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STIRLING.
Dur European Corresoondent met
a Mule and
A NEGRO IN SCOTLAND.
And was’Cured ofihe “Blues”
.ana Then Enjoyed “Stir
ling” “Stirling Castle
and a|View From Wai
lace Monument.
'Some yearn ago I was in buni*
' aees in a western city and had a
large sign on the side of the build
ing. "The G*orgia Store’’ on) daj
1 was standing in the do«,r when
an old lady stopped and said to
-me.: “Are you from Georgia? and
- di4 you ever know a man by the
r name of Charley Samuels, who
v lived at one time in Rome, Ga.?’
If told her I was from Rome and
•knew Mr. Samuels very well, she
, quickly caught one of my hand
•in both of hers and after marly
f -shaking it off she said : “How bap
ipy I«m to see even a dog from
.The old lady had left home
• about a month previous and had
been taken sick on the road a d I
the first person she had seen
rftr-om her native state.
I c uld now sympathize with her
«-we had been away from horrid
about four months, had not
o anything that was a uiliar tou?;
the people and also their cus.om
i are so different.
. I told my wife [was getting sick
for a familiar sight, if I could
only see a negro or even a mule.
• Etrage to say we had not walkeo
s more than a block until we saw t
mule, just a plain old every day
mule, but my, my, how I did waik
around him and pat him, but be
ingcireful to keep away from his
business end, as mules in Scotland
jhave the same habit that have
in Georgia.
iLeaving my new made friend wf
<- started up the narrow street foi
’ the castle and strange to say not
». more than a block away and com
ting toward us was a full blooded
African negro. I saw by his gener
al appearance that he must b
from America an i he surmised the
same about me.
We walked towards each other
as if drawn by a magnet, meeting
in the middle of the street he said :
‘Law bless y.»u Boss you is from
i,. America aint you, I am so glad to
. «co you and if I ever gets back to
my oldjhome in the South I will
. stay ‘/here.”
He £ad been taken over then
by ope of those fellows who sell
cheap jewelry on the street.
I w„oo.ir happy and my spell
of the blues had entirely disap
peared.
This is whaj is known as Free
ing day an.d i&observed in the old
towns still,, it ig & very’ old custom
The help in the country are em
; ployed by the year or until feeing
day and it is observed vaxy much
as the old horse trading davs w°re
once observed in this country ev
erybody that possibly can c 0 ’ uieb
to town and the help tb At are to
’change their h.omec do e8 g 0 on this
day, and is
Th, ry ma „, jo || y g „
■round? and ahar ~ .
a harvest. iting galleries have
Stii Ung Qn e o f t,he oldest
.towns ju- ~ , .
jcotland its population
is now ' •
f .bout 15,000. It is noted
for r ’ . ...
“ , s scenery and associations
UD<~ , .
of course attracts many tour
cs it is also some of a manufac
turing town.
The early’ history of Stirling
Castle is lost in obscurity. In 843
Macalpine made the castle his
headquarters.
It will require a large volume to
tell eren part of the history of this
old place. It stands on an elevation
, »f about 340 feet above the town,
tand is nbw used as a training!
school for the army’ we had the'
pleasure of seeing a company of!
.Highlanders drilling, they looked,
’.verypicturesque, in the Highland
suits.
.In the square at the entrance of
the castle is the Bruce Statue.
From this point can hb seen the
.battlefield of •Stirling Bridge and
Bannockburn. The figure is 10 or
12 feet high attired in chain arm
or. He is looking toward Bannock
burn. On the center of the pedes-,
tai is the Scottish Shield with
Lion Rampant, and in one side
King “Robert the Bruce.’’ June
24th. 1314.
Leaving th 1 cadle we entered
he cemetery nearby and we were
struck with the strange inscrip
tions on many of the stones and
the peculiar manner they were
written. One as follows we copied,
notice that each word starts with
a capital and a period after each
word.
Aho. k . Miffen.
chief, constable. Stirlingshire.
Own. Life. Is. But. A. Winter, Day.
Some. Only. Breakfast. And. Away.
Others. To Dinner, stay.
And. are. Full. Fed.
The. Oldest. Mao. But. Sups.
And. coes. To. Bed.
Kirge. Is . His. Debt.
