Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-27

.hNnpaign country. Comfortable straJ
inis with snug stone cottages Tia ~
either side Of the highway no An,
hsnt an ancient gate. openipg h.
long lane, hedge boriercd botSg, ,,
wen Kept fields, where the Young qrair 4.
,v,ly men and grccn. The wagnnwa,
= thiek with the falling blossoms OF m,
nawthofh. The hedge banks are mass of
k'tl-oine daisies. A tiny burn, having II,
syaree N spring. above. wimples at ono
sue, halt hidden IN the grass AMI dalsie..
| Anh ~ TIE end Of this lane. inst aver \
nuge OF warm aud yellowy loan. an, seer
the low roofs ola cottage and it, humbis
onthnildngs, here and there half hidden
IN The foliage " surrounding trros Mn
li'l'''Ahh, Tor four years the farm homo
an, nome heaven of Robert Burns. the
uuil sppt on AL this earth WHERE comfor,
AMI happiness were BIZ.
rom the highway Elli.i,nd l. dls,p.
pointing TIE ridge Of the stealing neli,
,9iins q monoionous horizon line. Hnt
burns knew whorc 10 build his Nithside
n@t FROM any point In the vicinity III
tle 0hiicdd or farm buildings there /. a
glorious Wow Of the valley Of IN. Mil
Tie house faces 10 the east and north /,
senile bond in the Nth. which murmur.
hefg oNcr the shining shallow mo-. n hun.
dfci yards distant With the outbuiidiugs
hnd iheir connecting rlbbie walls q SUNNY.
nearly incloscd quadrangle Is formed. Tbe
sue next The distant highway 20 the wat
hAs 70 ihe right ne you cntorthe inci0surc.
as'hple aud oowhou1r, aud hyro or feed.
lhs ahl straw yard behind. TO tho loft Il
y MIL shcdi modern structure, a tiny
harm aud behind the latter (Which. with
the stable aud cuwhouse. stand precisoly
~ burns built thoml j. tho inrlo.rtl siafk.
yarl where bonnie Jean found her hus
band In that great agony Of detection which
gave The world tho matches hymn 10
Mary Ia heaven.
The house itself. Into the construction Of
which Tho poet put months u bis own Ia.
Dor, working alongside the rustic stone.
masons Of The time. remains 20 thi. day
exactly ~ be built H. Asmall kitchen ha.
been added on tho side next the river.
which now. a. then, &. the front u tho
house. The portion built BY nurns l. OF
rubllc, about IS Zee, long and nearly % 10
width u L ono story 10 height. with nn
ample attic. Their IL largo MON about
y, icci s1uhro NJ each end Tho entrance
from The Nlthsldu was into n hallway.
from Which these two large runms were
felchel Out of thia one could also pass
10 the attic above. and % small kitchen
which, with a little bedroom, stands b.
tween thc two larror ro0ms Oi tho lat.
Ter, The one NJ the len OF north end. which
communicates with the little BEDROOM.
was usoi BY Burns Tor tho ccrumonious ca.
tcftalnmcut 0f distinguished guusta
The other at the south end, was tho real
heart N The homo-thc "spcncr" or living
fonm u the poet hla wifr and hilrna
The family rruylHlgnl worc kept here IN
one Cnl stool the b'i. Tho meals were
eaten hgfp. Aud hcrr the companl,na that
Burns loved cimn into the inglruook
glow Beside the Fireplace L. a broad, low
window Against tho eide wall stood an
oakrn table, and hero tho poet Ia this aunny
corner could feast hlseycs upon the flowers
and vine, % he own little garden. ict them
dwell ioudly upnn his cattle aud pci sheep
In the hlllowy ilrld beyond, or ooniuru gl1-
rioua huclrt from tho noble sWcups ~
Nlihsdalo's broad southern cspansc. crowd.
I'll ~ n eastern edge with noble forests
and the huge fabiri u Dilswlnton hall.
~ this little window Burns either CON.
posed Or put into completed manuscript
form the greatest amount II the greatest
work u be life How wc pfisr tho least
rmlndef q these royal fellows when they
are gonol
Therp afu tho.o who would pay tioo0
each f1f two o. tho tiny plncs IN that one
sunny window. On one burns wrote with
a diamond and aftcrWafd partially erased,
"li1me be had not-homu IL tho r,,s0ft;H
on tho other ha Inscribed biz fayorlto
maxim. an honest iuans tho noblest
work Of Col" Thcau inscriptions, tho
house and outhulldlnga aud low sturiy
trees tho post planted aro the only visible
rvllcs Of tho bands life az Elllslhnd, Tor tho
spot 4 1ne Of the fuw IN liHialu, mora
graca 20 Il, that u not show place where
the lnsiatnt wmindorof tho chdleisuess u
ices mffgrs rrvcrunco aud emotion into
ulicule and contempt
Tue almost exclusive haunt Of nurns NJ
Wa withln call Of hls bonnie
Jean lait below the high hank or noaur,
nnon The cdFr u which the cottage stands /
listwosn this aud tho Sith FOR q long de. ]
isnes 10 tho north and south runs a lovely /
liver road. out u the cottage lnciusuru a /
shaded path aud wagon way dtscrnds 10 |
.lnnst sylvan way l. acoplaus spring. The |
bank Of the seaur side Ia the shade IL
mas Of farus and vloltia, and In the SUI
shine a wondrous constellation " "Nee
crimson tlppot flowvrs,' tho daisies ~ |
scotland, for which ilurns felt something
ain 10 alteration Then came tho silycry |
,hall1ws " tho Slth. Beyond IT, stream, /
leading 10 tho meadow lands above. l.
haugh, golden mass Of waving broom.
Along this drcamful way. and up and down
no river road. burns saunteed aud
i,pamcl. Il was the socne Of bis most
Sc,iailo achievement, Tam o. ShAnter,"
which tho celebrated Alexander Smith
bought, - 10 was written Ia day, tho
- sinela days work done Ia scotland
.lnca Bruss fought az bAnnockburn.
Tlu.lsnd originally comprised 10 acrus
4 land The lcaso 10 tho poet was Tor
our terms u nineteen years, IL was exc,
utsd In March. lbs. and would have ca.
,In.i by Limitation In 1854. Rurns was 10
IN go pff year foT the hrst three years,
MI fD thereafter aud tho owner allowed
be poet $50 toward tho erection ~ too
ottst.s and outhuildinrs. I fnd tho pre-.
M owuer 10 10 ono Dr. j. N. Taylor, Of
.uittiedeld, Dunkeld The stealing has
zen reduced from 10 acres % 100 acres,
Ind Il Z now LEASED Tor Tho usual nineteen
ar term, fifteen 81 which have expired,
! a famlly u hiriworklng and Intelligent
.e5,el fnruinrs named Grierson, al rental
.f li9ptr year The old guldwlfe, Dame
idrr,1n, seems " live Ia a sori ~ halo Of
syerrntai gflsf for him who made her
srm,tsad hhlIowel ground. "Pulr boiyi
Mn lllyl' sha IL constantly moaning b..
Ils YOU, "puir body, he was dwangoi
tsrs'sgD u hls dedrlll mortal sick.
'e.,lH EpuAR l. WAgEMAs.