Show I Birthplace of Carlyle I Ecclefechan In Scotland has tho the distinction distinction dis dl- of being the place where Thomas Thoma Carlyle first opened his eyes on this world an unfortunate It was described by b Burns Burn as And In Inthe Inthe wicked little tittle village visIted visited vis vie the tho days das when the bonnie poetic Scot the place e It must have been less les Unattractive unattractive un- un burn the for then attractive than now no flowed through the open street bordered But tall tail beech trees tices double row of or by a and the burn Is mostly closed over now the beech trees are no more more thou though h what ruthless hands dared to remove them thorn cannot cannot cannot can can- not bo ascertained At all events age ac of oC Thomas Thom Thom- has hs not beautified tho the birthplace Carlyle as S The house hou e In which Carble was born during dur dur- still stands in as good s condition a as though It was tug ing 11 tho tim life of or Its Us owner built over years ago James Carlyle Carlle the father tather of Thomas rhoma built tho the house substantial though of or in In- In and It is most artistic architecture The tiny Uny room in which Carlyle was as as asborn the of or the house In Inthe Inthe Inthe born It horn It I. I is b at top the rear rear rear-is rear rear- is II devoted now to the housing mementoes of oC tho the In Infant infant tn in- of oC some om Interesting fant who ho first drew breath there on December December De De- cember camber 4 1793 1705 In Ia one corner an unpretentious unpretentious book k case holds a 11 copy COP of the edition edi edl- familiar bro brown n covered ered Peoples tion of or his writings a a. recess near by b Is ts tilled filled with bits bUs of old china from the mant mantelpiece mantelpiece mantel mantel- l- l house In Cheyne Cheyno ro row on the tim piece arc two turned wooden candlesticks candlesticks candle candle- sticks sUcks a a. gift sUt of John Sterling sent ent from Rome a a. table in tho the corner provides provides pro pro- vides videa a. a resting place for the philosophers philosopher's pher's reading lamp and tea cadd caddy and wall all of above a framed letter letteron on the two 10 his hats hat are hung More attention is 15 paid to these hate hats than to any of or the other higher happiness can the idles lelles hat What hero worshiper wish than tho the being able head Inside Carble's Carlyles Car- Car to sa say he he- has had his ble's bles hat Inside it goes in a quite literal sense en e. e Up to the time LIme of ot m my ray vIsit only twenty nine heads had been able to tofit tofit tofit I fit that hat I t regret to add that mine did not make the thirtieth All this applies ap applies plies e especially to One hat hat hat-a. a black wide Ide brimmed soft sort felt perhaps the identical hat which prompted the immortal dialogue dialogue dialogue dia dia- logue between n the time passenger er and the bus hm driver Queer at that old fellow rellow ad who Just got tot In at A Ay y he may mao wear ar a a. queer eucer Queer V MI give JJ Ive I. I to tn to own own on n UIl the V MI give JJ Ive I. I to tn to own own on n UIl the at of but Kut but what hat would ou 1 that's Inside It In another part of or the village stands the time house where Thomas rhoma Carls Carll Carlyle Ic first attended school Although the building remains exactly now noVo as then it is no longer lonser used an as a schoolhouse but as a family dwelling dw In going over o Eccle- Eccle Ecclefechan the making Inquiries concerning great philosopher who had lived the first years ears of his life lIfo there and whose father had been one of the tho best known m men n orthe of or the village e. e I found that the tIme Inhabitants knew little or nothing 0 of the man whose hoe name had placed their t town to in the page pac of history Indeed old inhabitants would shake their heads and say sa What Carlyle Car Car- lylo lyle do you ou a ask k for There was as James and Sandy Sand and and It and And Anil when I of time the great t writer II ter would say sav It was jUI Irea Thomas Carlyle Carlle that I was as seeking In Information information In- In formation the they would look Jook a bit dazed dared One old man said Ah Im 11 yes e you OU ask o. about Tarn Tam We Ye dont don't know guid of him His Ills father r was as an honest man though And so o it proved d all over o the tho village ma Truly Trul the prophet had no honor boner In tn his own country The name of or Carlyle stands stand for tor or little in the decaying old village vil vU- 11 those who ho visit lago lage of or J Ecclefechan and the shrine of him him who once was there come not from his own on Scotland but from rota lands more distant some from Crom across the seas |