The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-10-03

oLutI are the lOlluMluE nearly nulALeI-
ated inscriptions i'm abbreviated Latin:
"Going whithersoever ne would" and
"When Jesus came, the age of dark /
ness ceased" Above the door Of
stairway is a shield with a compass and F.
this inscription:
As the compass goes straight around.
50 does truth and loyalty without doubt,
Look TO the end, quoth John Murvo."
On small stone in the form Of four
horse shoes Joined together, is the iu-
scription, "Pray for the soul Of brother
Peter, the treasurer" Whether this
"brother Peter'' had discovered the
modern process Of "hypothecating" the
funds Of the treasury and was afterward
smitten with death-bed repentance, we
do not know, as this is all the record he
has left US.
The cemetery attached 10 the Abbey,
which is now part Of sheep pasture,
contains many half-buried, half-woru-
out monuments, aud among them, one
tomb stone Of as late date as ISIS. On
one OF these ancient stones is this curl
Gus inscription:
"The earth goes on the earth
clustering like gold;
THE earth eoe, to the earth
sooner than 30 wold.
The earth builds ON the earth
Castles aud towers;
Tine earth says io the earth.
AIl shall he ours~
Probably there is not one traveller la
thousand who j. able 10 take Sir
Walter Scotrs advice TO visit Melrose
'by the pale moonlight" aud, indeed,
il is stated that he never made such a
visit himself hat iJ can be readily seen
that under the favorable light Of a mid
summer moon the ruins would have a
peculiar beauty, and call forth AL the
romantic ani poetical in a mans ma
ture. Melrose Abbey is one Of those
places where one would like to spend
days instead Of a few hours, and drink
the inspiration which comes from its
contemplation. Examine il as often as
You please, or return to it after an alb
sence Of years, aud you will always find
some new beauty in 10.
/ ct 10 love these ancient ruins;
f We never tread upon them, but we set
. our foot upon some reverend history;
. And qucs,luulcs> here in these open courts
I Which now Iie naked To- the Injuries
/ or stormy weather. some men ie inferred
Wac loved the church so we'll, and gave SO
largely to it,
That they thought 90 should have canopiod
their bones
Forever: but an things have an end,
Churches and cities, that have diseases like
90 men,
Must have like death that we have"
II is customary for US to look upon
the time from the S,h to the 18th cen
tury as the OZARK ages" and we think
Of the people of that lime rs but half
|civilized and engaged only in war and
pluuder, but when we see the ruins Of
the grand cathedrals and castles scat
tered all over Europe, we can but re-
spect the rude energy Of those ages,
which spent itself partly in building and
decorating these wonderful monuments
Of their industry. The more We see ot
the world and what has been done by
those who have lived before us, the les.
conceit We have for our time, aud the
more respect for those who lived hund,
reds Of years before Us.
From Melrose, drive Of three or foul
miles along a pleasant English road Dor
dered with hedges brings US to Abbots
. ford, the home Of Sir Walter Scott. Il.
castle-like towers do not come in sigh
, until we are close to it, as the buildin.
I is situated on low ground. The struct
e. ure is a curious compound Of castle an'
, residence, aud was built, OF at least re
2 built to its owners wishes. There ar
p four or five roOmstO which the public ar
( admitted at twenty-five cents per per
son. Indeed, il is as bad in Europe a
d at Niagara Fails-you cannot get
- sight Of anything worth seeing withou
j first paying some one a fee. We wer
: first shown the library, q room at leas
h fifty feet long, which contains books o
e all sides from floor to ceiling, some 20,
j. 600 volumes in all. Here Is the larg
lI GlGtA NiiAAA 81 ftitNh 80
e Walter sat, aud the plain table at whic
2 he wrote. Joining this is little study
Is with one small window, just larg
?, enough 10 hold a chair and table /
n this room the great novelist did mue
.e Of his hardest work. Connected wit
= the library is the reeeptiOn-room, whic
ir contains many portraits aud euriositit
le presented TO him. Next 10 this is
room used as an armory, which cor
" tains a fine collection Of weapon
le Among the notable things in the a