The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-15
THE lola REGISTER
FRIDAY. JANUARY Is, 1892.
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GLASGOW SEPT. Q IS9.

GLASGOW SEPT. 1881.
One might come from Edinburgh To
Glasgow in two hours. / spent two
days on the road, stopping one day at
Stirling and riding liesurely by coach
and boat through the enchanting lake
region ON the next. The town of Stir
ling, with its steep, stony, narrow
streets and its high sombre houses,
looks more italian than Scotch. But
when one climbs up the long hill and
crosses the mOat and ascends to the
ramparts Of the great castle, there is
nothing left to remind him of Italy in
the view that spreads out before his
ewes and in the names that come to
his mind 1t is a charming view. of
winding river, and pleasant valley,
and purple hills,-the "Grampian
Hills" where my father feeds his
fiocls, and they are famous names
that have attached themselves to the
various points in the landscape.
Those low knobs a little way to the
east are the lands of Cambuskenneth
where the Scots ami the Picts had a
fierce battle a thousand years ago.
The crag a little nearer to us, with
the towering Wallace monument, was
the point from which that famous
leader directed the movements that
routed the English army moving to
attack him across Stirling Bridge.
Two miles to the South is the lovely
level plain of BannOckburn where
Robert Bruce with 10000 ScOtchmen
put to flight King Edward of England
and 100000 men. \ little to the north
west lies the Sheriffmuir, where the
Duke of Argyll, with the Royal
troops, fought the Earl of Mar and
the JacObite clans who were up for
the ChevalieT. And so on all the way
round. For the storm of war ragged
for centuries around this castled crag
and every foot of ground for miles i'm
every direction has been furiously
fought for and fiercely defended
Standing on these ramparts you are
standing in the very center of Scot
tish history. The castle is still fort,
defended by several heavy batteries
and garrisoned by a regiment of
Highlanders. 1t is a recruiting sta
ton also, and flaring placards pasted
ON the outer walls proclaim the many
advantages TO be gained by enlisting
in the service of "the wildly"
-
1t was raining the next morning and
the view from the train as rode to-
ward the highlands was much OBJ
scured. 1t could still be seen, how
ever, that the country was growing
wilder. and when the train stopped
at Callander it was in the midst of
mountains covered with purple broom
and flanked with forests of pine. 1t
was still raining, soft, misty RAIN
but the ten miles ride on the top of
a coach, through the Trossachs to
Loeb katrine was very joyful in spite
of it, for the way lay through the
most bewitching wildwood. along the
shores of Loeb Achray and Loeb
NennachaT, with the purple noun
tains always i'm sight. The coach
road ended at the foot Of Loeb Ia
trine, the lovliest bit of water in the
world, l believe. There was not a
breath Of wind to ruffie the surface,
and it was as great mirror in which
thedaTE wooded shores that rose sharp
ly on either side were perfectly reflect
ed, as the little steamer glided swiftly
and almost nOiselessly out from its
mornings. There are numerous is
lands in the lake, but "Ellen's Isle'
is the first one, and the only one par
ticularly asked about. 1t is small,
hardly an acre in extent, and is COW
cred, to the waters edge with thick
growing trees and shrubbery. 1t
takes three-quarters of an hour to go
from one end of the lake to the other,
and when the upper landing is reach
ed we again take coaches and ride
six miles past Lake Arklet, past piles
of peat and mountains of heather, past
the hut where Rob Roy's wife was
born,-Sir Walter Scott's novels and
poems are complete guide book to
all this region-to Inversnaid on Loeb
LOmond where another boat awaits
us This is the largest of the Scottish
lakes and we are an hour an half
upon its limpid waters and among its
green islands.-and the
time flies all too swiftly. Fortunately
for the lover of nature man cannot
live by scenery alone, and as there is
little else here 10 attract the home
maker these lakes are left practically
To their aboriginal wildness. The
native forests still cling TO the shores
and climb far up the rugged noun
tains and for miles together there is 5
no sign of human habitation. Even {
that ubiquitous abomination, the sum- {
mer hotel, has not intruded here. 1t
is hard toremember, while traversing !
this enchanting region, that you are a
in the heart OF an old and densely pop 7
llated country. And YOU don't try Z
to remember it. GOu feast your eyes
Oh lake and glen and wood and noun 5
tain and are glad TO forget that there {
are any where paved streets and piles +
Of brick and mortar, and dirt and v
noise and holiness