New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-02-06
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Ills Is certainly the most picturesque city
l have ever seen. One can only stand and
wonder and admire. had 10 idea OF it be-
fore, and had not supposed there was just
such a place in the wide world. On the way
here We passed the castle Of the Duke OF
Athole, equal to a royal palace. His lands
extend fifty rniies, yet all about are novels
Of poor people, sometimes wholly OF mud,
often with only one small window, and
always with dirt or stone floor. If this ism t
enough TO make q rebellion l don't know
what is. The poor people have got hold Of
our hearts; they seem honest and simple
and very kind, but they seem to take it as a
matter Of course that they are to live just as
they do--that they are mere trash and that
the gentry are some higher race Just as you
might think horses and oxen would talk and
feel if they could reason about themselves
and their masters.
There is very interesting orphan asylum
here, known as Heriot's hospital. A Mr..
Heriot, 250 years ago, made quite a fortune,
Tor those days, and dying without children,
left all his property TO found this asylum.
He said - For the wealth God has given
ne, it shall not want inheritors while there
are orphan lads in Aud Reekie." Aud
HeeLie is the pet name of Edinburgh. And
now there i in the most iourishing condi-
ton a large and beautiful edifice in which
80 orphan boys are educated. What de-
light it must be TO the kind-hearted old man
10 be able to look down upon il from the
other world. He has enjoyed it for $50
wears, and do not know why he may not as
long as the world stands.
The signs on the shops are very curious
here, and all over Scotland and England in
TACT; almost everything is different from
ours. 1 have seen here several of Tailor
and breeches-nakeT." The butchers are
- t.eshers;" for furnishing stores il is al
ways ''Outiitter." Then we bee Agents
Tor Bespoke Goods" meaning simply order
ed goods-"Perforators for Tinkers'--
- Fruiterers"-and a store il always a shop.
The hotels, even the largest, are most inva-
riably kept by women, and the quiet, home
Ike way Of conducting them makes them ut
tcrly unlike our hotels.
send YOU n photograph Of Scotch ter
r.er who died here lately, and Of whose re.
markable history the papers have spoken.
he belonged 10 a very poor man, whose
grave Is now scarcely diseerni5le; yet for
thirteen years he has kept watch and guard
over il, and neither by coaXing nor STRATA
gem has he ever been prevented from pass
ing his nights there. lie has been fed regrl.
larry for SIX years AT a restaurant near the
churchyard, going always at noon at the
sound of the ''time gun'-but no matter how
rough the night may be, lac has never been
known TO desert the grave and when per-
sons have attempted to keep him within
doors, bis dismal bowling has always secured
his release. This seems to me about the
most wonderful story ever heard tell Jack
about it, and see what he has To say. They
call him Grey Friars' Bobby"
Il have always heard of Scotland as great
whisk drinking country; but the friends oi
temperance here have really been doing q
great work all over the country. Both here
and 10 Glasgow some Of the largest hotels are
temperance, proclaiming the fact on theiI
signs and great many restaurants have W
the temperance sign. We were all out sight.
seeing the other day and stopped at one OF
these restaurants for dinner. j has to
have glass Of porter with her dinner, SO we
inquired on going in if they kept porter the
keeper said no; this was a Temperance res.
iauTant. Father then told him that lady
Of our party required porter for her health,
and asked il be would object 10 our getting
some aud bringing it in TO take with her din.
ner. He said it was a matter of principle
with him, and he would prefer to have US &c
TO some other restaurant, which we did
Was not this real Scotch firmness? There
does seem TO be a solid strength in Scotch
character that Is admirable: they do moi
know how TO preyaricate or finch CATst.a'
tHiGn.