Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-12-28

W&,ey tram The SuyIag WAS s}vru nor !
10 drink. ana after tasting it she OK
Claimed.
I'll IS delicious and cold, and AS
Gsl& as American icc-watev, We viii !
drink il Al the palace every daV," 50 7,
vNtry moruius, With earthen JUGS. one
OF me servants goes to the Sprinx and
rayyaS back water from RoSamond's |
wei. for the duchess Il drink
R,sHheim mark, three thousand
acres In extent. is au%n 10 the puNlic
BeS,. los the park. the mace has. Of
course, It's private grounds and gar
dens These consist Of faur hundred
acres. ana can he seen by outsiders
ouly on SHOW DAYS that is, when the
nalaye and gardenS arc ON Wow "a any
respeytan,e aersau who il wiuing ta
NAY two sAGl,ngs for me prlvilege of
I>neing the finest residence in Ensland
TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS from the list
ut ,iun1 TN thu list OF November, are
show DAYS. The moury takcu In by
| the lodge keeper for tha show tickets
| is &ivpn by the duke to the RadcltI
In6smary. az OXtord Years ago. in
thy tunes Of one Of tho present dukes
! predecessors. the hubble was allowed
! 70 view the palace and grounds with
cut charge, but the nuhlic made itself
! ! general and unhearlblc nuisance. All
Kinds aud conditions Of men. women
and children nacked Ia the mace and
fairly Uttered II up Then il was de.
Aided shat If SHOW DAYS" were 4 ncces-
Iaty. they should he made a blessing
% some one, aud the plan of charging
or admission and giving the proceeds
10 some charitable institution was
dopted. and has proved 10 be most
,ensihlc one. II keeps the more un-
desirable visitors away, aud provides
funds for the good work carried on hv
the ndrmary.
On show days the duchess and any
Visitors she may have keep 10 their
Iprivate apartments while sishtscers
are conducted THROUGH the statcrooms
of the palace The walls of some of
these rooms are covered with tapes
| try portrayine the battles and the vic
tories of the first duke. who Is always
spoken Of in the family as 'thc great
duke" In other rooms paintings of all
the present dukes ancestors adorn the
walls, while in the state drawing
room portrait OF Cousuelo, tall and
: stately, shows her every inch the
. duchess There Is also exhibited in
Il the drawing room the wonderful gold
len cradle in which each first horn son
lof the house fo Marlborough is rocked
lHring his infancy. In this cradle
which is perhaps the most beautiful
! lnd costly thing of its kind In tho
| world, the present little Marquis of
| Hllndford was placed ON his christcn
ihg day, when he had been given the
In anne Of John Albert Edward William
| ChurChill, The littlc heir by the way,
IL named for three well-known per
sons John, for the great duke: Albert
Edward, for the prince OF Wales, fol
his grandfather and godfather, VIII
liam Is, Vanderbilt
Faconry Ia n hobby which the
young duchess has recently taken M
Win great enthusiasm she Is also
spending hlHth 81 her 'lme WIN rldlnE
lessons, ana hlds ialr to become as
Eood hofSeWomah as any 81 her Eng
'tsh women visitors, IN taking hel
rang lessons she Is usually followed
ABOUT the paths by one OF hcr per l'leh-
helm spanlels, Dorothy ana tIossie
IKE hef predecessor the American
lay l1arhess as she IS always re-
ie'fed 10 IN Woodstock, Nonsnelc
''hohess mas taken great lancy &c
we particular breed OF dogs known ~
iIelhelm spamelS, OF which there can
'i"aEs be seen a great number apoh'
INC palace ana grounds II Is folate'
mat the hrst Blenheim spahiel was
Drought TO England by the RreaI
luke u having followed MN throusI
me pattie or Blenheim nnhurt. Alter
"drd Two or three more were bronShI
l" woodstock, ana since then great al
''u'loh mas been paid 10 tleif Dfeealhi
~ the Keepers OF the Bfnhelm ken
he'S'
One of the most interesting of Tho
inmates of the palace is Mahomet, the
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