and at the left,
on q commanding height, Is the
ruin OF the ancient castle, which,
with its magnificent ivy and its
traditions of more than ten centu-
ries, looks down somewhat haugh-
| tily upon its castellated successor,
which is now the home OF the greatest
living statesman OF the age. There
can be no doubt bat that Mr.. Glad
stone is the most eminent Of all the
owners of Hawarden, though they
have been De Montforts, Montholts
and Stanleys. The last lost it when
Earl Lorne was beheaded in 1857.
4 Sergeant Glynne bought it under
the susquestration act passed by
Parliament in the same year, and for
a song. He was an ancestor Of Mrs.
Gladstone's, and his portrait hangs
over the mantel in her drawing-room,
but she is not very proud OF his record,
| At the northern end of the village Is
the church, a plain, low building, with
| a squatty tower and a dwarf spire.
| It's interior having been totally de-
stroyed by fire about thirty years
since, 1T has been restored at a great
cost and with some taste.
OF this church the Premier's second
son, Stephen Gladston, is rector, and
the living is said to be worth $50, 900
a year, exclusive of the rectory. Mr..
Stephen Gladstone is an earnest and
instructive preacher, and much be-
loved by his parishioners, butt Is not
for the sake of hearing him that the
great crowds flock to Hawarden
church, for they only come when his
father is known to be in residence.
Almost directly in front as you enter
the church is the reading desk, where
every Sunday when he is at home, Mr..
Gladstone reads the lesson ofthe day,
rising for that purpose froma wooden
bench, which is his usual seat. be
joins heartily in response and song,
but listens to the sermon with his head
thrown back and eyes partially closed;
and only In that attitude does an OBJ
server see how much paler than for
merly IS his gnarled and rugged face.
When he leaves the church and pass
es through a narrow lane which leads
to his sons house, all stand uncover
ed on each side ofthe way, and often
in ranks three, even-four feet deep.
He is very popular in the neighbour
hood, making himself acquainted with
theopinions OF all classes of men; tax
es an interest in the young mems de-
batting society, and il accessible to his
tenants and the villagers to such an
extent that it is doubtful if they do
not think Mr.. Gladstone owes as
much to Hawarden, as Hawarden
does to Mr.. Gladstone. Indeed, an
old dame boasts that she frequently
tells him all that is in her mind, and
a couple of very mild looking old men
often come to his library "to let him
know how that last speech of his
sounded down in Hawarden."
Mrs. Gladstone has a large orphan
age for girls close to her own house, in
the stable yard, in fact, where they
are carefully taught to use their hands
as well as their minds, and are watch
ed over tenderly until time proves
they are able to live honest, useful
lives. Mrs. Gladstone has often held
the post of matron to the orphanage
for a month at a time, and it is told
in the village as evidence of her re-
markable lberality of opinion, that
1.-THE parents Of the orphans had been
~dissenters, the children were not only
permitted but encouraged to attend
chapel instead of church.
Strangers are allowed free access to
the park and ruins of Hawarden, and
we had no difficulty in procuring adj
mission to the OrphaEage. / have
even known Of persons being permitted
to 90 through the house itself, which
is not g. show place, and chiefly re-
markabIe for its numerous books,
which are not only in Mr.. Gladstone's
study and library, but in every one oi
the living rooms. In his study he has
a table for each variety Of work, a
Autograph table, q political and theo'
logical one, another for letter writing,
and SO on. Over the alcoves devoted
to Homer, Virgil, Horace, Spenser and
Shakespeare are busts and pictures
not only of the men themselves. but
OF their friends and OF places connect
ed with them. Over Mrs. Gladstone's
| desk is the fine portrait Of her hus
band painted by MiIais.