The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26

Sheffield, the great center OF cutlery man
| ufacturing. We changed cars at Chester
| field and again at Ambergator. Arr,vc'
| at Matlock Bath Tuesday at 7.45 p. M
! much fatgued. as travelling on an Eng
| lish train is much unlike travelling In Oh
beautiful and comfortable Fullmans. A
| Matlock Bath we found nice hotel callet
| the New Bath hotel. This place resembles
| Manitou Springs, Colo, and is beautiful
| spot. We remained here one night, and a
| 10 a. nj. took a coach, called by them
brake and drove to Haddon hall
| eight miles through the grandest Of seen
cry. Haddon hall is the ancient seat o.
the duke Of Rutland. In 1S46 Sir George
| Vernon lived here, and his great hos
| pitality won for him the title Of "The
| King OF the Peak" We saw the dool
| through which the daughter, Dorothy Vor-
| no. elcped to marry her lover, Sir John
Manners. The old place Is kept as 1t was
left several hundred years ago. with the
exception of the grounds, which are kept
in excellent shape. The old hall Is stu
ated ON a hill commanding an ideal OUT
look. We were shown through the entire
place. and lastly to the top OF the highest
tower from where we got grand view OF
the beautiful surrounding country. The
old tapestries, illustrating Aesop's Fables
still hang on the wall They are 400 years
cid, and have to be mended occasionally
to keep them intact. 1t is grand old
place, well worth ones time to see, and
illustrates how things were done at that
period.
We left Haddon hall at 1890 p. m. and
drove to Chatsworth, six miles. This lis
conceded to be the finest mansion in En-
gland. It is the residence Of the duke OF
Devonshire. The old hall was used as
fortress during the civil war by the forces
of both the king and parliament. The
present south front dates from 1887, the
east side from 1890, and the north front
from 1904. We were shown all through
this beautiful hail. the family being away.
Sculptors gallery is 1903 feet long and 80
feet wide dining room 30 by 80 feet--a
grand room. Conservatory in great hall
is 81 by 20 feet The house Is beautifully
furnished and decorated great deal Of
the magnificent carving is by Grimling
Gibbons, the famous sculptor and woc(
carver. Two Of the staterooms are called
those OF Mary, Queen of Scots, because
she was prisoner there for long time.
The house has within its walls some of
the most choice paintings of such men
as Angelo, Raphael, Titan, Durer, etc.
The State apartment gallery Of paintings
contains those of Titan, Salveston, Gin
tonetto, Murlllo Holben, etc. This col
lection Of paintings by the old masters
Is priceless. After making a complete
through the grounds, which pen can never
describe. He told us that there are $4,000
acres in the estate. They have built
long line Of steps up the side of the hill,
and at the top Of these is a little build
Ing. Above this some distance is body
of water, which IL carried down by pipes;
and when the family is at home the water
is allowed to rush down these steps and
over the little building, forming most
nd ha y,1an
Then in several other places waterfalls
have been arranged One fountain is cap
able Of throwing water 240 feet into the
air. This is by gravity pressure. There
Is also tree called the weeping will
low" which is made of copper, and is a
work of art. When people are standing
around and not expecting anything the
gardener slips into little cave and turns
valve, and the water rushes out OF every
limb and at all places on the tree. max
ing most handsome Fountain and when
persons are standing too near they are
liable to get wetting.
From here we passed out through a
novel gate, formed by taking a huge stone
In Its rough state and placing 1t on a
pivot, and 1t swings back and forth with
ease When We came to this stone we
started to turn back, thinking we could
80 no further, but the gardener showed
us how 1t worked. We visited MANY
places of interest about the grounds, then
adjourned to little hotel near by and
partook of some good refreshments Soon
after We started for Matlock, where we |
arrived at $3.50 p. m. after having scent |
a mcSt charming day, and one OF great
interest The thing that impresses one |
most Is the contrast between these two |
great places--one kent as It was left 200 |
or Aoo years ago. and the other kept I'm |
10 cate In every way. This was one of our |
pest days. and while We were a little |
worn out, 1t was nothing compared with
ehe previous DAY spent on the English |
train
After enjoying nice dinner we took
the train at 7:02 p. M for Derby. the
headquarters of the great Midland rail- |
way system. Arrived there at T:95 n m
iuesody and remained until noon Wednes-
gay. when We took the train for Birming
nam. we spent about an hour driving
ABOUT this place and then continued our
TRIP TO warwick. Arrived there at 3 D. m.
Wednesday. - LII
a., 10 return to account of Derby: 1 spent
, 49, nours OF great interest in going
enpough the Midland shops. which EMPLOY
ovoo men in the locomotive Department
alohe. The strangest thing to me is that
'ne men go to work at a. m and wor,r
until about $50, when they all ston ana
repair TO what they call the mess ROOM
. anu get thelr breakfast. Then at 9:15
ahey resume work and continue until
p m, They do not hustle, as we do in orr
s sn' ana they have all old style machin-
~ ny; anu padiy behind the times in doing
unslr work Their locomotives are ali i'm
and their main driving
s sS,ss, with cranks complete, cost $500
$50. pretty expensive axle They have
many many engines with driving box ON Hn,b
o o,uss OF frames, making four boxes to
0 t,asn axle. Their engines are much lighter
quickly under way, and maip,o, I ste.uhg
time speed. Sorry did not have more
Their IN pos order e. to visit their car shops.
& light. but where they use a " m,sh
Course s '' gnu we use four flame ono. SO OF
Ilhey an rur cars are much better lighted
~ IS style OF lighting, and in time all wil ~
ipd IN ch p as visited their gas plant
ine v Work I clean and up to date. and doing
suw leaving Derby and referring %
Va WICK again: Went to Daniels 6,o W
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