Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-08-15
Cleveland Ror- Abroad.

Our readers will be much interested in tho follow
ing extracts from letters from one Of our Cleveland
boys, Mr.. WILSON s. DoDoE, who took passage
for Europe on board the Massillon. twill be
seen that our boys are enjoying themselves highly
in sightseeing about the old cities Of the United
Kingdom. These letters were written TO friend
in this city, who kindly placed them at our dispo.
sal Besides those found below, we have two
others from Glasgow and Edinburgh, which will
appear in a Gay or two:
on BOARD TRAIN FROM Cork TO DUBLIN,
FRIDAY, July %, 1859,
Well we at last reached the " old sod, after a
pleasant voyage Of twenty.one and a half days
from Quebec During that time we had magnif
cent weather-if anything not haIf wind enough
We had only one rough time, and that was two
days at the mouth of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
1t was a real ocean gale was not the least bit
sick, and Of course didn't lose a meal during the
trip but Charley Rawson was sick two days, and
then got over it, Sometimes the day would hang
little heavy on board ship, but generally we were
lively enough. We sighted land on Sunday last
from the mast head, and took pilot in the eve
ming, arriving off the mouth of the Cove Of Cork
bt O'Clock Monday evening, We were going in
toanchor, but a small boat from Mr SCOTS came
of from shore and said he had orders for US, so
the Captain went on shore, and left the Massillon
outside the harbor in charge Of the mate with di-
rections to stand of aud on until he got back
Then with the Captain, Charley and the crew OF
the small boat, came on shore, and landed at Mr..
SCOTS office MIR. Scott has the handsomest place
in Queenstown. The fences, rs in all Ireland, are
! high stone walls, with hedges growing on top OF
them. AftCr diuner we (El. Yates aud John Mar.
| tin being Of the partly took the boat up to
! Cork, ~ miesl through most magnificent scenery
! Yesterday, Yates, RawsOu aud | went out to
! " Barney Castle,' four miles from Cork, in a
| auntug car, in which you ride two on a seat, and
| sit as when riding IN bus, (sideways) but Te-
versed, for here you sit back to each other, facing
the street. These cars are not covered Blarney
is an old castle built i'm the year TOO The drive Il
it too beautiful TO describe | have seen a great
many fine places and drives, but nothing that could
| come up to thls In fact from what have already
seen Of Ireland, as | have passed alOug through
the cOuntry, think It IS the finest country in The
/ world. You know this is what Bayard Taylor
says Every square foot of ground is cultivated Il
the greatest extent the principal crop being pota'
toes While we were going along we saw all the
men at work getting in potatoes, and tell you
they were fine ones The womtn also work IN
the fields. The roads are narrow, but smooth and
hard as can be- all being maoadamized They arC
marked ont by the stone walls with hedges on top
There are not very many trees, but what there are
are clustered together in clumps of forty or fifty
aud look splenddly.
Well, we got to Blarney Castle and found an old
looking place. The walls Of the ruins are covered
over with ivy and as you walk through, you SEE
flowers growing inside. A great portion Of il has
fallen away tho roof turrets, &c. But the out
side walls solid and firm. At the top is tbC
celebrated "Blarney Stone" which you have hoarC
Of and which, it is said, if you kiss, you can tel
lies without blushing. So taking the maxim
"when you are Rome, you must do as the Roman
do !" of course we kissed the stone. Gates hat
been here three or four days before with Ben
Brownell and the boys. 1t was really worth gonI
a great distance to castle over HOO year
| old. The grounds about were very beautiful,
We returned to Cork and went on board tn
Pierce, and afterwards the Captain, with the Cap
tain and owner of the schr St. Helena, Of Detroit
which is also here and Yates, Rawsou, and my
self went up to the Cork Theatre. II was a fun
ny looking place, but the play was good aud tw'
fine looking ladies sung two songs, the first o
which, "0h Charming May" l applaudod lOudll
as it sounded so hOmoHke. We then returned &
the vessel to be called at this morning to taxi
e the train at @, and here we are, spinning alonl
E through the finest country imaginable. hav
been very agreeably disappointed in my genera
view of things in Ireland so far. l have neve
been as we'll treated in a strange city as since
landed here. Every one is "clever." The eat
ing is good, hotels clean, streets ditto, and th
women, beautiful. We shall be at Dublin nbOu
noon and shall meet Brownell aud the boys
I From Dublin think We will 60 to Liverpool an
. London, then to Paris and then back to Scotlan,
as we all 60 in party this way.
These cars, rather coaches, are altogctho
different from ours They are about half long, m
look like our Cleveland city hack only each ca
is two or three times as big, but the doors at th
p side the same. just like riding in stage, yO
cant 90 from one seat to ano her, nor can the con
' ductor or guard como to you except when the car
q stop. America could teach them something i
!, railway travelling. The fare is very high. 1t
divided into first, second and third class Th
s. first for "big bugs and the seconds most use
The first class coaches but little better tina
our second The faro to Dublin, (l7O miles)
second class, is Gl 2s Sd, or 1902.
b will write more from Dublin.