That. Lingers, Out. The. Day.
He. That. Goes. Soonest.
Has. The. Lem. To, Pay.
Here is also the Grey friars
church the old building is batter
ed and full of holes 1 to 3 inches
deep made hy bullets there is noth
ing attractive about it only its asso
ciation. The coronation of James
VI took place within its walls on
July 29th. 1567, on which occasion
a sermon was preached by Joh n
Knox.
Nerely is the Cowane Hospital
over the entrance of it is a statue
or cowane —the following inscrip
tion.
16
John Cowane.
39
I was Hungrle and ye gave ine hieatfi
1 was Thirstie and ye gave medrinke
I wa a stranger and ye took me in
Naked and ye clothed me
I was sicke and ye visited me,
Matt. xxv. 35”
Leaving the Hospital we soon
arrived at what is known as Mar’s
Work. This fine old residence now
in ruin was erected about 1570 by
the Egrl of Mar. with stones tak
en from Cambuskenneth Abbey.
There is an old story that Jno.
Knox, said no good would come
of the Earl’s sacrilege.
Time has proven the truth of his
prediction.
As we were going down the hill
we passed an old residence that iu
its time m ust 1 ave tern of Mtt
importance on the wall was the
date 1671. “Wisdom is the tree of
life.”
A good conscience is a brazen
wall, on many of the old houses
are just such inscriptions and
dates.
We continue our walk through?
the town to the “Old Stirling
Bridge it is built of stone in four
massive arches it is not known
when it was erected, but it has a
history f or over 300 years.
Here taking the cars we were
soon at Abbev Craig, after a pleas
ant walk of about a half hour we
arrived at the top of the hill, at
the Wallace Monument.
This Tower was built iu 1861
and is 220 feet high, the position
occupied by Wallace and his army
before the Battle of Stirling
Bridge.
\Ve ascended to s he top of the
Tower by a spiral staircase in on<>
corner and it is a very tiresome
climb but when you reach the top
you soon forget the climb, we could
see the crooked Forth, as far as the
eye could reach, with its beautiful
and high cultivated valleys with
the high peaks of Ben Lomond,
and Ben Ledi, in the distance
down below us the Tower with the
astle on the top ©f the hill form
ing a picture for beauty and
grandure seldom seen.
The Tower contains several
rooms in one ancient armour.
Here iu a glass case is the Sword
of Wallace. The blade is double
edged is four feet four in. long.
The hilt is a foot long mounted
with leather.
Another room is called the Hail
of Heroes, and contains busts of
eminent Scotchmen.
Leaving the monument we went
to Canebuskenneth Abbey. The
Tower is the oniy part remaining
i and is about seventy or seventy
five feet high, it has lately been
repaired, and does not look £O old
even if.it waß bui't in 1147.
Going back to the city we were
just in time to catch the evening
train fur Gla°gpw.
A. Roman.
THE HUSTLER OF ROME, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER,9 1894.
THE BIG SHOW.
Many Kinds of Magnificent, and
Varied Entertainment.
The death of Adam ForepaugK and
P T. Barnum places Sells Brothers
in first magnitude . Sells Brothers is
now the oldest and largest in every
respect as regards genuine merit and
enterprise; they ar« to be assigned
first place, while in features of or
iginality and genuine cxcelence they
lead.
Thia is the twenty-third continu.
year of iheir exierience in the show
business; a longer period than any
other can boast of, and in all that
time they have proved able, honora
ble, progressive, succ< ssful and pop
ular caterers to the amuse
ment lovers.
Iheir enlarged and varied confed
eratiation this season include the
Grand Spent icular Pilgrimage to
Mecca, Regal Hypodrome Races,
Triple Circuses, Elevated Stages Per
forming Animals of all Descriptions
Tropical Aquarium, Australia Aviary
Fifty Cage Menager, Arabian Car
avan and The Gorgeous Street Pa
rade.
Among the many rare and attrac
tive features exclusively presented
by them will be found the only
pair of living giant Hippotami; the
remarkable Hairless Horse Edu
cated Seals and Sea Lions, Roost
er Orchestra, Pig Circus, Giant
Kangaroos, and a whole flock of
Ostriches and hundreds of novel
features.
