The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-06

1ayerert times by hotel tousen,aics. ard
~ 1he streets and IN shops X IS equally
familiar.
Giamis Castle.
EEft when Ehe tourist has ssaaaaGgSsed tsrc
Ysosats OF sntereSz and threaded has way
throaga slse crooked. winding strs~sss Of
fass Ais]e tow1, built "A the form OF
rude anchor, noting rs square ami town
house and the oUIS.ae stone stairs the
Tnsa1s % Ascent - the Secoad aocr--taers
- STU much for him % sec and learn OF
the surrounding neighhora God.
As before sad. the district atolnds n
romantic incident and historic scenery.
and from TIE sop OF the hill OF kir1'semuiF
the beauty and diversity 81 fair StratA-
more les before one
Only foar niles OF 20 the south stands
S-otsand's grsudest inhabited fortrcsS OF
CLANS castle, second cnly TO Warwick
castle IN its size aud massive strength.
and taking precedence OF T IN age and MS
ro~tc Interest, fer was not Macbeth Thane
OF CLAIMS" Surrounded as IL - nv scores
Of scuipiared Celtsc stones no antiquarian
doubts for a moment that CLAIMS was a
fo~talcs az tradition AYERS long before
Nacbeth's day. and between the tenth ana
thirteenth centuries il was freely used as
a royal residence. The Lyons OF CLAIMS
Chains descent from noble Roman family
settled in the south OF France before mi
grafton to Scotland and the Caste.
Princess Jane daughter OF Robert III,
brought Il 70 them a. her dowry when she
married SIR John Lyon. 50 over ats door
ways everywhere we see the lion rampant.
the royal arms OF Scotland. for Chants IS
par excellence the most ancient>royai cas-
lie OF the country.
Treasures OF untold traditional and his
torie yalue may be seen within rs massive
walls. often l2 feet thick. and one known
.a~s$s. f,1~fkr
interesting.
In form It : the lion rampant. in besuti
fully chased silver. but its special interest
consists IN lts beng the natural successor
TO that historic grace-cup of the sanity
Margaret. queen OF Malcolm Cawnmore.
Her daughter. Queen Matilda, introduced
the custom OF drinking from the grace-eup
into Tho Norman court OF Henry Beau
elere. and tradition ayers that AIargaret's
successors n Scotland followed her ex-
ample at the royal board. Visitors are
made very welcome 10 CLAIMS castle. and
notably Philadelphians, for one OF the
daughters of the house has reversed the
general order of our International mar
riages and has marr.ed a Philadelphia.
The Bonnie Hoose a. AirIie.
On the other side OF Thrums we have an
other famed family whose annals are no
less interesting than the Lyons Like
them. 100. they have married and inter
married with royalty in former days. and
50 also bear the royal coat of arms-the
thistle appearing most prominently on
their crest
The og.lvies OF Airl.e have been owners
Of TArums for many centuries. and the
Bonnie Hoose o Airl.e' is the song OF
Klrriemuir.
No more appropriate song can he sung
by Bahbis. and, as ii WAS Campbell who
burned the Ogilvie's Home. we can appre-
c.ate the wrath OF Lachian Campbell, the
piper. as told in The Little Minister"
The Og.lvies formed a body guard at the
court of France and also suffered much
for the Stuarts.
indeed, kirriemuir was hotbed of ia