Show AT WINDSOR CASTLE SALT laan CITY utah A april 16 15 1897 in if june jane will be the diamond jubilee f lueen victoria under whose reigo reign Jin Plo cland giand has bra prospered so 0 o greatly are atly while in london ondon Jj with of cople we one day stood near the le exhibition waiting to see ee aaen victoria come out soon boon the batee were opened and a number of abram come riding oo on horses double V cje ia then followed the queen with one of ber bar granddaughters in a floe fine carriage age it in another carriage were the prince and princess of wales wale As ae they rode past the multitude hate bats word taken oft off and handkerchiefs handkerchief waived I 1 walle bile trio the shout hout god save the queen it weris went up from me vast rait throng about a week after this we went oter ever to windsor twenty miles from london to visit the castles castle the he home of the queen windsor in a picturesque town but of course it IN ie dOMI dominated DAted by the be castle this to a beautiful building which wiloh has baa played an important part in the ala i tory lory of england most moat events event and personages of note nave been in some way associated with it it witnessed the ibe doughty deeds and pompous pageantries tries of the days of chivalry and now after more wan than years it ii la is the grandest residence of the sovereigns of england the great structure was founded by william the conqueror on windsor we brained permission to go through the he castle from the he town abe view of the castle is in pleasing and striking or on seconding ascending thames street the castle rises above the town in all it its massive maive sod and majestic proportions just think the buildings are nearly a mile tin ID circumference be log 1480 feet loog from east to weal so that it Is quite a large show bow place we went into the castle and through the ibe magnificent tatu state department abase include the van dyck room where are banging bonging some lome of the finest paintings of that noted master the waterloo chamber said ald to be the noblest apartment apart meat in the castle adorned with the portraits port ralta of the dis die soldiers and statesmen who were in that bat famous victory of course among them Is ii a full length portrait of the great duke of wellington abe grand reception room and toe the guard chamber with many of almost the be same size ize and splendor i while pawing passing through the last named room we saw a piece of the victores Vic torys foremast fore maat pierced by a round shot at trafalgar the boulan muskets and cagnon balls of the crimea crime and many other curiosities we went up on the be north and east terraces to see eo the magnificent views described by the post poet gray to in his bis familiar lines hoes on a distant prospect of eton college the view irom the round tower to is grand in the dint distance anoe can be aen eton college a large floe fine ball building ding the students of which rarely umber number less than a thousand and the playing laying fields whereas to Is well known the duke of wellington uttered hire bis significant remark here the battle of waterloo was bodif won meaning that the courage and energy there acquired by the youth of E uplands Fin ug lands families pro pared them to encounter in subsequent days day the stern realities of war it was wai a clear day and we could see ae twelve counties the broad landscape with the slivery tha thames moo gildi nig be tween iween its ito green banks prevented a very attractive light eight I 1 cejp but think of the wondrous passage pasa agea or of history with the he great pile of buildings beneath me within round bound tower was enacted a romance of love lore worthy an abiding record there prince james of scotland was imprisoned tor for nineteen weary years yean but there he be first ant dawg saw through the window of his hi cell the fair lady who after afterward warde shared his throne sue she was walking in a garden at the toot foot of the keep and her bar beauty won the heart of the royal captive the castle has baa been the birth soone sad burial place of many of england En glands a kings and queens queena there queen victoria spends a great deal of her time while going through windsor castle we were told of the marriage of queen victoria and prince albert it we was a simple lovema tob albert Albor and tand victoria met tor for the first time when both were seventeen years yearn old alborg albert was the son BOD of a german drinco he and his hie brother went to england to pay a vlist to their aunt and ana cousin and 3 the young people were brought together albert then was wai rather short abort and heavy but good looking and simple in his bie manners mannen and quite cheerful in disposition he took much interest lote reat in everything every ining around him and spent bucis of big hi time to la playing on the piano with ibis bl cousin victoria then a graceful interesting Inter eiting girl she fell in love with him but though he be liked her he be was wai not so 0 o quickly impressed Impre red he wrote to his nocle our cousin in very am amiable lable p but gave ear no stronger Bt ronger phalm pral albert went back to the be continent nent and ana traveled pome come years yean writing occasion ally to victoria and be to him the next aest year william IV died and victoria in her eighteenth year the throne the year after this event the young prince made his hi next cialli and this time bli big object wax was to plead the band and heart of the me young queen shortly after his hie arrival victoria made up her mind and sending lending for the prime minister told him she he was waa going to marry krince prince albeit the following day she he sent eat toi for the prince and to in an outburst of hearte ness neb sino and jove she ehe told him he had gained her heart and would make her very aery happy it if he would become wedded to her he responded with love and angelico ana thus they became engaged in the abe winter of 1840 we young couple were married according to macau lay in queen victoria her euberto eube oto have bave found a wiser grentier Ren tier happier elizabeth her enlightened policy boa baa been that the powers power of the crown are held in trust truel for the people and are the beaus and not the end cod of government govern meat in the practise pra otlee of every domestic dom eatlo virtue the queen and her bar late consort nave have set let a beneficial example to the english people JOHN JOHH C JIL |