Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17

| AShttt INC he'iu VI cue Nitl'i o. W .g7-,,- -
where the encroaching mountain -
highest. and the noble lake Itself me-, - a,
broadcast eXpanseS. :.
But near as this is to the steam -,
and coach-horn, the uudcrtu-. d, ~ ISL:
here. From Orrest Head. the h. 7Iz,
every poet or prose writer o. -I.. {.
save those OF Colcridge and 81
heSwicE. are again visible. Vr i
with lis glorious foreground o.. t.-.-.5
seen in its entire length.
! RANGE AFTER RANCE ar
Lake mountains rise beyond = -..-,
The valley Of Ambleside lays .s...-.g'S.
fined glen OF purple to the morn - s'
at its edges, changing to ljyt -I---s
the higher ranges, the crag~ ~ H.--- IN.
field and Nab Scar forming -l.. -.-
sun-kissed splendor abuTe F j
mountain tops and misty passes 80 d.
| CllSwater in the nOrthts~-
ridges, toward the YORKSHIRE --..r. =
| purple furrow shows whrra E-. =;
| plot of Robert f.lsmcr. il ..... u:
Besides, here are the woods and -
| Elleray. No Cumbrian home ...-. Is.
bigger frame, greater ha4r- ,.-, ...
| and tenderer soul than the r>-.. ~ t'r'
| ray. The place IS now igS- as i. r....,-. -
1t was christopher Nor'hs carr Is
| disc, with several roofs -ha-.s. i-.-'
| there in the lustGr of loveIic-- ..-.. '
| roof with its own aSsortr,-- . ~
and pigeons preenlng ra..r I.--,
| in the morning pleasaunrr;" aru ~. 49,,
| sycamore, of which Profess,g- Ws.... - -'
| self said, mot even in the DAVIS ,.
| DrIids, could there have been -t-l .--..
tree still shelters E.lleray with r.. rr=
| arms.
But six miles to the north OF r.e ,fr,..
| of Windermere, lies Amb.es.do. III ~
| cient, in that il was once - .~.,..--.-.
Roman station, than any other = -.
| the Lake region. Like Bovue-s. -
place is hidden in masses Of trr-, -
bloom. Nunberless tiny mountain ,---.-,
tumble through it. and one turns -r. ~
Of the quainteSt and most l-.tLr.sur, .'
water mill in England. Her. IN Il ..r7,r-
ments' walk one comes to tine i4r.sv, So
Ghyll Force; and to the east .r. ts--.,
still rises the huge ridge of N..a,.,n NJ.
Its visionary majestic 10. .-.-.
Wordsworth SAM. From. .t~ ~,,r--.
grander prospects meet the ego .-gr ",
BOwness or Windermere. ". with 49,,
enhancing excursions among The So
glorics roundabout, more pilgrims rt-r, ~
Amblcside because one woman. u.,ys ..,
name to the whole world Tia. rr5r5-
was Harriet AIartineau. --St.u-. s.-s
called her. She held raa- ,ea h.
passed the boundaries al sts,,.-, 50
and dwelt in life If ar....-
faith. No one need grieve for h.,r. ..r-..r,r
when they resulted III SO grant aai ,-,-.
4 life. No woman ever lived who ...,r.
pliShed more actual literary b. J.r. gr.,. -ti.
labor did more for the word $ progress .r4
humanity ii large. Hrr old home TIE
Knoll is not stones throw from .1a list.
way, but is so embedded in foliage as ~ b.
invisible from it. just Il few steps 'Lr1rsE
4 massive gateway, over Il drive shadow
hon p.-ffgalr..e
brings you to Il sunny terrace. dHlG4 win
flowers: and then facing about be or.
lines of the house are gradually t-.-t
through masses of ivy pushing ty the rrrr
caves. The gray old WcstmorCalt stone
can only here and there be seen. The .ar-s
bay windows are half hidden by jasmine.
climbing roses and passion toN rs And
the huge chimneys ana gables hint %. Inc
houses of Elizabcth's time. The older VIE
layers say the light of AnbleSide went OIL,
when they bore Harriet MarJiucIu's o, Ig'5
its grave in the old cemetery al BiImiu.a.H.
