Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-05
THE ENGLISH LAKES.
HOW THEIR SURROUNDINGS IMPRESS
Ed A RICHMOND TRAVELLER.
Tn, Trip of DR.. Mcclure and Party to
Europe--A Pleasant yoyngs-Meino- =
ries of Wordsworth.

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letter from Mr.. Thomas Potts OK 'hi'
city. who is now travelling aoroau.
BOWNESS, ON LAkb WiNDb"
MERE, ENG. August l6, 1884.
am always glad to please the Dispatch.
and In compliance with my promise WIN
give you few notes Of my trip. we
,ef, New York on the UmDria' August
An and the following Friday at noon we
saw ireland. The same evening We landed
one passenger for Queenstown, ana by
o'clock Saturday morning we were In
Liverpool. a glance Mt the list or pas
senyers showed them to be all strangers
to our party from Richmond; but In
little time several doctors came up and
smoke TO Dr. Hunter Mcclure; they knew
him as president OF the Medical Associa
ton of the United States. and soon we
knew quite a number OF our fellow-voy- !
ayers. / was talking with our Doctor |
when young gentleman came rap. and in |
a very modest way addressed Or. Nc |
Gulre thus: Excuse me, sir, but think |
you must be Dr.. Hunter Mcclure. OF |
Richmond, Va. | have your likeness in |
my office, and | have a great admiration |
for you as a member OF our profession" !
SO you see. DR.. Mcclure is known all |
over the world, and has added lustre to |
the bright record OF Virginia physicians.
a PLEASANT SERVICE.
At church on the Umbria We had Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas ". Pemberton |
and Master Pemberton. Mr. and |
Mrs. Thomas Potts Or. Hunter Nc
Guire. Miss Fannie Mcclure and Miss
Annie Mcclure. all from your city. The |
service, as usual. was very Impressive
and the hearty responses Of the sailors !
and the general singing of the hymns |
made 1t an hour Of great pleasure.
Had II not been for a night and part |
Of a day of fog. we would have male the
fastest record OF Il single-crew steamer
on the Atlantic; but az It was we landea
our mail In London early Saturday morn
ing In good season, TO send replies py |
Sundays boat from Queenstown. All OF
our party proved themselves good sailors |
Dr. Mcclure and his two daughters leiI
for a visit To historic spots IN England |
ireland. and Scotland, and Mr. Pemher-
ton went TO Norway 10 visit the only |
country he had neglected. BY the way |
Mr. Pemberton Is one OF the best travel
lers | ever met with. He is so complete
in every detail. and has been in Europe |
Asia, Africa, and all over our own Cou"-
try.
We left for the lake district OF England |
and hal n rich treat visiting the historic |
lakes and mountains in Westmoteand'
Cumberland, and Lancashire counties
HISTORIC AND POETIC.
At Windermere, Ullswater, Derwentwa-
ter. Ambleside. you are at places made |
historic and poetic by Wordsworth, Cole
ridge, and Mrs. Hemans, Sir Walter scott
ard Miss Harriet Martineau. The laKes !
are dreams OF beauty, and the mountains |
that surround them, running down TO
the waters c1ge, add TO ne beauty OF |
the picture. Fast pleasure boats, sail and |
steam, carry you from place 10 place
and the most cXactirg cen have all the |
attention and all the sightseeing he de- |
mands. While everything is bright AMI |
calm. and you fancy such quiet waters |
are never rough. but a little wind from |
the mountains and what change. II was |
my personal attention 10 this state OF al
fairs that impressed Lake Wlnlermere |
on my memory.
MEMORIES OF WORDSWORTH.
We saw the birthplace OF Wordsworth; |
also the Dove Cottage where he lived 50 /
long. and then went TO the school-house |
in Hawkshead and 70 the church he at |
tended; and after that wenled our way |
to the peaceful little graveyard In Gras-
mere. where the simple headstone OF
blue slate records his name and age. AMI |
close by Worisworths grave is that Of his |
friend. Coeridge. In the little church At |
Grasmere, as we entered the portal. |
found the following card land, by the
way, A COPY Of 1t IS at the entrance 70 |
Monumental church. Richmond:
"Oh. traveller whoever thou art, that
entereth this church. leave it not with
out one prayer TO God for thyself, for
those who minister, and for those who
worship herew
HOME OF DIR. ARNOLD.
The home of the great Dr. Arnold Of Rug
by, Is not far distant So you cap see al a
glance how rich this section is in the
memory of some OF the purest and best
Of Englands scholars and writer's OF
prose and poetry. The ruins Of Fur
ness Abbey, and a walk around the
grounds would repay VISIT. The ex-
tent Of the ruins is something beyond |
conception and the beauty Of the stone
window frames, pillars. and walls show
what i glorious building it must have
been before its destruction by King
Henry VIII.
I promised 10 be short. and l can see |
your managing editor as he shakes his |
head and says this letter is too long.
| expect TO go 70 the Isle Of Man, and |
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