The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-01-01

pieces of glass as those of England did
in the tower.
From the castle, High street and the
Canongate lead on slight grade in q
straight line to the Palace of HOlyroOd,
about a mile away, standing on quite
low ground, just under the shadow OF
CaltOn Hill on one side, while on the
other the hill known as "Arthur's Seat
rises mp over 800 feet. Going down the
High street, we passed many curious old
buildings, the extremely high stone
houses seemed very uncomfortable hab-
itatiOns, in fact we saw more abject pow
erty, at least the kind that showed itself,
in Great Britain, especially in London,
Glasgow and Edinburgh. such wretched
looking, scantily dressed women, with
faces bearing tine unmistakable marks
of intemperance, the women of these
cities are noted as gin drinkers. Many
Of the houses were extremely filthy
in appearance, especially in the Canon
gate. Outside these streets, the oldest
in the city, the thOroughfares are
very handsome, and are lined with good
buildings.
The first object of interest on the way
was st. Giles Cathedral, which is all
hONNih CAOCPt bhC boNCly III biiC
street at one corner of the building is a
heart made by arranging the paving
blocks, where once stood the TOlbOOth
where Effie Deans was imprisoned, the
old Heart of Mid Lothian. A little way
below is the house of John Knox dating
from 1890, the quaintest of old buildings,
projecting onto the sidewalk, SO that
one can see clear to the castle from the
ui1a xuin1nuy ~ ,t.l,al, ha ,,gn1 -,
preach, after he was unable to go to st.
Giles, The house appears more ancient
still, within, and is lined throughout
with wood pannelling, Many ouriosities
are kept there. among them one Of the
old devices used for putting on the
tongues of women who were convicted as
common scolds.
HolyrOod Is an interesting old place,
standing on quite low ground, and with
a space around 1t; adjoining, at one
corner are the ruins of the chapel con-
tanning many interesting tombs.
We enjoyed exceedingly wandering
over the old place, into the
various apartments redolent with his
torical associations; here was the loom
where Queen Mary of Scots was holding
the banquet with Rizzis, when he was
surprised by>Grmed enemies and muir
dered in cold blood; there was the secret
stair up which the murderers came
yonder the apartment where Hizzio was
dragged and the final wounds given, and
various rooms used by the queen, are
seemingly filed with suggestions of her
personality,
At one end of Princess Street. not far
from IIolyro0d, rises the eminenoe known
as CaltOn Hill, from which a splendid
view of city and castle is had, and one
can look down on Holyroad and on the
other side onto the city of Leith and the
sea beyond. On this hill are severa
large monuments, one of them has made
Edinburgh a laughing stock in Scotland
They started years ago to build an exact
copy of the famous Parthenon, but aftel
about twelve pillars had been finished
the work stopped, and there it stands a,
it was then left.
The monument to Sir Walter Scot
stands on the open side of Princess
Street, and is very large and handsome
A little beyond is the Museum, and ad
joining that the art gallery, containing
as interesting lot of paintings as W.
saw in any gallery in Europe, although
of course much smaller than many col
lectiOns. Among Others was Church.
famous painting of Niagara; Edinburgh
may well be proud of her gallery.
A very large electrical exhibition wa
being held during our visit, attracting
crowds of people, and itwas an immens,
affair." an enormous building wa
crammod with stocks Of goods from al
over the world on sale, in addition to tn
exhibition proper, but heard later tina
the affair was a losing one. l doubt i
there is large city anywhere containing
as many thOrOughfares, consisting o
long flights of stairs, as Edinburgh; al
the railway stations are so reached, an,
several flights lead up the steep hillsid
opposite Princess Street.
The great railway bridge over til
Firth of Forth, about eight miles fror
Edinburgh, had been recently opened
and we went down in one of the numel
Gus four-in-hand coaches to view it,
very pretty ride, but much of the beaut
was obscured TO our eyes by the fact tina
a good share of the distance we droy
between the demesenes of two rich mel
one q nobleman, whera thousands {
acres Of choice land close to the cit
were almost entirely idle, One plac
was oO kC IL lltNl WIFI
lodge at each,
1t was the first week in September, bu
they were just cutting the grain, in faC
much of it was cut in Great Britain latt
than that; Il crops were splendid, bu
the almost incessant rains had prevente
the cutting. The scarcity in Europe {
such agricultural helps as are commo
with us, such as mowers and reapers,
astonishing. In all our journeyings "
saw only three mowers and the sam
number of reapers, the latter in evei
!, instance were far from being of I'll
latest styles, man rode on each machin
to bundle the grain as 1t was cut,
Driving down very long hill we wei
soon at the water side, and looking up ;
the wonderful bridge. the appearance {
which was entirely different from any "
had ever seen. A succession of the mo-
enormous arches, made of steel tubing
carried the railway across the broad est
ary, about two miles, the railway (doub
track being suspended from these gial
arches. arches so great that the trail
looked like toys as they rushed aero
the bridge. A small steamer took us Ol
! around the little island on which the ce
} tire arch rests, atfording very satisfa
tory view of u structure, The builde
who was knis ted for this successf
work, crossed TO New York on Il
steamer with
The Tay br lge, structure over
' similar piece a gater near Dundee, wi
partially wreck 4 aduring the great stor
0 few years agg md train ran off
5 the break and pged from that gre
: height into the ging waters beneatl
. every person on ie i'll fated train beil
r lost; IL is nowf aired, but the builde
of Forth bridge Ave had the accident
0 the other in mt ! and built theirs a
5 cordingE
Q A thfrty-milc railway ride through
: pretty rolling country, brought us
5 Melrose, where is one of the finest rui
in England, that of Melrose Abbey. A
: though hundreds OF years have elaps'
I since it became a ruin, and only with
I few years has it been well looked aftC
II is still a charming building, and mu
2 have been wonderfully beautiful when
y its glory. Almost half Of It has entire
b disappeared at the end nearest the sire,
+ the stone having been carried away lol
n ago and used elsewhere; fortunately I
D vandals left part Of 1t. Here, unless I
c monuments and custodian lie, is t
y heart of Robert Bruce, and the graves
several of the early Scotch kings. 4
a old monks who established the Abb
Q we'll knew how to locate, for they choo
y q lovely fertile valley, well shelter
Q from the west and north winds.
e Our route lay through that city SO Il
q quently mentioned as carrying Goals
Newcastle" large and rather handsOI
/ city on the Tyre, the great centre of t
= coal trade Of England. Along the ron
q we passed several ruined castles viii
{ had bravely played their parts in t
r border wars.
4 From Newcastle we travelled by {
: famous East Coast Scotch express, sa
a TO be a wonderfully rapid train, but asi
!: from the few stops made by which
Z course they gained time, we thought