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and Fountains Abbey, and to Scarborough, where he saw1 a typical English watering-place, and was handsomely entertained by Sir Harcourt Johnstone, who gave a supper2 in his honor at the Royal Hotel.
About fifty prominent residents of the town were present, and Mr. Garrison spoke with much felicity on the marked progress made in the various reformatory movements in England since his previous visit.
After touching upon temperance, education, the extension of the franchise, municipal suffrage for women, and the Contagious Diseases Acts, he enlarged, by request, upon the duty of the State to provide secular education only, not knowing at the time that several of his hearers were unsettled on the question, which was then being discussed, and that his utterances were helping to clear their minds.
A drive with Sir Harcourt Johnstone through his fine estate,3 with its model farmhouse and stables, and its ancient church dating back eight or nine centuries, was only one of the experiences of the following day, which4 included glimpses of York Minster and Durham Cathedral on the journey to Newcastle-on-Tyne.
John Mawson was no longer living to welcome him to the latter city, but his5 beautiful home at Gateshead remained, and the hospitality of his family was unstinted during the four days of Mr.6 Garrison's visit.
The evenings witnessed successive gatherings of friends to meet him, and a semi-public breakfast was tendered him in Newcastle by Mrs. Butler's7 supporters, to which he consented only because of their earnest assurance that his endorsement would greatly help their cause in the North of England.
Twenty days were allotted to Scotland, the first seven of which were spent in Edinburgh, with Elizabeth Pease8 Nichol.
Very precious and happy days they were, for Huntly Lodge was like a second home to Mr. Garrison, and communion with its dear and honored mistress one of his greatest delights.
Thither came, during the week,
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