Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-19
tuNDEgr1L CASTLES.
,wd ESTATES IN SCOTLAND.


80 she rewes. ,as Dssscos, and the
onoXr, wsis.
nSon letter 20 the Boston Her.
ala n a.: A few days ago, having oc-
s.s,,,,1 W. Visit The vicinity Of the Bank
orr, ysan,S in " the cit, ~ determined
so al yoep In Tokenhcusc yard, 10
the n nth SIDE Of the bank proper, at
xs,e celebrated place landed estates
arr = e,Ssed off at the mart" sort
&C ~ a,n stock exchange. This same
ToR, ~ isc yard is so named from the
49,. Nasyss ~ office for the issue AMI
81 u hsihings or tokens. 81
VAS Nh 80 daring the reign Of Charles
\ n upying tho site Of the
hsuesE lrd garden Of tde Earl OF
k,ant and being near The brass
fcoset "a 81 I o,hbury, they are thought
iatsg nihted the tokens. You may
.,.,,.hNy AL whst were these tokens
WIN IN ! sS, during Queen Bess's
,.Iov;,I > ssiea, there was great want
90 t,;.1 and farthings, which want
,.a,gE ,rivate tokens or farthingS made
n tiu. and leather, being struck
S,,'1N convenience of ale-houses, gro
c1rs ~ other Traders, the figures and
,as,;eI being mathematical Ct the
- trades. They were made
wi,bof al especial form or
f,sb;ol ard the lcaden tokens
.T III Yegu are now great
yn,4ssD IRE issues Of the convenient
sneo,N rere compelled to again take it
x,hen 4 offered, which practice continued
am Y 1879, when the MERRY Mon
.,rh \ Charles H., " struck" half
yece.Y nd farthings. The British Mu-
So, ,s now several cases Of the
Freets kens in England. But it was
rot 4 see or hear of tokens that ]
,.,avA inside ths mart, but 10 learn q
It,i. y me near-st-hand sale Of one Of
40 Hoe Scotch estates Of "Fyvie,"
sho Irar-Sy one not on sale being
scjsI 49,. The student Of Shakespeare
..anoE fail g. be interested in Gla-
- >, as the play Of "Macbeth is
from, { plot formed from the history of
This II orlipn of Scotland,
,,,-,rF arNINo TO THE THRONE OF
DUNCAN,
KIM tof Scotland, at the time Of its
tbyes1 sneI overthrow by the Norwe-
Clans and when this danger was averted
he al bravery Of Macbeth the thsne
ofGIl mis- and Of Cswdor. A simple
oFic;ak announcement Of the sale, to
take n ace June 10th, was all / saw but
AZ IA clerk, big with sense Of his
Official responsibilities, was disengaged,
and Esdly gave me half an hours chat
regard * the estates, near to which he
was III u and brought up. To begin
with eyy lie, which is in the low
lands - Aberdeenshire, on the
borde OF wildly romantic
djstriA which stretches away of east
TO nd restless sea, and is filled with
p;cfu,k que sylvan charms. The chief
Sh,ruH, are those Of its legends, ro-
msncts and history. All Aberdeen
shire teeEs with baronial residences,
hut ie Castle outranks all the
o,heiS and, save CLAIMS. is the finest
nIace = Scotland. Both have seen
ereatE events and entertained noted
gucetI, and both are connected with
Scott "a history back in the dim an
tiouts Both have secret cham
hers lith murder-rOOms and blood
stand fCOrs." Both have ghosts,
and \ q Goth the turrets and tow
ers I mble stony echoes Of ira
di,io,l and omens, and yet both the
c.s,Il 49, cheerful AT d much part Of
The 8crld beyond their gates.
Uslf{ Ate from Fvvie, on the Aber-
deem 1acdah runway there Is
st.t,ot The castle Ga which success
civ. cnpiers have added portions
r,,ndI 2 broad square, bounded on
two 'es by the lthan river, which
s,rea} as its spring heads sixteen
nileJ l1 sc. The banks .'e densely
vooSl. and the Loeb Of Fyyie in the
xindf stream is the home of wild
SeottI "a fow.. The place is regarded
,s onl c the most exquisite specimens
~ ,bI scottish architecture. which the
baroi of James the Sixth's reign OBJ
t.inel from France. The south front
bss \ 'aCade Of $50 feet. The Seton
towol. which bears the family name of
Tho Hal OF Dunfermline, forms the ceu-
,ye IL lie south front. The arched door
wav lonce the grand staircase, stands
bo,wI ia .so semi-rounded twin towers,
sn.pI,l by lofty arch. The stones
Ia! the Seton arms impaled with
tbosl &C DGnfermlne's wives about the
maSsl Va wall masonry. Again, there is
An. 1,cston tower, dating from the fif-
teor,I renturv, the Medium tower, and
The tcre modem Gordon tower. The
vsIlt are from six to eight feet in thick
nj all the towers. The stone con-
su,ri in the buildings, the labor to
buli hem, and the evidences OF good
t,stj i splhycd prove that many archi-
t.e,l lad come over from France 70
Son,iaad, with their French ideas and
desiins during
.,,tJ YVfI.nING OF FYvIE CASTLE,
op,I neriing the gables, the chimneyS,
.nd The carved dormer window cano-
- One Of the towers is seven stories
b,,hp and several e the turrets are
,,n,imented with rude statuary from
.hn HE'D Aulstone Of the district, and
rro,l s4ue I'D sandstone heads are en-
c,sI IN the outer walls. One of these
!. b. efilgy of Andrew Lsmnie,
the trumpeser Of FvNie, whose
- became melancholy history,
lne fsir maid Of Title mill" is
~, {etusted in Iocurnful old Scottish
b.lIad. Ususlly picturesque castles
&c Uncomfortable within, but the ven
Ale Scotch clerk OF TokeDhouso
md assures me such is far from being
sSe case at Fyvie, thanks to the modern
al tons made oy the Gordons. The
.,.,tng-rooms are bright and hsbitable,
.nI the bedroom roomy enough Tor
III reasonable hospits !ity. But all
hut is observed the picturesqueness
- Iharp contrasts. The present en-
,r,Iee oren, lnro Amodern antique hsll.
ThI superb staircase Of Lord Dun
fo,Inline leads TO suites Of the principal
,aokns. This staircase is the most
,,o;k,ue ore in Scotland. II is twenty
fob feet in breadth, and the steps are
lont snd low around the massive cen
ri pillpr. The rooms all command