The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-12-31
GRACE GREENWOOD AT BURNs's
Il a.l BIRTH-PLACE.

ti Hf Correspondence oil the NntlOnultEra.)
Ion our way back 10 Ayr, we called TO
nee the sister and nieces Of Buns-.Mre.
Beggs and her daughters who we had
assured we're mos: kindly accessible
20 visiters. This visit was altogether
the mos, interesting aud gratifying event
of the day. Mrs. Beggs lives in simple
but charming ltIe tose-embowerpd cot
iagc, about mile from her birth. place,
where all Who seek her wllia respectful
interest receive courteous and cordial
welcome. ha Mrs. Beggs is now about
eighty years oi age, but Looks scarcely
above sixty, and shows more than the
remains of remarkable beauty. Her
smile could hardly have been sweeter or
her eye finer al twenty. Her sight,
hearing, and memory, seem unimpaifed;
her manners are graceful, modest, and
lsdylikc, and she conyerses with rare
intelligence and animation, speaking with
u slight, sweet, Scottish accent Her
likeness 10 Nesmiih's portrait Of her
brother is very marked; her eyes are
peculiarly like the idea we have of his,
both by pictures end descripion--Iarge,
dark, lustrous, and changing. Those
eyes shone, with new brightness as | told
her Of our love for the me hory Of her.
beloved brother, our sympathy for his
SORROWS, and our honor for his free and
manly spirit when / told her that the
New World, as the Old, bowed 10 the
mastery of lis genius, and we're swayed
10 smiles or tears by the wondrous
witchery Of his song. But when spoke
my admiration of the monument, and
said, "What a Joy il would have been tc
him could he have foreseen such noble
recognition Of his greainess!" she smiled
mourufuliy, and shook her head, saying,
"Ah, madsm,in his proudest moments,
my poor brother never dreamed Of such
ihlng," then added that his death. chamber
was darkened and his death agony deep
ened by want and care, and toituring
fears for the dear ones he was to leave.
Mrs. Beggs saysthat Nesni,b's portrait
OF her brother is the best, but that no
picture could have done full justice to
The kiDdlng and varying expression Of
his face. iIn her daughters, who are
pleasant and interesting women, you can
trace, aistrong familiar Resemblance 10 the
poet. The three sons OF Burns are We,
lising--two are ia the army, aud one'has
n situation under government at Dam
fries. Allihree are widowefs. When
saw her, Mrs. Beggs was expecting daily
lheltwo youngest soidlers--wllo as
often as possible visit Ayr, aud cherish
as tenderly as proudly The memory Of
their father! sl9aa W I'D
In June last, ilong with the ladies' who
accompanied US through Enrope,a we
enjoyed similar privilege and pleasure.
We cal!ed,inot without apprehensions
that what was most respectfully intended
might be regarded as intrusive. But the
momeht the ''latch-s,ringnof tile "rose-
embowered cot,asen (for such it is in
truth as well as in poetry was drawn, the
courteous reception and kind greeting OF
Mrs Beggs and her daughters relieved
US from embarrassment. Half an hour
passed in familiar, delightful conversa-
tion. Though approaching four-score
years, Mrs. Beggs is ectinform, grace
fulain manners, and sprigh1y in CONVERSE
tion. Her middlc-eged daughters are
inielligen,land agreeable. The cottage,
in which order and neainess were mani
fest, seemed the abode oftha, contented
cheerfulnesso with which industry and
virtue re ward their yotaries. The daueh.
Aers support themselves andiheir mother
Gas we wefe Informed by others) with
their needles. 'le 9 M
Our only regret in taking leave of
these estimable ladies' was, That Ameri,
cans who visi, Ayr cannotsmanifest their
Admiraiionof, and obligationlto, Bdrnssin
some form that would benefit without
wounding his esiimable sister and nieces,
lfthey had .he custody oftbe monument
and the.beaulifnl grounds that surround
II, orif they even occupiedilhe cottage
whose garden encloses the asg .pA
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Where Mingo's mother drowned her sel',''.s