Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-28

but have felt to exclaim 0, for some |
wizard like Scott, or poetic Burns, to
arise and describe the far grander beau
ties of Vermont.
Edinburgh, the principal city of Scot
land, the seat of her high courts, and of
noble university, is stately, imperial
city; and, both as regards her natural
and scholastic aspects, is justly styled
the Athens of the modern world, and,
though Boston may protest, yet, to a
person actually standing on Cation Hill,
or having climbed to the top of Arthurs
seat, her protestations are vain, for on
every hand Edinburgh reminds you of
Athens of old, for you look down upon
her parthenon, Mars Hill, and other
duplicate objects of classic renown, and
as you mingle with her people, you read
lily discover the marks of superior intel
ligence and refinement.
The entire city is built of light free
stone, in a costly and imposing style of
architecture, the Grecian and pointed or
Gothic being most prevalent. The low
er of art will admiringly linger at SCOTS
great Gothic monument, the post Office,
Register House, Commercial Bank, Bank
of Scotland, Iron church, Parliament
House, st. Giles Church, HolyrOod Pal
ace, the Castle and county jail, but most
of all her hospitals and schools of learn
ing.
The municipal government of Edrn-
burgh is worthy of all praise, for the
streets are everywhere well paved and
severed, and remarkably clean, indeed,
there seems to be nothing wanting in the
management of the city that wisdom can
suggest or money procure.
But there is dark side to this other
wise bright and beautiful picture, for in
spite of, and in striking contrast with,
all this superior intelligence, progress,
beauty, and wealth, there is in Edinburgh
as in all other Scottish cities, a deplorable
amount of beastly drunkenness, so that
/ strongly inclined to sympathiZe
with the somewhat sweeping remark OF
one of Scotland's most popular legisla-
tors in the House of Commons, and re-
heated by DR.. Gutherie in his great ser
mon on the ''sins and sorrows of the
city"-''that Scotland is the most drunk,
en- nation on the face of the earth.
With the exception of England | am in
clined to believe that the severe remark
is true but it is just to say that Chris
: tan philanthropy is wide awake in the
:. effort to check the terrible evil.
\ From Edinburgh / travelled thirty
} seven miles in a southeasterly direction
to Melrose Abbey, beautiful old ruiz
3 of the middle ages, and presenting Il
e the eve of the beholder, even now in it,
y utter delapidation, the grandest outline
! of the ever matchless gothic architecture
J The mullioned window in the gran'
chancel is an exquisite piece of work
n manship that may have been frequent,
N conied. but in original design has n
N equal, at least within the range OF m.
Id architectural study.
From Melrose to the ruins of Drey
5. burgh Abbey is but few miles In
n. soutberly direction, and well repaid tn
or effort to find it. nesting as it does ami
v. the dense foliage of park like forest
ID the banks of the Tweed.
es Dryburgh Abbey as a ruin is con
he plete, the remnants of the walls bein
il overgrown with ivy, and even the tree
are growing above some of the arches
no vet the visitor would hardly desire to Sc
the place other than it is the luxurial
- foliage, like the cloak of charity, seen
wishful to cover kindly the ravages th'
- time and spoliation have made upon Il
n' venerable structure. Unlike Metro
hg Abbey the domestic buildings are in
ne good state of preservation, and part
No fhe original monastery is supposed to r
he main in the substructure of the eXlstlI
be ruins.
ne ST. Mary's Aisle is the spot to whi'
IT. the pilgrim first directs his steps. Ii is
nd small apartment, forming the rig
nd shoulder of the church. Here, on u
he Goth of September, 1882, the remains
Sir Walter Scott were laid beside tho
~ of his wife; and ever since then, throuy
all time to come, this bit OF rum, WI
en- its precious treasure, will continue TO
5H- the Mecca of all true Scotchmen and
admirers OIL ZIG SlCdl ocoh hA1Ae ~
~, tabernacled in the body that now mo
all ders in this beautiful ruin.
From Dryburgh / retraced my ste
northward TO Stirling, distance of 81
entv miles. and passed few hours
viewing the old castle, and from its "a
narts most beautiful panorama OF I
Tile table lands, every acre OF when
the rich in historic interest. Especially
on the scene interesting as the eye turns
-. ward Bannockburn.
ny I saw Stirling under great disadV;
W.T. tage, for it happened on the Gay Oh =
). annual national agricultural fair. i
an citv was crowded with people from
naTts of the kingdom, and multitudes
'oF' them drunk as Hottentots. But
sent ouitf sure that Stirling has the advant'
of an excellent situation, and in ma
of resnects NAV be considered tlne lnlS
town. r
!. > From Stirling l went by, rail to !
'u' lander. which, though small and In
nificant village, yet of Importance
de- 1.-THE tourist as the entrance gate 10
oc | Trossachs-the lochs.
Early on Friday morning, August
III I girded myself for Journey thIo
ing this romantic district OF the hlgnlal
and and in due time mounted to my IL
cleS seat on inc StdSC-Coooh, o -
lied hours slowly travelled throug h wild We
Tner lahu scgnely :,sn y 3henca nv stage
con- Loeb Lomond again by steamer to
bet . thence again by stageto Loeb L.
: the once more By steamer to Helensbu,
~ and finally by rail to Glasgow, in WI
~ wen great busy commercial city passed
r;-.t night. s.,,
most interesting tour through the n
hoir. lands in a very few words-the day
,stor yerv fine everything was most ia
~ able to the fullest enjoyment; the {:
re" ery was alternately wild and beautl
tlon. / might say that, to any person VINO