Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-18

is said, was the first man in the history
of England to successfully manage a
crew of builders. Bright and early he
would come over to the works and
bring his battleax with him. When
the contractor sought to cell the library
with Gull lumber or to putty up fire.
place that had been put in the wrong
end of the chimney, William the Con-
queror would call him aside and cut
off his head with bright new battleax.
Quite a number of cloisters are con-
nected with the castle as it now ap-
pears, but they are not used. In build
ing last year had contemplated hav-
ing some cloisters also as l thought
they would be a novelty, but my arch
itect was from Nova Scotia and did not
know how to build one.
The history of England has been al
most made here in this castle since the
time of William the Conqueror, for it
has been the abode of her sovereigns up
to this moment and ever since that
time. The building consists of two
Quadrangles fianked by 10 towers and
has room for all the help to sleep on
the place instead of boarding at home.
st. Georges chapel is the first object
of interest and is very pleasing Gothic
structure erected by Edward " for the
knights of the Garter. Albert Memo
rial chapel is also on the place to be
ready for use in case st. Georges should
be out of order. Albert Memorial chap
81 was built by Henry VII for mauso-
leum, but was so near the house that
he abandoned this plan and was after
ward buried at Westminster abbey.
The queens audience chamber was
the first of the state apartments l visit
ed. 1t is said that some people are able
here to obtain an audience with the
queen who could not get an audience
anywhere else. A theatrical friend of
mine yesterday told me that his only
him by the lord mayor, who Is quite
easy of approach, resembling the late
Carter Harrison in this respect.
The audience chamber has a painted
ceiling, but while conversing with her
most gracious majesty it is not good
form to examine this too long. On the
walls there is fine closing out sale of
tapestry and other remnants. The tapes
try represents scenes in the life of Queen
Esther and Moldecai.
The guard chamber is devoted mostly
to shelf and heavy hardware, panorlies,
bomb proof waistcoats, chilled steel
trousers, hollow ground cutlasses, stab
knives, galvanized iron tippets, cast iron
husking gloves and metallic mitts for
jousting, chain mail health underwear
and steel mackintoshes to wear in the
Holy Land.
st. Georges hall is 200 feet by "a in
size, and the walls are covered with por-
traits of the sovereigns from James to
George w by such artists as Vandyke,
Lawrence and Van der Wsyde.
The throneroom has also some very
valuable paintings with expensive
frames to them.
The grand dining room is furnished
with very beautiful carvings, which are
very appropriate for a dining room,
think. They are by such artists as
Grinling Gibbons and others. The
queen does not use this dining room her
self unless she has company, but has her
meals sent up to her room generally.
The grand vestibu and staircase are
quite impressive, especially when one
comes down the latter without suitable
preparation. A statue of Queen Vic
toria and one of George Nv may be seen
in this vestibule.
The private apartments are very su-
perb and contain q magnificent collec-
ton, especially of Sevres china minia-
lures, pictures and articles of vertu.
These apartments found to be locked
on the day was there, but left my
card, partly to show that l had been
there and partly to let the royal family
know that we have new job printer
at Asheville who yields the palm to no
foreign power, potentate or dynasty
whatever.
In one drawing room alone the china
is valued at 1900, 600 and the lace at
ESQ, 900. Add to this beautiful elk
head and taxidermed horned toad from
Arizona presented by me during my
visit here, and you have one of the most
costly and luxurious collections OF
crockery IN the civilized world.
Adjoining the castle is the 400 acre
park known as Home park, and about
here few generations ago one might
have seen Of a Monday morning, hang,
ing out the weeks wash, the merry