The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-09-14
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE.
The Land of Scott.


i"nnd VII" cannot recall pict1rc ~ il f,sm seine
point 81 view. Probably there are not mere than
three or four ruins in all Europe which compare
With Mclrose in interest. white IL L. y complete
ruin, Tor 1t Is unoceupicd and without a roof cycn
u l. yet IN perfect state Of atian a. To-
show it, wonderful architecture aud 90 give go0d
understanding of what H. beauty must have been
before u was ~antonly aud Wickelly destroyed.
u has the additional charm of having. IT, ragged
and crumhling walls covered With ixx.- that
beautiful n.anilc"T nature that the hardness aud
dc."lation ot the ordinary ruin are entirely want
ing, aud fr"m the dead past seem, to have sprung
ioyoas aRd living prcsent.
The structure whose ruins arr much admired.
vas eotnmcnecd IA 1896, although buidng de-
Voic'l &" seine form of religions Wership had
enpie't the same place In the Immediate vicinity
for eight YEAR previous. ~ first the Abbey
very small huidng costing ne uaFc than twe
thousand pounds Il the m"nry 81 that period. II
Was "ccupici BY aeommnnty "a, Ci,trrcian monks.
nh" we're cnuihc,i by the rul,s of their order b.
e"nstan, aud faithful labor. They thcrcfurs en-
gagged in agriculture. ia tTan.rrihing aud Hunt
mating manu- riPts. and particularly in the eon-
stfurtian and characterization 81 the grand bgild.
ings Uhnse ruins now found III over England
aud Scotland. Thee. !. na better picture e pa.
tisnce aud perseverance. than these paiRs( ssins
monks labarius faithfully wear atter yea hiis.
their "Wn hands shielding the mallyt an.l sNsly
cutting "ut those wonderful ornamental rsrUngs
II d"ucr,. plant.. aud cgripu. aud gu,,c,qat 6g
ur~s With which both the "ut.ir and inside 4 the
church covered. Much II this work yssrc-
mains. that after the stottns 81 hundfe'ls e
years have heatrn upon Il shoss the Wonderful
iciicsey and hcaaty il originally hal.
Entering through an iron grie IN the west side
Il the grusnds ~ afr al oncc IN the midst u the
ruins. ga thc right j. a Ing corridor whyh II
flls,l With curi"u. AL monuments. uossr
worn % iia,a--t-1 ,hr4s- - n ifi1uv a
trat. PAssius partly ih5oueh this aud ttsniasto
'hr rish; W. enter the cemetery b. a narrsN door
nay un'lrt the s..uth wiatlaa. The Who, -euth
is"nt y the hcs' prc-rrte.i side II am Il the
buiiiins aui although Weather N"rn aud dera,ins
u grand "a II. pruiast,nus- tin II the te~ers
"; L. part II the face 1T the Old s.,ck
With part ii one 1t the hand. yet remaining The
paint has long .inec gone tr"in IL face api the
b.arls even cracked and weather SpFn. The
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