New-York tribune., 1884-10-12
MR.. GLADSTONE.
nno At ABERDEEN. AND ATBRECmN
- ,,,cur n CORR spoSDESr TTIR TRIBUNE.
irRou IiiL "" EKrCulN Septcmbcr IL.

1t with Lord anu Lazy Apcr"eeh az ii""""
,,nse he was allowed to be comparatively q"'''
d,putation came to call on hiiii' anu no "''Up
wy sncech in the library; speech of such
wv interest that one can only regret that u
'"s" ..aant for their ears only. There was drive
"', r"~sIov afternoon to eight. spot with which
Q" ,,r,me is associated and 10 which might be
aTel in part Coleridge's lines
aPp" nat Icon romantic chasm whch slau'cd
nm +, tie green hill athwart cc'lain cover
, that the cover is not ceIarn TN MS way 10
-. be nasscd through Mcthlick, the little village
~ .cryes as telegraph once To taddo Lazy
"p'" has established there an institute aud
r.. roo,n for workugmen and an orphauagc- MT.
,s,one visited the first aud opened the second.
;,,,,.ers knew of hls coming: hc can no more
IN stem in any direction privately than II he
NV Lin They had dccked their cottages and
WI an, IN full strength 10 Sc, him. so many
'n1.., among them that Mctslck did not seem
lille of hodns parents enough for them all. and
90, uool of Lady Abcrlecn's orphanagc became
evident ,,.;.
Ceremony there was none Mr. Gladstone ana ms
,r,v ualkel through the rooms. beautifully clean
~1 well arranged. Mr.. Giyn. or rs ne should he
ILL the Hon and Rev. Edward Glyn, one oi ihc
,,r,,. n Haddo began with a prayer IN the iitt.c
On, pcrhal,s dinin ng-rOon. on the right oi the en-
,r,ncc Down went Mr.. Gladstone on his knees III
.ho millle OF the room on the bare iloor-oE per-
ns there vas an oil ioor-coth. Others kreit also,
i.,t not ALL Whom Mr.. Glyn had finished his prayer
A.. cl,dstoue sud that was the best dedication and
oneniuc OF the binding. and he woud only add h'S
,oo1 wishes: with word of tribute to the kind
o.ss ot Lady Aberdeen. | Thought It one OF the
nc,test scenes had witnessed; pretty III It's sim
t.i,, and there was something more than pretty
- tl, contrasts it offered aud suggested on
might have thought of the NasnYth steam hammer
cracking nut but the nat was cracked 80 gently
that il seemed quite the proper business OF tue steam
hammer.
Eeforo leaving IIadlo on Wednesday Mr. Glad
stone performed he usual ccrcmony-it has now h"-
come u.ual--of trce-planting. The hour was noon,
,be nlacc bit OF lawn on the lett OF the gardens.
the thin. pl nted iir.-Scotch in, presume for
see that an Aberdeen paper describes the little
sl,rub. winch may have been three feet high as a
uobe tree 4 eGnup of people il d collected, guests.
Lborers and others. The day was hot. the san
blaling Mr. Gladstone took OF his soft gray felt
hat He bares his head with equal indifference u
the bitter east wind and the tcrccs rays OF the sum-
--lr,yes through Ednbulg. in the cold OF the even
inc or speaks from bridge or railway platform
always uncovered. Put on your hat cried man
from >on.> crowd the other day-as men often cry
Never mind about the hat" answered NJ Glad
Stone uudannted by the caution. and On lie went
with his speech And on he went with his tree
plantnc. plying his spade with an energy and skill
at which the professionals looked amazed and de-
lighted; these emotions presently finding vent ID
cheers.
This is not politics, | know, anl il IA time 70 be
of There Is q hard day, work ahead for Nlr Glad
stone if not for the rest. Lord Aberdeen drives HIM
t. Aberdeen. nineteen miles by lonely road-not
so lonely that people do not here and there collect
10 see him pass and send him along with a cheer and
sometimes Il God bless you Not 50 lonely. neither.
that you may not see laes dying from tail poles,
each by itself crowning q hl in the distance They
float amid solltudcs. One of them was an American
aas; alone and lofty. not a sign Of other lie to be
seen 1t looked if an American had Just landed
and annexed the country. Nearer Aberdeen. bat
Still miles out the group became greatcr.-long be-
fore the city was reached they were to be counted
by Thousands the streets OF Aberdeen were lined
with people the yard of the railway station was
mass. policeman OF Il superior knd told me there
were 5000 at least within the walls | SAW the
station stormcl. Men broke in where they could {:
poured i'm through the windows and performed tcais
of gymnastics over barricadcs. fear the Dig
ntaries of Aberdeen suffered little IN their dig
uity The crowd WAS no rcNpcctor Of any person
but Mr. Gladstone. When his carriage drew UP
close 10 the platform il the centre of mob;
mob of well-lrc,scd admirers. diGnt7rics included,
but still MOB Nir Glad> onc himself Was 50
struck by the reception given him in aberdeen Is 10
s1v that of all the exhibitions of public ana na
tional feeling that had ever met hls eyes IN the
course o. a very long life. he had witnessed none
more remarkable than that which had greeted han
on their progress INTO Aberdeen today. lie spoke
from the seat OF the carriage; hoarseiy bat
strongly Airs. and Miss Gladstone sat, A. usual,
halt barred beneath bouquets.
The railway Journey to Brcchln WAS a matter of
more thau two hours thanks 10 the obstructive en-
thu,iI,n OF people at the way stations. What saw
during this journey and have heard OF elsewhere
leads me To modify what | sail about the STATE at
mind of the Scotch people When saw them in
Elmhurrh was always comparing them with the
same people i've years ago and lid not aud could not
think the scenes OF dclrium equal now to what they
were thcu Bat then 1t was only Edinburgh. or
rather only Midlothian Now 1t is all Scotland.
The whole east coast and all DecSlde mp ~ arms,
and il is perfectly plain that the same thing would
lie iruc were Mir Gladstone to visit the west. Ihc
scene in Aberdeen Is magniliccnt,-and 80 1t - ~
this much lesser place liTcchin, rs we shall see IN
moment But the scenes at the little stopping places
are almost more significant and admirable. We stop
perhaps half dozen times before coming 10 Bridge
of Dun. There is not one station 81 iucon~dcri'le
as not 80 tnru ont its throng to sec Mr. Gladstone.
The thungs arc all in a state of the most curions
excitement. The deep Scotch nature l. stirred;
thoroughly. profoundly. and | am sure pcrma-
nently Al none of these way-dc stations till
Bridge of Dn is reached ~ there any address or
soemnity of any kud-not 40 much apparently as
the least expectation OF a word from Mr. Gladstone.
The people quite satisfied if he puts his head out
Of the window aud allows himself to be stared az
and chcercd The Montro'e people scilc their
ehaacc az Bridge of Dan. which is junction, and
make an address, and to this MI Gladstone replies
lero 1t. 10 that the meaning ot these local demon
eiatIons seems perhaps nos for the first time. to
impress him. and he saws for On, first time how
much thrk inntr.s him put Nour finger down on