Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-07
IN SCOTLAND.
A Delightful Excursion Trip
from Glasgow to Edinburg.
The Beauties Of Three Cathedrals
Taken In In As Many Days.
ou, Maine Party Is Evidently Enjoying Siqht.
seeing in Scotland.

If caledonia's loyal sons, when, after
reaching Glasgow. we complained .;
the weather. In that dear land from
which we came, those three days, tenn
nest would have been rightly named a
torrent of rain, and a hurricane. How
ever we had really no cause for fault
finding. as we had selected a most pro-
nitious time for disagree cable spell. .
being obliged to wait patiently for the
arrival of the steamer which was %
bring our guard and guide" for the
coming five weeks-Professor Bartlett
On our way north we had passed Hop
Inn. whose open door allured US by it's
cordial invitation, but time was flying
and We could not enter. We were not
at all enthusiastic over the second
largest city of the kingdom but there
certainly was good reason. We chal-
lenge any place to seem attractive
when fog alternates with rain, and
where the streets go sidewalks are
thick with mud. Far more did we en-
JOY the Bonnie Doom" the brig" over
which Tam 0'Shanter rode in frantic
haste and terror. This is the very
bed where Robbie Burns was born,
said the keeper of the little cottage,
pointing to the side of the room, into
the wall of which, was built the rude
frame. Did those dishes all belong to
Burns" we asked, looking with awe At
exactly 80 blue and white bowls of one
pattern ranged against the wall, and
supplemented on the shelf above By
as many plates of one size and similar
eoloring Moo" was the honest an
swer Il put them there meself to help
fill up and sort of furnish like the
room" Disappointed we turned away,
for we had hoped to buy a relic from
the apparently inexhaustible supply.
Ayr below and air above, constantly
recalled the greatest of Scotia's poets;
each wild flower, each cloud of heaven.
breathed of him who loyed them and
who made the world see in them a new
beauty.
With a deep sense of it's peculiar fit
ness to the occasion. we softly hummed
"All we like sheep" as we met in the
station on Tuesday morning at $50
"the personally conducted" party 10
take the train for Edinburgh. Tha
greater part of our way was to be by
boat and coach the first essential for
the enjoyment of both which convey
ances is sunshine. When on board the
boat We found the wind swept down
from Ben Venue, Ben Ledi and Ben
Lomond with a Will 1t whistlei
through our coats and wraps and tried
todrive us down below, but grasping hats
and capes, we stood our deck, to feast
our eyes on land and water made IA
miliar by the Wizard of the North
AT lnversnad we climbed the ladder to
our seat on the coach beside the typical
Scotch driver. which seat we hal
chosen that we might hold converse
with him in his native tongue. In an
sWer To our anxious query about the
weather, made in purest Gaelic, he
proved. in the end, true prophet by
saying, 1e'rc gooing to have d guild
day for the Trossachs and it's wan III
TN that's fine" The journey betweeu
Loeb Lomond and Loeb katrne was
ny grand mountain roads, and down
those steep sides leaped many glisten-
ing cascades. We waited for our little
craft by the shores of lovely Katrine,
picked hog and bell heather. and lis
tened to the varied 90 notes of the
bewitching bag-piper There the piper
was IN all the glory of plaid kilt and
W. NIiSHcltu 10 L., ~ pc
tore quick a first ii was impossible
To get if, for as though the inspired
strains could only be produced by loco
notion up and down the Scottish min
strel STROBE. Silver finally made him
pause. and never did Il woman seem
more anxious for effect. rs it the
ouhnlt yen have on or off. miss" and
with look that shamed Apollo, there
he Stood and-snap-we had him.
falr katrine more sheltered than
Loeh Lomond. equalled our expecta :
IONS We were surrounded, hemmcd
~ by mountains. We sailed so near
10 Efen's Isle that by stretching out
'uf hands we almost touched the trees
mat shaded it, once more, and now
nor The last time, we left the steamer
snu drove through the delightful Tros-
sdch district. Smooth roads ascending
ana descending. with round top after
iouhd top high on either side. clothed
win verdure or with heather thick
WIN buds that soon would flower; ro-
Niafuc lochs lay at our right or gave
Us feeting glimpses through green
trees.
Ladies please stand here" was tho
P.oite command, as some hours later we
~ i,peo from the railway carriage iplo
~ M most beautiful Of Edinburgh.
asked each other, why is human
n'ture 50 constituted that when told 10
s staha here one longs unutterably to
lit there? but we obeyed, and in a
~. pilslhsly short space of time, our pro-
e9ioh OF twelve vehicles moved. as all
moeessions do through the principal
"iee's OF the city We were disappoint-
y" ~ ourselves. for we expected when
e "n stood in Holyrood "a great wave OF
H. ."1u9h to sweep over us. and 1t utter
luied. AS the dusty bed of Queen
mn mn az Hampton Court left us calm ana
S1.ifnoNed 50 these of Charles |. and
tu5eh Mary Of Scotland did not produce
single thrill. While in the palace we
a ~'Sneo there 'wad some power the giftie
az Us to feel rs confident of our knowl-
- oil history as did Miss Mixtup. We
t ,s upon her bewildering the guide by
nsiSuhs that he should Indicate which
n ne OF the many portraits of Mary the
~ Burns preferred? "Of course you
NOV she said, addressing us nonchal-
lily, that Burns was in love with
sniahd Mary Queen of Scots; it is such
MY they could not have been mar
81 ana she gave n sympathetic sigh.
uoh know what ] should have done
III tlls trip, she continued If 1t hada't
49, zen Tor those Stoddard lectures last win
n,a mentally bordering if many tourists
s I,e mus afflicted, we continued our