Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-07-30
A CLARKsvHLLE GIRL ABROAD
We are pleased to copy the fol-

Thinking that those of your read
ers who have not visited the Ole
World would have no objections tt
!. viewing it through the spectacles o
an American girl, hope through
this medium to introduce them tC
. some noted cities, people; and things
, / invite them, therefore, TO be In
spirit our companions 'de VOYAGE =
as we journey across the Atlantic
and hand in hand we will tramp
around Europe. / shall stipuiate,
however, that once in while we
shall stop at some little waySide
town or village, just long enough to
take breath and gather up fresh
strength for our onward Journey.
OF course we must first have the
usual sea voyage, meet the same
everyday sort of people, have the
usual number of. squalls and high
winds, and oh !! the execrable sea
sickness.
/ The captain of our gallant ship,
the Scythia. is as kind and courte-
Gus as ever, the doctor as attentive,
and the chief officer exerts himself
to entertain us. In fact, this last
parsonage even goes to the length of
| drawing pictures and painting them
for .,ur amusement, and for which
we are everlastingly grateful. And
thus in the midst of such charming
company we sail ever. But all
things, however, pleasant, must
have an end, and SO this journey
draws to a close. One morning ear
iy our good ship lies in the Liver
pool docks, and we are all landed
| high and dry upon the lenged-for
shore. We easily escape the Gus
tom House officers, and drive at
once to the Adelphi Hotel. Here
we spend few hours in looking
about us. and find many things to
interest our unfamiliar eyes. From
! thence we take a train for Glasgow,
and soon are passing through love-
lily country, whose hawthorn hedges
and beautiful fields are clothed in
| vivid greenness. We come nearer
and nearer the Scottish hills, and
soon enter Glasgow, AT once we
are swallowed uD and lost in Scot
tish, mist, Scottish manners and
Scottish customs. We feel no long
er our own individuality or nation
aIity-fOr the time being we are
complete nonentitieS. This sub
mersion passes off, however, in the
light of a new day, and we conclude
to become American tourists once
more and visit the fine old cathe-
dral in the town, which was built
in the eleventh century. 1t Is of
immense size and built of gray
stone. The windows are marvel |
ousIy we'll painted, each having on
its lower part the crest and shield !
of the ancient nObleman by whom |
it was given to the church. Below |
the main room are some old vaults /
and tombs, laid in the same century, |
AMI ladies' chapel erected in HOG.
There are still other rooms here al
SO. used for various purposes. As
we were standing in this dim old /
place, with its sculptured dead, its
trailing banners and its faded tapes
try, the great bell in the steeple be-
gan tolling a requiem for Lord Bea-
consfield, and the echoes reverbera-
ted again and again through. the
church. An aweSome spirit crept
over us, and spell seemed bind
ing the present to the mystical past.
Ere the sad sound had ceased we
had left the inner sanctuary for the
outside world again, glad to thus Il
escape such mournful memories.
From here we drive to the naval
museum where we spend an hour
most pleasantly amongst Her
Maiesty's Ships" all in miniature, Il
however, and fast anchored. We n
see. too, the splendid yacht "Liva-
dia," belonging TO the Gar of Rus
sia. and are much interested in its
We take cab then
and are driven about the city. We
are more than repaid for the ride by |
the novelty everywhere apparent.
We pass scores of little fair haired j
laughing in the sunshine;
groups of ruddy faced women bare
headed and barefoOted washing lin
en- and leaving it on the perfumed i,
hedges to dry, and many idle look :
ing men, both leading and driving :.
horses, whose bodies and feet are
wonderful to. behold, af- :
ter seeing the slender frames and :
lainty- limbs of our Kentucky hor- :
ses. In fact ] could compare !
them to nothing save the sea mon
strositleS of the same name. Leav-
ing all these behind, however, we !
enter the station and take the train,
which bears us onward to our next
which is to be Roth ,
asay. This little town lies on the
Island of Butte, which is inthesouth :
If Clyde, and has both sides indent- :,
ID by the sea. We. sooa leave the :
,ars and take little steamer which 9
crosses the Clyde, enters the bay OF !
and lands us at the town.
surely we could find no fairer rest !
no place. oh, friends than this III
~ sea port place, with lis lovely
axes and hills and Its quaint stone
houses. The town proper lies upon
he bay and forms a half circle up
IN its shores, whilst a background
# fair Scottish hills make a fitting
framework for this exquisite pict- Y
ire. A visitor is struck with the d
angular whiteneS5 of the houses. e
he vivid green houses and the fine, 4
lear sky: and we all thought a
weet content seems resting There. a
IN truth there is: Il
AN ampler either, a divine air.
And fields invested with purpureal CLEANS"
In the centre of The town are the il
uins of an old castle called Roth I,
,Way Castle, and once the favOrite a
launt of severari Scottish kings. o
We wandered through its crumb- a
ing rooms and many corridors one o
onely evening, when the sunlight +
danced brightly on the waters of its g
noat, and brought out strongly ev- b
ry point, which Father Times re- q
entless finger had left upon its gray b
Id walls. 1t Is circular in form, h
With high towers at equal distances a
part, and many queer openings it
fare at one inquisitively from its
tony face. Within this circular ri
pace are the ruins of an ancient il
hapel and traces of buildings,
Whilst in one corner of the ancient s
ourt yard is an old tree, which fell il
ears ago, but is still living, and II
ow clothed in freshest green. 1t
vas in this castle that Robert III, o,
led, weary of the world and heart
roken, and when in its dreary pas t.
ages one could easily believe that a,
ere life might have passed from tI
arth as silently as a shadow. The ir
resent Marquis of Butte, to whom
and nearly the whole Island be-
done much to improve \,