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

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that 1t is rapidly dying out. Everything good is
- bonnie" children are - bairns.'' stream is
burn" a hillside a =. brae.'' Should YOU ak
any one how far it Is u Princess street, ne re-
rlies, .. dinna ken, only wee bit The sound
Of all this Is very interesting and pleasant to for
cigu clrs, and Is perfectly easy tD understand if
you are at all familiar with Scotch poetry The
c in =. Ioch,' - och, - - McCuIloch," &c. il
a-piratei cultural, pronounced ike the Ger
man ca in - ich." &c. An EngliShman seldom
prOnounces it correctly. The un,ducitci classes
frequently have pronunciation which i difficult
u understand. Mister becomes =. Meisther.''
I saw a comic rictur. the first day was in Edin-
burgh pronounced EIinboro) which illustrates
tine Institutions and feelings Of the people. \
poor woman chasing her which dashed
d1wu the lane by i disnifcd looking gentleman,
sporting gold headed cane. She cried out to
him, - Man. stop my coo. - lie replied.
- - oman, I'm m a man, I'm q magistrate
Taxing snuff - still very common. DR.. Will
sp-.. Moderator of tie Assembly. WAS constantly
taking it while he sat in the Moderatpr's Chair
in his tights - and knee buckles; also in the
pulpit rs he sat bsiie his brother minister who
preaching. The style of preaching sounded
20 my American. or rather Hawaiian ears heavy
sinz-ong, monotonous and dull. The churches
very small compared with American churches.
! may not DC right, but think did not one
in Elnburgh-bcsilcs the Assembly rooms
which would seat many Fort Street
Church could. ifeit had galleries on three sides.
DIR. Guthrie's certainly would not. The seats
are very narrow, stiff and uncomfortable There
Is no instrumental music in their churches, and
no hymns suny-ony psalms; these
absolutely literal versions of King James transla-
tion. They are given out verse By and are
sung by the congregation to tunes most of which
were familiar To my ear but with so many varia-
tions that found it difficult join with tine rest
All the clergy wear white chokers and. in the
pulpit. robes. Every who makes any preten
sIOHs to gcntility stecple hac and gloves.
The latter the ministers wear int, the pulpit and
keep OH during the service, till they come to the
sermon, when, ia Il fuppish manner, they pull
them off in the presence of the congregation. who .
watch the Operation with the greatest interest to
that it Is done correctly. The people gener-
ally are stout the ministers especially. very
- Stout or - crumInv." they slv in Eng
Iand. Many gentlemen carry red pocket hand
kerchicfs particularly the clergy, probably on
account of the snuff. which is Of dirty red
quent occasion to use them.
In the country and villages, both of England
and Scotland, there are many Matcled coftqges,
in which the common people live. The walls are
FIVE or six feet high, and the roof quite steep.
Such tiny houses never before saw in any land.
Thev look very much like Hawaiian huts, but
the stone brick walls and the straw roof are
both very thick One roof will often last more
than hundred years.
Having heard 50 much said of the Scottish
strictnes5 in observing the Sabbath, WAS sur
prised TO see soldiers parlding through tlestrccts
Of Edinburgh with hand that day. They
of course wore the Scotch plaid. l observed, to
nv astoni-hment, that this costume leaves the
knee entirely naked, the stocking not reaching 1t
from below nor the short skirt from above, and
the only covering from the stockings to the belt
being the short loose skrt-prmitive and pic
turesque certainly They were wearing this
when the thermometer showed 80 : Fahrenheit,
and. doubt not. would do the same in mid
winter. 1t Is only one of many striking Illus
trations that might be given of the hardy, robust
character If the people. This highland costume
il said to be- the favorite dress Of one of VictOrias
sons. forget which. | discovered that bag
pipe in Edinburgh Castle. played by the hands
Of genuine Scotchman, discOurscd very differ
ent music from that squeezed by blind beggar
under the shadow of Trinity stcep!e. Broadway,
New York but cannot say that either had any
more melody for my than Chinese STE. DIR.
Mcleod pronounced NcClOud) few days since,
in a fit OF patriotism. staked his musical reputa
ton on the assertion that the bag-pipe was the
finest instrument in the world. The - phunny
papers are now swarming with illustrations Of
the corpuIent divine distending his cheeks and
under his arm his f;ryorito instrument
IN frantic endeavors % charm the universe.
Nv letter has run TO most unreasonable length,
and time would fail me 10 tell you of the deep
mp. ession produced in Edinburgh by the speeches
IF Mr. Geo. ii. Stewart, relative to the labors,
Turing the Rebellion ofthe American &C hris:ian
Commission of which he was Presdent-of
,Ir Northrup, the eloquent young preacher from
Brooklyn-of John Knox's house, which stands
IN High St, not two minutes walk from the
.oom which I occupled-of the dense Scotch
mist which bropds over Edinburgh three -f1urths
# the time. reminding me Of WaiInea Hawaii
# the butter-nilk and porridgc on which the
,ornmOn people live. and so forth ad infinituIn.
hope none of my readers will receive a false
Of the Scotch people from few pecu-
tnD-L bi WHICH are tliLDll'-S t'll'H 10
hem and the English) that have mentioned.
never was among more noble. generous. Chris
ian people. In the matter of intemperance. TO
yhich | have alluded, they are no worse than v
he English. and bad as the present condition is.
{ Is the universal testimony both in England
md Scotland that there is n wonderful improve
ncnt on the habits and customs of twenty or
ven ten years ago.
Mr.. Thos. Knox of Edinburgh, Ito whom l -
lad an introductory is Il - tectOtaler" OF twenty
ffna rsYfIra nee
o.Iaborer with john Cough. Neal Dow, and
- ., Ir,nr moi