Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-15
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are covered with mirrors having rich gold frames and mantelpieces of genuine lapis l lazuli, which is equal in value to pure gold. On the ceiling is beautiful painting of Venus in bath. The room contains rosewood | and gold writing table, sofa and chairs, all suspended from the ceiling. Here again we | find statues of Louis XIV. The cost of this | room alone must have been millions of dol | lars, and am utterly unable to describe it's | richness. From this apartment we entered | the GobeIins room No. 2, containing costly l paintings and statues.
 Coming to the blue room, finished in blue. white and gold, we again found painting of l Louis XIV. The walls were covered with paintings representing scenes in hunting, fishing, agriculture and gardening. On the ceilings are paintings of Flora, Cupid, 1 Psyche, Bacchus and Venus, and Cupid and Venus The rose room, furnished in rose stuffs and gold, containing paintings of the times of Louis XIV, was visited before we arrived at the bedroom, on the ceiling of which is a painting of Louis XV. The lilac room is finished in lilac and gold. The working or reception room is finished in green and gold, handsome mirrors and paintings representing symbols Of royalty, religion, trade, industry and science. This room also contains Q statue of Louis XIV. on horseback. The paintings on the walls represent scenes from the life of Louis XIV. and XV. The yellow cabinet, finished in yellow and silver, also contained paintings of Louis XIV. and XIV.
 Near the castle is the Blue Grotto, sub- teranean passage having been built conneet- ing it with the castle. It is composed of ar- ti6oiaI stalactite, with done-Hke cavern, into which g. waterfall descends from height above into lake. In the background is painting representing the scene in the Venus Grotto from 'sTannhauser' The whole is lighted by electricity. On the cas- tie grounds is kiosk; something like & Moorish temple, with four gilt cupolas. Among other things it contains three pea cooks of glass, pearls and stones, which, when lighted electrically, give gorgeous ef- | fect.
 ! It remains now for me to describe the most beautiful of all the palaces of King LudWig-the Castle of Herrenschiemsee. It \ is an imitation of the Versailles Palace and IS | a massive building of Renaissance style. 1t | took many thousand workmen for about twelve years to erect the castle, and in it's in l terior arrangements well as in it's archi- ! tecturia1 beauties, it is entirely different Il from his other palaces. As 1n his love for | the beautiful King Louis XIV. has ever been his standard, so in the Castle ot Herren- achiemscee he still appears in strict harmony ' with the thoughts and tastes of that mon- ! arch.
 | Any attempt at an adequate description would require more vivid imagination than | possess. One is at once transplantea to | be found the celebrated clock of Louis XIV, ! busts, statues. and paintings on the walls, ! porrraying the glory of Louis XIV. As Lud wig H. and his forefathers had the swan as | their fLeitmotif," :" that emblem is represent- ed in all ways and places through out this and his other castles, together with
 Louis XIV, who was the standard of all ! thought and action.
 During the lifetime of Ludwig these cas-
 ties were not open to any human being, but | were reserved exclusively for his own gratih- | cation and pleasure. He spent his life in solitude and seclusion from
 the world at large Sleeping almost entirely during the daytime, at night he would rush
 out into the wild forests and mountain
 heights of his domains, accompanied
 only by few soldiers on horseback. Ia wind ! and weather, amid the snow storms of win
 ter, seated in his golden sleigh, draw by four
 horses with their riders, he would dash like
 a mad man through the dense woods, per
 haps stopping at the "Erimitage" to medi-
 tate in absolute silence and solitude from ten
 o'clock at night until daybreak, resting upon ! bare floor, without fire or light, prostrate ! upon his knees, praying for his poor soul be-
 fore an altar of the simplest construction; | then all at once he would sound his horn for \ his servants to appear, and rush back again I to the richest palace on earth. So will
 leave the unhappy king and his eccentricities | and return once more to the commonplace l affairs of the conventional mortal.
 SUMMER OUTINGS.
 Fine Days ana Fine Trips-People
 Never so Happy-The Sassacus' sue-
 ont Crovvds-WaEerbury People at | Pawson Park-Other Outings.
 Yesterdays fine day was an especial favor
 CT of excursionists and the large parties that went on all the trips from this city fully
 tested the pleasures of land and sea, ship and
 shore. The water was swept by a cool gentle
 breeze and the sun moved smilingly through I fair and cloud-embellisheds sky. The many
 beauties of the day and near resorts seemed never so bright and gay, and the pleasure seekers all returned last evening in happy spirits and refreshed for many days hard
 work by the one days outing.
 sAssAcUs' TRIP.
 The steamer Elm City slowly swayed back \ and forth at its moorings with each swell of ! yesterday mornings tide and everything was | in fine condition and most approved ship | shape for the great numbers who were soon ! to join in the annual excursion of Sassacus \ encampment, I. O. O. F., to New York and Coney Island.
 Before the appointed hour to sail, so great I were the numbers, the gang plank was ordered | to be drawn in by the custom officer. Pretty
 soon the band struck up into stirring strains and the big boat moved of down the harbor
 with flying flags and happy hearts aboard.
 Over twelve hundred people sailed with the
 party and everybody seemed bent to enjoy
 themselves anyway. A great array of musi,
 cal talent was among the excursionists and
 the hours of the trip made merry as merry
 could be.
 GLEN ISLAND.
 An especially large and lively party called
 to Glen Island on the steamer John H. Starr
 in yesterday morning. It was one of the
 pleasantest outings that the steamer has
 made, and everyone had good time. On | board the boat were over seven hundred ex-
 cursionists, among whom were friends and
 members of the Young Peoples Society of
 Christian Endeavor of West Haven aud a
 delegation of about two hundred members of
 the Yonng Mems Christian as4ocistion of
 Meriden. On the steamer the large party of young people kept everything "agoing" and
 the dance music by Thomas orchestra was
 noticeably fine. The large crowd found Glen leland as beautiful aa ever, and rOturn-
 ed home highly pleased with the days
 pleasure trip: The members Of Ezel lodge
 sion to Glen Island tomorrow. Among
 those on board yesterday were: s. D. Brad ley and wife, Mrs. Edward Futile of the An
 mex, Mrs. Dr. Edwin Hall, Mrs. Joel Rice,
 Miss Carrie Rice, Miss May Wheeler, J. J.
 Phelan of Wallingford, Miss Mary Kelsey,
 Nelson A. Beebe and wife, Miss Fannie
 Bigelow, Miss Emma McDonald, Miss Gertie Bigelow, Fred Haines and Miss Hattie Will son, Secretary Horace Day of the board of education, Edward Mccarthy, Attorney s.
 Harrison Wagner and lady, William Brad- ley, W. A. venter of Meriden, general secre- tary of the Y. M. 0. A.
 PAwsoN PARK.
 Waterbury people held the fort at Pawson
 Park yesterday, and no one will gainsay their f reputation af that for having a good time
 wherever they go. Some FOO were at the l Park altogether, among whom were members
 and friends of Wadham post, G. A. R.. of
 Waterbury. Games of all kinds, for which | the park is famous, were entered into with ! great vim, and the base ball field in particu- | lar, accommodated some 150 players at a time. There are no flies on Waterbury ex- ! cursionists.