The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-01-25
Edinburgh.

This is certainly the most picturesque
city have ever seen. One can only stand
and wonder and admire. had no idea of it
before, and had not supposed there was
just such place in the whole world. On
the way here we passed the castle of the
Duke of Athole, equal to a royal palace.
His lands extends fifty miles, yet all about
are novels of poor people, sometimes wholly
of mud, often with only one small window,
and always with q dirt or stone floor. If
this is not enough to make rebellion
don't 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 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 fortune,
for those days, and dying without children,
left all his property to found this asylum.
He said "For the wealth God has given
me, it shall not want inheritors while there
are orphan lads in Auld Reekie." Aud
Reekie is the pet name of Edinburgh. And
now there is in the most fourishing condi-
tion large and beautiful edifce in which
$50 orphan boys are educated. What de-
light it must be to the kind hearted old man
to be able to look down upon it all from the
other world. He has enjoyed it for $50
years, and l 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
fact; almost everything is different from
ours. | have seen here several of Tailor
and breeches-maker." The butchers are
Fleshers ;" for furnishing stores it. is al.
ways "Outftter." Then we see Agents
for Bespoke Goods" meaning simply order
ed goods" Perforators for, 1'inkers'-
" Fruiterers "-and a store is always q shop.
The hotels even the largest, are most inva-
riably kept by women, and the quiet. home
like way of conducting them makes them
utterly unlike our hotels y -
/ send you photograph Of Scotch ter
rier who died here lately, and of whose re-
markable history the papers have spoken.
He belonged to a very poor man, whose
grave is now scarcely discernible; yet for
thirteen years he has kept watch and guard
crit, and neither by coaxing nor strata gem
has he ever been prevented from passing
his nights there. He has been fed regular
ly for six years at q restaurant near the
churchyard, going always at noon at the
sound of the time gun but no matter
how rough the night may be, he has never
been known to desert the grave and when
persons have attempted to keep him within
doors, his dismal bowling has always secur.
ed his release. This seems to me aboht
the most wonderful dog story | ever heard i;
tell Jack aboutit, and see what he has to
say. They call him Grey Friars' Bobby y
L have always heard of Scotland as a
great whisky drinking country; but the
friends of temperance here have really been
doing great work, all over the country.
Both here and in Glasgow some of the larg-
est and finest hotels are Temperance, pro-
claiming the fact on their signs; and great
many restaurants have up the temperance
sign. We were all out sightseeing the
other day and stopped at one of these res
taurants for dinner. J--has to have a
glass of porter with her dinner, so we in
quired on going 10 If they kept porter; the
keeper said no; this was temperance res
taurant. Father then told him that lady
OF our party required porter for her health,
and asked if he would object to our getting
some and bringing it in to take with her
dinner. He said it was matter of princi-
pie with him, and he would prefer to have
us go to some other restaurant, which we
did. Was not this real Scotch firmness
There does seem to be solid strength in
Scotch character that is admirable: they do
not know how to prevaricate or finch.
Christian Union.