Barbour County index., 1910-04-27
A Kansas Farmers Holiday

dliIOtiS OtHct lnlngS, says or the
pleasure of autoing in the old
country: "The Editor of Farm
ers, Mail and Breeze requested that
| tell the. brethren something
about Scotch roads and Scotch
scenes as seen from a motor car.
| ordered Ford car to be shipped
from Detroit to the steamer in
New York, and when l reached
the wharf ! found.i there, neatly
boxed ready for an ocean passage.
1t was soon safely housed in the
hold of the steamship Columbia
consigned to Glasgow, Scotland,
at an expense to me of IS cents
per cubic feet, or.about $32. On
the morning of July 4, 1909, we
sailed from New York with flags
flying and the other accompani.
mentsof Fourth of July celebra-
tion, and were soon out of sight of
land on what has been described
as "the trackless ocean,"
"On Sunday afternoon we were
safely landed on the other side,
and in the evening we went to a
meeting held in a Presbyterian
church built by a Mr.. Tenant, a
brewer, who it is thought by
many did it to salve his conscience
for the way he had made his mon
ey. Next morning | had the Ford
registered at a cost of S., and my.
self licensed at a cost of $1.25, and
after few more yards of red tape
we were free 20 run the car where
we would. AS we had never run
that particular car before l felt
somewhat tifaid, as the first few
miles weres esthrough the busiest
streets of Glasgow. The incessant
rain kept US in Glasgow for four
days, but on Friday morning we
got out in the country. What
fine roads! Hard, smooth and
clean, no dust, everything fresh and
beautiful. Although it was on a
road | had never travelled before
| knew was within 40 yards of
the very spot where the house
stood in which | was born, and
within half a mile of where my
father, mother and two brothers
sleep.
"The limit speed for car is 20
miles an hour on country roads.
Very little attention is paid to the
limit, however, for, although the
police in plain clothes are steadily
watching, the auto club has men
with a yellow badge on their arm
watching the police. When the
yellow badge is present chaufeurs
know the other is not far away
and slow down accordingly.
Sometimes we would be run
ming along road skirted on one
side with tall, conical, shaped
trees, heath covered with heather
in full bloom coming right up to
the road on the other side. Then
in the Highlands the road would
! skirt for many miles along a
narrow, tertuous lock, while on
the other side the clear water of
the lock would wash the base oi
hills frowning and solid, though
in many places covered with heath.
er. l say "solid," because they are
granite hills which for grandeur
and beauty | can scarcely conceive
are to be surpassed.
clad l any mishaps? O, yes
A careless bicylist would occa
sionally get in front of the car
and the bicycle would invariably
be fixed at my expense. One day
in order to avoid collision l rar
ID yards into field of oats, the
owner of which wanted SIS dam.
ages, but was fully satisfied with
| S. after he had been shown / knew
as much about an oat field as he
did. In Edinburg, within 1oe
yards of the last place l worked
in Scotland, the street being slip
perry ran into lamp post. Tht
post was not hurt a bit, but it cos
me about 500 to get the car il
shape for running and about {
weeks touring. AS farewell tiI
the police collected a tax of SIC
for the use of the roads.
| "But notwithstanding few
drawbacks we had splendid tim,
all through, and what we saw anc
enjoyed can never fade from ou
memory. ry.'-Thomas Keddie. R. R
| 3, Sylvia, Kan.
| Another writer, speaking of th'
comforts to be derived from own
ing car, says:
Everything taken into consider
alton, the Ford car is cheaper thai
| maintaining horses and carriage
| With the team the cost of upkeel
continues whether you drive ever