Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-10-04

discovery that my note book is lost.
Consequently must tell all | have to
tell now from memory alone In my
last letter believe got as far as Stir
ling. Really, have not kept close count
and with so much already seen and so
much yet TO see my brain has difficulty
IN keeping things straight. So, If I
repeat, just omit that or any part that
hasnothing but words.
RESET By TOURIST PICKERs
It would be too bad not to tea. OF one
little feature of the Wallace monument
on Abbey Craig. You pay I'd to enter,
make the long climb and come down
again. At the foot Of the stairs YOU
are met by several very assiduous old
sisters. who inform you there is one
hall you haven seen vet. Then you
are conducted in the lowest hall, where
tea tables are set, attractive with spark
ling dishes and flowers. These dear
sisters are adopts at the art of none
tary extraction. They point out and
name several large pictures on the walls
and then inevitably comes: Would
YOU like to have some tea, sir?" If
you are not inclined. as / was not, you
turn to 60 out. But they are adroitly
ahead of you and before you can reach
the door they present in rapid sue
cession several very attractive and high
priced souvenirs. My general rule is
never to buy anything where most
tourists buy, for you pay dear every
time, the sellers being practieed in ex-
tortion. So with a, mo | don't care
for anything today. thank you, sew
eral times repeated, got out in the
fresh air. So did another young fellow
who was with me. Not so the third.
They cornered him and extracted about
two dollars and and half from him
before they let him 90. We waited so
long outside that we thought he must
have missed us and gone another way.
As we peered into the door one old
sister came out for some purpose, and
seeing US, informed US that ne hadn't
gone yet. They knew all about It.
Their adrcitness and withal exceeding
ly engaging address, has impressed me
as superior to anything in this line that
! met on my journey. If these three
had the management Of the finances of
a church, 1t would never be poor.
ARAtteA NAA97AhAtA AtsA-@ffNA
1t is impossible for me to describe
my emotions in Scotland. Somehow,
could not look on many of the beautiful
scenes of England and the monuments
to her illustrous dead without choking
back the tears. In Scotland it was
worse. My Scotch descent has always
been matter of pride TO me, and wheI
I uaos tattas and ,,ra,,aor4yaa &c kar 80 ~
and called to mind her turbulent his
tory, the BATTLES for purer Christian
faith, her patriotic struggles to main
tail her independence and final subject
ion to the stronger power, and on toI
of that subsequent devotion of many
noble Scots to the cause of the empire
and her greater glory, sense Of IN.
describe pnthos came over me. TIT
Scotch themselves, taken as a whole
seem to trouble little now about thei
distinctive past, so completely havi
they been absorbed or welded into thi
imperial whole. Ii this they form /
contrast to the Irish. The latter ar.
still fretting and tuning for more in
dependence, or, as they style 1t, Homt
Rule for Ireland | know that his
tory reveals much ill-trsatment Of Ire
land. Scotland was alsoill-treated, bu
at the risk of offending many nobl,
Irishmen, let me say that | believe /
was due to the greater grit of th'
Scotchman, IN resenting imposition anS
his good sense in accepting the newt
able and making the best Of it, which
has placed him In happier position
than the Irishman today. The Irish
fnrrrftya q Naudffts
still sings pathetic walls over the deaf
glories of the past, cherishes more o
less animosity TO his conquerors, ant
clamors for the sclf-goylrnment TO
which he has shown no pre-eminen
capability,
WITHIN A MILE o. EDINBURGH TOWN
spent three days in the beautiful
city Of Edinburgh, visited Holyrood Pal
ace, Edinburgh Castle, museums, ar
galleries, parks, churches, monument
to Scott, Burns, Stevenson, De Quincy
Knox, DIR. Simpson Inventor of chloro
form), Horatius Bonar Havelock, an
score of other celebrities. Very in
teresting was the gorgeous memorial 4
the martyred Duke Of Montrose in st
Giles cathedral, and also the martyr
monument in another graveyard. II
this same graveyard you are shown thu
stone upon which tradition says tht
covenant was signed-a fiat slab o
stone covering a grave. In one cornel
stands the iron cage which was uset
as prison in the days of religious con
flict. While ! am speaking Of churches
let me say that visited the new Thistle
Chapel in st. Giles. IL seems that /
wealthy nobleman left forty THOUSAND
pounds for the purpose OF restoring th'
Chapel Royal which is a fine old gothic
ruin at Holyrood Palace. But ii wat
clear that this work could not be done
without practically destroying all il,
present interest. So permission wa'
asked and granted to build chapel al
st. Giles. This was granted, and Ftht
most noble and ancient order OF the
Thistle" now boasts chapel, which il
never did before The chapel is the
most beautiful modern work Of archi'
lecture | nave seen. The stone carving
Of the gothic roof has perhaps been
made a little too heavy. All the bosses
are Of different design. In the chapel
itself the roof bears in coiors the
coats Of arms of al the knights Of the
order: the windows are emblazoned in
cOIors with the names Of illastrous
knights in plain view: below are the
stalls where the knights sit, each hay
ing a tall canopy above inrichly carved,
various PATTERNED oak. More badges
"a bright colors adorn the stalls. The
king stall, the most elaborate Of course,
is al the west end. The chair Of in
yesture, which the king occupies on
occasions Of initiation, is at the east
end. The whole work was done by
Scottish artists ard craftsmen. II