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Show The Mid-Steeple. Set squarely in the middle of High street, Dumfries, is one of the oddest old structures to be found in all Scotland. It is now callod tho Mid-steeplo. When built, 200 years ago, it was known as the Trou Steeple. At that time, on the sale at auction of the customs and excise ex-cise of Scotland, the Dumfries town council took a large share in the plunder, plun-der, in turn sold it to a follow burgher, one Sharpe, so by name and fino in dealing. deal-ing. The citizens revolted, and on compromise com-promise Burgher Sharpe was permitted to retain his "tack" on payment of L'O,-000 L'O,-000 merks, Scots, with which tho outlandish out-landish structure was erected. In its upper uncouthness it contains the town chick and a peal of bells, and a complaining com-plaining weathercock surmounts the spire. Cor. New York Commercial Advertiser. |