St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-11-17
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Letter from scotland.
Truly yours,
II II I,,II,
FROM \ PRIVATE LETTER.
GLASGOW. Sent. Is. IS,

| NY it>l l"ltcF IL You Wa mailed III
Dublin, which city we left last Tuesday
morning for Ballast, where We arrived
about one o'clock T. NJ. Th'rr i. but
little al interest 10 See in Belfast, um!c.s
except Il beautiful Memorial Clock to
Prince Albert. TIE Linen Hall, how
ever. i worth visiting. But unr object
in coming Via Belfast was 10 save about
half the distance by water, and also to
see il little more of the country, and, a.
the ride along the coast through pictur-
esque little towns was very pleasant, we
felt that we gained our end. Belfast is
the only town in Ireland that has gained
in population during the last ten wears,
which * owing To the increase oi the
linen business, it Icing, suppose, the
principal market of the world for that
article. ~ We came within Il few miles
of the city We SAW whole li-lls covered
with the cloth b!earhirg on the gra>-.
The greater portion OF i! Is m:rle in the
mills, but no sinai! part. WAS told is
mad. bv hand in i:lmilir; uuf in The
country.
! The boat Tor Glasgow lcfi at : o'clock
and w were not in season 10 set Il good
sta:t-room and So took cabin brrth~. We
were Gua'l' to sleep much, however,
panty on account ut tl,r attentions al
that ,iyac:ou- littlr insect the u,ij no-si-
Div have L,.un at the wroo. end to
spell it, Aul partly irum the attentions
ol the occupant OF tEr berth aIioinin.
mine. The utlth- wcg.. somewhat like
shelves, with NJ separation between
/ them and mli, up head !, head. Ny
nc;r,-; Lri.hh,r had = way oi .h,l.n9
himself uioug anti! lbs head Vas un my
pillow. Ii tAi- way W. rubbed heads
4 %cod part %! tin NIGHT, and rather
think almost m:,dr lima ;;,lI for | yh-
served aha, Ia, Ir,ir w. very tIin in tn
morning Most @, the passengers wen:
ashore III 'recnoch i'ul We remained "n
Loard. prylrTri"s - see what We could
/ "t the far tanned braull"~ uI the Clyde.
. | nturtuIr!rIy Tor IL dark mukv i""
! prevented our Distinguishing thc more To-
mote objects but r:,-llv recognized
! pumbarion Castle lE Ih' hiiy r""h az
on Whl"h Il Is peic'ird. IL Wa mere That
" 'ir'm Wallace was confined Tor
time, nearly II'c hundred years ago
We have mad" ''iasG"w the startling
point I'f All our EXCURSIONS III lh' west 81
H'"tl;'I'i' II we s"''l f-hlb''"' Whi!r III
Inc i''si' and have hJ '}rI our VISIT here
very n'''h' although II l. th' eh"h'eSt
ana h'ache-t pi''e nave ever >'eh.
hl- / me '''''t I'll 'h' treat h''""'r "i
manufactures "i every hIhd, ia" TAI
ciin''''ys "i winch are constantly pour
M I"rth "ti-' CLOUDS "i hi''@ SMOKE.
we called al VIZ. l. thursday morn
M, and after pleasant hours chat AMI
lunch. he took lie down to a >hip-yari
ON the Clyde and, rs eool luck would
have it. W., found ourselves iu-t in lime
To- witness the launching OF Il Great iron
ship. Just a. she began 10 move, u
pretty black eyed Scotch ll,Sie broke 4
bottle Of wine upon her bows. chri-tcn-
! inc her the "S,ratL~arn." and then She
Sid gracefully down the ways into the
water After the launch while We
were walkin. about the yard lookiu. at
the various processes of manufacture. we
were invited To meet the builders and
some of their friends at Il collation. which
| had been PREPARED in honor of the occa-
sion We found some - or 80 gentle
mcm and ladies' assembled. with Il table
/ in the midst loaded with sandwiches,
cakes and wine. Ii was Il uuct social
affair without speeches, in lieu of which
were several toastS
Monday We went with MI and Mrs.
|. down the Clyde to Ayr and visited
the c-uniry OF Hnrns' seeing the "Iwa
Brig, calling at the inn which was the
scene Of the carousll Of Souter Johnny
and Tam o Shantcr and slipping well
drappli from the rcriiable cup once de
voted to the hbatonS OF lam then drove