The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-09-24
NUMBER 80.
HYDRoPAFHY IN SCOTLAND.
rhe Cure Near sIeIrase Abbey and its
Surroundings.

/ The Cure Near EIeIrase Abbey and iss
surroundings.
A writer in Harper's Bazar furnishes
the following sketch of this celebrated
/ hydropsthie establishment
Hydropathic establishments were,
| suppose, invented forinvalids, but never
theless they are resorted to by plenty of
able-bOdied persons, both male and fe-
male. Anyway, nineteen-twentieths of
the sOjourners I saw at the Melrose es-
tablishment looked as healthy as myself,
and riotous living on pills, etc, is not
my weakness.
The greatest fault I found with the
place was its intense regularity. Other
folks think this is its greatest virtue. At
7:30 1 am aroused by q confounded
gong booming all over the house. II
don't get up lose my breakfast AT s
again the enlivening strains of the same
instrument are heard, and everybody
makes for the breakfast-room, where I
must have my appetite in order or want
until dinner-time. The gong sounds
again at intervals during the day for
dinner, prayers, tea, etc. In fact, for
some time I was kept in a continual i'd
get, wondering what it was up 10 now.
At 1000 P. NJ, no matter what you NAV
be doing, "Old John" stalks into the
drawing-room and ruthlessly turns out
the gas, when you retire to your bed
room, and if you are not IN bed by IL
you can undress in the dark, as the gas
Is turned off at the meter. The outer
doors are also locked, and all communi-
cation with the outer world is cut off till
7:30 A. NJ. If you remain outside when
the door is locked, then you remain out
side. To be sure, there are one or two
legends of jovial blades who discovered
a weak point in Johns armor, and got
in about 11:20, but they are considered
apOcryphal. However, once get over
the "sent to-bed" feeling, and life is
rather enjoyable. Croquet, bowls, bill
lizards, and a race or something of that
sort every other night help TO pass the
time wonderfully; or you can walk to
Abbotsford, a short distance, and see
Sir Walter ScOtt's relics. The house is
shown by a dapper Frencllman; and
here you'll see the white hat, coat, and
tartan trowsers worn by Robert
Bruce at Floddeu, a snuff null and
claymore presented by Saiadin on the
occasion of his visit to Edinhurg in 1892
to Walter Scott, ETC., etc. / think that
is what the guide told us, but he whip
ped us through the rooms so quickly
that / came away with very confused
notions of the whole affair. In the OPP
posite direction lies Melrose Abbey and
its guide. We have -all heard enough
of Annie Laurie and her swan-like neck,
of the fellow who would "crowns re-
sign" in favor of the lass of Richmond
Hill, of Byron's Maid of Athens (now
Mrs. Black, 1 believe), and of divers
other girls of the period. Here's an
opening for modern poet to sing the
praises of the Maid of Melrose, as she
learnedly and sweetly on
Norman arches, gargoyles, ETC.,
to an admiring audience, who see moth
ing but herself. If you don't care about
You can drive to dozens of
places in no time. In fact, the drives
must be short, if you don't want TO lose
your dinner. IL you care to fall in love,
You have every opportunity, as the ar
chitect has cunningly contrived sundry
quiet corners for the very purpose, and !
you can have your choice of every age |
and condition, widows, and widowers.
If you want "wee drop on the sly, and
haven't a flask, watch some old gentle
man edging away after dinner TO his !
bedroom, make friends with him, and /
Ten chances to one you get it. For sup /
per you can have either porridge and 1
milk or hot water (pure) and bread but |
his meal is a saddening sight. It is in |
expressively painful TO see hale and /
hearty looking old boy who looks as If /
le could enjoy a stiff glass of tOddy /
neekly supping porridge, and even pre-
ending to enjoy 1t.