Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-11

an influx Of herring fishers. The fishing
interest Is NE business Of the little city; not
oaIy 10 cod, herring. paddock and ling. but
whales, even. Al this writing 8 whslers are
lying in harbor. one, At least, with her car
20 Of "blubber" not ye, discharged; for I
ssw them busily engaged at that work yes.
,erdav in a way hereafter to be described.
The town /. like everything else In the
shape Of city or village we have ye, seen,
very irreeularly built, Ia zie.s,g crossings
Al almost every angle Of Intersection. I
only Yesterday discovered Why Glasgow
was 90 much like Louisville. The streets
are at right angles and there are square
blocks Of buildings there AZ at home. To
,peak of place 20 many squares" distant
would convey no more impression ofmeas-
urement to a Londoner than our own in
definite saying "ss big ss piece Of chalk"
would impart exact information ss TO sire.
There are triangIes, pentsgona, hexagons,
rhomboids, parsllelopipedons, even, but
squsres are few and far between. Glasgow
however Is distinguished for an extra num-
Der Of parallel streets, interesting at right
angles Pc,erhead Is ancient like the rest
and runs i,s history back into the gray cen
turirs. The "Pretender." who would have
gladly been james III, bu, never was, made
one Of his landiugp, to regain his fa,hsr's
lost crown, at Peierhead, whose Inhabitants
at that tine we're siaunch Jscobites. I'm
agine long. low. narrow pEomon,ory run
ming out, tongue shaped. into the German
Ocean; 800 yards from the tip Of the tongue
are deep indeniatious on either side, ahord-
Ing good anchorage for sea craft, large and
small, II not too many at atime. Thee are
the North and South harbors, respectively,
and storm driven ships came into one or
The other, as respective winds prevailed, TO
escape dead "lee Shore" which on this
rock-bound coast means swim destruction
to the hspless vessel cast upon u. As
comparatively recent date the two hsrbors
were united BY cut, which is nov SPAN
ned BY draw. bridge and which has also
converted the point Of the tongue into an
island. This eastern part Of the town Is
occupied by the herring curing establish
menis, whale oil rshneries and the coast
guard buildings. besides the many houses
Of fishermen. Beyond the inhabited por-
ton Of the island, the low tongue Of cruel
granite rocks. partially covered q, high
tide, runs out 800 ysrds further into the
sea, threatening destruction to anything the
waves oast upon their ragged lodges. The
general dip Of thee rock strata all down
the coast Il at an upward angle Of 45 de-
sree.-like serried defence Of presented
b,yonets nom soldiers kneelins and stand
ing Ia ranks alternate. The granite Is
mostly the d-so familiar 10 us In Ameri-
ca in tombstones, admirable for lie sxquis-
lie polish and appropriate color. North
Scotland is one vast quarry Of H. The
Stirling Hin. In sight from our beach, IL a
a famous depository Ofshe besutifui mate
rial, Of which our Peterhead Is built, tho
the polish Of which Il h capable is lack
Ing. The poorest tsherusns one s'cried
dornicile 10 built Of rough blocks Of granite
exactly like that We import. at great sx'
pense, 10 sdorn our cemeteries.
Following back our tongue Of land to
wards its base at the mainland. We and
passing through the. western part Of the
city, yet another deep ipden,ation on the
south siss, 60 that . cut, 81 800 yards would
transform the whole promontory into an is
land. This indentaiicn, with the grand
cnrvs Of the nsinlsnd down TO another
rocky headlsnd, where the "Buchsn-nes-"
lighthouse gives iu friendly warning to
mariners, makes . superb bay, requiring
oaly an expensive MISUNDERSTANDING
| from the rocky point Of our Promoniory TO
the point on. which Buchsn-ne~ light
stands, With suitable openings for the en-
trance Of vss-els--,o make il the finest haf-
Dor Of refuge on the eastern Scotch coast
This, the longing Psisrheadians re look.
ing for from the Government, for Il would
Il once double the importance. % we'll a.
populauou OLE &c f'~f~s " $3.50
the grant IL nov sxceilens and the inhahi-
t.nis are on iip-ioe. A pull at the public
Dcrib" IL q much an object here a. in our
own favored land. In all these msissrs 70
Of one and half dozen Of the other may
be safely written ~ description Of the To-
spprsciabls difference between "sll Kindred
and tongues and tribes Of psoplss"
There are some nice buildings In the
centre Of the western city; notably the town
hall, or court. house-par built In l71s
and adorned with new front portico in
lissi-witb Banks and few stores above
the average. Nice churches, Zoo, scattered
here and there. But the prevailing house
is the I 4 story stoss cottage style, where
the wsl;.to.do 6shsrmsn live. The life is
. perilous one, hut fascinating and proGia-
HE, for, despite their mnrnurs st fsnoied
and perhaps real oppression from hsh-
packers and harbor,masters. they all. IL in
dustrious, sooner or later, ~. wsll'to-do in
worldly goods. buy boats and build granite
cottages and go on grumbling like the rest
Of the world. A lovable people. however,