THE LATE LORD DRUMMOND.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1663, 22 November 1887, Page 4

THE LATE LORD DRUMMOND.

A good deal of unnecessary neutiraon!; has boon wasted over fchs oase of Lwi Druramond (Lord Perth's gravidac-n), who died ia lha States rec-DnSl? undtir eoins-vha'c painful circumstances. Ho wci not ftt all tha ill-usod R:mioo that Auuricai;. joitrnaibn-j pain l ; him, I\h<! plain facta ivo thiso:— About 1800 or 1870 the J ad'a parents died, arid Lord Perth not cuing to ajsunn hie hoit's training. Lord Drumniond {then nut thiiteen) was handed over to his ii.r,ieui&!. grandmother, Mrs Adolphur. Oarapboll. This old lady indulged him most mischievously, andasahe resided at it happened that Iho boy r.'v.i wild ntnougei tho sailors, quay-loafersand brc'TLan. Ha waahandsomo, goncroua, and hinilj, and in good haud.i would h-va turned out well, but constant association with inferiors tmA sycophants warped, hia nature and deprived uh tastes. The parson 7?ho had most ir fln.f-noa o w him was Mrs Campbell'* cook and Uie wife, a buxom, blowzy matron, of 27, named Lewis. At first tho inlimaoy botween the puir was of tho oupboan-love character usual bstwixt a youugattr and a cook. Ia course of time, however, it changed, arid in 1871, when Mr (Japell died, Mrs L-jwu was practically tha young lord's mistress, lla had barely patsed his sixteenth birthday, and was dreadfully afraid of his grandfather, besides being wedded to low oomp mionj and associations, 'i'ho fear of boinfj nrida to live clsatily and decently, and give up M« Lewis, oppressed him like a nightmare ; osnaequouHy that wily damo found little difficulty iu persuadir.g him to elopo i.o tha States with hor. It is not true, however, that oho became hia wife. Her husband, James Lovt;3, is, in point of fact, atili alivo, and if aha had any children by Lord Drummond they are bßßlurdf?. Tha young man ould hava found plenty of people yt&dy to ts-iat h;m in the States nad he oared to bo aseisted, or he might at a;jj time have obtained holy from home. But ho choae to throw off all uiiflociaticn with tho uppar clissei, and died at he lived, in comparative penury. HU fate ia a striking proof of tha degradiu;; effect of u'.BOciation in youth with servant* and soo'ul iLferiora.—Exchange. Mr Pascoe, a brewer »t Palmerstou North has been fined £3O for several breaches of the Beer Ac'. riio funer.il of tho late Hoi. J. Johnston, M.L.U., took place at \Vftilln»toM on BiiUirday morning, and waH attended by members of botli Iloinas. wits pn'soiit, and tho funeral Hervioes wore ooaduomd by tho llev.-'Fiitlior' MoNa,uniru, Viuai-Uauoral. (