The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-10-14

SIMPLICITY. which ever most power
f,ll. .,nea, 70 Tho ,r;vorao, hnmon
heaft.
Robert Burns wrote John Ander-
son. my 10, john" from a hint he re
ce;ved ont of tho old doggerel ,nan
A,
one 'o"n Au'e' 'o"' '"e 'o"n p,pe'
oil ancient heiso' preserved IN bisnop
Percy's old manuscript of about 1860.
The first two lines of the rhyme were:
.John Andersop, nv IN John .nm
- - .,..,,-.
IN as " soe W. Anu &c snan ee'
sleeps held weel baken in pye;;'
but its matchless picture and lesson
of chanoeless connunial affection and
LOYALTY was the legitimate ou(growth
of his own noble and coutented life
with .sbonnie Jean on the Ellisland
farm sh,rtlv after Rurns' removal
from AYRSHIRE. beside the river NTH.
about eiobt miles above the CITY of
Dumfries. The few wears passed by
the bard and his family here were
wears of unalloved hanpiness and
content. and this noem' written in
1888. ia the elearest sweetest note
to reach us ont of the hrief Eden Of
that idyllic time
"Aunie Laurieu was written a
little more than half n century oar.
lier in Maxwelltown in N;thsdo1a
by William Douglas. to real flesh
ana blood Annie Laurie ON the oc.
casion of his departure from Max
welltown after n neriod of steaItbv
trystino and wooinu which left the
Annie Laurie of the sono his hetroth
ed This William DoupIas who nov
er wrote other immortal lines was a
native of Finoland wild little
district of the parish of Cars,,bairn
in the northern part Of the adjoining
shire Of s,cw,rt,v of K;rkcud,
bright There is little known of his
neonle However ,hronoh his ma.
tive talents no became cadet to the
noble Oue,psburv family and their
pa,rouage and suuport gained for
him the position and associations of
gentleman Of rank At nm Ed;n.
bnroh hall he met and became on
amored with Annie T,anrie daughter
of Sir Robert Laurie haronet of
Maxwelltown She was horn at the
oil manor house Of The latter Mace
in 1889 Sir Robert NOT fancvino
the nrosnec,s Of vouno Douolas "a p
denendent of the Oueensbnrv family
and noticino that the love affair he
tween him and Annie was becoming
ser;ous suddenlv laft Edinburo5
and retnrned with his family 70
Maxwelltown in N;tbsdola hon;na
tins IN senarata tho ,ovars and and
on nnfortnnote ottscbment
Had evervtbing gone m tho liz ;no
of the baronet The world would
have missed The awaet old conc
Douolas shortly learned of the
wbareohorts ofh;s ;nomorsto ard
nromntlv followed He romo;nad
Secretly at Maxwclltown for uonths
and ,hs lovemsL;ng won't IN fa,n
ously betimes among the eleps.
braes, woods and shadow ruins
with which the locality abounds.
Douglas possessed Jacobite afilia-
tions, and rumors suddenly coming
from the North of an impending
Stuart uprising. he FASTENED to
Edinburgh to be near the scene of
action. But before Quitting the
side of his Nithsdale love. he secur
ed ..her promise true In the citation
of iov upon this achievement he
wrote, and left with his betrothed
the immortal lines, as imper;shable
as any that Robert Burns ever left
to Scotland and the world. begin
ming:
Maxwelltown's braos are bonnie
Where early fa's the dew.
And twas there that Annie Lsurie
Gied me her promise trne.
Gied me her promise truc
That ne'er forgot wad be:
And for bonnie Annie I.a,r;a
I'd Law me down and deei
R,t s.va r.,n;.,. :.
rot ~ ha,,.a ~. ' 90. ' ~ was
80 r.,rr ~ s"a ue' Pio' 1Ms,, ruc
nonri ~ a. ,se.. uaa &c anu " iii'au,
daa'. ~ $3.50, ~ :. uo"n an''
anv rs,."t,;s ~ , nnn, ~; nauI~ or
la.,. ..,,la,. os"'',s" 'a''s '''i D'''s
,ro,,.rh, !; ~ o"e -, '''a'' ra"se
sa,,.s,,;' 10 - '"e '"n u '''e
nali.,,, ~ a.,: 49, ~ 80 SION CON
rems;ned - I'll, - 8. 1'.e' w'efe ne
al ~ -, - 80 ~ 'eW years
n no s S nnsa sse"se' 'nroush ,ne
70 rdaa sra, Tt ~ 'am'iy. hls
~ rsnos,,, ~ sa.s.n" .s:9'. !, : ne's
n,ha. py par suaS e'snsl neeu ent
a. car,v han s nnn.e Laurle was
wha ~ - s, u.s. 'as"1.' 1'I nooer'
Perhans non aIua so, vado1,'e nassr
uaps D'ue.ss 'ounu interesting
ls.p ans s...h h'.aenm s. 10 ra y
away from t tha 0o o,hsr as''.e s'