. Book of the Royal blue . e light of myriads of candlesin costly candelabra. One can imagine hehears the swish of silk trains as beautiesglided by with their courtly escorts. The windows of the ballroom open on arear veranda, where a beautiful landscapepicture greets the eye. Throughout thegrand old building the ceilings and cornicesare covered with ancient moldings ofunique designs, and the great hallways areroomy and airy and are in the old Englishstyle. Queer ramifications are witnessedon every hand, from the large wine cellarsto the garret. Down in the cellar wherethe wine vaults are stil
. Book of the Royal blue . e light of myriads of candlesin costly candelabra. One can imagine hehears the swish of silk trains as beautiesglided by with their courtly escorts. The windows of the ballroom open on arear veranda, where a beautiful landscapepicture greets the eye. Throughout thegrand old building the ceilings and cornicesare covered with ancient moldings ofunique designs, and the great hallways areroomy and airy and are in the old Englishstyle. Queer ramifications are witnessedon every hand, from the large wine cellarsto the garret. Down in the cellar wherethe wine vaults are still intact, can befound a dozen or more queer undergroundrooms, in which are stored innumerable old-time cooking ovens, bakers, dish warmers,coftee urns, brass kettles and such like, allof pattern long since gone out of style. While the underground portion isgloomy and weird, if there are any skele-tons secreted in the passageways your cor-respondent failed to find them. The antiquelibrary is a study, the beautiful bookcases. *r^.J.^:-i,:A^r ■> •\ • M VKHT MWKInV 111V KliHALE. . V. A.^U1^^. U).\. THE OLD LORD BALTIMORE MANSION. 19 of solid mahogany and cedar being inalmost a perfect state of the library was the great Balti-more family vault, in which was kept storedrich old silver and valuables of every char-acter. When the vault was walled up a fewyears ago, and in tearing away a portion ofthe masonry there was found a parchmentdated 172S. signed by King George III,appointing Benet Calvert, father of sixthLord Baltimore, collector of internalrevenue in the province of Prince George,now Prince (Jeorge County, Md. Anothersealed document was signed simply Baltimore, and asked for the delivery ofnegroes, land and stock to his son. An oldbill, receipted by a New York dry goodsfirm and dated 1831, was for $1, bills for fabulous sums were found,going to show that Lord Baltimore was ahigh entertainer. Adjoining the beautifullibr
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