Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-13

A Letter From 0onnBo Scotland By a YouDg
Lady of Lancaster.

A Letter From 0onnS0 Scotland BY a YouDg
Lady ofLancaster.
Miss Katie w. Kaufman, who, with her
sister and number of others sailed for
Europe some time since on tour Of pleas
ure and sightseeing, writes to her parents
Of the experiences they have been enjoying
during their trip, and We are permitted to
reproduce the following portion Of very
entertaining letter just received. 1t is
dated June 30, Edinburgh, Scotland:
It hardly seems possible that We have
crossed the ocean and are in this lovely old
town; but here We are and I wish you
were all with us. We got here last even
ing and this morning your letter was hand
ed to me. We were awfully glad to get it,
and will look anxiously for letters from
home at every place. Julia told you all
We did at at Glasgow. We left there yes
terday morning for the Lochs Lomond and
katrine. the Lochs We're perfect, OF
course, and We had also about twelve miles
of stage driving through the most perfect
country ever saw. Scott has written Of
almost every place we passed through.
We saw Rob ROy's prison and grave /;
birth place of Ellen MacGregOr, his wife !;
island ON which Ellen met Fitz James,
and other places Of equal historic and rO-
mantle interest.
At Stirling some few of us stopped oft
see the castle, but most of them came
right on to Edinburgh. Stirling castle
| was the birth place of James II. The view
from there was perfectly magnificent. We
got to Edinburgh about 9:3O last evening.
The hotels are very nice indeed We have
had lovely rooms and excellent table board
| both at Glasgow and here. The strawber-
ries are splendid and three times as big as
the largest We get at home. DR.. LOOmis
says we are very fortunate in having such
fine weather, but it is not what l call fine.
One minute the sun is shining and it is
perfectly charming, and the next We have
a regular Scotch mist-tO all appearances
clothes are ruined, but in a few min
utes it is clear again and We are perfectly
dry and not thing is spoiled.
| To-day We have made a grand tour Of
Edinburgh. wish, just for the fun of the
thing, you could see us. We are the fun.
niest sight you ever saw. We fill twelve
carriages, and when We all get out to visit
a castle or church, We all try to get as
near DR.. LOOmis as possible to hear what
he has to say. You can imagine how We
must lOOk-one man and about fifty five
women. 1t is even worse than Captain Stan
ley. The people here seem to be as mucf
amused at us as We are at ourselves. x
DR.. LOomis is very kind and attentive, ant
just as nice as he was represented to us to
be. Mrs. Wilgus is lovely and VIC are
having perfect time.
This morning VIC went out shopping
This afternoon We went to Edinburgh cas-
tie, Hollywood castle and saw the outside
of all the places of interest in the city
Effie Deans home, Walter ScOtt's home
John KnOx's home, etc. At Hollywood w
saw the rooms Of Queen Mary just as she
had left them. The blood stain Oh thu
floor of the room in which RizzO was muir
dered, etc.
l feel as if had been here month,
have seen so much.
Will write home from London. We dc
90 fast, fast-day after tomorrow We will
be there, and June Both, 1889, in E'lin
burgh.