, 1859-10-17

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L.xze,cr, 11lana, Sept. i, 1ssa.
1t was L fair summers evening, tina. rs sat
on the coac!,.top, coming iu from kiIla!oe, 1ny
companion, pointing to the dim aud distant old
Cathedral and the far house.tops, said, a. Well
come to the fair citv Of the broken t.catv!" 4
few moments more and the CallopinE horses,
rfad that their ;ournev YVES nearly done. lad
broush. u. over the little river that ruus into
tho SI,.,,o, ~ ~ ,r.ra l., .h. .tx of inner.
~ r"N @aN ,-.. -. aad c.;,
tc1, famous Tor gloEes. 5aee, se4moa 0oo INT
women. 1t was quite dark when We entered the
ro,w t,,, .,a cao-,,o s,ro.t ,rr, hrJ,i.nt,v
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lighted oy Tue hunoseas o. snoP "lnao"a "'oos
that tlronged thorougtfare- All Limerick
sccmed In be in the street. and after disnouut-
80 a., 80 ;. ,;,,1o 5;n,a,,t Ia
'og IRON LIE c9Asu' "a' n'o. aau1-'' ~
work my wny against such t1cc Of llle aa swept
down George street. did not know the nnme
M, ,,,c ,o,s,;tx .f , s;no,e 1,otc, Int n1unred
IVA '"e 'e'
up one street and down another, TO Tue flSeh
r,onr 1r.c,ied ,p,os;,e ,ne n modest building.
-, 1rt.,
wen hsn'ea, anu having Tue name n.'os 1aole'
in front. This seemed to be nn int'mat'on to
sion. and 70 to the GIobo Hotel went, aud
t,,a1 = a,;.. ,ro,1 lont h,,e.
''aao = a1'e', "sA
Limerick, as found IN my next morning
walk, is c;ty Of strong contrasts. There ere
,,,r.n a;:-;,r. :, ;. ,cooranb;rat,v snen1-inr-z
.''es e'' '.'eA7 " ~. ~ ~, .1~.. ~. IT,. r.,
The new to"n, 1ne u" to"o' "nu LIE A'4en
town.
Til. new town looks the cheerful look Of
~. - A.. 1.,.,. .bo,r1, ,-.,l 1,,,;,t ara or
eoe1' LUZ '~N noa s
BRICK OF bro"nlsh hue anu COARSE apleas'
aucc. aud this part Of the city has aombre rs
| well rs an unfinished look. The city has in
creased rapidly Of late. it is cvidens, and seems
10 he now in thriving circumstances.
The old OF English tosn contains the houses
which we're once the finest in the city, and
which were occupied bf the English during the
famous siege so graphically pictured bJ Mac-
auiay. Tue occupation Of the English army was
followed By the settlement of many os tn: SOL
der. alter the treaty WAS signed, md SO the ar
cicnt port Of the city bears the name Of the old
| or English town. There are very few English
residents in tile city now, as is evidenced b. the
| fact that with nearly seventy thousand Roman
Catholics in the city, there hut fire Thousand
| protestants ol ull denominations. The part nnv
1
| sem1lles some quarters Of our American cities
| in which old aud handsome houses urc snrTeu-
dered TO the Irish, and speedily present the as'
| pcct Of squalvr aud decay.
| The Irish town is distinc. from both, mud
consists If small low houses, many Of them
| thatcbed and having distinctiyely Irish look.
Most of them are but a single story III height,
| and nearly all have u little grocery, or liquor
| store or bakery in front. with a retreat tor the
family in the rear. Looking ia, you can see tile
usual cuntepts Of an Irish store OF huuse. dirty
children, an old rickeiy chair Or two. u put fur
general cooking, noudcscrirt box, uutl a iilt!e
! collection Of dirty bottles mud 1T markcd arti
= cles for su1e. Still, it is but 1utr to sav that
these Irish stores ure .nnch neafcr And much
more attractive on their own side Of tile Atlantic
| than on OUTS, and one can walk through street
after street OF such u place rs Limerick with no
As was sauntesiur alon. in .seRrch of the
lipps Of Limerick, locking alter its fine church,
es. the cathedral, the castle, u,,d the stoue on
which the treaty between James forces and
Williams was signed after The siege Of Liner
jck. 1 saw q funeral procession having Que or
two uniuue features The teagse was pseced.
eli by two priests With white around their hats,
and With White tnautIcs. wrapped like bjnEl-
lsnder's shawl around their bodies. Tile learse
c.m,. npxt surmouptcd with white pu,nes.
This produced str-nSc aud almost sturt1ing
effect. 70 iucoucruous we're the learse aud tie
white plumcs thc black garments worn BY the
mourne,s and the white snantles Of the priests.
The white used, denoted that tile deceased per-
son was unmarried at the funeral Of married
person only black is worn.
Not far from this cheerful funeral was real
Irish spectacle, which an Irish friend ut my
activity, There was an otl-f4slioncd engine,
| ut which about fifteen men were at work, filling
one Of tile citv tanks with water. The slowness
with which they pumped was marvel. Had
any one been very tired, it would have becn NJ
most possible fur him to lfarc taken short nap
while the beam was going up, between one
| stroke mud auntl,er Such deliberate laz,ness
| never before beheld. cyeu anupg men paid by
| the public funds. The captain Of the company
| had Que hand upou the beam. and looked
| twic to Sec whether the man was really awake
| or not. His face denoted perfect coutent,nent,
not a thought no. u care could be traced ou lis
open counlenance as he stood with his hat
| ,hrovn back at IN aurle Of foIty-five. My COM
/ panon. Limerick gentleman, burst into herr
ty laugh, aud called upon ME to wait and see
whether some one would not fall dead with
| such oyer-exertion. II WAS indeed funny
spectacle, but will not say it was characters
tcalIy Irish. although i mny with truth be said
shat The Irish labor much harder in our country
than they do in their own.
Limerick has some things which arc more IN
terestlug to the visitor than thcy can be 10 thu
render; and on sucl, will not liugeF. Its his
I
lnuuy readers tue siege OF limerick mud its he
roic defence during the invasion Of William, HI
equally interesting with tue siege aud detenc
| of Londonderry. Tie ancient Cathedral la
associations tnnnected with that siege Thlc!
snake it interesting; for from Its high tower
cannon threw shut with great eIeet. Two Q
the balls which struck it may still be seen as
. | tachcd to the cathedral walls. There 1s II
nous peal of bells in this cathedral which has
vide reputation, aud many traveller turns ou
Of the vay to hear their sweet chime The
we're cast by an Italian, il is sald. md placed
one Of tho bell towers Of lis own country; by
!. IN the distractions Of that country, the bell
rcre stolen aud removed, no one knew wler'
. They were taken to Limerick aud placed in il
cathedral; and the Italian set out Oh foot to iln
e | them and listen to their music As he VT
wandering along the bnnks Of the Shannon, au
;. was approaching the city Of his destination, Il
cathedral bells pcaled the hour Of eveuiu
b. | nsayer, The old man heard the sound Of II
i lost chine, and, weary with his journey n
l. faint with hunger, he sank under both, aud die
with the music ripg ging in his ears
II or course wished t. hear the bells made +
L nous bv SO interesting legend, but Mt II
q lime Of n1y ritit the cathedral mas undcrgoi.
= repairs and the bells were ncver rung. ciar
bcred up into tie bell tower, however, goir
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