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Show champion of Bacchus. At the commencement com-mencement of his orgies he laid the wtvlstle on the table, and whoever was last to blow it was to carry it off as a trophy of victory. The Dane at last met more than his match In one of the Laurles of Maxwellton, who, after three days' and nights' hard contest, left the Scandinavian under the table. . Home of Annie Laurie in Scotland for Sale Edinburgh. The estate of Cralgdar-roch, Cralgdar-roch, Drumfrles8hlre, is for sale. This historic ground, which embraces 2,700 acres', has been In the hands of one family, the Fergussons, since 1308. The mansion house at Cralgdarroch was the home of Annie Laurie, whose name is forever preserved in the ballad that extols her. She married Alexander Alexan-der Fergusson of Cralgdarroch, and on her death in 1761, at the age of seventy-nine, she was buried in the ancient graveyard of Cralgdarroch. At Cralgdarroch has been carefully treasured for more than a centuty "the whistle," a contest for which Inspired In-spired Robert Burns' ballad of that name. It was brought from Denmark by a Dane of gigantic stature and a |
