The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-10-01
rrr uovsEKErPER or ABBOTsFORD.
,Jy,rr .. Delaware County, but Not Forget
Ann sir waiter scott and his Pcculisritles.

.,.I i.u.s lines of stone fence mark tho
,,.i,,. n thc fields, On clear day the
t,',',,',,liu,s If the distant Ca,skills can be
,,..r, tIc loftirr hill tons AT ones feet is
,,,..'.,,.., b,sin Of the Oulcout. with many in.
,'r.- i.p,, tributary valleys. up cach of which
..i,,.l. D., brici.rcI country road. Along all the
.,,,us n, the prourr seasons sportsmen
t,,,, tie, lly for tho niniblc trout The whole
.,.,t.y i. divided into small fields which rival
10, ,h,.r general effect and in the sharp con-
,,,.., ,f color tho patchwork oujIt oi the
,,,.r'. wife. They nro mt prrscn, brown
,,.I tipc buckyhcat yellow with stub
., ,r Green with the VARYING shades
a. meadow. pasture. and uncut corn.
,yhr, farm houses arc scattered thick
Il. through tho valleys. each surrounded
i,, farm buildings. which are often unpantcd
,,llr,wn from the action of wind and rain.
p4.i prominent elevation in the village are the
,,r, and wooden buildings of the Delaware
literary Institute an academy and college
,,.,unri,,ry school and not a few of tho farm
.,a through the valleys can sean Virgil and
u,,u.r with prccis.n. On the Handsome
r,,,,k road one mile rom Franklin "as tho
,r,w lies and two by tire winding highway.
+. m, re.idcnc, of Mr. Alfred Rathbun
4 large white farm house. with broad
ri,,,a, stands on an elevation at some
,i.tan,e from the road A winding drive.
lsw,,n rows of NAPLES, leads to the
b,u,e. SPACIOUS barns and an orchard are
l.. background. The proprietor is n wcll-to-d do
farmer His eldest son is a rector in tho
i,,s.,r,i church Anothor son ia comnletiny
,r, ~ .,udv in n thco,ngic,I saminars
n ,,, That portrsits Of Sir Walter Scott and
pictures of Abbotsford from various points of
,i,w are conspicuous on the walls. while
,,i., - go :, t,,,,r, II, ,La t,wi,,, uhrorv
SOY WORKS are feature III 'he l"h,.,y library
60 Ii my grandmother feels like talking to-
Law and Won can understand her broad Scotch
da'e"' one Oh '"e SONS salu 10 . y.s,oo'' ehe
can tell you some interesting things about
80, na,, living She will bo 40 va,rs of ,go
f,m now ' Shs r me "a from u "
,,rcrrous illness which left her nervous. and
.,"s,imes almost UNIT for conversation. vet
Ter marvellous memory is unimpairod. am
sr,. ia find hcr assisting in the work in the
Kitchen"
The young man soon returned. ACCOMPANIED
ny an nced woman of small stature whose
hrowu and wrinklcd face and shrunken lips
told Of her extreme age. keen and intelligent
'o'n N'' III "e' oscs' '"o "o'o o''eA ear
anl large workin. apron partly covered her
'i .,,,a',s, ,,s s,,,;, ,,,,. ,,,o
'''""'', ','' l..'','.
,i,, .'9 ,,, a., ,,,, ,,, T., h,,
scotch accent. 1t WAS built fifty eight years
AZ INC year niter / m ih yo9r grand,
,tn'r. Sir Waters death. | don't know VIII"
occupies ii now, but a young woman, the last
mcmuer of the Scott family was there not
l,ns ago She is Lockhurts granddaughter
nd f namG , seo Is nhg ohemis MARY Monica
The picture was that of n younE Scotch
wni,iap with an intelligent and anliable face
d. YOU remember Sir Walter scott -
Do I remember him? Our old friend. with
hi, Kind and generous heart was on the
,sra,, ,en years before his. death and was
ward. nv husband. Vim. Bogie. was with him
lfeeu years. He was gardener first and old
Tom rurdy; the ,salnekceper, had charge of the
Shepherd and was n man with very little edtI-
s,,ipn He was an outspoken. funny fellow
lin "n that account. He never called Sir
Walter by his title. but took liberties with him
Saly ,ss T S"e nd s sm G itS poa an
uid Couldn't tell from his accounts whether il,
sd t to him inn or TO Sir M"er n sir Water
in my husbands hands and left it with him
gn,i. his DEATH Seyen of my eight ehiiarfn
ten - my husband by Sir Waiter during his
a.cen'es from Abbotsford. Here is one.
PEI rom which a strip had been torn. The
letter Itself, which was intact was rs follows:
. ,,,e hill. due a, ,po,.fo-l seins e,,, III. IA.
iisv" aided c. de,,pped Swaud-n, winch To max
r,' a'nry have made W 10 si7. which you YIN re
ir,"" Mr. Lang %" presenting the a'oNe' me sum
- ..o -, -.
o. t "r' rf'"s'e -, , ~, y.
'''''''''''''-' '''''''''''''''''''''' = - -
Eth os sd
w.,,.t mt have Those accounts run mn again ia -.
..r'eh wish you when YOU write To- say how ali al
A,or'-ford are both people aud animals Your friend
.,, Waller s,"rf
''e' we cash paid on AS soon as yo" can
Sir Walter suited himself in his selection of
frinndl George Thompson. the one legged
Clergyman. was one OF them. He was strange
blunt man. talking TO everybody he met.
and wonderful horseback rider for AL his
cork eg. Poor man he went to bed well one
night, and died before morning. He used Ia
preach IN the chapel, and all the great folk who
,amr , Abh1tsfori in those days crowded to
hear him He preached strange doctrines. and
IN. poor people ds.iked him as much as the
r!'h liHed him. When there were not rich pco-
pie ~ Abb'tsford there was sorry attend
sn'e IN his sermons. IL was he that wrote
some NJ Sir Walters books when the poor man
Va, puraiyzed He would repeat after Sir Wal
TAR and getting In hurry. would say. Yes,
ye', What next| All. George Sir Walter
SAID. b,patient. I have it all to max
sir Walter, didn't encourage the, young
poets who used to come tn Abbotsford to get
h' livlce. Many time he told one OF them
10 give No poetry and get an axe and go TO-
worH He was . eriond of odd sayings, and