. "Aberdeen journal" notes and queries. 3rd), it may be stated further tJhat old WilliamGordon, watchmaker, Dufftown, was in thehabit of using a grace the words of which nohearer understood. The two illustrations arereproductions of the watch labels used by him,and M ere engraved by his ovui hands—. The first illustration shows the ruins of the oldcastle of Balvenie, near Dufftown, with thomotto of tho Stuarts, Earls of Athol, which iwboldly carved on tho front wall. The secondrepresents the new castle, now utilised as- partof the buildings of Balvenie Distillery. Old Williams! nephew, Peter G
. "Aberdeen journal" notes and queries. 3rd), it may be stated further tJhat old WilliamGordon, watchmaker, Dufftown, was in thehabit of using a grace the words of which nohearer understood. The two illustrations arereproductions of the watch labels used by him,and M ere engraved by his ovui hands—. The first illustration shows the ruins of the oldcastle of Balvenie, near Dufftown, with thomotto of tho Stuarts, Earls of Athol, which iwboldly carved on tho front wall. The secondrepresents the new castle, now utilised as- partof the buildings of Balvenie Distillery. Old Williams! nephew, Peter Gordon, whenin lluntly, served three years on the PoliceCommission, and for thirteen years he was anenthusiastic volunteer there. Ifo subsequentlyserve*.! for fifteen, years- with the London Scot-tish, obtaining tho long-service medal in 1895. M Douglas, Tender and True. This phrase, which has become proverbial ofthe great family of Douglas, is found as earlyas 14-50, in Sir Richard Hollands Duke of theHowlat, an allegorical poem preserved! in theBannatyiie MS., and printed in black letter bythe Bannatyne Club. Mrs Craik. author of the Scottish songsRothesay Bay and Strathairlie, has a .sweetlittle ballad on the theme. Many instances in support of the- bywordoccur—, .Sir James Douglass
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