Telegram-herald., 1890-08-10


dred ycaIs ago, It Mas known ~ the
Il Iron >teeple. Al that time, on the
4 sale a auction OF the Customs and Ex-
| else o. Scotland. the DumfTies Town
| Council took a large share IA the plun-
I der. ll turn sold 10 20 fellow burgheF,
/ one ,aaTne, 80 by name and tine n
I dealing. The citizens revOlted; and,
I on compromise. burgber Sharpe Was
Z permitted tO retain his tack" On paw
7 ment Of 2000O meFks. scots, with winch
I the Outlandlsh structure was erected.
/ Ia IJs upper uncOulhness IL contains
/ the tOWu-clOck and peal OF bells, and
a complaining weather-cOck surmOunts
7 the spire. Middle Sp.rc, clock and bells
aud all, j. aa unreliable old tongue of
I the town" % this day. But the ridicul-
/ Gus rcAc OF an ancient canny deal
I would nave been raZed 10 the ground
/ one hundred years ago. were 1t not the
/ treasure-h0use of stacks OF rusty war
I pixies ready Tor valiant service, when
I the excIsenian-pOet reused everybody
IN Great Britain with:
Does naughty Gaul invasion threat?
| Then irt tAe looms beware. sr;
/ The res wooden walls upOu our seas,
! And volunteers on shore. Sir
/ The NTH rhali tuu o. CO-siucJn,
/ The Crn-l siuk in Solway,
/ Ire gc permit "a fJreiEn fOe
| ga British ground % ialiy."
The "auid brig" built by the devout
/ DeyOrgiila over 700 years ago, when
LondOn's population did not exceed
81. 600 souls, and which still spans the
| NTH below tho New Bridge, the latter
/ completed before Burns death, does
not possess a tithe tine interest because
/ of Us having sustained wOndrOus king
I Is cavalc1des and been fought over hy
| countless, Border legiOns, that IL does
/ for having innumcrable times been the
| haunt OF this one man, and because, IN
/ bis suit OF PLAIN, dark clothes with his
| swOrd-cane IN hand" and his children
/ by MS SIDE, he loved to lOlter upon il,
or wander about near IL. upon the
| White Sands, or near It's western ap-
| proach along Marvellous sunny braes
! Not "a stones throw from It's last red old
arch Is the spot where Burns, on his
| tirst appearance N Dumfues, clad in
the familiar blue coat and yellow
vest which Nasmyth has made us un-
| consciously associate with his sturdy
| figure, just after the publication of
| the second edition OF his poems, WAS
| made an honorary burgess; the bur
gcss-tlcket % the already illustrlOus
plOwman reading: "The said day, 4th
June, l7S7, Mr.. Robert Burns, AYR
shire. was admitted burgess of this
Bgrgn. with liberty to exercise and en-
Joy tie whole immunIties and privileges
| thereof Is freely IS anv other does,
may, cr can enjoy; who. being present,
accepted the same, and gave ms oath
OF burgcss-ship to hrs Majesty and
| Burgh IN common FORM" But for
| Burns Dumfries would net to this day
| be 50 well known as Kalamazoo. Still
| the marvellous CODd cscecsion of these
pOmpOus old nobOdies made Burns a
freeman. lie bad been but a hind until
| THIS memorable eth June, 17S7.' At
the foo, OF George Inn Close, Irish-st.,
! rs little academy. It was here at n
county ball that the gentry were gath
| cred on an autumn evening OF 1891,
! when the now poverty stricken poet
passed and vas gwen the universal
/ rejection or cut direct by all save the
| noble David MccullOch, of Ardwell
/ winch made those concerned, as well
as their descendants, infamous to this
| day. Near TINS was the hall of It.
Andrews Masons' Lodge to which
Burns belonged and which be made IA
NOUS. It's record for April 1t. 1896,
Burns present. IS the last minute
! containing the poets name. At the
corner OF Shakspeare-st. and Queens
place still stands the little old Theatre
Royal, which was opened IN 1890, Burns
being present, and of whose first week 5
career, he wrote 50 enthUs 4stics.lly TO
his friend Nic0l. Their (the perform
ors' merit and character are indeed
very great, both on the stage and in
/ private life, not worthless creature
among them. There have
been repeated instances Of sending
away sIV and eight and ten pounds a
night tor want Ot rO0m."
Then aside from countless lesser facts
and places of ASSOCIATION there IS the
I old "Glohe Tavern m winch. unhap-
py as : the fact for Contemplation. one
seems now 60 almost hear bis thrilling
voice. mingled with the laughter of
I Syme. Maxwell. landlord Hyslop and
hrs wife. Meg, and their siren BARN aid
"Anna Of toe g0wden locks" as the
poet recItes some new rhyme that the
Z good fellowship of tie place has
prompted. or sings those songs Of old
Scotland be had rescued from ill-ftting
sentiment and welded TO his own
/ deathless verse; there - the staunch
/ httle cottage and its memories of the
/ hours be passed in g with h.s family,
or nc the folding. desk, between
THE tire window n his par.or,
I trarscrin.ug in his hold, round
band tba remarks whlch occur
fo him or Nr. Th0mson's last letter. to-
gCther Wtu some 81 his own recently
c1nlrosef sours.' there Is old -. Nicb-
seis Parish Church. whose now most
precious memorial the place pointed
a f.-
sniuof. and ne last. the great nl3usol-
eum itself. in ST. MChsals kirk yard
where tre poct. nis boaa.e Jane and al.
their ireu, in an Undivided family
are 7t rest. Every square varl o..
( uumfres towu j. aEl5w with some
touching reminder af Burns His mcu-
crv fs gre very breath of life 0f the
u.aea There i but one strain o1 itssur
rassrE tenderness That FORMS an In
81 ta rne whc r. world b permitting his
4 inua. the property hy actual suhscr e.
/ tog aud common heritage ot aI Va
t tonaities and ue1. co iapse INTO amer
+ Cenarv showplaCe. n the clutch of tive
tcr-frv hrutes lacking the common
r.a. ard Kindly nature and inte.Ii-
f Ctnee of ordinary animals. These trvC
creatures. r1sn srd wife. stard guard
wth lock and KEY VITA tger-ilSe
claws and rra5aniv demands for ro.n
( ard tnus secure, So ls sad. from taQt Oh
( E-ao annually from reverent I'll
/ Erms ta fnrs sacred shrine. Nnefhe
Z fre zhou.s ren Fer then1se ives o~ for
anre afcl gent human rveras behind
I fhern tno teseCr1Unn - the sanfe
Burns vas starved ard kulEsd