Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-10

~Pri.i-,l Le.d,. ark to BE Modern
lied by All American.
WILL BIZ USED - a WllTER HON.

Eiciinci i. Grace. Its Sew lessee
Wa install Electric Lights where
I1ins Harold of the saX"nS Fell
M"r..~ Is. tGr 10 De Preserved "
| ~ 49, Po>NihIc.
Battle nbbcy. in England, that ti.
loIip pile that marks the spot Nhog.
Harold. surround, d by hs lGi4.fCl
SdXOHs, Eell before the AK Of NjLuU
the Couqucr0r at the battle of Hast.
il9S. has leen leased for a term Of
years to Michael j.. Grace, Il brother Uf
former Mayor William K. Grace Of
New York.
Mr.. Grace will use the abbey as
winter residence. says the New York
Herald, which means that he and his
family will occupy it from November
until May, when they go up to London
for the season to their town house at
40 Belgrave square, spending the re-
mainder Of the summer on their estate
In Scotland.
According to letter written to his
relatives in the United States, Mr..
Grace will make the old place more
convenient, though perhaps at the ex
pense Of its picturesqueness.
ut will be brought up to twentieth |
century standards Of living" he writes,
fitted up with electric lights, modern
plumbing and all that it implies"
So far as possible however, the
marks Of age will remain undisturbed.
AS soon as the desired alteration are
made, which will probably be within
few months, the ancient halls will he
,he scene of gayety they have not
Witnessed for many years. Mr. and
Yrs. Grace entertain largely. and their
hospitality has become famous in Eng
and.
Mrs Grace was Miss Margarta Ma
oll Of Scotland. Miss Elisa Mercedes
Jason two years ago married Hubert
beaumont. and last winter another
au%ht r. Miss Elana, became the
ride of Lord Donollghmore. There
re two other daughters. Miss GLADYS ..
nj Miss Ilargarita.
For Il long time Mr.. Grace has leased {
ord ll0Wc'S estate in Hcrtfordslire 9
II his winter residence He has been
laklng his home in England for about =
Jurrcn years. L
Battle abbey, which belonged TO the
tie duchess of Cleveland, widow of
le fourth and last Duke OF cleveland
ld mother of Lord Roscboly, was
jld at auction last autumn to Sir All-
lstus Frederick Walpole Webster A
ascendant of Sir Thomas Webster $
no bought the abbey from the sixth ~
lscount Montague in 1919 and in =
hose family the abbey rcInaiuod for "
!" years The purchase price WAS the W "
ulvalent of Sl0on,O0o. All of the u
luable pictures and bric-a-brac We're 81
Id last March. n
-Four years after his victory William W
e 'onqueror had an abbey built to ~
the event, and much of
e ancient structure remains today. u
ll-h altar in the church marking s.
q exact spot, it is said, where the VI
dy Of tie Saxon king was found 81
u 900 years lie abbey was intlusted "
the Benedictine order and eniovpd v;
'at prosperity At the reformation ~!
was presented by King Henry Will T.
ms master of the horse, who added ~
hanqueting hail and converted the IS
nastic buildings into Il dwelling a
lse. IL
The perfect reality of a Gothic bat
hent'' as Nathaniel Hawthorne de,
lheu 1t, the Gatehouse is as soIid
massive rs when it was built in cl'
~ though hoary and venerable. The eN
bots hall, the Beggars' hail and he
lie OF the old cloistors are still mart y
the building which Mr.. Grace will oa
upy. and the ruins include relies of ert
OLD Abbey church Of St Martin. on