Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1901 — Balmoral Castle. [ARTICLE]

Balmoral Castle.

There is an old tradition in the Highlands of Scotland to the effect that the owner of Balmoral dies when the snow lies on a particular spot of Lochnagar, which is rarely covered, even in the severest winters. In fact, according to the local report, the snow has lain there this winter for the first time during the reign of her late majesty. It is not generally known, either, that the custom of stopping the clocks at the moment when a 'Laira ’ dies and keeping them so until after the funeral was practiced at Balmoral Castle, where the clock In the tower was stopped at the hour of Queen Victoria’s death, just as the flag was at once lowered to half mast