There are also scores of the most
eminent charioteers, male and fe
male jockeys, bare-back riders, and
aerial and other performers, and al
together a program not only stu.
penduous, but most exciting, sei
lect, refined in character, all of
which will be faithfully presented
in Rome on September 18th’
All to be seen at the reduced
price of admission, fifty cents to al
combined shows.
Seating capacity 12,000. Every,
body provided with a seat.
Excursion rates on Jail railroads.
NOTICE
If you owe State and county tax
call at the Sheriff’s office and pay
up and save cost. I regret to Ad
vertise property »uch times as thee
but willjbe compel! to do so, unles
payment is made this will be ion
tcrced strictly this August 22 1849
ake. C. Moore . Sheriff.
WANTED: Three wide awake
hustling agents to represent us in
good paying territory Reference
required. Apply a? 207 Ifcroad
St., Rome Ga.
8-19-St. The Singer M’f'g. Co.
Letters of Administration..
GEORGIA .Floyd county:
To ail whom it may concern; X&ehael Carrell;,
having in proper form applied lo me for perma
nent letters of administration im the estate ot
Steve Carroll; late of said county. This is to
cite all anil singular the creditor- and next of
kin of SteveCkrrwll to be and appear at my of
fice within tie-time allowed by hvw and show
cause, if any Uiey can, why permanent adminis
tration should-not be granted toW. H, Ennis,.
County Administrator on Steve Cur roll's estate.
Witness my hand ;uxi official signature this 3rd
day of Sept, 18041
Joni P. Davkh.
SJbIAI Italmary Floyd County Georgia
Application tor Letters of
Dismission.
GEORGIA, Floyd Conaiy:—
Whereas A. Jl Watters Adninistrator De
Bonis Nou, of Joseph Watters, represents to the
court in his i>e ituon duly filed, that be has ad
ministered jose?H. Waiters estaZ®. This is to
cite all persons couueriied, kindred and creditors
to show cause. kfaiiy they canwhy said ad
ministrator shor'd noi discharged fioin his
administration and receive letters of dismission
on the First Monday in Noveia'ier 1894. This
August 7th. 181 H.
John. P. Davis.
Aug. 7.t0 Nov 9. Ordinary Floy-iCouuty, 1 11.
Application for Letters of
I
Dismission
GEORGIA, Fia»t> CoirxTV:
Whereas W. R. Reese, Adn»wi»trator efi"Reese ’
M. Braden, repiraents to the <wnrt in hie. ]>»-ti- '
tion duly tiied.that he has juliniuistered Reese
M. Braden’s pedate. This is ta cite all persons.)
concerned, kiiuhr-d and c>edttors,.to shew cause ,j
if any they can. way sa.d aiAninistrattc should)
not be discharged from his administration and
receive letters-of '’isiuission<«• tie first Mondam
in October IWM. This July Vh. !>' t T-A3ino.
JOHN!’. MAVIS,
Ordinary Fknj dCoo ity Georgia.
Year’s Support.
GEORGIA, Floyd County:
To all whom it in vy concern : Notice is hereby
given that the appraisers appointed to set apart
and assign a,year's support to Mrs. Susan Mor
ris, (formerly Sus m Allee,) tuo widow of A. J.
Allee, deceased, hive filed their award, and un
less goo I and siuHeie it cause is shown, the
same will be made the judgement of the Court
at the October term, 18,»4, of the Court of Ordi
nary. This Sept, 3rd, 1894.
John- P. Davis,
Ordinary Floyd County Georgia.
Rlank Rooks
i | GREAT many people are not aware of the fact that there is an establishment right here
Rome that is manufacturing all kinds of Blank Books, that would be creditable to & ia
g ■ j aay
< A manufactory in the larger cities. If you use a Ledger, Journal, Cash Book or other Bl an
Book requiring a special form of ruling or printing, yon can have it done at home, and have the
advantage of seeing “ proofs ”as the work progresses. You can get almost any style of binding and
any quality or particular make of paper desired. Recently I have made Blank Books to order for the
City of Rome, Thomas Warters, R. T. Wilkerson, Rome Gas Light Company, Rome Cotton Factory the
Excelsior Nurseries of G. H. Miller A Son (biggest thing in the South), and you can see and examine
the work for yourself at any of these places. If you don’t like it, then don’t give me your order
If you have a Bible or other volume that needs repairing, bring it to me and I’ll make it loot
like new, and as good as new, for a small sum. Have done work of this kind for Capt. C. Rowell Dr
Goetchius, Grandfather Norton and others, and have received repeated orders from them, which proves
that the work is satisfactory. lam now rebinding a full set of Commentaries for Dr. Goetchius The
cost is trifling, compared with the value of the work. IN GOLD done while you wait
240 BROAD ST., ROME, CA.
H, A. Smith will sell
you school books
cheaper than the
cheapest.
