0LIDDO:N'S,: : STIRMNOSHIRE ; KEITH & RALSTON, ^ COOKS and CONFECTIONERS, * 23 Port street, STIRLING, & Henderson Street, BRIDGE OF ALLAN. Wedding Cakes, Marriage Dejeuners, &c., also all kinds of Family Confectionery, la a First-class Style, all made from the best Materials, and at Moderate Prices. Orders from the Country punctually attended to. PHOTOS. OF CAKES SENT ON SIGHT. OTrer 300 I»arools of H ARPER'S 2/- TEA SOXjI> I>./V.X3Li:E', AND STILL INCREASING. THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS from all parts of Scotland recom- mending the EXCELLENT QUALITY and GREAT ECONOMY of HARPER'S CELEBRATED 2s. TEA. PURE INDIAN TEA, 2/6 per lb.—simply perfection. Teas delivered Free to your House in any quantify from i lb. and upivards, in any part of Scotland, England, and Ireland. SPECIAL BARGAIN in PURE INDIAN TEA, Semi-broken Golden Tip—2/2 per lb. A most delicious Tea, a marvel of cheapness and quality ! Graham's 3-Diamond I2-Year-0ld PORT WINE, 23/- per dozen 2/- per bottle. A rare Invalid's Wine, equal to Port sold elsewhere at 2/6 and 3/-. Very nourishing and invigorating. Campbell's ii-Year-Old SHERRY, 23/- per dozen; 2/- per bottle. A Rare Old Dry Sherry—special for Invalids. The above Wines are a proof of zuhat the Cash Trade can do. Groceries and Provisions Retailed at Wholesale Cash Prices. 1873 Gold Medal WHISKY—2/6 and 2/11 per Bottle. PORT AND SHERRY WINES, 5 to 22 Years Old—1/3, 1/5, 1/8, 2/-, 2/6, 3/-, 3/6, 4/-, and 4/6 per Bottle. PATENT MEDICINES, PERFUMES, &c., at Wholesale Cash Prices. TEA AND WINE IMPORTER, GROCER & PROVISION MERCHANT, 36 BAENTOIT ST., STIRLINa. Largest Retailer of 2/' Tea in Scotland. Full Price List at the Warehouse. National Library of Scotland j iiijiiiiiiii *B000164153* ' v. « BILLS BILLS BILLS BILL-HEADS CARDS CARDS CARDS ADDRESS CARDS PAMPHLETS PAMPHLETS PAMPHLETS PAMPHLETS. PAMPHLETS DELIVERY NOTES DELIVERY NOTES DELIVERY NOTES HAND-BILLS. HAND-BILLS MEMORANDUM NOTES MEMORANDUM NOTES MEMORANDUM NOTES MEMORIAL NOTES AND CARDS FUNERAL & MEMORIAL CARDS FUNERAL & MEMORIAL CARDS FUNERAL & MEMORIAL CARDS FUNERAL LETTERS AND INTIMATION NOTES CIRCULARS . CIRCULARS . CIRCULARS CIRCULARS CJRCULARS CIRCULAPS CIRCULARS CIRCULARS CIRCULARS And all kinds of General Printing Executed with Neat- ness, Accuracy, and Despatch, at "The Stirling Journal and Advertiser" Office, 5 KING STREET, STIRLING. The Printing Office has been greatly enlarged and a considerable quantity of new type added. THE STIRLING JOURNAL & ADVERTISER (ESTABLISHED 1820), Issued every Friday, Price One Penny, Is the Popular Local Paper, and the most Influential Advertising Medium in the Midland Counties of Scotland. THE BRIDGE OF ALLAN REPORTER Is published every Saturday, containing a List of Visitors at that favourite Spa, and circulates far and wide. Money Orders payable to the Manager, Mr. J. L. Hutcheon. CRAWFORD & CO., MeFcanfile Stationers, Booksellers anb Bewsaaents, 7 KING STREET, STIRLING. :o:- LEDGERS, JOURNALS, DAY BOOKS, and CASH BOOKS, ruled and bound to order. Stock of ordinary Rulings always on hand. A Select Stock of all kinds of Stationery. BOOKS—Large Selection. News Agency—Daily and Weekly Newspapers, Weekly and Monthly Periodicals, are delivered all over the Town to Subscribers immediately on pubHcation. nigitJTfprl hy Xhe \n\f?me\ Arr^hive J, M^KINfevAYot'a®; SON, CLOTHIERS. Ladies' Jackets and Riding Habits. Military Outfits and Highland Costumes. Every effort is made to give satisfaction, and, by strict attention to the wishes of the customer, to secure further support and recommendation. GRAHAM & MORTON, ;*»*»Ei ' Household, Estate, and other Lists on AppHcation. http://www.archive.org/details/stirlingshirebur188687dun THE STIRLINGSHIRE (BURGH AND COUNTY) DIRECTORY, WITH WHICH ARE INCLUDED DOUNE, DUNBLANE, CALLANDER, &c., FOR I886-I887. PUBLISHED BY J. S. ROWE^GLIDDON, 2 Willison Street^ Barrack Street^ Dimdee. PRICE TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE. THE STIRLING CARRIAGE WORKS (ESTABLISHED 1805) AND CAERZAGE SHOW BOOMS. ESTIMATES CARRIAGE S AND Let on Hire DRAWIN'GS WITH FOR ALL Option of Purchase Kinds of Carriages FORWARDED FREE. HARNESS i. OF A LARGE Every Description Stock of New AND Secondhand ESTIMATES CARRIAGE S FOR always on hand. REPAIRS. GEORGE THOMSON, ©"arriage ;®iul&er anb JKJarneea P^aher, STIRLING- ^r STIRLINGSHIRE, ONE of the most important and beautiful counties in Scotland, is situated partly in the Highlands and partly in the Lowlands ; bounded on the east by the county of Linlithgow and the river Forth, on the south and west by Dumbarton- shire, on the north by the shires of Perth and Clackmannan (which latter county touches it also on the east), and on the south and east by portions of Lanarkshire. Its boundaries are in many places distinctly marked by water-courses or lakes—the