The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-11
LASSIES OF
sc q TLAND
+ FAIR
ARE 1m,HEO BY YOUNG MEN
FROM OGDEN.
"eert" HadIey Writes Home. Oeserib
ing His Travels in the Brltith
lsles-NoW in London.

The following are extracts from let
ters written by Bert" Hadlcy who.
with Dr. Forbes, is touring Europe.
4 The letters were written To his folks
/ IN Ogden:
! Glasgow. Scotland. Aug. S, 09.
"My last letter was from Preston.
| England, en- route for Glasgow. DR..
Forbes and | arrived In due time and
have spent two very pleasant and in
structlye days I'm this beautiful city.
+ Glasgow has a claim 10 age almost. II
not equal. TO Chester. but lacks the
Roman remains, walls, towers. etc, to
prove II. IT is fine city with many
historical places OF interest We went
out to Boutwell, castle TODAY and Wis
tied the old Priory across the river.
Shakespeare often speaks OF Boutwell,
Castle. The Scottish chief Wallace.
leaped from one OF the windows TO
escape the English soldiers. Wallace
was born a few miles west of Glasgow.
: "A short ride took us TO the birth
place of the great explorer. Living.
stone who has descendants In Ogden.
s We visited the Boutwell, coal mines,
Yesterday we took In the Art Gallery
and Museum which are both Very fine.
i
vclopment which will be forwarded
10 me at Edinburg and think you
; VIII be able 10 tell whether they are
pictures of buildings or 'crazy-quilts.'
The Scotch language beats us as COM
pletely as the Irish brogue, and We
have the French. German. Italian and
| Turkish yet to tackle. | wish Esperans
, to had been invented n hundred years
ago. SO as TO have been In general use
today We find that little broken
English punctuated with liberal tip
helps the other fellow 10 understand
"Thc scenery is wonderfully inter
esting Everything is cultivated. hedg-
ed and walled.
"Thc roads arc like pavement. All
railroad crossings are bridged or pass
ed under. The roadbeds are far bet
ter than ours and trains make better
speed with less danger OF accidents.
Accommodations are better and fares
cheaper than ~ the States.
II send YOU books, papers and cata-
llogues by mall Postage from here to
! Ogden Is the same as from Salt Lake
to Ogden-a wonderful tact
I'VE shall be able TO do museum
or art gallery in short order. A paint
ing of Sir, Walter Scott in twenty gal
leries looks the same and old armor
and old battle axes get monotonous AZ.
ter awhile. We shall let nothing now
or unusual escape us. The everyday
sights customs and conditions We
meet on the streets and in the suburbs
are interesting and often amusing The
combination Of travelling and living in
this country is science and can only
be successfully studied on the ground
There are a few curves that the Dr.
and have not mastered but we learn
easy.
Experience Is fast increasing SER
vice and decreasing expenses with us
Tho guide TO Glasgow | mail you
will well repay a careful examination
We shall start for Edinburg at once
and should reach it In an hour.
(Signedl BERT"
London. Eng, Aug 13, 90.
I'VE arrived in Ednburg on time
and spent two days-long to be re-
membered. We shall not soon forget
the Scotch Cameron Highlanders and
their wonderful drill and evolutions.
Edinburg Castle Will loom up in our
memory for many years, also Scotts
monument and the beautiful surround
iDgs. Calton Hill and hundred other
places and structures OF great interest