The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-10-16

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ago u pageant illustrating the history
Of the castle was given on the banks
Of the stream and attended by some
10000 visitors.
so much for the great estates Of
England. They are stiH maintained
and the system IS stilI defended by
many English statesmen rs the one
best calculated TO preserve the family
and the present social structure.
Hherc does not seem TO be as much
opposition here as AN American would
suppose TO this system under which
priority Of birth carries with it 50
great an adyantage over those born
atterWarG. The Younger children.
reared to expect little except in ease
Of the death of those Older seem To
accept the situation as q matter OF
course and tenants descended from
generations Of tenants seem to acqui-
eSce without protest in Il tenure which
depriVes them of the prospect of own
erShip.
While one can appreciate the beau
ty of the manOrS and admit that they
could not be maintained under any
other system than that which gives
them entire to one member of the
family and prevents alienation, still
an American finds his admiration for
American institutions increasing While
he travels, for to him the advantages
that flow from individual ownership
and the division of estates at death
seem infinitely greater than any that
, are to be derived from the English sys-
tenn. ! hundred farmers stimulated
lnt,.ib.te r,,, ~, ,s
Ileman and % tenants possibly can to
the strength and Vigor of a state
After all, the large estates are insig
VII, +I1 t,,,1,a - +ta tl,i,l1I( i,',ie
IN the various elticS and villages. but
these are 60 l7,71cN like tI,a homes il,
! Anarica hotl, in annaararca ana in
manaeement thqt II is NOT necessa1.I,
fo dSye1I unon tbana Thc ovcners ~
! these homes are notent i'm parTianent-
| al.v elections. as are also the Iaborin,.
! men. also the house of lords rep
resents the landed ploprietors. more
/ Than One-third Of all the farm lands
! in England being owned by members
| Of that body
| We took occasion to visit some OF
! the Shrines of Great Britain. OF
course no one place is 50 rich in his
; toric memories as Westminster AG-
| bey 1t being the burial place of most
of the illu5trious of England. one oI
| the most frequented places outside OF
| London is Stratiord-on-AVon. ihe
| birthplace ana burial place or SNAKE
| Sneafe Ihe mousse IN Whlch ne was
born IS SUI standing, and Is veil pre-
served, cohSl!ellng lhe Years lhaI nave
i,"oooN ~ oiit 10 4i Gt1i, f,
<'ll7elileiIt - - eN va
| Speale Iathef WAS d man oi SUM- Iii
,le',mS i9 ilo.e9e ,,,,fsaoii1
~ pc ~ aiiu 80! Nt5 t9 t 80
u" Gn ej ,ainte iT'I If
1,i >1i)l ,il ,,, st;Ii ,+o,,na
,lir I,.n,,ld t,at nv"n nm
he enioynd some Gis1inctior among his
rn1IoIts ,itboI,e,b c,icceadino o,anera-
,,nre ,3,Ile li1'F tnap he avn
. The eramn1ar school which Shakes
| peare attended is still to be seen and
at the church they have the baptisnal
font used at his christenings and the
| narish register. in which his baptism
! and burial are entered. His grave is
| in the floor OF the church and there is;
nothing to mark the stone slab that
covers it but the familiar lines:
! Good friend, for Jesusa sake forbeare,
! To digg the dust enclosed heare.
| Bleste be We man vt spares these
stones,
And curst be he vt moves my bones. -
| At Edinburgh we saw the home of
John Knox and were impressed anew
with the tremendous influence which
he exerted upon the religious life Of
! Scotland. Seldom has it fallen TO the
| lot Of one man so to stamp his thought
upon so many people. In Edinburgh
also stands the little chapel. less
known TO tourists, In when the Gov
enanters met ana IN Wnlch the StIu6-
gle began between them ana the
Church or England. 1t IS nara 70 pc
lleVe that SO snort uIne ago 'ilel
was bloody war between TWO
| branches of the Protestant church III
which thousands suffered maltyfdom
for their religious convictions.
We visited Lpch katrine and Loch
| Lomond, to which Scott has gwen .
| permanent place in literature ana
after seeing them will not enter into