Telegram-herald., 1890-10-19

~ AA4 t-,5 aate GOl a. a81 cn0kef.
fnen / eoFuex~d Efm 49, Z. Ehss Lnae
visa = 1aaxes paper collar ana a
"a Pelas snlte muslin ties 4sd as w~fe
li3~ stite q victory, tCE under tnsss
eeA1itioas We x0t ham 81 tae .anaink
ne.os Here - falxea eomplsteiy
JA ao~ slxnt a thread hung tie fate
q tnis wfetened eoupio theni tie nSa
1ot tae fQrm u service sltn hla. And
proceeding Without Il aas utterly oat 0f
the qaestion. Bless tbose second band
book, ta.s Eme they were tbs recourse.
osde tne ianai48y hold the Hlan Of
prayer, AID Hlth US ons u ioss aud TIE
afonia ~ 4 scOfcnlng dinner proshpt-
iEz, Sc neld him Ike Use. IN mo-
meat mere ! bza bounded 70 nay room.
sifn eirotlous OF defeat, nope. victory.
hae seept my eyes along tie alildewed
covers u ny sec0ad- aand books, and
naaIy rounced egth exult4nt delight
upon attle brown volume OF 1888.
Anderson Minister'S Directory"
Bound .ng back % our captured "meen-
ister,' ! placed this IA Ms hands, opened
al page III, aad before ne could oner
further protest, tnat vigorous scotch
laudiady and myself bad nlm in front
uf the blushng bride and bridegroom.
BerspIiug through An Established
Chngeh form Of marriage ceremony;
ard within ten minutes time Isabella
Mccarthy Cameron, and Charles Mae
donald. bufgn and parish OF Alloa,
sAire Of ClackmNuuan, KINGDOM OF
Scotland, were made man AID wife: |
had set my name down with bOldness
and flourish as one OF the witnesses;
tie rosy cheekir' Alloa girls acc M
psny the pair bad hustled the bride
ultl the wlnuOw-panes ratified, for the
one hrst rubbing her left shoulder
against brides left shoulder viii trst
De married with laughter aud jest and
many a sally AZ the captured parson,
We all partoOk Of the wedding diauer,
done 70 a turn, and the more gracious
y served As the landlady got two prices
Tor al least two plates o. It. my friend
surely got a severe IN Tor his enforced
clerical sabOrs;-and /. with the good
foftune ever favoIlug those who rescue
loye-lofn folk from pl ght and distress,
vas, IA turn, perfOrce made 10 come TO
the glorious North with my home IN
sweet old manse where | could see, for
so long as my fancy vii ed, life as Ii
truly : IN the very heart of the re-
mOteSt Highlands of Scotland.
Ii was A strange, weird coach-load of
folk, speaking IN = strange, weird
tongue, and We rolled rapidly along
through strange, weird country.
Every soul of the dozen or more within
the wagonette, but myself, spoke the
Gaelic tongue, and not a word was
spoken during the entire journey in
English. save when | was addressed. Ii
was an immediate revelation OF con-
dition OF things in the Highlands which
even Intelligent ScOtchmsn IN the large
lowland cities are unacqualnted with,
or affect 10 be ignorant of. From every
source of book. newspaper and oral IN
formation outside the Highlands, you
gain the impression that the Gaelic lam
guage is dead; that perhaps somewhere
among the peat and mlsts of inaccessible
peaks IN Donegal and Connsught, in
Ireland, or Of Sutherland, Ross, Skye
and the Hebrldes, in Scotland. there
are few old men and women who
have retained few words oil Ian
gGage once common to the Cymrlc
Celts; indeed that the Gaelic language,
with the cTunbllng remains of the
glorious antiquities of Ireland and
Scotland, are but the fabrlcs of zealots'
dreams. But II you will come far
enough you Will find this language IN
all It's original richness, purity and
power, and will be sstounded to know
that every soul IN many districts IN Ire
land and, geographically, in the larger
portion OF Scotland, speak it every wax
ing hour of their lives precisely as their
forefathcrs spoke it for unknown cycles
of years before them.
"Oh, yes" explained my friend, 1--WE
are all Gaelic still. north of Perthshire
and shire, and in all tEe out
lying stands" And then mOdestly, as
though there might be something of
the lingering old Jscobitic seditjOn in
il: 81 preach to my people IN Gaelic
every other sunday"
And do they all understand it?''
Understand it, They will tell YOU
that Adam spoke Gaelic; that the Scrip
ture can alone be properly expounded
I'm Gaelic; INV English sermons are given
20 empty benches; the Gaelic Sundays
bring hearers from twenty rrlles away;
and every face IS a picture of radiant
devotion and JOy-even TO the last one
Of their brave collie dogs
Bless them for loyalty To their trati-
tions and language, it must be so; for
below and behind Us there came a roar
of song that echoed wildly through the
gisus aud passes. They had worn oct
the thread-bare gossip of Stra;hglass,
aud, as all without exception had the
COZ kles OF tnoir hearts warmed little
this day by - cinder IN their glasses,
as the ulghianders 0ifcCtiOnately term
drop Ci peat WHISKY. moodiness and
silence, alter 'the ceLldh' or goss.DDing
was exhausted. we're succeeded by lm-
petuous song. GORE Chcathaich' was
tne name Of the first one they sang, aud
the very title. from coirs, kettle, and
cheathalch. steamy, vapOry, or ''Ine
Misty Dell as applied 20 a loved High
land valley or hollow, is illustrative OF
the exquls.tely poetic significance of
words IA al Gaelic original. Here i
the tirst stanzs
81 Coirr-eseathaich. nsn sighean gubhisch.
An G0ire Tunach is urar foua.
Ga .urseh MAD -thearsca. Elia ghesl. sughar.
tnrn |nt2E luar nu ebUrurUtdn eamf
ca no a-h. tuth ghorm. torrsch. iulsreaxach.
t rrafa. p'u-ansch. dlH-ghisn. GRIM.
esoin. oailacD. dltheanae eh. .csg ea. gls eaaach;
uieann mAfiIlch - iionuaor nan-.
w 9~n misty Carrfa ~ deer ever haunted.
Nc hr74trous vsiiey. nv own verfanr Dell.
,o-i rica and kassg, gisa sweets ever ,snted.
From ere-T aelr H0w'r ove dear and well,
Iliesly Az grow az. briznti7 All blowing
ofer - snag-r and green -da-kerrf lawn.
Aass. caeach snf daisies adorniHg ts msfes,
thrnu4s whita gambies ii-hriy tae 1.-The,
graceful ttNn.
cit VII be my turn s0Ont" sad my
friend With a grimsce Of resignation.
"Iour turnr'
They wiil tire Of their Misty Deli
shortly, and then everyone, women snd
al VIII begin such doctrinai expos
ton and cateChism "a. could you hesr