The semi-weekly messenger., 1901-09-20
WlLMlNGTONlANS ABRoADl
Mr. GEORGE R. FRENCH VISITS ENG.
LAND AND SCOTLAND.
He Writes Interestingly Of Historic
and Famous PIaces-They Saw Where
Martyrs Were Burned at the stale
and Where Macbeth was Murdered.

Mr. William a. French kindly allows
The Messenger to publish the folloy-
ing letter from his brother. Mr.. George
r. French:
Edinburgh, Scot. August %, 1901
Dear Bro:-Here we are in the land Of
Wallace and Bruce. and we have BEEN
over historic grounds and passed many
points closely connected with the his
tory of these people and the English.
We left London last Monday morning
and as we though it important to have
all the knowledge we could obtain, our
first stop was at Oxford. where we took
a carriage and rode around the town,
visiting the different universities and
colleges and inspecting the old chapels,
seeing the monument to Ridley AMI
Cranmer who were burned at the stake
and visiting the spot where the foul
thing was done. After graduating from
the universities we took q train for
Warwick where we spent the night at
the Kings Arms Tavern. This was the
home Of the Earl Of Warwick who was
at one time the most powerful man in
England and is known in history as the
king maker. having taken one of the
kings from the throne and set up an
other and again deposing him and re-
instating the first one. His old castle
is here at Warwick and we went into
1t and over and around it. The old
moat is still there and several of the
old original towers. Part of it is mod
ern but it shows it's original walls.
found it very interesting. From War
wick we took a lovely drive through the
country to Stratford on Avon. the home
of Shakespeare. We passed several OF
the old English estates with their ten
antry and got an idea Of how an Eng
ish gentleman lives with his deer
parks and shooting preServes-while
the poor farmer works for him and gets
a scanty existence. We visited the home
of Shakespeare-the house he was born
in; Ann Hathaway cottage and other
places of interest and then took the
train for Birmingham. the great iron
centre. We had three hours here which
we utilized by taking a carriage and
riding over the city, coming back to
the railroad where we took our train
for Glasgow and arrived there at 1880
p. m. The exposition is going on there
and we had an experience of being
refused lodging at the hotel We tele-
they were all full. SO finally we took
a hack and started out in search OF
lodging amid the boarding houses.
through the Isles of Butte where we
could stay, by sleeping four in a room
and on a lounge, which we did thank
fully, to get out of the street. Next
morning we hunted around among the
hotels and found them all full and no
rooms; so we spent the balance OF the
day riding about the city. visiting the
exposition and that evening at Z o'clock
we went to DonOOn where we got rooms
and spent the night. Next morning
we took the steamer down the Clyde
through the Isles of Butte where we
went through the Crinan canal to Oban
reaching there at $50 o'clock and spent
the night. Going through the canal
was novel way of travel. We were
on a steamer and we had to pass
through the locks-either letting water
in to raise us to a level or letting ii
out to depress US. 1t was a restfu
trip and we passed through some in
teresting portions of Scotland. From
Oban we went up through some lakes
to Benavie where we took the steamer
on the Caledonia canal through the
lakes to Inverness, going through the
highlands. After leaving Oban WE
passed the old castle where the stone
of destiny was kept previous to it's be.
ing taken to Scone. This stone is ir
the Coronation Chair IN Westminster
Abbey, and on it or over it every mon
arch of England sits when he is crown
ed king or queen. I saw it when ir
London. 1t is about 16 or IS inches long
and about or 10 inches wide and they
claim it was brought from Jerusalem
In going through the lakes in the Gale.
| donian canal we go right through the
highlands and pass many places Of his.
toric fame. The castle of Campbell. o.
Lochiel; the Urquart Castle Gn fail
preservation stormed by Edward, I
The scenery in the highlands 'anG
| lakes are somewhat similar to Norway
only in a very modified form, the
mountains being much lower and less