The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-29

decks. and some arc open Ike out
immer cars. The upper deck seats
are all for two persons The cono-c-
tor gives q p~aEteboaTd ticket attn th6
name 81 the Et~rEt where you get on
the car and the street oT your destlna-
ton are punched on the ticket ke-
sides being l~ettsred on the side With
letters a foot high showing the run ~
the car. each car has a broad band
of some color that also designates IL
run. There are no transfers. but y
is no trouble 10 reach n part OF tht
city for one cent The cathedral ana
Metropolis are two Of Glasgow sighfs
and as the churches and cemeteries
are not included IN the closed cocrs
OF Scotland's sunday. the Texans and
!. after lunch. HE'D u 10 the cataeaTaI
and Metropolis Scot in Rob Roy de-
scribes the cathedral a 4 brave
kirk name Of we're whigarnaleevies and
cu~rliewurlies. and open steek mems
about il. a solid weel pointed Haspn
cork that Will staun a lang - the
yrarld keep hands and g~unpo"ther
al it
The cathedral now High Kirk
presbyterian Of Glasgow was FOUND
ed by ST. Mungo (the patron saint 81
Glasgow long q Catholic cathedral
II was seized during the Scottish re
formation by the ProteStants ana
made over into a Presbyterian Kirk.
1t IS the most notable sDecimen OF cId
ecclesiastical architecture in Scotland
In Il graveyard that surrounds the
Cathedral the graves were ali fiat with
the earth and covered with a piece OF
blue slate the size OF the grave.
The Wecropolis. a cemetery. is con-
nccted with the cathedral by a hand
some c~auseNay. and stone bridge
across a small treanl. The Eecrop-
oils Is a very high hin that overlooks
the entire city Of Glasgow. Q
reach the top by gradually ascend
ing walks. Facing the main entrance
is a magnificent monument and life
size statue OF John Knox. the cham-
pfon of Presbyteriarism in scotland
SO far as / read on the handsome
tOmbs and monuments the great ma
iority Of the dead We're Presbyterian
elders and deaconS. former business
mer, etc. of Glasgow on all that
/ noticed the former occupation OF
the dead was noted
have seen it stated that there
was more drunkenness in Glasgow
than any city Of its size in the world,
The captain of the Furnessia also
r3ld me that in driving from St.
Enochs Hotel To the Anchor Line
docks, one Saturday afternoon through
a part Of Glasgow he had never seen
before, that he believed that every
other man and woman hat he saw
was under TIE influence of drink. Re
turning from the Metropolis u u
hotel we lost our way and found our
selves in the quarter OF Glasgow men
toned by Captain B.. in and around
Trongate and CannOngate streets
where evidently the poorer ok dwell
but we saw no signs or evidence of
drunkenness. Possibly the inhabitants
were sleeping off Saturdays half hol-
iday. There was not in evidence the
squalid poverty | nav seen nor the
bad smells that | have smelt on the
East Side in New Yor City.
The streets were clean and the old
two and three-story stone houses with
their courts and closets looked clean
also.
Between the Metropolis and our
hotel we passed preaching in the open
a half-doZen or more street
preachers, some nicely, some poorly
dressed, but each and all seemed to
have quite a gathering of hearers,
l noticed promptly scattered
when the hat was passed around for
a collection. Sunset found us at our
hotel ready for supper and rest.