Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-08-14


Queen Mary gave birth to James VI, in
whom the crowns of England and Scot
land were united. We looked out of the
window in this room, over 200 feet from
the ground, from which this child was let
down in basket and carried to Sterling
Castle. Situated on the highest point of
Castle-Roek is St. Margaret's Chapel; as
usual with ehapels of that date, it is very
small, and as Queen Margaret died in the
year OF our Lord 1898, it must be one of
the Oldest in Scotland. Close by, on the
Bomb Battery, is ''Mons Nfeg,''a gigantic
piece of artillery, made at Mons, in Bel
GUM, in 1476. 1t is coopered with thick
iron bars hooped together, and has cali
bre of 20 inches in diameter. The in
scription on the carriage states that it was
supposed to have been used at the seige of
Dumbarton in 1889, and at Norman in
1879, the reign of James ". In 1888 it
burst, while firing salute in honor of
the Duke of York. At the Antiquarian
Museum and Statue Gallery we saw, to-
| gether with other instruments of torture,
the 'Maiden," so-ealled; it is similar to
the French guillotine, and was used for
200 years in Edinburgh to behead people.
The last person beheaded with this in
strument of death was the Duke of Ar
| gyle. The "maiden" consists of two up
right pieces of wood, with heavy blade
of steel between them; over the top is a
rope, to which is suspended heavy lead
weight; the victims neck is placed across
the blade, land you can imagine, as we did,
the consequences of the dropping of the
heavy weight upon the victims neck
We visited the National Art Gallery, st.
Giles Church, and House of Parliament.
while in session. The members and bar
risters all wear wigs and robes in these
countries of Kings and Queens. We fam
cy we see one of Washington's young
barristeFs robed in black, with gray wig
puffed with curls, defending client. We
visited several other places of interest in
this beautiful city. Sir Walter Scott's
monument stands in front of the Royal
Hotel Cat which house, Sec.1 is stopping),
and was erected at cost of 5000, all
of which was raised by subscription.
Melrose Abbey and Roslyn Chapel, a
few miles from Edinburgh, were visited.
Melrose is intimately associated with the
name of Sir Walter Scott. Two miles off
i Abbotsford, where he resided land which
is still in the possession of his descend
ants. 1t is a lovely place, and much Wis
tied by tourists, and others. Overlook
ing the beautiful Tweed, it has a magnifi-
cent site, and is a picturesque building
worthy of it. The interior is most inter-
esting, and contains many relics and me-
MORALS of the great author. There are
many valuable historical pictures, old ar
mour, etc., the whole possessing deep, yet
melancholy interest. Every visitor to
Scotland, who can, should see Abbots-
, ford the whole. district is classic ground
BfeTfose Abbey is one of the most ex-
qdisitely beautiful ruins to be found any
where. 1t was founded by David II, and
even in its decay, is magnificent. Roslyr
Chapel was founded in 1446, by William
9 St. Clair, third Earl of Orkney, and Lord
of Roslyn, and is one of the most highly
decorated specimens of gothic arehitec
n ture in Scotland.
\ Friday, the 11th of July, we leave Ed
q inbHrg, with no little regrets, to make &
+ tour through some of the most historical
parts of Scotland. We first take the cars
, for Sterling, and on the way pass the bat
q tlefields of Bannocburn, Falkirk, Linlith
gov Castle, and Newliston, where liveC
the Earl of Stair, who planned the mas
O. sacre of Glencoe. The town of Sterling
f and Sterling Castle are several hundred
p years old. The castle is stronghold O
# fortress, and stands on a rock over 400 ft
i above the level plain below, where, from
, the right battery, we obtain a view of tn
Il Bridge of Allan, Abbey Craig, Wallace
monument, and Dunblane. From the op
;. p0site side one has a panoramic view o
:, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Bannocburn, tn
Ochils and Pentlands. Visiting the inte
= rior, we are shown Queen Mary's View
:" and the room where William Douglas fel
by the hand of James V; also, the seere
, passage that led from the castle to tn
~ - plain below, through which, it is said
= the king used to go down in disguise an
:. mix with his people, to learn what the
. would say about him. The undergroun
" passage was half mile or more. This
one of the strongholds of Scotland, ,whic
looks as strong to-day as when built, nea
one thousand years ago. The view owe
- = the plain surrounding the castle must
seen to be realized. The yarigated color
of fields of grass and grain, joined arti
= tically together in all the hues of gree
~ to dark brown, presents TO our gaze
- landscape scene highly colored, done b
-, the Masters hand, rarely witnessed.
in We again take the cars and resume oil
in excursion. Arriving at Callander, "
he find our dilligences waiting; they a
ho large open vehicles, carrying some sixtee
an persons, and drawn by four horses. "
ba now make trip of nine miles over tt
-. wild moor, covered with heath or heathe
o1 barren and uninhabited, the haunts
bo Rhoderick Dhu and the marauding clal
he of Rob Roy.z.In due course of time y
ba bring up at Loeb Katrine, made famo
be by Sir Walter ScotU's Lady of the LAX,
IN where we go on board the steamboat R
,as Roy and resume OUR journey, to the 9th
fer end of the lake, a distance of II miles.
he Before reaching Loch Katrine, howeve
tba we pass Loeb Viennachar and Loeb Ac
,od ray, passing "Coilintogle Ford" and
w. Trosachs Glen, stopping by the way at t
ms Trossachs hotel for dinner, near whi
,o. place Fitz James was confronted by Cla
low Alpine's "warriors true.'' The Brig
pvt Turk is crossed, and the mountains, "F
nse Ledi, ''Ben Au,' ''Ben Lomond,' a
,er others mentioned in the "Lady of I
,th. Lake, are seen on the way. The bt
90. makes landing at Stronaclacher, VIII
stle we again take diligences for Inversna
Hpl on Loch Lomond, distance of six mi
vim where we take another boat for BallO
N a some % miles, the largest Scottish inli
and loch, which, if inferior in pictures
on beauty to Loeb Katrine, is certainly eq