Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-20

patches of black wool except one lamb.
Sheep wholly black are very common.
A resident gave me a statement that
they are as pure breed of sheep as
can be found, that they are very hardy,
and that no other sheep will stand the
rigors of the winter as they do.
From Keswick to Penrith, thence
through Carlisle to Glasgow. Here a
national exhibition, illustrating Scottish
arts and crafts from earliest times to
the present received some of my at
tention. You may now have portable
pitllo, easily folded up and carried with
you. / saw several of them on exhi-
bition. 1t is Scottish invention made
with large and small tuning forks in
stead of wires, gives soft, sweet tone,
and should be great boon to travelling
speakers and singers in outlying places,
who cannot always find large instru-
ment. The small size has four octaves,
larger size FIVE. The latter in ma
/ hogany case, makes fine little instru-
ment for humble home where full
grown" piano cannot be purchased.
Time fails me to tell of many other in
teresting objects. | must, however,
mention the enterprise of the Canadian
Pacific railway. They had building,
either side of it were immense railroad
engines skillfully modelled in white snd
gold and they gave the impression of
majesty, strength and the mighty on
ward rushing impetus of the world
across the seas. Thus prepared you
entered the building, see Canadian
products, read Canadian booklets, see
a free exhibition depicting the wonders
of trip across the continent and then,
if you are sufficiently carried away
make arrangement, then and there to
cross the Atlantic, for the opportunity
to do so is presented.
From Glasgow visited Ayr, the home
of "Bobbie" Burns and his famous Tam
o'Shanter. OF course saw his monu-
ment and climbed to the top, went down
TO the Aud Brig o'Doon where Tam's
mare lost her tail in the witch's grasp,
and then returned to Alloway Kirk,
and on to the Burns cottage to witness
the humble home and very bed in which
he was born. A lady whom | met de-
clared that her mother, who knew the
facts well, said that Burns was born in
the cottage on the other side OF the
street and that many years ago
the cottage was moved bodily &C ross
the street and attached TO the cottage
This to aid in its preservation along
with the rest of the cottage in which he
lived.
On Thursday | left Glasgow for
trip through Scotland, embracing the
farfamed Loeb Lomond, Loeb Katrine.
the Trossachs and other lochs and
mountains, too. That party which Rev.
Buffers tells about q think he was in
it), which had to take some deer found
hanging in the woods so that the party
could have one apiece, wouldn't have to
do that If they could get in the Duke
! OF Montrose' deer park for an hour or
two. II is the island of Inehmurrin In
Lock Lomond, and IN passing ON the
steamer ST, George picked out with
nv field glasses perhaps more than a
score of deer quietly feeding on its
limited area. ea
By night time had reached Stirling.
The hotels are too costly TO stay long
in this Scottish region through which
passed. At Stirling rates were found
very reasonable, and day here among
historic memories of the Battle of Ban
nockburn, of Stirling, of Cambusken-
meth and FIVE other famous conflicts,
was we'll spent. Stirling castle, the
great Wallace monuir at and Cambus-
Kenneth Abbey were the most note
worthy buildings | visited. A wonder
full view from the top of the Wallace
monument situated on Abbey Craig,
will live long in my memory. IL en-
braces a view of eight historic battle
fields, sky line of Scotia's most fam
Gus mountains to the west, and the tor
tuous winding of the Forth and the dis
tant Forth bridge, the largest canti-
lever bridge in the world, twenty-five
miles away, to say nothing Of Stirling
castle, villages, farms, woods and moor
. land in abundance. Scotland has more
rugged beauty then the lake country of
. England and | cannot say that | like
it better. In both countries | saw
abundance of heather in bloom. 1t
looks beautiful on the hill-sides and at
ones feet. | did not see any white
| heather or the hills although bought
sprays of it on the streets. II is only
to be found, am told, far up in out
of-the-way places on the mountains.
J From Stirling | went on to Euinburg;
But more in my next, which VIII
! try to write. even though in gay
! Paree, " in a few days.
Your sincere friend.