The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-11-14
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Ins sDeeoloto 00Aia10a Of the 9eottish
Oakss-PalnfaI P1staresexeness.

P1DeoresESeness.
Justin Mccarthy writes ftom near
Sen Nevis, Scotland, to the Epa:iaz
4aa. "To psas fton England ito
is to 90 fro. pcs. t. 2,,ssy.
but the poetioal in real lite il aos u1a.
'lly the comfortable. In tho buslaisc .
'f cities, Charles Dickens ob.e7 ves ,ast
cholera aod the picturesque - CON.
monty found. TO be as.oo;.ta; .;~,.f-
l'oa pays tof her bs.ssy b, azirs !,
Earn bs'seH into . sho~-pi..e, ,sic..
mt in the former letter, sss sor hsr
poetry By > great deal 81 itai: i:a.lsta,
discomfort and poverty. I zucs 70
country where the distinction CT G ess
Is more than stesoly sDd e:sn o,:--5sl5
marked out. The looal puto or Mar.
4uis seems everywhere to bs regarded
almost exactly ss he might Lass bs1n
In feudsl times, sort Of h,ar.a~.s-
pointed ruler and King. l. s:1c.a1
after oil, nobody cares much s5o4. =
Lord, except pe"ple who have c':ccass.
to dine With him. The a,a-c:- air.
ole class Britoo, ~ho oezer 5re.;>s i
such privilege, concerns hinsslf f.
tie about Peers, and has 40 n,,,o uasz-
al reverence for Duke thsn b. n.s
Tor Lord Mayor. But ia escl.,i
you are always under the sh. ic:s os "a
Duke-tbis, that aud the otaer Daze.
Go into little Highland inn, I'd "a
see tho Dukes portrait, the Du:shss'
portrait, volume containing g. Sc
count Of al tie Duke's ancestors aud
family; the talk is Of what ta5 Do-,
will cot allow, what he has doae, aa.s
he had promieed, whether he eill pei
NIT the road to be made hers or tina
hotel to be built there, ,hen b. -
coming from London or retarait.
thither, who has seen him It eha,en,
and 80 forth. The Duke. eo1s:ry
house, where you pay . shilling sd
see some Of the rooms, is called "Th,
palace" l confess I grow ~.sr5 OF tae
Duke as Hippolyta did Of tae Moo,
aud wish he would change, .nd e9ea
6nd it relief to pass froe the don1ric.
of one Dake into the domain oi =.
other. In the meanuhile the eoua,5,
seems to mere traveller TO be Ill b.:
dspopulsted. There sre ths cities, Of
course, and IN the picturesque fi5ce5
there are the hotels, snd there Gro p...
aces Of Tie Dukes, aod tho shooting.
lodges Of the English eeotr, =io eoz.s
ia the season to shoot grouse. 6esids
this there is nothing, ono might g.s.-
You travel for hours and Gee aobols.
Some Of the Highltnd villages, wa>a
you do see them, are Is mi.erabls ::
collection of novels Is could b. ioacd
even in the west Of Ireland. Dirs,
squalor an1 nakedness are evvrJEhsss.
You will scarcely see any~ here q So
mao who wears shoes and ssookiar;.
The children are al but naked. S.
sa" the other day big ras-bops eitl,
fourteen years old, 1 should say, sl.u:-
ing herself With other children ia tho
open air. The rain vas poc,ing hear
i'y. The girl had apparently no ga.
meots but ragged frock With sss7
short skirt. Her legs aud feet ue1s
b're, Of course but in that cond;s.5.
she Was only like everybody eiE-. he:
poor little frock. however, Eas i! to1z
from the neck to tho waist, could hsia-
" be said to have = body TO il, saa
.A-~ ~shole chest was % bare - ner foz?-
head to the pr}t;.1 ra,n. We ks,> .ss
accustomed, Of course, to regard ses..
land - hl=hIy prosperous eosak;,
o:odeI of energy and Intelligence, "a
example and . shame to poor ItelSai.
Well, Glasgow is great and 1ioa,ishi1c
city, snd Greeuook is busJ, aud sde
Clyde is alive with ship building; bas
outside the cities see a county sh;cn
is fast becoming depopulated. Prs
perity-wbat is prosperity? Do :. ole
city, Dukes castle, and hotel in thu
highlands constitute national prosper
ity? Is this place which 1 look upon
:rom my window prosperous I If it is,
then 50 is the Atlaptic prosperous, as
you gaze over it from the dec: OF one
Of the Cunard steamers. Thsra you
hare steamer and . good dinner, aad
we'll dressed guests on board, and tina
ocean oustide. Here you have hotsl
we'll filed with tourists, and outside .
wilderness. All around this big ho-
tel there is .bsorutely no population"
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