News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-08-18

L met here dozen young men with
their teachers from the high school
in Brookline, Mass. They are " doing
Great Britain on bicycles. Very
many Americans are travelling here
this season. Fully half of the names
on the hotel registers are from the
States and we hear them and see
them everywhere.
Many of the hotels among the Eng
fish lakes float the U. S. flag from u
very high staff as a drawing card for
their hotels | asked for an explana-
ton and finally got this answer
go, the English don't care anything
about their flags flying from the no.
tells; they are satisfied if they have
enough to eat, while the stars and
stripes always please the Ameri-
cans" Those who have Travelled
under other flags know how beauti-
ful our own looks when it has not
been seen for a long time.
I've had busy days since my last
letter from Edinburgh. On Sunday
| attended an early morning service
of the Established Church of Scot
land Presbyterian in the famous
st. Giles Cathedral at Edinburgh.
This stands where the old Tolbooth
or prison formerly stood, as de-
scribed in Scott's "Heart of MidIo-
THAN" At noon | attended the
Church of England service in the
more celebrated and romantic Ros-
Ign Chapel, about seven miles out
from Edinburgh. In the evening |
heard some out-ofdoors, or street
preaching, so common in Scotland.
| also walked around "Arthur's
Seat" by the Queens Drive. On the
walls of IL little church two or three
miles from Edinburgh still hangs
by chain, fastened to ring, the
jongs, j. e., an iron collar that was
formerly locked about certain offend
ers' necks and they compelled to
stand thus while the people went
past them into church. A Highland
soldier was with me and we tried on
the collar but didn't care to have
it locked as our heads wouldn't slip
through.
went Monday to Melrose and Alb
botsford and had delightful half day
at the beautiful home and among the
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Melrose Abbey, on the banks of the
Tweed, is grand old ruin. We can
enjoy the places and scenes made sa-
cred by such a spirit as was Sir Wal
ter Scott's, but they cannot be de-
scribed. | can more readily describe
the Falls of Lodore.
In the afternoon passed the Chev-
lot Hills and entered England. |
spent few hours on the venerable
streets of the border town OF Carlisle,
that has witnessed so many battles
between the English and SCOTS and
earlier and later feuds. This city too
has it's castle and cathedral which
visited.
AS l had decided to spend a few
days among the English lakes, made
famous by the great English poets,
Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey
and others, whose homes were here
and whose graves now hallow the
ground. | went on to Keswick, at
the head of the lakes, i'll the evening.
L took an early stroll Tuesday
morning. by Derwentwater, a beauti-
full little lake. AS the Falls of
Lodore were only. four miles dis
tant l walked out to see them and
gazed upon these wonderful falls, |
the mighty English Niagara" | Il
saw the stones where the water is
supposed to "come down at Lodore"
and with deeply-felt awe looked |
about for the water. AS was about |
to conclude that Lodore wasn't |
"on " for that day the mystery was
solved. | discovered an inch-pipe
leading down from the top of the |
falls to the hotel below, and that is
what had become of the water. |
felt relieved and very glad that had |
seen Lodore, for | can tell you now
{" How the water comes down at Lo-
dore."
l FASTENED back to my hotel to
take the coach for Wythburn and |
Thirlmere, at the foot of Helvellyn. |
After dinner 81 climbed the dark
brow of the mighty Helvellyn." 1t |
was a fine tramp, an easy mountain
tC climb and good views in the as
cent. Clouds at first covered the top
but soon they broke up and | had'I
fine views of the valleys and lakes
around the base and the mountains
on all sides. | saw the place where
the young man Couch fell from the
rocks and persisted, nearly one hun
dred years ago; his body was found
three months later with his little dog
faithfully watching by his side. Scott
and Wordsworth each has written a
poem concerning it. A stone marks
the spot to commemorate the event
and the fidelity of the dog.
Later in the day / took coach
for Grasmere, a very quiet and an
tique little village on another lake.
Here l visited the graves of Words
worth and Coleridge, the ancient vii
lage church, described by Words
worth, and Dove Cottage, his home,
and the home of Coleridge, as also
the Wishing Gate"
Another coach ride Wednesday
brought me to Ambleside on Lake
Wyndermere; a sail down it's blue wa
ters between the hills, a tiresome rail
road journey across the country and /
am just where | began my letter in
York, ready for London.
LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING.
| have spent nearly two DAYS in
Londo" lad now am ready to de- ;
part. 1 have Travelled alone I'D the /
through the passes, over !
ancient battle-felds, and rowed over
5he lakes and have not been lone +
some, but as soon as | became one {
Of London's teeming millions a feel t
ng of loneliness and inconsistencies !
come upon me and | hasten to get $
out of the city. Yesterday | went f
20 Greenwich in the forenoon to visit !
he Observatory and Naval College:
hen returned and spent two or three h
hours in and about Westminster Alb t
,ey. Later | went out to Sydenham e
o see that great show, or combina- c
ion of shows, the Crystal Palace. 1t e
$ well worth seeing, but great g
cheme for getting money. t