But it seems 10 me her good -ud h.la.r
face must still be shining there with lie
blossoms from
THOSE GREAT BAY WINDOWS
Just before you reach AInu.eSiie you
could turn aside few steps from the hisi.
way and see in Dove Nest. the former HON.
Of Mrs. HemanS. Immediate opposite
The Knoll. where lived Miss Alart.ug.u.
though hidden by the majestic trees winch
line the banks of the Rothay river IS au.
other fine old mansion, Fox Howe whore
the great DR.. Arnold passed the happcs'
hours Of his life. Then the r.gn' nj tht
highway, not 4 mile from The Knoll, ].
Ryddl Mount. Wordsworth 5 home described
in the proceeding article. \ little hegO1t
almost at the edge of Rydal Wafer, haunt
of the herons, standing close against lie
highway beneath the shadows OF Nab Scar,
is Nab Cottage, where Hartley Goerd-d
dwelt. Then Grasmere Lake, shut in by
Fairfield, weird Dumnail Rails. AEd lis
mighty Pixies of Langdale is spread before
you, and in the sweet old village OF trls-
mere you Will find the former homes o:
Wordsworth and DeQuinceF, and Tic
tombs of Wordsworth and Hartley Cole
ridge. in graveyard of Grasmere church
1t is in this church, dedicated 10 SAINT
Oswald, so old that British autIQuar!aG'
cannot fix its origin, that the curious anu
ancient custom of ''Rushbearing has
been continued from the mists OF antiquity
to the present time. Traces Of rushoeurHg
may be met in some of the other northern
localities. 1t has been revived AZ Ambie-
side. But this is the one sacred edifce in
all Europe where the custom has been con
tinuous from time immemorial, In very
ancient times ruShbearing seems 10 A4'5
formed a portion of the feast Of dec!rl-
ton, and the professional bearing ot rusAeS
for the renewal Of floors. whose place
they often wholly supplied. was ATTENDED
with much pomp and ceremony. Many o.
the remote early English churches h;d no
other floors
THAN THE BARE EARTH
with now and then a line of rude tllgS along
the aisles: and this church OF St Oswald
was provided with complete floor oI-' IS
late as 1910. Up to that time th" SiAl.-
rushes which grew upon the fells, proNA,
cially known as ''sieves.' were gatAefrI
and brought to the church from LanHda.s
in carts. Tall poles, often large l'.S
boughs, were provided for the ''Dedri'a'
These, curiously decorated win cF">'''
harps, wreaths and frequently with paper
flower serpents twining around them W.T.
carried about the village. often ioi-""et u
four maidens with a flower bOrIere' shee'
filed with the sacred PUSHES. Neen 'la
rushes were all strewn in the chufch, t'l'
ally on Saturday afternoon. ''.limTF DIV
son. the fiddler Of Grove Cg.-'-"
struck up u ''RuShbearin@ A--It.
Of unknown antiquity. He Ar..I-t
l procession forming at the village Df-1st.
After this had threaded all the streets a1
Tyrds of Grasmere, ii returned 10 lAf wv
,hurch, where the wardenS after u ~
lent usage, presented eac4 o. On.
bearers with two-pence worth oi E.IE
,erbread, paid for out OF. he cAlL.t
collections. The rushbcariug Of t'E:s--rls
low occurs on Saturday in the second W.
n August. The procession. sill NON
Onward to the strains Of Jimmy Dawson.
March" follows St. Cwald's banner az
scattering flowers and PUSHES. prolee-s
round the entire village. RGShD-4L--.
lymns and hymn TO St Oswald are SUE
James for children are provided N the re-
,,nn;n,, ard lo,n;nr ora- ind,5lcfd III ~