The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-09-21

I~llliS WIG.
Ifyou suffer from the govt,
Blame your wife.
If you're getting down and out,
Blame your wife.
Sure for anything that's bad,
She's the one at fault. cgad,
Blame it all upon Your sad
Little wife.
Louisville Courier Journal.
An Interesting Letter From Abroad
Mrs, Herman Stump, of Bel Air, speaks
delightfully."- of her sight, seeing abroad
In recent letter from Dublin. she de
scribes the trip from Inverness, Scotland
1--WE went through the beautiful Gale
DOMAIN canal and saw grand. gray, ma
jestic old Ben Nevis, (the highest noun
tain in Great Britain in all his glory. His
head was high up in the sunGght-one Of
the finest views of him, the captain said
they had had this summer, as the trip is
generally hidden in the mist.
1--WE went to Oban, and stayed five
days, taking side trips to Glencoe Pass, a
coaching trip of thirty miles. then boat
we also visited Fingalrs Cave. 1t looked
just as it did in the geography when
was a child. Then we went to Iona, one
of the IIebrides Islands, where ST.
Columbia landed from Ireland in 5G3
and began his missionary labors. There
is fine cathedral here, which has been
restored and services are now being held
in it. Out of an original population OF
500, less than $50 are now there. There
are As Scottish kings buried there, 3
Irish kings, s Norwegian princes and 3
royal Infants, because St. Columbia
blessed the land and they thought that
those who were buried there would &c
straight to Heaven. The last King
Duncan I, was murdered by Macbeth III
1910. We stood beside his tomb, and
can hardly realize that Shakespeare
Macbeth is an actual fact We also
saw the tombs of the McLcans, the an
ccstors of Donald Mclean, OF New York
(whose connection with Hartford county
is we'll known and the Mclean cross
stands i'll ''thc Street of the Dead
through which the dead kings were
always taken.
1t is the oldest cross in Scotland
carved out of stone, and has wonderful
ly stood the elements of the island. The
island belonged to the Duke of Argyll
when he died it was willed to the church
of Scotland. The present custodian OF
the key Mr.. Richie, told me of visit
Of DR.. Mclean, of New York, who was
there last year. The Bishop of Argyll
and the Isles, who died last February,
was Alexander Haldanc, a kinsman, who
would have succeeded to the Earldom oil
Camperdown The title will now go to
the Bishops son, Broderick Haldane, and
with it Gleneagles Castle, which has been
in this family since 1895. 1t has in it
many family portraits, one of which is
Patrick Haldane, MY great. great, great
grandfather We had as our guest the
Dean of Argyll, and we were afterwards
at his house
From Oban we went to Glasgow
Alexander Haldane, one of Scotland 5
greatest evangelists He left the British
navy to become preacher, taking the
Presbyterian faith. We went to Ayr
Scotland, the home of Robert Burns, and
saw the Burns cottage and the bridge,
Brig" as they call it, over which Tam
O'Shanter made his famous ride when
the witches robbed his good marc Meg
of her tail. We saw the ruins of the
churchyard, in which Satan furnished
music for the witches dance. We went
to the tavern where Tam and Souter
Johnny drank their whiskey and ale and
"mine host" said that he mad still some
of the original ale left, and we drank ii
over the bar in the original room and
toasted our Bel Air friends.
From Ayr we went to Scotland, cross
ing the Irish channel to Larue and went
by train to Belfast. We drove all owe,
the city, and our rcxt objective point
is Dublin.
This is the great week of the year il
Dublin-the Royal Society horse show
established in 1871. We went this after
noon and there must have been 10000
present. 1t is outdoors in a beautiful
park, where tea was served. The Vice
roy and Nicerine, Lord and Lady Aber
deem and their suite were present. They
came with such cavalcade, first TWEEN
ty mounted soldiers then their carriage
drawn by four black horses and out
riders. then the carriage with theil
suite and again twenty or more mounted
soldiers.
1--WE went to Phoenix Park where W.
visited Mr.. Brice NJ. p. who is FRS
Secretary and the real head in Ireland
The Colonel met him at the dinner giver
by the American Ambassador.
"The lakes of Killarney our next poin
of interest, are very lovely. The evident
poverty of the poor Irish is pitiful. They
seem crushed.
I'VE coached to the head of the three
lakes to the Queens Cottage; then wer
rowed through the lakes five miles tt
Ross Castle, beautiful ivory covered
ruin.
"In a postscript, Mrs. Stump gives {
description of their visit to Cloendel
Castle, AuChtcrarder, near Perth, on TIL
invitation of the Haldanes. THE wa
minister was home for a few days shoot
ing, so we had acharming time with him
Next week he is to visit the German En-
pcror as private guest. He will repre-
sent the King at the christening of tn
German Emperor's grandchild."
-Hc-"How did it affect you whc
YOU were first divorced" She-"Oh,
was thoroughly unnamed"
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