La Junta tribune., 1908-11-28

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On another side is this. taken from
the final address OF Wallace before
his execution. in the presence Of
King Edward:
To Edward. king Of England, !
cannot be traitor. | owe him no
allegiance; he is not my sovereign;
he never received my homage. and
while life is in this prosecuted body.
he never shall receive it."
These are the monuments that
Scotiand's youth daily witness and
the noble and patriotic sentiments
always before their eyes.
visited the Brig o. Balgownie. an
old bridge over the Doir. often cross
ed by Byron. and the old cathedral
OF ST. Machar. of the fourteenth
century. rather plain. rustic old
church, but growing sacred by age.
This cathedral is built of granite, the
only cathedral built OF. granite in the
world.
Aberdeen is modern. industrial
and progressive city. Ii is an old
( city. but modern in its life. II
owns Its light, Its water and its tram
ways. as do many of the cities OF
Scotland. | will have more to say
on this topic when l reach GLASGOW.
( Aberdeen is famous for It's great
granite quarries. and more famous TO
J its great and artistic granite works.
Here was discovered the lost art Of
| polishing granite. an art lost TO the
4 world from the time of the Pharaohs
! In Egypt until but recent times.
Aberdeen is also the center Of a cele-
brated farming and stock growing
and grown the finest shorthorn. poll
ed angus and galloway cattle. There
are. also, breeders of high bred sheep
I in this country. A shorthorn sale
was held. the day before l reached
Aberdeen. and many fine cattle were
! sold The prices were good. one or
| two reaching, as understand. some
two hundred pounds. Many horses
are also grown, but not OF the draft
breeds. The great Clydesdaies are
bred south OF the Clyde. that is south
of GLASGOW.
/ attended a horse, sheep and cat
! tie sale. at Perth, which is about one
hundred miles from Aberdeen. where
| many Aberdeen horses .ere sold.
! They were chiefly horses. weighing
| from twelve to fifteen hundred pounds
| There wore Two horse sales going on
at the SAME time, Ole OF Inferior
horses which I.u.aoG In price from
twelve 10 t.ssGts pounds. now and
then, one reaching as much as TWEEN
ty-five pounds that IL about $l25. AT
the other sale. which was In the same
| barn, but the stable was separated
by par,i,iprs, a better class was
sold. Some Of these horses reach
ed more Than sixty pounds. good
| fourteen hundred pound horse aver
aged about forty to toIty-five pounds
| The sheep and lainl :, were sold In
small punches at auction, as Is GUS
tomary In hits country. Good lambs
that would weigh about sixty pounds
were knocked off at from thirty to
forty shillin.;s. only the tip top real
izing the latter price-probably heavi-
er than sixty pounds. That would be
almost $40 for the top. The horses.
sheep and cattle are brought to this
market by farmers and livestock deal
ers. generally from one horse to a
dozen and often very small flocks Of
sheep and small punches Of cattle.
These sales are held at regular days
of the week, though special sales
1 are also held.
did more rapid Sightseeing at
Aberdeen than at any place I have
yet visited. arrived Friday night.
I No trains run on Sunday. l must
then stay until Monday or leave at
about half past one. Saturday. I
felt l could not spend more than one
day at Aberdeen, SO l did" the
city within about six hours. ! saw
the city quite well, although l did not
visit the museums or art galleries
Aberdeen is city Of over 10000 In
habitants.
From Aberdeen to Inverness is 109
miles. The route lies through the
north OF Scotland, most beautiful
and fertile country. The railroad
runs inward from the shore some
distance, skirting the highlands and
passing through number OF small