Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-08-04

appetiie mas Deen on the up grade ever
since left the boat. From the hotel at
Bowness there is a lawn extending to
the margin OF the lake. Part of this is
given to flower beds, and such pansies
l never saw. The season has been wet
and they are finer than usual. The
landlady had the gardener pick large
bouquet OF the great white and purple
pansies for US. l have pressed one or
two to show you.
Monday morning we started through
the English lake district in two coaches
so high that we had to have step lad
ders to climb onto them. The day was
fine and the scenery constant delight.
The roads everywhere in England and
Scotland are perfect. Built of stone
they are as smooth almost as asphalt
pavement. In some places the grade
was steep. but We had brakes. To be
up on a mountain side and look down
on lovely lakes. surro nded by other
mountains which were checked off into
fields by stone walls and hedges, Or
that were bare and bleak. was an ex-
perience new to me. We passed mag
nifcent country villas and estates with
cozy lodges near the gates, and wide
winding drives up to the mansions
Wray castle, with as many windows as
there are days in the year. Mrs.
Hemans' house, Harriet Martineau's,
Wordsworth chair "a grassy mound
with stone steps leading up to a seat On
top), the house OF Foster the late Irish
minister, and we got out and visited
Wordsworth's grave
We reached Glasgow at four o'clock
and had time to visit the Cathedral
and metropolis before supper. We got
separated from Professor and nearly
missed seeing the things, but came out
all right. The Cathedral is on hill
and right near it. only higher, is the
metropolis, or burying ground. It is
an imposing sight to see the marble
covered hill towering against the sky,
1t was funny to see women walking
along the street knitting. There it
was, too that first saw little children
with white cotton gloves on; since. /
have seen it quite often.
On the whole I like England better
than Scotland. The mountains around
Lochs Lhomond and Katrine are bold
er and the scenery wilder. I wish |
could give you an idea of its beauty,
but it is beyond my power of descrip-
ton. The captain on the Loeb Lho-
mond steamer was delightful to us, and
about the country. At Lurs, on that
lake. a Highlander in full dress got on
the boat. He wore a dark green plaid
kilt, which came above his knees. his
knees being bare. In his stocking he
carried knife and had on kind of
ouskin. His face was strong and his
whole bearing fine. The captain told
is that he was colonel who had serv-
I'd in Her Majesty's service. Just be-
ore we reached the pier at 1nversnaid
We passed Rob Roy's prison and a
beautiful waterfall. The ride from
-nversnaid to StrOnachlacher was very
steep. We made an ascent of FIVE
feet. We passed Helen Nc
Iregor's castle, which is a very hum
Die looking cottage. The mountains
ire covered with heather, in places
coming into bloom and giving purple |
inge to the hillsides. In Scotland we
Jaw very few cultivated fields. There
we're many sheep feeding on the noun
aims In Loeb Katrine we saw Ellen's |
sle-small and very picturesque. The
erns, whole banks of them, of every |
Kind. were a constant delight. l felt |
ike gathering them by the armfull
July 4th.-We haven't seen any signs |
If Fourth of July.
Edinburgh is the most picturesque
:ity we have seen. There are two
rreat hills in it, one covered with a
massive castle, the other having two
and monuments to Burns,
Nelson and others. Yesterday heard
Joseph Parker and Canon Farrar, and
vas little disappointed in both. Both
lad noble faces, but | guess l was ex-
)ecting too much. Canon Farrar's
ubject was on the parish schools of
It. Margaret. trying to raise money,
nd, of course, that wouldn't show him
t his best.
| have attended six services this
eek, at Windermere on Sunday, at
'ork. Lincoln, Westminster. City |,
'emple and st. Margaret's. So have
card boy choirs five times. | never
card sweeter singing than the choir .
{ Westminster. Prof. heard Philip +.
ROOFS at Westminster last night, and
1inks he is the finest preacher he ever /.
card. ,
Tonight We cross the channel. We
ope not to be sick. II. can appreciate
hy I do not write longer and better