Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-09
Memoir of Sir Charles Murray,
IL. G.. ID.
Scottish American.)

(ScOttlSh Americana
Mr.. r. r. Scott, st. Louis, Mo-, has
sent US the following excerpts from this
excellent memoir, just published:
II remember very WELL" writes Sir
Charles in his notes, "a visit we had from
an old Highland laird named Fletcher of
Bearnish, who lived about fourteen or
fifteen miles over the hills between Us
and Inverary. His manners were very
primitiYely rough and his stock Of Eng
fish was very scant. He paid morning
visit, and the drawing-room door was
thrown wide open just as my mother was
in the middle Of a piece that she was
playing on the harp. OF course, she got
off the stool on which she was playing 10
come and meet him, but, in a very UNI
coIth way, he led her back towards the
harp. intimating that she should go on
with what she was doing. As a matter
of course he had never seen harp be-
fore, and, after she had played a few
bars, he put his hand upon her wrist,
and, drawing il away. said: Thank we,
my lady;I only wished 70 hear what kind
O. noise she made Lunch having been
announced, of course he was invited to go
into the diningroom, and he looked, with
some surprise, at the display Of fruit on
the table. We had no hot-house fruit at
the glen, but a supply was sent every
fortnigh, from Dunmore Park, where my
father had no house but an excel
lent garden. After he had dispatched the
solids he pointed 10 dish on which there
were three or -FOUR very fine peaches, and
ne said, What kind of an apple is yOn?
So my mother told him we called It a
peach. and he SAID We'll, I'll just TAX
ven TO taste He accordingly took peach
and stuck half OF ii into his mouth. and
bit hard into it. The Juice ran out OF
Inc sides OF his mouth, and he said, OH
it's a gran apple but siccan a pip as
it's got
''m the earlier part OF this century the
article which we call the 'dessert-spoon'
was not known in Scotland; the two
houses in which It was first introduced
were Hamilton and Dalkeith. Before that
there was no spoon known between the
tablespoon and the teaspoon. Bearing this
in mind, we proceed to the following in
cident: A rough country squire, dining
for the first time at Hamilton. had been
served in the second course with sweet
dish. containing cream or jelly, and with
It the servant handed him a dessert
spoon. The laird turned It round and
round in his great fist and said TO the
servant. What do you gle me this for,
has got any smaller since a lappit up
my soupY
zone Of the numerous Dundases well
known in the neighborhood of Edinburgh
had the preceding year exhibited collec-
ton OF pictures, which he had lately pur-
chased In Germany, previous to their
being transferred to his private residence
II happened that one of the guests at
Lord Rosebery's table mentioned HIS in
tention OF visiting the Continent for the
uurpose OF making some additions to his
own collection OF paintings. and he asked
Lord Eldon IL he could give him any sug-
eestions as 10 where he had better begin
his search. Lord Eldon replied, Il think
ne had better go TO Dusseldorf And
whv 10 DUSSELDORF said the inquirer. L
think you might find something good
there. as our friend Dundas went there
last year and bought all the id trash
In the place
Lady Rosebery, who was a sister OF
Lord Isichfeld, handsome person and an
excellent hostess. was very fond OF play
ing the harp as an accompaniment when
singing One favorite song-a Russian air
with Russian words-she played and sang
so frequently that / can remember he
words TO this day. On one occasion. when
she was singing 1t. Russian attache.
who happened 10 be sitting next me,