Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-05

tn the ruuwnlc. aud women and children
nrr milking these Ou their way Go the next
customer.
Bnrons with soldiers speeding 90 or
from runrd.chungug iill The shndOwy
way with din of chuttorug profanity.
Hero are four nuns with bowed heads
hciug ruWcd uu sunu orinnd of mcrcy
Again whole families ol the lowlier
classes especially plOus through some
common hvrcuycmcnL are srtting ont tp
ho present 900 some very chcup and early
muss. Here come "a crowd of boats with
villuEcrs vegetables, fowls. ilngons of
milk bestowed m dcWy wisps of grass.
rolls of butter in last years sweet white
cornhusta, und mmhorlcss md namcloss
stulis Tor the mprcltu They are from
the mainland hnmlpts. aud must have
been Hstir nt midnight Following these
u curious procession of guudplns piled
higher than gundolicrs hrnds with housc-
hold goods. aud The people owning them
who are thus moving follow la their
own goudolus. suggesting % funeral of
household gods cut short lon its cortegc
There urc frlors with huge baskets
IN their gondolus setting out tO the mark.
ctH tO buy and beg for thpir brethren
and the poor. tired fishermen with boat
loudt Of cleaning fruit of tho sea sailors
subdupd aud aullou after am ull-uiphta
registering ON their way hnck Go their
dogs life and the ships. messengers with
the nights collection of tolugrnms, bakers
ln white linen caps and shirts, with
boat.lOulR of black, brown ana white
bread wuterCniricrs with huge cusks
aud ilngons of drinking water: butchers
iCcmon, ruccrymen, nll iu boats making
their first morning rounds; aud nll of
them down there upon the water la the
shadows seeming like some weird Hnd
silent muskcrs In dream.
Scotland has never been more thrilled
in expectancy on disappointed m outcome
ihun IN the career nv far, uf her nt one
time mont promising Of poets Alexander
AnderHOlt There h penny home paper
called the Peoples Friend, published at
Dundee. IL encourages contributions
from country home folk aud The lOwly
stryers IN towns About twelve yenra
ago some tender hrnrt-rhymes rugged
ana rough VIII mnncriul pathoB la
thcm, among which were "Cuddlc Doom"
mud Jennie W.T. The Airn lcrooked)
lccth, were noticed n ibis sheet over
the name pf Alexander Anderson, widely
copied aud commented on.
Then came q poem which electrified
tho Land oN'nkes, and which will ever
femun as much q hrnrtsoug of the en-
tire Scottish people ns any verse ever
pcnnod hy Robert Burns II was rnlled
NAll'H H' Nllt hul mere lH mo NTHl
hlnnzu, uG recall " from memory.
The bonnie, bonnie bair whn sits puldn'
a The noe l0Hhcs,J
Glowenn' ! the fire wi his wee round
face.
Laughin' NJ the mdin.lowe (inmo-dnrtsl
What scos hc thcrey
lia' ihc Young dronmer's biggin castles
T. ihc airl
Tho Rev George Gldllan, pastor Of
the u. Is, church nt Dundee. ono OF tbe
many editors Of Burns. hunted up mo
unknown genius aud FIRST brought hits
personality 40 public notice llo found
the poet to be- wla we cnll IN Amcrico
q "seption.hand' that Is, Que of n enug
keeping railway tracks in repair. "mur
ihcemnn' they ere called in Britain,
ana this strapping young fellow who had
given Scotland itH finest Preside poem
for half century was earning but three
Hhiliings slXpence per day
The discovery cnused immusa excite.
meut Ia Scottish literary circles ana
Sir Noel Patton, her mngestys Iimnnr
for Scotland painter Of "Oboron and
Iltanla,' Light Of ihe World . Christ
IA the Garden" ctc al once took the
suriaceman bard under bis powerful
patronage u resulted 10 SECURING for
the poet the appointment Of assistant
librarian 10 the Edinbnrg University
library, That seemed 10 end The mans |
genuine poctical career Ills rhyme an.
pearlng at long intervals. IL siilied nnd |
scholastic. This ~ hold IN The deepest |
resentment BY those still fondiy grooming /
"Luddle doom and Castles L Tho /
Air. tell my Scottish literary friends |
they must let the man sup AL learning /
fount for the terrible "dro0th" fhnt was
on him. That then he would nod aud
d0zp aud hibernate; and that by and by /
he win sing Ike a prisoned bird across
the years ia memory ut his lOwlY hours
But they will nor believe me. aud insist
that the next poet Who Is given lifc %.
sition 10 Scotland viii be- 'bro't DER the
hrckepins saiFlyW
The MINISTRIES Of ireland are not all !