. Reminiscences of Yarrow. The minister, not having as yet got aservant, was content with life in the bush, andfrom having lived in a coal region he was unusedto peats, and ignorant how long their ashes retaintheir heat. A few he had thrown out into theold rickety building had ignited it; but from thepromptitude with which the people mustered, theflames were prevented from spreading to themanse. The large curls alluded to, which old Mr Camp-bell of Lilliesleaf called cannons, were an importantpart of a gentlemans toilet; being carefully con-cocted at night in paper, and unfolded earlier orlate
. Reminiscences of Yarrow. The minister, not having as yet got aservant, was content with life in the bush, andfrom having lived in a coal region he was unusedto peats, and ignorant how long their ashes retaintheir heat. A few he had thrown out into theold rickety building had ignited it; but from thepromptitude with which the people mustered, theflames were prevented from spreading to themanse. The large curls alluded to, which old Mr Camp-bell of Lilliesleaf called cannons, were an importantpart of a gentlemans toilet; being carefully con-cocted at night in paper, and unfolded earlier orlater next day, as occasion required. My father [Mrs Richardson (Tibbie Shiel) died in July 1878. in herninety-sixth year. She was born near Ettrick church : in 1813,after her marriage, she removed to an old-fashioned cottage atthe upper end of the Loch of the Lowes, near Chapelhope ; andthence, in May 1S23, shortly before the death of her husband, tothe well-known abode which bears her name, and in which shedied.— F.]. PERSONAL APPEARANCE. I 7 found the damp climate of Ettrick very difTerentfrom the Carse of Falkirk, and the reverse offavourable to their keeping in position, and hebegan to think that the time bestowed on themmight be more profitably spent, and that theywere scarcely in keeping with the higher orna-ment of a meek and quiet spirit. It was not, how-ever, till the forenoon of a Fast-day, when he hadridden across the hills to preacii at Ashkirk, thattheir fate was sealed. A considerable time wastaken up adjusting them ; and the old minister,Mr Haliburton, came again and again tapping atthe bedroom door, impatient for the connnencementof the service. Then my father resolved that theyshould not again be a hindrance in the dischargeof ministerial duty, and had the long locks shornofl, which had proved to him a source of worry andweakness, not of strength. My fathers pastorate in luuick was a very First < inpleasant one. Mr Anderson of Cossarshill, thelineal
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