Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-05

st. Giles was formerly cemetery, but grad !.
ually was encroached upon, the tomb stones
broken and removed, and at the present time
is paved court. John Knox was among
those buried in this cemetery and the sup.
posed location OF his tomb is marked by a
small marble in the pavement with the letters
]. X. cut in it, and this is all the monument
Edinburgh has vet given to one of her great
est men. visit to the courts of justice was
OF interest from the facs that everything was
done with the utmost dignity and formality.
Inc judges were clothed In long black robes,
while they as well as all the advocates wore
white curly wigs which covered The whole
tops of their heads. Not far from here IS the
plain, three story house with bay front which
Sii Walter Scott occupied for twenty five
years. From tomb stone in the old GRAY
friar,s church yard we copied the following.
inscription on tomb dated 1867:
"Reader, John Milne who maketh the fourth John.
And BY descent from father unto son. -
Sixth Master Mason to Royal Race
OF seven sue eessiye kings, sleeps in this place.
But time fails us TO mention the manv sub.
stantial public buildings, churches. museums.
hospitals, etc., with which the city abounds.
In the old quarter the traveller cannot Lut No.
tice the crowded tenement houses some ~
them twelve stories high which IteralIv
swarm with frouzly women and dirty chill.
dren. These were built when the civ wac
shut in by Its ancient walls, and were once n
the quarters OF the nobility. But the pride Of
Edinburgh is in its great newspapers, its vast
publishing houses and its Justly claimed rem.
tation as literary center. It delights to be
known as the "Athens Of Scotland.o
The traveller can but think how much moi
only Edinburg but all Scotland owes to he
genius and labor of Sir Walter Scott. whose
magic pen has immortalized scenes and events
which, but for him, would long ago have
passed from public remembrance. As it is,
thousands of travellers from all over the world
come annually TO visit the places known to
them by his writings, and to make real the
scenery he has so truthfully described. All.
though Edinburg has built to his memory !
splendid monument, he has built for himself
nobler in the great book establishments
which are engaged all the time unon the
various editions of his works.
We can but admire the Sco.chman for his
industry, his intelligence, his integrity. his
love OF liberty and country, and for all those
sturdy traits which we naturally associate
with his character. But If YOU deal with
him remember tina: while he is honest to the
bottom of his heart, one Scotchman Is match
III any tWo - lhetSs anu tnaI while ne un-
doubtedly loves his American cousin and does
not hesitate TO tell him so, he will with a
bow and a bland smile get the best Of the
bargain every sime As we see them strug-
Cling so hard Tor living on their almost bar
rem hills, and think of the long, dark, snow
bound winters through which they must pass,
we feel like stretching out hand to them
and inviting them to come home with us to
the enjoyment OF bettsr things. But without
doubt their native heather covered hills are
as dear to them as our wide, fertile fields are
to us, and if the best place in our grand west.
ern prairie should be given them, they would
soon long for the rugged sides and cloud
covered peaks Of their native Ben Lomond.
No matter what the surroundings under which
we are born and brought up, nature seems to
have wisely placed in every human heart a
response TO the expression Of the poet I" Be il
ever SO lowly, there's no place like home."
In our next letter we shall have the pleasure
of taking our readers to Melrose Abbey, and
the home Of Sir Walter Scott.
0. r. BURcHARp.