The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-09-05
ROMANTIC soorLAHD.
The Heathsry hiahlends---oyer the hiiih
and FAr Away-rhe Lakes Ann moore OF
nOnnie scotland,

phhnrn bnfuuHH pVhip W f"N f'FTf ~.
lufesQne and historic scenes ,oohurolru
with tho realm OF scotland, we 80
tirat 10 STIRLING though lhe Misty inoor
land country, heavy With dripping yer.
dnfe aud dOttsd with herds OF ayrshire
cattle aud black legged sheep Tho hcot'
tish railway aeTVlce 10 good, and we arc
but a short time reaching surfing
Here We wait for tho tain that runs up
10 tho little Highland oiaohan or Aber'
fOyle at the foot OF Oraigm0fp noun
taIu, Duke OF MOntfOhe country
btlrling, formerly fayOfltr residence
OF tho scottish hOyefeigns, IL a quaint
old town with itA tuffeth aud crow,
stepped gablea and tho OLD carvings hnd
Inscriptions over tho dooIWayh' Ohe
OF thess roadhl
ARMs 10 FIX,
LFAsT | on MYNE SHOULD SKILL
TuEsK HTOAEa AND STICKS,
Stirling Castle, standing on the brow
of a preclpltOuA rock, iahnp0elated with
the history OF Scotland from u very
early period. II 10 Of massive stone,
and owing 10 ita strength ana lmpfeg'
naDls position II held out Tor thfeu
,monthn against the powerful army OF
Edward /, Ia 1904, VINO brought up all
the besiegng Implements OK .onuon
Tower. The Bruce entfeneheu himself
there after tho great Victory Oh Ian
mock Burn and later tho house or htnait Y
found II particularly 70 tholr liking
AT present II ID the headQuAftefn OF tho
Sutherland aud Argyll highlandern,
Stirling was an old Homan station,
and the remains OF their roads aud
walls arc well dehned. There arc many
Interesting ruins along thu onte,ohlchy
Abbeys OF the pointed Gothic type, plo
tufesaue with olmglng vines. Az the
famous old bridge OF surfing Iolmelly
the gate between Scotland, Nofth hnd
South, Wallace won his lrut Victory
over tho Engllah. On tho top OF y pre-
elpltOun rock, called tho Abbey Craig,
ma monument 10 Wallace, IN tho form
of A lofty BarOnlAl Tower, Stirling has
alao a llne monument W "the Bruce
looking towards Bann0okburn. =.
When was In Boston i onqnired OF
A boy whore the Bunker Hlll monu'
ment was. He could not Toll me, thOugh
lt proved 10 be very neal, 80 when the
train atopped at stirling | asked Two or
three psfsona before | found tho
way 10 the castle, one was q very IN
telllgent looking woman, Upon en-
quiring II ohe lived IN stirling ana 20
ing answered In the affirmative sara
soan you toll me whore tho OaSuo
is9" ,., .,,,
"No, 1 dlnna ken. hao been there
once but In thao atraungo place I'm no
It Turned out 10 be her hret trip
abroad, and ahe seemed very anxious
iest she shoud miss the train. AFTER
my own experience, later, l ala not
The Scotch are notably silent people
and In railroad travel are no exception,
When "A train stops you open your own
compartment and get out the best you
can. Your luggage 10 not checked ana
ahonld YOU fail 10 40 forward aud claim
it IL would be left on the platform. II
YOU are going 70 change cars, you must
look them up they are not
marked, aud there are no announce
menta verbal, or otherwise, The pau,
eenger ia tho favored party; the railroad
is the holder OF fayofe, ~ you want
them you must look after them.
Wen, ierroted out the little tram
going TO Aberfoyle, Before " started
the conductor passed along the plat.
form aud took up tho Tickets, ana
then We we're shut In aud were oil.
aDoea this car 90 10 Aberi0yley
"Yea," he said, aud that was ALL and
quite antlsAed aat down 10 my maps
and guides. A few miles further on we
Atopped at a station for some minutes,
and / heard q platform guard say
.Chanqe cars for Glasgow and
something could not make out. But,
of course, was content, Tor had not
the conductor told mo that my car
went 10 Aberfoylop
Sixteen miles further on, was told
that instead OF being on my
way 70 the Highlands, i was
bound for the West Of Scotland,
aud that should have changed cars
the second time, nj tho little station OF
Kllyyrie. There was nothing 10 do but
retrace my steps, which i did, reaching
Aberfoyle at list, before sunset The
time was we'll enough spent, going
around the quaint, little old town, with
ali the wealth walled In and all the
misery walled out. But | do not be-
lieve could have sung with the high
land piper:
"Blithe and merry were We a
When went Ger the braes o. Ballaoh,'
Lest my meaning may not be under
stood lot me say that strong stone hedg.
90 surround the private estates around
Ballach, enclosing oil the parks and
gardens, leaving only the dirty black
lanes and sQualid huts for the poor peo.
pie 10 wallow In Wherever you lind a
castle town, unless improved by recent
manufactures, rising with the coal and
iron period, you win find this condition
OF things, -,
The patrlarchal aspects Of the old
feudal system have entirely passed
away and the great landed proprletorB
wall out the peasantfy In order 10 pre-.
serve their parks and preserves, as they
would 80 many non productive animals.
IL Is a system that is dying at both
ends: the wet rot having attacked the
roots aud the dry rot the branches.
This brings me 10 say that In this
most progressive manufacturing and
ship building metropolis OF Glasgow, l
have seen more abject, horrible drunk
enness and degradation than II ever
seemed possible TO mo TO exist. Down
In Trou Gate, any evening right under
the chimes Of ~, Enoch Cross, you Will
see bare.footed, bare.headed, groyellng
women and children, their skirts hang.
ing In shreds and their faces black with
blows from the heavy hsts OF drunken
brutes Of husbands and fathers, Yes,
and drunken women, most hedious OF all
hedious sights; many OF them with
babies In their arms, or children tug.
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