Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-10-17

either side are rooms tnagnifcently.
fitted with the furnishings of different
reigns and generations. On every
hand are paintings by famous artists
Rubens, Rembrandt, Salvador, Rosa,
Guido, Murillo, David, and other
great artists Of various countries and
ages. In the great dining hall a
regiment might have been gathered
around its banqueting tables. Per-
haps the most striking object shown
in the interior is Guys porridge pot.
Like the Hugh's OF Westminster,
all the Warwick earls for many cen
turies have been called Guy after
that first half mythical earl. In this
huge pot this remote ancestor,
whose height is reported to have
been eight and half feet, was said
to have cooked the dinner for him
self and numerous family as great
Of bulk as he. It is large enough to
be the father Of all kettles, would
have been the dictum OF the Irish
man who dubbed the donkey the
father Of all rabbits. We were also
shown the gardens belonging to the
castle. In them were cedars Of Le-
banon, bending their graceful boughs
as if in benediction after prayer, and
many a rare and beautiful flower.
The effect was marred, however, by
little evergreen shrubs cut into arti-
ficial and fantastic shapes in the form
OF ROSTERS, swans, and other birds.
The most striking object, however,
was the celebrated Warwick vase
found early in the last century in the
bottom of a lake near Hadrian's S
villa near Tivoli and presented to
the then earl Of Warwick. 1t must
have been five feet broad and high,
and dated from the early days OF the
Roman Empire. Not long before
some vandal relic hunter had broken
a piece from the rim, and it was
therefore locked in the conservatory,
visitors being allowed to peer at it
through the glass sides.
Our visit 10 Stratford- on Avon
was Of an afternoon, the round trip
|by coach being about IS miles and
allowing but two or three hours for
the memorials Of Shakespeare.
Double that time is needed. One
curious sight Of the trip was line OF
three or four boys standing on their
heads a surprisingly long time some
fifteen or twenty rods ahead of US
in the road. Pennies from passing
travellers were the goal of the per-
formance. The sight became familiar
on the Continent. Our return was
by Charlotte, still the home OF the
I-ucys. The reader will remember
the youthful escapade Of the boy
who is alleged to have been brought
before Sir Thomas Lucy for deer
stealing, and whom he immortalized
as Justice Shallow. In Stratford we
first visited the old church, an i'm
pressive fifteenth century edifce
where Shakespeare and his wife and
also his daughter Susan and her
husband are buried. Here also is
a memorial window recently put in
by American gifts, and another ol
earlier date representing the seven
ages of man. Visitors are also
shown the parish register containing
the record Of Shakespeare's baptism
and funeral. We next drove to
Anne Hathaway's cottage at Shot.
terry about mile away. It is said
to be essentially as it, was when
Shakespeare courted his wife. The
visitor is shown the seat on which he
sat with her, an ancient bedstead or
which many a Hathaway drew the
Hast breath of lie, copper vessels
used in fireplace cooking, and :
wooden trencher, one side OF which
was the dinner plate with depres
|sion at one corner for salt. When
the moment for dessert arrived il
was turned upside down, and the
bottom served as plate for the
second and final course. Many
other quaint and curious things were
shown, some OF them over 900 year.
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