principal boundary line on the north being the Forth, the Avon f)n the east, the Kelvin river on the south, the Endrick water on the south-west, and Loch Lomond on the west. Its length from east to west is thirty-six miles ; its breadth varies from twelve to twenty miles. The shire comprises an area of four hundred and sixty-seven square miles, or 298,579 acres. The county, from its situation between the Firths of Forth and Clyde, and on the direct passage from the northern to the southern parts of the island, has been the scene of many memorable transactions ; and there are few counties where monu- ments of antiquity are so frequently to be met with ; neither does it yield to any ia point of modern improvements or in the beauties of scenery. The county, as has been said, is partly Highland and partly Lowland. The former, which is the western quarter and adjacent to Loch Lomond, is a mountain- ous district; here the majestic Ben Lomond rises to the height of more than three thousand feet. East from this Highland part the land becomes flat, or gently inclining towards the Forth of the Endrick. In the centre of the county the ground is again elevated into a series of hills, of which those of the greatest altitude are from thirteen to fifteen hundred feet; from one of these eminences, in Kilsyth parish, there is obtained one of the finest views in Scotland ; it is computed to embrace an extent of 12,000 square miles. Many of the hills in the central, and more especially in the southern division, have their sides and even their summits clothed with a fine grass sward, which affords excellent pasturage for sheep. The eastern division of the county consists of beautiful carse land, in many places quite flat, and in others presenting a succession of inclined planes, gradually rising to- wards the south from the rich valley of the Forth. Almost every variety of soil to be met with in Scotland occurs in Stirlingshire ; but the most common and the most fertile in the county is the alluvial or carse land, which occupies manj thousand acres on the banks of the Forth. In this species of soil there are beds of shells, clay, marl, and moss. In the western and central districts, on the banks is of the rivers, the land generally of a light and gravelly description ; while patches of rich loam present their surface to the husbandman in other parts of the county. From the great variety of the soil, the system of agriculture in Stirlingshire naturally cannot be uniform, nor its produce equally abundant or limited to any particular species ; large crops of wheat, barley, beans, peas, turnips, potatoes, &c., are raised ; the culture of artificial grasses has also been very generally adopted in this county. The extensive ranges of moor in the upland district are exclusively- devoted to the feeding of numerous flocks of sheep, which are of the old black-faced or Highland breed ; there are but few cattle reared, the county being sufficiently supplied by the drovers from the Highlands. Stirlingshire is inferior to few districts of Scotland in the quantity and variety of its mineral productions, the most abundant of which are coal, ironstone, limestone, and sandstone. The principal coal pits are in the southern base of the Lennox hills ; but this valuable article is also obtained in the eastern district, in the vicinity of the Forth and Clyde Canal. Ironstone, limestone, and sandstone are found in the same districts with the coal. The Forth is the principal river in Stirlingshire ; it takes its rise from a spring near the summit of Ben Lomond, and, after receiving in its course the Teith, the Allan, and the Devon, expands into that noble estuary called the Firth of Forth. 3 I u ND I Si, 4«w«ll«rs i Watcljttials^ts, 5 MURf^AY PLACE, STIRLING. JEWELLERY MADE TO ORDER. SILVER PLATE AND PLATED GOODS. WATCHES AND JEWELLERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. FINE CUTLERY, &c. CLOCKS, BRONZES, &c. All at Moderate Prices with Special Discount for Cash. REPAIRS NEATLY EXECUTED. 4 : STIRLING, Cambuskenneth and Neighbourhood. STIRLING is an ancient town, the capital of the county and parish of its name, and a royal" and parliamentary burgh; 3-5 miles w. by n. from Edinburgh, 28 n. by e. from Glasgow, 33^ s. w. from Perth, 11 N.w. from Falkirk, 7 w. from Alloa, and C s. from Dunblane. Like the old town of Edinburgh, Stirling is situated on the sloping ridge of a rock, the precipitous end of which, towards the west, is occupied by the castle. The prospects from hence are most delightful and axtensive; towards the east, especially, they are enhanced by the windings of the Forth, the ruins of the Abbey of Cambuskenneth, the tower of which has been renovated and ornamented at great expense, the Abbey Craig, with Wallace's monument on the summit, and the city of Edinburgh in the distance.