News Advocate | 1923-07-12 | Page 6 | To Preserve Famous Home

T preserve famous horn horne the home of annie laurie Dumfries shire scotland where she lived after marriage li in to be b old sold MN MM fergusson survived her husband and the present mansion house of h was largo langly built under her 1 she mod in n I II 1751 71 I at the age f of seven seventy tywone ine at alere has been carefully treasured for mote than a century tho whistle a drinking trophy which inspired robert bums bume ballad of that name it la in made of wood and was brought from deo dez mark by a dane of gigantic stature who went to scotland in the train of queen anne of denmark at the corn com mencer nent of his orgies be laid the whistle on the table an ani whoever was last bok 1 ts to vw r it WM to cany carry it off as trophy of victory