Show 0 7 ii U A french gentleman who delights to frei quent the pots spots on which celebrated preta po jets have or whence they thoy derive derived 4 espira tion has published in the our eur in of his visit to the c gardens df of sol soi Solomon anlon 11 first be he visited the sealed fountains large sub bub ter raDean reservoirs wherein ta the e waters springing froni from the mountains llie are c collected and whence the water is conducted to jerusalem by pipes ata at a shorn short distance from the reservoirs are he celebia celebrated ted gardens they extend along g a vailey caller which runs run from el bourath to bethel cm em it ia is ibe the most charming spot ot in all pales palis 1 tino tine i Solom solomon dri dil ras vas waa a good judge in mord more more lenses tb anone there are murmuring ring streams winding through verdant lawns s there are the choicest fruits and flowers the hyacinth th anemone the fig tree and the pine pirie towering the garden and contrasting grandly with rits itts ts bojt boft aspect are the dark precipitous rocks odthe neigh neighboring borin g mountain around whose summits ts vultures vulture ep and eagles incessantly Inces incessantly santi y scream vand and describe spiral circles in the air y the rare plants and abd flowers which the great enchanter of the east collected within these pardons we were ie protected prot ed from the north wind bj by the mountain eiery every gust of the south mind nind wind was loaded with perfumes with the first brat breeze broeze of Spring the fig tree put forth its fruits and the vines began to blossom it was in in i thae dhe words of scripture a garden of delights rhe the vegetation soi tae tWe korth north borth and the south were intermingled one part of the thi garden gardin was called tho the walk cor or as the english scripture translation has atthe garden of duts luts ts another ia is the beds of spices 7 the write writers tb guide was ivas a well will educated italian who informed him that the Gardens of solo inon are now pow letto ietto let iet to an Engli englishman kliman bliman i tle the ile present ten anthe 2 lle lie said is cis mr gold amith of the house of goldsmith son he LB Is under ander draining frig trig the gardens of solomon on the yorkshire system you will be astonished to see eee how bow B successful he has been here is the housed housep 1 I 1 perceived a bright brass knob shining in in the center of a small smail square of porcelain let into a white wall over this knob was the following superscription in the english engish language ring cring the bell this bell beeme dao dad jo my imagination rather an anomaly in the gardens dens denb of solomon but that is 16 a trifle we did aid ring the bell and we went in the ile first arat thing that struck my eyes were wire red draining pipes lying about and bearing the mark of the manufacturers samuel com coy comno no strand mr goldsmith was draining that thit biblical valley alley the dew of which was so often brushed awall away hy bl the naked feet of the shulamite it was in the month of september an american mow ing machine was cutting a second crop of arti facial grass grabs on the very spot where the daugh tera tura of jerusalem gathered those alli eg bf the neld field which were more beautiful than solomon in all his bis glory A patent reaping machine was rapidly garnering the crop rap of that glade lade in which the tha sisters of ruth euth ardd arid the daughters of naomi were wont vont to glean 14 asked tasked to see Bolo solomons mons mona pavilion but alast the cypress tim unit bers and the cedar had bl ad been down and in their place thre there ig IQ a brick built hulit cottage with a roof of red 1 and aid green tiles tilea jho tho th entrance hall hali is whitewashed there is a little parlor witha with a birmingham lr carpet t and a drawing dribin 0 room papered with a de dered red yellow paper purchased in pam paris rue des molineaux Moin eaux the chimney is prussian aana and the curtains are of swiss muslin instead of the servants of the spouse I 1 found two nursery maid maids maidstone sone onia from paris and the other from florence the slave who prepares s the tints tents of cedar is biow now called john johh he has red whiskers blacks his masters shoes shoeb scrubs the tha floar every dagand da day yand nd varnishes it on sundays and if some lo rom lom antig mantic person should inquire as I 1 had the n to ta do about the dark shulamite he will be shown five sweet little english cb children ildren lidren redolent of cold cream and windsor soap as fair as floss silk with hair in corkscrew curls and wearing prunella boots blue capes and green parasols tue cinnamon trees have nave been cut down for firewood and the aromatic canes grubbe grubbed dup up bit the hive five little misses do cy crochet achet work und dr r the we shade of a bon chretien pear tree since the eastern war mr goldsmith has obtained tie tae custom of th e pasha of jerusalem for vegetables last year be he had seven crops of potatoes thanks q to his bis wonderful drainage drainage |