The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-01-05
KzswIck, Cumberland. June u, 1866.

"The splra,Ior flI, % ca-ti- walls
~ nj obi a sssry
/, The long I.hI shakes a-ross- tn I1L-s,
II VI tiye Will G-sI,+ % glory
O.s--t ami far from riiT lnI scar.
The horns q ElHIu,l E.in,iy bos.iug
TheirecIaes roll from soul u s'uI,
AMI sro~ forever and forrser-
e Bhx bu.Ie. bEIw, will echoes flying.
Aad answer, echoel. answer, dying, dying, dying
When left Melrose it was my purpose to have
y continued on my course down the east cast,
s:troueh Newcastle, &c. but after / had duly
tensi,Iered the matter decided to sacrifice the
IcaI pits for the lakes-EngIand. the storehou~e
AMI siIyer-getter, for England the paradise and
a Ipoet-and right glad ] am Of my choice.
II Five miles south of McIrosc stopped at the
y ruins Of Dryburgh Abbey-Jhe romantic burial
3paes Of Sir Walter Scott. His son-iu-aw and
EJaughter Mr.. and Mrs. LOckhart. are buried
lbeside him. Ills two other daughters are buried
akin London. On hill near Dryburgh Abbey.
khers stands colossal statue of Wallace fifteen
Eor twenty feet high.
Il At Hawicl. the last town Mt which stopped
while in Scotland, ] was present at the annual
festival and games-fOot racing, jumping, wrest-
fIinc, horse racing. fire works. booths, monkey
shows, gambling, drinking and what not. sc.
ISaeh unblushinS gambling and such indiscrimin-
Ete, beastly drunkenness never before witnessed.
yThe police were distributed thickly among the
sthronS. but did not present tine least obstacle to
-sthe open gambling which was going on allaround
@hep, with dice, with magic cards. with spinning
crAes, with rolling halls and every other con-
iabIe device by which money could be staked.
XSft year old children induced TO stake
Nheir pennies, boys and girls their shillings, Ia
Z boring men and women their halfcrowns, crowns
hnd pounds, the wealthy their tens and hundreds.
No one seemed to think there anything
Frong in it. Parents would stand looking on
kth interest while their children bet their pen
pics and sixpenees, applauding them when they
kers shrewd and lucky, and upbraiding them
when fortune and the trickster turned against
them Every One-men, women and children
Drank more or less beer. ale. whisky. brandy
zine. On less than half an acre OF ground I
$ounted thirteen men and boys lying dead drunk.
a /" teetotaler," as they always call temperance
ban, Is a rGra aris in this country The
= the best and worst society drink their beer
pine almost regularly as they do their tea.
en. Neal Dow, of Maine, who il now lecturing
D temperance in this country, states that every
far Great Britain loses ESQ ,OO0, 900 of money
hnd 60 900 people slain by the traffic in strong
lrink The sucrifice OF life in the Northern
ates by the great war was not greater, though
heir expenditure Of money was larger but that
pas only for four or five years. while in Grea
Britain this war is continual.
q In my tour through Scotland I found that
every one, students, Theological Professors. Doe
pr Of Divinity and all, took their wine and beer
fegularly. and Of course offered it to all their
faests. They naturally dislike to hear any refer
nce % PauI's declaration that he would eat no
peat 30 long a tie world stood if his (eating)
peat caused his brother to offend. Almost every
fGrth shop in the Kingdom, both north and
futh, seems to be liquor dealers, and both
xes and all classes, without exception, patron
r them Directly opposite the apartments
Errsh occupied in Edinburgh was this sign
Z 1r~tAalmers. Wholesale and Retail Wine and
spirit Dealer In MeIrOsc I read E. W Scott,
licensed to Retail Beer, Spirits and Wines
fiore than once | have seen Shakespeare bust
fVer the sis1 Of n grOsshCP- Hamlet, in imagin-
fton. traces the imperious dust Of Cesar till he
fnds It stopping bung-hOle. Little did Shake !
feare think that he himself should fall lower
4 fiii and BE used not to stop 4 bung-hOle but to
'pen beer barrel and let the floods Of 80 liquid
famnation " down the open thrOIts OF succeed 4
fns generations OF his fellow cDuntrymen- Let 4
p not paint the picture bIacker than the reality I
fo;withstanding all the drinking am bound to .
oniess that never saw 50 healthy looking
top!e Though they drink constantly, and on .
s'rve occasions many get beastly drunk, they do .
seem To have as fiery drinks as the Americans
or 10 g of on =. sprees - as frequently as their
'nsns across the Atlantic. Their daily glass of
e or beer, which costs only tup-rence - or
hriP-pence," is believed by most OF their doc
~ to b. beneficial 10 the health and their cool,
'ist elimate-keeVs them-as it does their pas
lFes- their sheep, cattle and horses-in eroeHcgf
"0iiioH- Such rosy cheeks (nOt to mention
oses) Of men, women and children, have never
.'ore seem 1t Is pleasure to look at them
he poor, notwithstanding their deep poverty,
happily disappointed to find looking 20 heal
tE. The beautiful healthy bare foot Scotch
'ss'e Is no myth of the picture painters, as had
opposed but n genuine reality which may be
en every day both in the country, in the streets
II EHinburgh and Glasgow. Who shall pro-
t-nely dare to say that their ruddy ripe checks
r. less pretty because tinged by good ale as well
r Dy the cool northern breezes?
-,o" that am about to bid good bye to Scot
l must mention a few Of the many interest
Il, iaets which have attracted my attention. |
tftF'i no hli book if attempted to speak of all.
WOUND the Scotch dialect-the language Of