The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-08-13

others held out their hands FOR the
expected penny. At Aberfoyle we
took train ON the North British
railway for Historic old Sterling, one
of the queintest and at the same time
one of the most interesting places
| that we have vet visited; it has a
population of lS, 800 and is 30 mile.
from Glasgow and 36 from Edin
burgh by the most direct route. but
much further the way we travelled;
few places are so intimately connect
ed with Scottish history as Stirling
Not many finer views can be gotten
than that from the Castle situated ON
rock $50 feet high. On the west
Ben Lomand, Ben Ledi, with the
Ochils aud VARIOUS other mountain
peaks on the north and east, while
the valley of the Forth, with the
many windings Of the river stretches
out before you. We looked on the
spot where the battle of Stirling was
fought and gained by Wallace, and
on the Abbey Craig beyond is the
monument To his memory. This hat.
tie, which the old bridge mt Kidean
(now non.eXisting) contributed so
much to gam, calls TO mind
GLOW we'll Horations kept the bridge
In the brave days Of old"
On the south Bannockbarn where
King Robert won his greatest triumph
in 1919; and where, alas! was fought
one of Scotland's disgraceful battles,
when the young King was led against
his father James III, who was stab.
bed by an unknown assassin IN 1883;
the late Queen Victoria caused "a
monument to be erected over his
grave at Combuskenneth Abbey look.
eel down upon from the Castle.
Stirling was frequent the residence
of the Scottish Kings and the mem
hers of the Scottish Legislature fire.
quently met here. The chief points
of interests in the Castle are the
Douglas room where james ii slew
the Earl Of Douglass and the danger
ous prisoners were confined and tor
tured. After dinner we left Stirling
by train for grand old Edinburgh cal
led the "a thens of the North cross.
ing the famous Forth bridge en- route
which is said to be one of the finest
pieces Of engineering skill in the
world. At Edinburgh we were driven
in carriages from our Hotels by the
SEQ tt monument, fine Gothic
structure about 200 feet high, situal ed
in Princes Gardens, erected in 1870,
to Cotton Hill on which are the Mel
son monument, the unfinished Nat
ional munu ment, builten imitation
Of the Parthenon at Athens, and the
observatory; from ihis point we OBJ.
tanned a splendid view of the city and
many points Of interest therein; from
there we were driven to the Castle,
the oldest building in Edinburgh,
and is built ON roc!; 200 feet above
the valley, the Castle contains the
Royal apartment where James the
Of England and vi Of Scotland was
born; in another room in the Regalia
Of Scotland, consisting Of the crown,
jewels etc. Ga the ramparts is an
enormous cannon captured, | believe
from the Russians several hundred
years ago, and called "Mons Meg
near by is also an old gun which fires
a salute each day at ] p. m, it being
attached 20 a wire come cted with a
ball ON the top Of the Nelson monu-
ment about a mile distant, which
rises mechuuiclly and puts in motion
the electric spark that fires the canoh
az the exact hour of o'clock. In
the Castle enclosure near "Mons
Megs" Is small chapel built and
used by Queen Margaret; at the
Castle we see some Highlands with
their naked legs aud kills, who at.
forded some amusement to az on ac.
count of their novel appearance in
their Highland uniforms From the
Castle we proceeded down High street
the principal thoroughia1e Of the
cole town" and soon arrived at ST.
Giles Cathedral, where John Knox
preached many noted sermons IN the
presence Of Royalty. Atone end Of
the Cathedral is the famous Heart
Of Midlothian a large stone heart
i'm the pavement, which marks the
site of Old Tolbooth. and back Of the
/ Cathedral is John KnOx's grave un
der the pavement, indicated by an
iron plate with brass letters and fp
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