Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-28
Something of the Land 0 Cakes,
"Soor Dock" and Kind
Hearted People,
HEAVY RAINFALL THIS SEASON
A Trip Through Ayrshire the Home
OF the Poet BurnS-0ntlOok Tor
Missionary Work.

Special correspondence
Glasgow. Scotland, oct. ~ The rich
are becoming more proud and vain'
and the poor more and more oppressed
and downrodden and high and low are
far estranged from God 50 much 20
that this land and The people are under
a heavy blight II the heavens weep
or the Lord "reserVeth wrath for HIS
enemies then this country and people
are surely under condemnation Rarely
a day passes without a heavy shower Of
rain. but the rainfall this season has
far exceeded any since the establish
ment of the weather bureau throughout
the country 40 years ago Paisley,
Greenock Glasgow, Leith and Aber-
deem lead out. In the order OF the towns
named, with the heaviest rainfall last
month. Crops particularly oats, which
Is the main crop raised. Is rotting In
the fields an over the country The
writer has seen the country at close
range for over 200 miles. and has seen
and handled the decaying grain. Sun
ny Ayrshire" as far as the grain fields
can be seen from the highest rolling
hills (the whole county ~ rolling hills
oats and other grain stand in ghucks
where cut, but many fields Of grain are
uncut and crushed Hat to the ground
by the heavy winds and rain. II Is re-
ported that one farmer has become IN
sane because Of the loss OF his crops.
During the last two weeks we went as
far south as Maybole, which is nine
miles south from the cottage where the
Scottish poet Robert Burns, was born.
The grounds about the old matched
house whore the poet was born, and the
grounds there and at the monument
erected 10 his memory and the live
hedge surrounding the same are well
kept by expert gardeners constantly
employed ut both places.
The monument ~ about a quarter OF
a mile from the cottage, on the opposite
side Of the country street and scene,
and Is situated close to the River Doom,
made famous IN song "Yc banks and
braes o. bonnie Doom" etc. We trav-
eled on foot from Glasgow 10 Ruther-
glen, then on the main road To Kilmar-
mock, thence on through the auld toon
o Ayr TO Mayboe on the low road
from Burns monument, crossing the
aud brig O. Doom on the way, IL Is a
small bridge and on every stone on the
dykes (both walls) OF the bridge are
initials of names cut IN the stones so
close TO each other that II is difficult to
read but very few Of the initials
Scotchmcn and 'mony ithers" In all
countries OF the world know Of the
drunken spree of Tam OShanter."
and the uncanny (dangerousl time he
had when on his way home frae the Air
market hotly pursued by a legion of
witches flying through the air 20 catch
him, saying "wi 'mony an eldritch (un-
earthly screech and hollow"
"Ah, TAM ah TAM thou'll get thy
In he'll they'll roast thee like her
RIM
And though apparent and swift dis
truction seemed certain to Tam (Thom-
as) the story says about the witches
"A running stream they dare ma cross"
But the next verse tells that:
"Ae spring (of the horse) brought off
her master hale,
But left behind her ain grey tail"
The following towns were passed
through by your correspondent on the
return trip! Maybole noted for it's
large boot and shoe factories, Ayr for
pleasure seekers; Kilmarnock, for en-
cheering works; Dreghorn, colerles.
kilwinning, iron works, the largest In
Scotland; Beth, cabinet works Pals
ley thread mills: then back to Glas-
gov, a distance during the trip of So
miles Each town Is wholly dependent
upon the industries In it for support
We passed through the smaller towns
on the circuit and having the addresses
OF kindred and friends residing in
Ayrshire, Of some Of our brethren and
sisters In Zion, we were treated royalty
by them. We stayed over night with
them, and sang some OF the hymns
from our Sunday school hymn book and
talked on the Gospel for hours before
going to bed. We We're kept up tin 3
IN the morning at one place.
We believe more people can be
brought into our Church who have kin
dred In Zion than people having no re-
latlons or friends there II our breth-
rem and sisters in the valleys Of the
mountains could only sense the great
good and missionary work they could
do by sending the addresses of their
kindred or friends TO the missionaries
In all parts OF the world, and write to
the ones left behind. every one gather
ca from the nations Of the earth would
do their best for their relations or
friends in the world, They would
write nice, kind letters to them II
nothing more, and make many friends
for the Elders.
WRITE TO FRIENDS.
N our people at home received some
OF the abuse which many uf our Elders
receive in every country, through the
newspapers and the people Of high as
well as low degree. they (our peo-
ple) would certainly write TO their kin.
dred and friends abroad II is very
common for the Elders 70 'hear the
statement made when tracing from
door To door. or in ordinary conversa-
tion. that their kindred or friends "once
getting within the great high walls
which surround the Mormons at the
Salt Lakes are constantly guarded. 50
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