Libel for Divorce.
James McCool 1
Libel for Divorce
Mary Davis McCool) ivorce
Floyd Superior Court, March Term laoa
To the defendant, Mary DaVis McCool, vouare
hereby notified to be ami appear at the next
Suoanor Court to be held in and for said Conn
anon the 4th Monday in next September then
had there to make "our defense, ifanv von
have terplantiff’s libe for divorce. Witness the
sprn nth?^ Henry ’ judpe ” f Baid c “ uri .
W m, . Beysei gel, Clk.
Supr, Court-
Sugar Sets, at Morris’
Telephone 26.
New Jewelry,
Beautiful line of new
Silver Novelties, and
Silver Goods,
J. K. Williamson
Broad Street
Citation--Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA, Floyd County:
Toall whom it may concern: w- H. Ennis,
Administrator of Jack Prior, deceased, has in
due form applied to the undersignedfor 1 eave t
sell the lands belonging to the estate of said de
ceased, and said application will be heard on
the first Monday in October next. This 3rd day
of Sept, 1894.
John P. Davis,
Ordinary Floyd County Georgia
All kinds of school
text books at H. A,
Smiths.
D. A. Smith sells new
and second h and
school books.
NOTICE.
Georgia, IFoyd )To the Superio
County, J- Court of said conn-
) ty.
The petition of R. S, Draper shown
the tollowing facts:—
Ist. That petitioner is laboring
under disabilities imposed by the
granting of a divorce by the Supe
rior Court of Floyd county to Nora
Draper.
2nd. That Nora Draper oi said
county, on the 14th. day oi May 1892
tiled in the Clerk’s office of the Su
perior court of Floyd county, her
application for a divorce, setting
north the following grounds to wit:
“Saiddefendantwasoftentiiueucruel
abusive and unkind to your petition
er, and his treatment recently be
came so unkind and cruel to your
petitioner, that it became unbearable
for her said husband was continually
abusing and ill treating your petition
er by cursing her. charging her with
unchastity and that iu her presence
and in such and divers other ways
making the life of your petitioner
miserable, his general conduct to
wards her being of such cruel char
acter that no human heart of any
feeling could possibly bear and un
dergo by longer continuing in his
reseiice and living with him as his
wife, and they are now not living to
gether as husband and wife. ’
Upon the trial of said case at the
March term 1894 of Floyd Superior
Court the f.flowing verdict was ren
dered, it being the second and final
verdict: “We the Jury find suflicout
proof have beensubmitted to dir
consideration to authorize a tvialcul
voree, and that a divorce, A. N Henno
Matrimonii be granted Plantiff, her
maiden name, Nora Moore be restor
ed to her. and that the defendant,
Robert Draper be not allowed to
marry again. March 31st. 1894
Wherefore petitioner prays the re
moval of his said disabilities at
next September term of said Court
in compliance with the statues in
such cases made and provided. An.
your petitioner will ever prey
J. B, F. Liiinpb’".
Petitioners Attorney.
Filed in office July Uh.
Win. Beysiegle,
Clerk Superior Court
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA, Floyd County: lk
To all whom it may concern: Jiimtn r.
ley having in proper form applied to n*
permanent letters of administration on 1
tate of Peter M. Sheibley, to be and •'l’l*'
my office within the time allowed bj a ' ( j_
show cause, if any they can, why P erllia * 1 \ jt | 1 J
ministration should not be granted to ■
Sheibley, on Peter M. Sheibly s e>ll ’‘ # f
my hand and oflicial signature this
September, 1894.
JOHWP Davis,
Ordinary, Floyd Count) <,ei
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