American adventures : a second trip "Abroad at home" . from hisyouthful parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bancroft Car-roll, present master and mistress of the place, MasterCharles seemed to have inherited certain amiable , in some respects, he outdoes his parents. Forexample, where the father and mother were cordial, theson chewed ruminatively upon his fingers and fastenedupon my companion a gaze not merely interested,but expressive of enraptured astonishment. Likewise,though his parents received us kindly, they did not crowand gurgle with delight; and though, on our departure,they s
American adventures : a second trip "Abroad at home" . from hisyouthful parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bancroft Car-roll, present master and mistress of the place, MasterCharles seemed to have inherited certain amiable , in some respects, he outdoes his parents. Forexample, where the father and mother were cordial, theson chewed ruminatively upon his fingers and fastenedupon my companion a gaze not merely interested,but expressive of enraptured astonishment. Likewise,though his parents received us kindly, they did not crowand gurgle with delight; and though, on our departure,they said that we might come again, they neither wavedtheir hands nor yet blew bubbles. Though the house has been done over four times,and though the paneling was torn out of one roomto make w^ay for wall paper when wall paper came intostyle, everything has now been restored, and the placestands to-day to all intents and purposes exactly as itwas. That so few changes were ever made in it, that itweathered successfully, with its contents, the disastrous 64. 1) J2 c ta t/l C/3 O o DOUGHOREGAN MANOR period of Eastlake furniture and the American mansardroof, is a great credit to the Carroll family, and it is de-lightful to see such a house in the possession of thosewho can love it as it deserves to be loved, and preserveit as it deserves to be preserved. Mr. Charles Bancroft Carroll, who is a graduate ofAnnapolis and a grandson of the late Governor John LeeCarroll of Maryland, now farms some twenty-four hun-dred acres of the five or six thousand which surround themanor house. He raises blooded cattle and horses, and,though he rides with the Elkridge Hunt, also keeps hisown pack and is starting the Howard County Hounds,an organization that will hunt the country around themanor, which is full of foxes. Of the innumerable family portraits contained in thehouse not a few are valuable and almost all are I remarked upon the high average of good looksamong his progenitors, Mr. Car
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