Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15

shows, as they are kept entirely for
home consumption.
In a gem Of a flower and vine covered 4
white stone dairy Lady Londonderry
and her daughter sometimes play at
dairying. In front of the dairy is
beautiful rose garden. Chrysanthemum
borders and other decorative flower plots
are encountered everywhere in thu
park, for the Londonderrys are fond Of
flowers and have one Of the best gar.
deners in England, to say nothing Of
plenty Of means to crafty every within.
[ One Of their eccentricities is a little
cemetery in which some Of their favor
:te pets are buried, with tombstones
bearing epitaphs commemorative Of
their virtues. One says:
There are men both good and wise
Who mold that in future state
Dumb creatures we have cherished here below
Shall give us joyous greetings when We pas the
golden gate.
Is it a folly that hope 1t may be so2 N
Lord Castlereagh, the Londonderrys'
only son, who was married a few weeks
ago to Miss Chaplin, niece of the Duke
of Sutherland and considerable heir
ess, is a lieutenant in the Royal Horse
guards, one Of the queens crack reg
iments. Like so many Of the young
peers of England, he is very anxious to
be off to the war. but both his mother
and his bride have used every influence
and argument to retain him at home. h
Lord Shrewsbury, Lady Londonder.
RVS brother, although hereditary lord
high steward Of Ireland and premier
earl Of England. is the one black sheep
in this otherwise very naughty and re-
opectable family, and there is enough
of the Shrewsbury naughttness to re-
quire for safety from public criticism
a very large grant of charity.
| When, some years ago, Lady London.
derry was hostess to the German emf
peror at her home in Park lane, al.
though there was quite mastering Of
the clan, Lord Shrewsbury was not
considered respectable enough to be in
vited. He did attend the recent we'd;
ding Of the Londonderry heir, and his
wife, the present Lady. Shrewsbury,
was not even present at the church, her
position in polite society being far from
acceptable. The ceremony at St. Pes
ter's, Eaton square, was performed by
the bishop Of Rochester, the cousin OF
Lady Londonderry. The guests at the
wedding included the flower of the Eng
! lish nobility, for it was the smartest
wedding of the season. Lord Castle
lreagh himself is pleasant faced, mild
hammered young man of no particular
talent. The Stewards are not noted
for either the good looks or the il tellect
of the men Of the family.
Under the administration Of Lord
Salisbury the Marquis Of Londonderry
was from 1886 to 1889 lord lieutenant Of
Ireland. Although representing an
Irish peerage, the Londonderrys were
not popular in Dublin, much as the gal
liant Irish admired Lady Londonderry
beauty. Her tact more than once avert
ed unpleasant complications. Once
when the family was atte nding q per-
Torrance at a Dublin theater the gall
leries hooted and yelled in such way
that 1t was feared they would resort to
more violent methods of showing their
anilnosity to the government. Every
one in the box was more or Less fright
ened, but Lady Londonderry did not
lose her presence of mind.
She stepped to the front of the box
and looked up with friendly smile at
the galleries. For minute the storm
went on; then the innate gallantry Of
. the Irish prevailed and the hooting
broke into applause for the beautiful
, woman who was as brave as she was
!. patrician.
Unlike many English women of noble
, birth, Lady Londonderry has always