La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1914-07-25
SCOTLAND r0a1yER AND ADM


until 10 IN the morning. ms
u two hours later tnan they have
besn opening. and this on account Of
the laboring classes having their
breakfast hour the time between >
and 10 O'Clock. y most Of them 90
to work At { O'Clock In the morn
ing---a rather early hour. Some Of
the isboring msn seem 70 like the
new law. 1t least some Of them that
I talked With said they did. The
keepers Of the public houses. how
ever. raised howl. and With figures
made the claim that the city Of
Aberdeen. with : population Of ITO.
900. had experienced loss In bust
ness that would amount 70 $4,000,
or $1,000 pounds. wondered II
the working men thought where
that money went. Then they got up
an agitation not to 90 to work until
after 10 o'clock in the morning. 20
they could get their dram. They seem
to think they cannot get along with
out the stuff. The question. how
ever. has not yet been definitely
settled.
went 70 q naval and military
tournament recently. II was fine. l
saw some practical work demon
strated along naval and military
lines. along with good music from
bands OF famous regiments Of High
landers. accompanied by dancing and
athletic sports. In speaking with
some OF the military men ! heard
some great compliments about our
own American marines. They said
they were the best looking body Of
men they had ever seen. was
proud TO hear Il. Is they usually
think their kilties are hard TO beat.
and 80 they are.
Many years ago used to claim
that everything tasted better In
Scotland than In America-especial-
ly potatoes. but was partly laughed
out OF my notion. Nevertheless, II
is SO. The potatoes over here are
just fine--dry. rich and tasty. and
the meat and fish OF all kinds are
mach richer and sweeter. along with
the ever abiding oatcake. They tell
me. however, that this Is more pro-
nounced In Aberdeenshire than any
where else. have been having an
abundance OF strawberries. and
there Is nothing In any part Of Amer
lea like them. The prices for food
stuffs are reasonable compared to
our prices. although OF course.
money Is a little scarccr here than In
America. The Eooscberries are just
beginning to come In. and they grow
as large As plums do with US. They
are simply delicious. too. To Just sit
under . bush and pick the ripe goose
berries and eat them. and then close
your eyes and think Of Eden or
some other place. Is heaven enough
for almost anybody.
Well. the time TO 90 10 the sootie
place has come. 80 I viii add . few
more lines about Glasgow and the
surrounding country. took = train
one morning for the Grossachs. We
had full day. from early morn until
late at night. On our way 70 0las-
gov We passed castleberry on the
Roman wall. the Oldest Inhabited
house In Scotland. fhs names
sound funny To many-such ~ San
schicburn. and the famous field Of
Bannockburn. An Enslishmau once
said that Scotland WAS = poor place
To live In. They were always Glad
TO get hack home. and would not un-
der any circumstances live Ia such
= country. When an old Scotchman
pointed out = place which Vas the
field on which Banhockburn vas
fought. and where $4,000 English.
men have been lying for over 500
years. and have not thought Of going
back yet. the Enslishman had Moth
Ing to say and there the matter
droppsd.
Had . good view Of the town Of
stcrlins. the town Of strife. ~ Il II
called. The castle IL still there and
IL garrtsoned BY . body Of troops.
The mountalus are seen 70 good i'd
vantage from around Sterling. and
look like the foothills Of che Rockies.
but seem much higher than they are.
saw the bridge Of Allan. - much
sung about. Il 10 = quaint looking
structure. had IN 20 BY rail-.
coach and four. and boat. but found
that the scenery h all that Sir Wal
ter Scott wrote about Il. On my
trip ! ssw phsasants and chickens
that we're quite tame. and even aaw
deer not over Toe sees from the
highway. that vas also quite tame.