La Junta tribune., 1908-11-21
FROM FOREIGN CHIMES
BY R. W. PATTERSON
oss ssse.sl EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT


have Just reached this city In tho
North OF Scotland. from Aberdeen.
passed through the land Of the black
cattle and Scotch whiskey, OF which
considerable proportions are import
ed into America. the one to improve
the breed OF our cattle. the other
to besase the breed Of our men. II
was a beautiful ride. only II was fog
gy and misty. for the first hour or
90, and dusk and dark the last hour.
tural scenery. beautiful In Its artifi-
cial scenery-meadows, pastures.
fields, little towns with their old
slate houses and slate roofs. the in
teresting farms with their stone farm
houses and buildings and barns. stack
yards with often twenty stacks OF
grain, sometimes as many as thirty.
and the little black faced. horned
Scottish sheep and sleek and horn
less black cattle. grazing in the val
leys and on the green, grassy hill
sides--all in setting Of rolling hill
lands, strips Of forest and clear and
beautiful streams, just bordering on
the Highlands of romantic, historic
Scotland.
1 must quit Inverness and the
beautiful north OF Scotland, for the
present, and return to my last views
in England In my last, l left you.
believe, at Birmingham. Since
then, saw Sheffield, the city famous
for its knives. razors. scissors and
all kinds of cutlery. visited the
great Rogers cutlery works, name
like Sheffield itself. familiar to every
American. Sheffield is large aud
busy and pretty city. l next saw
the old city Of York. one OF the old
est cities in England. where visited
the great old Minister or church, one
of the most beautiful. II not the most
beautiful church., in It's architecture,
l have yet seen. It's move is one
hundred feet high, four hundred and
and eighty-five feet long and one
hundred and five feet wide. dou-
BILE row OF alternate columns and
piers, form the two aisles, pr rather
seperate aisles from the nave. The
columns and piers. and arches and
clerestory are SO great. SO uniform
and 20 regular, with the finest lines
OF perpendicular height and mathe-
matical curves, that one is enchant-
ed, ss he looks and views and studies
the greatness. the harmony and the
gracefulness of this edifice. erected
as Z temple of worship. Then, a.
10, Durham cathedral. another great
church, but OF earlier date and great
er length, though of less dimensions
than that of York, and the old
castle near the cathedral, forming
part Of the same group of old build.
ings, paid me well for visit to the
little city of Durham. From Durham
I Travelled to Newcastle, famous for
its coal fields. manufacturing and
shipping.
Newcastle is a modern and indus
trial city of about 100000 people. 1t
is on the Tyrie. not far from the
sea. It's great smokestacks rise,
here and there, in the lower part
OF the city, sending out dense
volumes OF black smoke. while the
great furnaces beneath drive I'M
mense machinery, great rolling mills
and trip hammers and melting iron
ore, sending out a fiery flood into
it's sandy streamlets and moulds
AS we leave Newcastle the rain
speeds by these great mills and man
ufactories for several miles. New
castle is a well built city. It's streets
are wide and clean, and it's build
ings are fine, substantial business
blocks, with many large and elegant
store fronts. The site Is hilly, as
cending from the Tyne. The resi-
dence parts Of the city. where the
well-to-do class live. are beautiful.
These homes are tasteful and pretty,
not rich or gorgeous.
There is Q large open park or grass
tract, called the Moor adjoining the
city on the west. This one OF the
relics Of ancient customs and laws.
This park belongs. not to the city,
but to what is termed the Freemen.
These were what were known as
the free men in feudal times. neith-
er tenants nor vassals. This large
body Of land belongs to these men
collectively, can OF be sold, leased
or built upon. and descends to their
heirs. Each man, however. possess
es the right to pasture his cattle on
this park, according to his proper pro
rcrtion II is. however, but little