Telegram-herald., 1890-08-17


be gave .4sIlng l1e fEol4 tie devotion
Z ~ as pOegie genus, og made a. { were
I g Part "a n.msfif bF rs merton ln Z ;
rare all 94Ls01se letters ~ Bls literary
f1eE1s, taose wao sander here feel
almost E8e tar-ll u . personal cCBpan-
.olshll th noE only tns past bEt the
uIzu. The ~QiEzy i.Ftn. Hhen the tide
. ln og ofls. &. q magical arm II TIE sea
beeaise tas eXelsefu4n BurEs bTagely
. captured sEuggl lgrs upon Il. and b
eause rs msre uanle ebbs and fi08s
THROUGH tie measure u his verse. MIST
crrsnet lruei ioouHDg above, = nov
landmark "a literature as well As "a
topography. aDd since BuFns tine has
h4a co. attention 81 . Longfell0s, a
8ordseoflA, = kuskin and = Carlyle,
Deca4sa ot lu-t Iw0 lines 1e penEe1,
Eae Alta shau raa e. Carslneon.
al.d .FiAri slak 81 -0iu4s-'
before 8 forelgl foe should be permit
ted 90 rally o. British ground. one has
not 4 nuldrefh part the interest IA that
nncst eccles. astICal FuIu la the south Of
Scotland, SgeetnearG Abbev. which
stands ~ Aitnsm0uth 2E CrifieIs feet.
or p taat other majestic ruin, Carla-
gerock Castle, unquestlonably The
architecture ia the whole or Scotland
As IN old Brow Well. not two miles
frOn .he latter; where Burns made Ms
.asI stand against death, only 70 be
Borne hOnle 20 the Mlll-st. cottage, IN
DumlT.es, 90 die. AID this Brow well
has been sIngalariy overlooked by
lovers 0f visiting Aithsdale. II is dis
tant bat an eight miles tramp south
a. 4 M
iL l. locally called 'sIhe BrOO" Brow
aud lies AZ the brow OF the Locker
MOss, a few hundred feet back from
the ooiWay tde-edge. An ancient
'C.achan' or prehistoric stone circle
once stood near, and the half dozen
stone houses of the neighborhOod have
taken lhe name of 1.-THE auld clachan
@ the BrOO. THESE houses. as in
Burns time, are rude structures, merely
h.lds' houses. TIE road % Ruthwell,
when s bat mic OF So distant. winds
past the place; and a little deiying
into antiquities makes curious and
not altogether improbable the con-
Iectureki that EuthWell Ruth be-
lug tnE.isa for the Gaelc kuadh, red
was tne name Ot tbe locality originally
comprising that village, the Red-Well
lise! and the clachan or stone circle
fOT the celebration OF Pagan rites and
ceremOn.als. For Brow Well, OF whose
waters Burns Tor months yanly par
took i truly a red we'll, bemg strongly
imprCguated with ron. Tradition. too,
places Brow Well among those possess
ing miraculous powers. Stepping a few
feet from the roadside towards the sol
way, there IS found a deep pit open 10
the Firth at the south. In the center
Of this IS the well, square, but a few
inches deep, and perhaps i've feet
across. although more Il stone basin
than we'll. 90 winch three stone steps
descend. The water filling II trckles
through a spout from the base of the
bank brow above; and It's overflow
forms a tiny burn which. whipping
and broadening i'm its descent, Is rein
forced hy other hait-hdden rills from
Iochcr Moss, until It cuts 4 clear and
dlstiuCt way through the reddish gray
sand Of tine SOlwav. In this drcarv
place Burns remained, taking the wa
tcrs of The Broo," from the middle of
ADril until tue middle of July, 1896.
ills only companions were his thoughts
and uis worn pocket Bible" HIS eyes
could rest upon hut one scene-the
roaring or sobbng Solway aud the
Garkcuug range OF Che English hills on
the Cumberland gde OF the Firth Re
mcmbCrng 10 all. that Is one line of
English shore whose mystic mists TO
my eyes seem eudltsslr fraught with
tluge OF color and sadness.
Far piCasauter associations and mem
oriCs than those OF Brow Wei cluster
about the upper NlthsdGl region. Here,
not two mules from Dumfries is that
lovely vy-grown ruin Lincluden Abbey.
st the confluence of Cluden water and
the Nth. just beyond, TO the east, is
DalsVinton Hall, where lived the gem
erous aud ingenious Patrick Miller,
notable not Oulvfor his connection with
the earliest experiments IN steam navI-
CATION out Is the hC-hearted owner of
EilislauG. the farm Burns took when
fresh from his iaurcls at Edinburgh.
THIS little b.t OF 4 farm, now comprising
l35 acres of land. lies 70 the west of the
Nth, upon It's very banks, about FIVE
mIlcs north OF Dumfries; and il Is here
that Burns. after bulldlag the cottage
which % tins day stands imbedded IN
ros and IVY, brought his bonnie Jean
% ,ve with he~ the only happy days he
ever knew. / never saw quite SO song
fui and idylic spot-songful
IN every field and corpse bird.
the border scotland knows, and Won
dcrtully sOngful N the waters OF the
Nith which. between banks Whltc with
d1is'es, bOTdered closer down with vel
Low broom. spreads wide across gleam-
ing shadows, IS If It's mission here was
% sing endless and tender melodies in
honor 0f the spot where the inspired
pl0ughman sang iu his clcarest. purest,
graudest strains. For here in this
farmhouse were produced among
scores of lesser poems, Tam O'Shan-
ter written iu 4 day and denominated
hy Alexander smith "s,ncc Bruce
fought Ba0nockburu, the best single
daVs work done IN Scotland" ;" his
m1Er 6cent hattle-plecc. THE Song OF
Deafh,' hs wonderful SATIRE. The
KIRK Alarm" his matchless embodi-
mert OF COnuubial affection. "JOhn
Anderson. NV Jo.7 30 blaw yc vostlin
winds" ns Address 10 Min" con
See ~ a Wounded Hare" that grand
" Address 90 the shade OF Thomson, "
"Uf n the arts the winds can hlaw,
ard that d.vtiuest of all his odcs, "To
III Mary IN Heaven"
tietu0g totbis Ellslaud farm brought
me. m q singular and fortuitous way.
WITHIN the radius Of certain a.socla-
togs lew have had the go0d fortune 60
euFoy. IS they Ink the living with
tlr.EuE cI0scncss anu emphasis % the
det4. h~lef account 0f tbs unusual cX-
pewure VIII have interest to eli lovers
90 HUrns iu America. At q ate hour
or n reCrnt evening was stand ng near
the nob.e statue ~ Burns, erected n
i~l7, n gNurch Pace. Bunlfries- The
only other ocCUpsat of Church Place
az tnat i.nie was a venerable scotch
uan waa, standing .n the shadows ~
f.e f..ae f-..re Innrrf s.rf-.s 81 th.rrn