The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-10-24

castle walls beyond. All tho NDeef
Eatersn are 6ialWart fellows, Of Imposing
and reVerended demeanor,
After We had seen tho crown jewels aud
the military regalia, we wanted 90 visit tho
historic chapel, whore the state prisoners
used 10 co. Ia weeping lines, 10 the altar,
aud Ia tho orypta Of which 80 many his
t0rl0 personagea are buried, when we were
Informed that the chapel was closed. We
had received aneh Information ~ other
times and places, but always found that
little coin Of the relm, we'll rubbed on,
would unlock the Wlaieai door liut how
10 apprnaoh such q top'lofiy character as
hll6ef Eater,n llerh WAS q question for
tho ready American mind 10 Wresile with
Thinking q moment said
NWOuld ID not be possible for YOU 10
make an exception Of uR, We have come
many thousand miles 70 SOC this chapel
and would feel that Wa had not seen Lon-
don " No should go away without q
glimpse
three months, Besides cannot leaye.n
Nliut eau you not call some ono 10 your
place. perslsted, "lf there IL any OK,
pense attending II, I assure you we arc
perfectly willing 10 pay,n
That fixed ~ OF course such an im-
pOrtant parsonage could not take pay for
himself, o no, hut he could take Il In be-
half Of the RuhRtltute, and soon we were ln
the sacred confines OF the chapel, with the
guide mttllng oii q history Of every pillar
aud tablet We wound up with the altar,
when, after telling va that many state
prisoners lay buried under the pavement,
lac added, mot ono Of them with head
on, except tho Lord Mayor,n
This chapel adIoins Deauchnmp Tower,
..fl.laI "a aflallaI naarl aun IA. .alI
ROOOped ont Of tho solid walls, whore the
condemned prisoners orOuchcd, without
light, or alri literally orGuohed, since
tile cells are only high enough Tor them
10 have assumed o sitting posture, The
walls Of the small court, whore they As-
Rembled in day time, are covered with the
names or inltlnla Of tho prisoners, and Or-
caalOnally ono more artistic has embellal-
cd his work with crosses, iOwora, em-
blema and coats of arms,
TiE crown JEwELa,
In tho central tower or castle, built by
William the ConquerOr, az tho beginning
Of the eleventh century, and "a Rplendd
piece OF Norman architecture h HI, and
The oldest OF the buildings, We found the
Crown Jewels aud other Insignia Of brit
iah sovereignty, There are also the em-
blema Of the knights Of tho Garter, Of tho
Scotch Thistle and other ancient orders,
cleaning with precious stones,
The crown Of England h massive af-
fair, studded with diamonds aud other
splendid stones, and containing tho IA
nous ruby presented by an Oriental mon.
arch, 90 large ha agood sized plum, Those
who Imagine Queen Victoria alttlng on
the royal coronation throne, wearing the
gllttcring crown Of Oilce aud holding out
tho golden aceptre, Will be- lntcrcRted In
knowing that the Queen never came la
contact with these things but once, and
that was on coronation day more than
nifty years ago. The throne III one Of tho
alghta IN Westminster Ahbcy, the crown
and acoptro are Ia London Tower, Whom
the good Queen Victoria goes 10 her long
rest, and Lord Chamberlain calls Outl
"Tho Queen II dead, long live the Kng,n
then Albert Edward will repair 20 the old
eat apartment Ia WeRimlnHior Abbey aud
the crown and acoptre will ho taken from
London Tower, aud the throne from
the niche, where II N kept a. q
royal show. Thcn Albert will
take tho oath of OillcO from
Archbishop Of Canterbury who will
place the crown on his head aud tho aeep.
icr Ia hia hand, after which the lowcla win
loo returned 10 London Tower until anOth.
or king IN 10 bo crowned,
TiuE ouIEH'A coRONEr
After Queen Victoria was crowned she
attended "a grand reception by the Lord
Mayor Of London, who n sort Of aoy-
orclpn on hin own account, aud on her
way from the feast her cOnchmRn turned,
nr0uud too short, throwing of hcrc0ronet
which was zoo big FOR hor, aud HmnahOd II,
Tho UugCu wore u pink drCHH, her favor.
lio color she was very angry, not always
being able 20 keep down The hot blood Of
Hanover aud on reaching homo she said
10 her maid, "IHko that dress aud Coro.
not out Of my sight and noyor lot me sec
II ngaln,h
A now coronot waa made for her from
the Fragments OF the old, which she wears
20 this day, Hut Il h not the royal, oiil-
clnl crown Of England,
pgi0 or LAyASDgU.
"Buy q eprlg Of Lavender, Miss, Apon-
NY only penny
II was tho voice Of n little EnglIah flower
girl, aud soon she was Joined by two or
three others, selling dark red English
roses aud aprigA OF sweet lavender, In
France all the "ilOw0r gran were homcly
old women and for the sake of the pretty
faces Of the Englnh girln, na well ~ thoir
flowers, we took some from each Too
bad how the policemen crowd the poor
girls into the CUTTERS Aud q, that aprig
Of fngllah lnyondcrl How II pcriumcpall
my books and papers yet, and hringa such
glorious memories OF green hodgcd lanes
and bright walled IN gNrdcnal
KATE BRowNLEE SHERWOOD,
Canton, o., Oct, II, 1880,