Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-09-16
INTERESTING SCENES NEAR THE ENGLISH METROPOLIS
Rogers Visits Many Places Historical Fame

room is carpet which was presented
to Victoria by the Shah of Persia. We
have the guides word for it that the
carpet weighed seven tons. We enter
st. Georges chapel, where are many
graves of distinguished men and wo-
men. We stop by two marble slabs;
on one is inscribed Henry VIII, Rex
England" the other "Jane Seymour,
who died giving birth to Edward vi.
The verger conducts us to the resting
place of many who were illustrious in
church and state affairs. We stop by
two slabs and are informed one was
burial place of the organist. who played
the organ an regular service, weddings
and funerals for &C years, then died
and was honored with a place in this
holy chapel, near by the organ he had
played so many years. Along side the
organist rests the body of the choirest-
er, who had sung in the choir 62 years
without absence, which long and honor
able service entitled him to burial in
st. Georges chapel. Inclosed by a
railing under a beautiful stained glass
window and close by the grave of Hen
ry VIII. is military statue which des-
ignates the resting place of the young
French Imperial Prince, son of Napo-
leon III, who lost his crown and EN-
pire at Sedan to become an exile in
England. The young prince was COM
missioned captain in an English regi.
ment, serving in South Africa. He
was engaged to the Princess Beatrice,
but before the official announcement,
Joined his regiment to achieve military
honor fighting the Kaffirs in South Af-
rica, who were disturbing the peace.
He fell by a spear from the hands of a
Kaffir, and there ended the Napoleonic
dynasty, and here sleeps the exiled
prince. Suspended from the ceiling
are many f.ded and time worn en-
blems of Knights of the Garter, amor
der instituted by Edward III, in the
XIII century, whose stalls and place of
resting were in the chapel. Back of
WINDSOR in the park is the Frogmore
Mausoleum, where Queen Victoria and
her consort Albert, two royal lovers,
rest in eternal sleep.
But short ride across the Thames
and we are in Eaton, the seat of Eng
lands most highly respected prepara-
| tary school for young men, The Elton. :
1t is justly celebrated for the number
| of distinguished men who have passed
its threshold to enter Cambridge, Ok
/ ford and other universities. 1t was
founded by Henry vi in l440, for the
cons of poor people, but for many years
only the sons of nobility and the gentry
have been admitted. So popular is this
school that application for admission is
registered at the child's birth, the age
of admission being between twelve and
fourteen years. Every Eton scholar
wears a short jacket. silk hat, carries
cane, hands gloved and shoes polished,
In the game of cricket and rowing 9
white suit is worn. Department on al
occasions and everywhere is that of 9
gentleman, and failing to be gentle
man, must leave Eton.
A short ride to Slough on the mali
travelled road, and from slough W.
journey two mile to Stokes Pogis T.
see tie grave of the author of Gray
Elegy. Someone has said, ''he woul'
rather have the honor of writing Gray
Elegy than of winning the battle o
Waterloo" 1t has been my privileg,
to visit the field of Waterloo. to stant
by the tomb of Wellington, to hav'
read Gray's EIegy, and now to stan'
by the authors grave in the old Gem
etery by the old church Stokes Pogis
immortalized by the author who neve
realized his literary greatness.
e. M. ROGERS.
September IA, 1908.