Morning journal and courier., 1892-09-10

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| Britain's Empress and England,
| 0ueeR-The Pastoral Region Roun,
| About-An Interesting Chance Meet
| Ing With Victoria.
WINDSOR, England, Aug. 90.
To the Editor OF the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
| IT one could wholly disassoelate from
the mind the royal and historic impres
siveness of Windsor Castle, and, standin,
| upon the battlements of its great eentra
Round Tower, merely contemplate tn,
place and its surroundings as bit of Eng
lish scenery, the color, feeling and sugges
tigeuess in all the scenes within range o.
vision would still prove engaging anG
1 characteristic to a wondrous degree.
Almost at the very edge of the castl,
walls are the cleaning curves of the wind
ing Thsmss, here pure and crystal stream
between velvety, emerald banks. "Wind
ing Shore" the locality was ancisutly
called, whence the present corrupted nam,
of Windsor. The silvery surface thread
ing away to the west underneath fine old
stone bridges, hints of the rivers source
far beyond classic Oxford, among the hill,
| of Bsrks and Gloucester.
In It's eastern way through broadening
needs, past noble demesnes and through
quaint and sleepy hamlets, 1t carries tn.
thought past huge old London and the
cleaning sand-reaches of Maplin and Mar.
gats to the wild North sea- In this one
little ribbony strip of England as much
potential history has had its origin a,
along the Tiber from ostis back to the
crags of Aquilone.
Just across the pleasant stream, its red
roof half hidden beneath masses of GEN.
mass of low battlements and turrets Is q
vision of Eton college, one of the oldest
schools of England. You know the pic
ture there, If your eyes can only see the
setting; the low oaken rooms, dark and
rich with strange old carvings; the mas
ters gowned and grave; the brssses and
tablets commemorating the famous and
great who once were ''Eton boys" and,
benath hundreds of caps and tsssels, the
fresh young faces of those who will rule
England in thought and act when the
twentieth century has come.
In every direction from Windsor the eye
falls upon meadows like lawns, great parks
and forests of gigantic oaks and yews.
You can count nearly one hundred seats
of the gentry and nobility from where you
stand on the tower. Interspersed are the
qusintest of old world villages, primitive
farm houses, avenues of lines and cline,
luYnriant hpduaa UarHana hanntny and
lush, quaint arched bridges, ancient mills,
gray or white turrets breaking through
masses of trees, roadside inns and cottages
buried in vines and flowers. 1t is all a
vast panorama of pastoral England, GEN.
tering in, and dominated by, this royal
pile of historic stone.
On the north, east and south the royal
parks of Windsor close in snugly upon
the town and castle. The Home Park, so
named from it's immediate vicinity to the
castle, is nearly four miles in circumfer
ence and comprises about five hundred
acres. 1t is beautifully studded with
clumps of forest trees. There are many
avenues of stately elms planted during the
reign of Queen Anne, and George Ill. an
nually coursed here for hsres. Besides
numberless cascades, artificial ponds, grot-
toes and picturesque bridges, Home Park
contains many structures and appurtenan-
ces peculiar to royalty.
Some of these are Adelaide Lodge, the
royal kennel, the queens poultry houses,
the royal dairy and the royal gardens.
9a 9Ba tey twS are sRs
ously fitted up with furnishings from the
royal lodge. A short distance from this Is
handsome cottage in the Gothic style,
the residence of the keeper of the park,
and in the rear of this are the extensive
kennels for the fancy dogs of the queen.
There is not hospital in Victoria's domin-
ions 30 perfectly arranged, ventilated and
appointed. The queer. is very fond of
these dogs, especially of the collies and
fox terriers, frequently inspects the ken
uels aud lavishes genuine affection upon
her fsvorites.
The burying geound of these canine
pets is indeed place for reflection.
When the dogs die tLsy are laid beneath
the turf where they were bred, exercised
and came to royal dogs estate. An in
scribed stone tablet marks each canine
grave. 1t may be there are those who
loiter in the avenues of the dead, psusive
ly coming such Inscriptions as, "Princie,
Scotch terrier. Brought from Bslmorsl
June IA, 1865. Died February 6, 1874"
Maurice, favorite Mount st. Bernard of
His Royal Highness, the Prince Consort,
QleQ NOYSmUSI, lCDt, duu Ncluc kCoI-
lie) mother of Bess, Flora and Sailor, died
October 10, 1886"
Ny companion, a quite noted English
clergyman, remarked with some bitterness
Better dead dog in this kennel than our
masters striver outside this royal de-
mesnel"
thought not, and told him SO.
"Then you belle American principles" I"
he retorted.
"And you, the manhood of q manly
Englishman," I could not but answer
''You are railing at the womanly senti-
ment and tenderness of a good woman
and your queen"
"Ah," he rejoinsd, prodding "Prncis's"
| headstone viciously, 'you Americans are
very queer people, very"
Perhaps we are. But we don't yap elo-
cution and reach for bombs because We
discover tenderness in woman.
The royal dairy ia beautiful as some
Of the Lady chspels of the old Eoglish
cathedrsls. 1t is about thirty feet square.
Six octagonal columns support the roof.
/ The reservoir through which conetantly
/ flows stream Of cold water is built of en-
| caustic tiles. The windows are of stained
glass, bordered with designs in buttercups,
blossoms and primroses. The walls are
lined with delicately tinted tiles, bordered
| with green, with bas-relief agricultural
| subjects and medsllions of the queen and
the royal family.
The poultry house Is an elegant semi
gothic building, with a central pavilion,
crowned by a superb dove-cote completely
lined with full length plate mirrors. On
either side of the pavilion are the roosting
houses and nests. An immense area oi
lawn is divided by wire fence into wards
or ''rups" for the fowls, of which there
are nearly every known bloodsd species
and inside these wards are gravel walks,
bordered by grsss plats leading to the
poultry house entrances.
The royal garden contains an area oi
thirty acres. Its total range of GLASGOW
cred structures is about one thousand feet
There is luxurious residence for the head
gardener, with two sumptuous apartments
for the use of the queen The vinerie:
are each upwards of one hundred feet in
length, besides two piue-houses fifty-nin,
feet long, two peach-houses fifty-six fes
long, a conservatory fifty feet in length
| while q space one hundred and fifty fee
wide by one thousand and seventy sever
feet long is divided into three huge pit
for forcing melons, cucumbers, aspsragu
and the like.
The Great Park lies to the south o
Windsor. 1t contains eighteen hundret
acres. Several magni6osnt roads intersec
it. The Long Walk, three miles in length
and bordered by the finest elms in Eng
! land, Is the most famous. The royal farm
are in this park and were converted to thi
| use nv George I'LL and George " alvay