Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-13

call it 80.
This locally celebrated ''Hill'' is what
your bEISe tourists would term, moth
| ing to speak of as hill" Neither is 1T;
it is rather an agreeable ascent than any
deserving of more imposing name.
but When YOU stand ON the top of it, and
look over. the various scenery 1T COM
mands. the term magnificent" may well
indeed be conferred on the whole with
out fearing that the speaker will say too
much. In front of you Is the "Bay OF
Dublin" second to none other IN the
world for variety and beauty On one
side the charming landscape which
stretches on to '.Brayhead, Is before
YOU, dotted with pasture-lands, villas,
plantations, through which ''meanders, !"
for we may say so, the Dublin and Wick
low Railway, edging the shore. and Civ
ing additional life and animation to the
picturesque scene; on the other side you
have variety again; beneath You, almost
/ In the harbOr of kingstOwn, with its mag
nificent f'piers," its fleets of large vessels
and small. The citizens of Dublin have
now made this their fayorite ground in
summer for ''picnics' and who find there
every accommodation necessary for the
pleasant consummation of "a rural fete :"
1t was on this charming hill, then, /
found myself about noon, and after wan
dering over the ground and admiring its
beauties for an hour or two, began TO
perceive that numbers of holiday-makcrs
1 began to crowd the scene accompanied
by their ''helps, male and female, some
assisting In the transport of hampers and
baskets, and others anxiously looking out
| for and supervising their proper setting
down, and taking care as they did SO that
pie-crTlsts wore their normal appearance,
| that champagne TASKS were unbroken,
and that neither s'salt nor mustard"
| (which every picknicker contrives some
how or another to forget was in this par
ticular instance mislaid or forgotten
1t is to be observed that there is an
''ObeliSk" topping this hill, raised there,
as have heard, as a sort of landmark for
vessels approaching the shore Near to
this obelisk stood, when was sudden
ly aroused by slap on the shoulder, ac-
cOmpanied in n moment after by stem
tOrian but exceedingly pleasant voice,
roaring into my ear the unexpected ex-
clamation of,
"What in the world are you doing here,
old fellOw?"
1t was question under any 'circum-
stances easier to ask than TO answer, and
so felt it at the moment to be; so / sud
denly confronted my questioner, and an
swered him by the simple monosylable,
''Sirr
In moment the strangers for such
he was) hat was in his hand, and in the
spirit of Irish gentleman, whose tongue
seldom fails him, his answer was ready
and his apologies amply and frankly
made. He had mistaken me for another,
and made his excuse for the liberty he
had taken with my scapula In a spirit of
earnest sincerity which went to my heart
at once.
Our mutual explanations led to further
discourse, in the course of which told
him my name and occupation, and learn
ed from him that he was solicitor in
good practice, and had been detained in
court later than he wished-it was then
five o'clock; and his family and friends
had preceded him to ''the hill, +" and were
now, he supposed, either murmuring at
his delay, or soothing their ruffled spirits
over quarters of lamb, chicl1en-pie, and
such like calmatives to a wounded mind.
Il suppose" he said to me at last.
''that you are about to be engaged in
pretty much the same way as myself, and
therefore ii is unfair i'm me to detain Won
longer from your friends
Il have no friends here" was my an
swer, ''and / am only ON tour of inspec-
ton, and mean to go hack to dinner at
my hotel"
''By your leave, then" he said to me,
good-humoredly, won shall do no such
thing, If / can prevent it. am as hun
cry as hawk myself, and / could not
reconcile 1T to my conscience to send a
man seven or eight miles to look for his
dinner, when Il tolerable meal is within
q stones throw of him. Do me the favor
to waive all ceremony, and to take what
in Ireland we call pot luck with me
once in a way"
''But as a stranger, sir, have no claim
to your hospitality"
Pardon me-" he interrupted; 'syou
have Just stated the best claim any man
could give to another for sharing his crust
with him-at least so we think in Ireland,
at all events As to your being q stran-
ger, and all that, 1T is all got over in a
moment, and | will manage to spareyour
| bushes. viii introduce you to my wife
1 dS SUCH
is your name, you say-an English client
of mine, Just arrived, and whom / have
induced to accompany me. But we are
wasting time meanwhile, and if we den't
quicken our movements we shall come
IN for the flag end of the feast"
TO hungry and solitary man such an
offer was not to be refused, and follow
ed my impromptu host, and in ten min
utes found myself introduced in q round
robin sort of a way to party numbering
at least forty people-some young, some
old, and some middle-aged; some of the
male sex, some of the female, each and
all of whom seemed to take my intrusion
as a compliment, and to be delighted that
another item was added to their social
aggregate.
YES, my love, said my Jolly new friend
to his wife. a very distinguished looking
lady, whose eye glanced pleasantly at
both me and him, 81 assured Mr.. Gran
than that you would be delighted to vel
come him, and that Hlhe did not like
your cookery he need not try it again
By-and- by he viii repay you in more ways
than one, for he sings like an angel, and
will join Egelina there in duet that, as
Shakespeare has it, would draw nine souls
out ofone weaver, so that your hospital
ity shall not be squandered for nothing
on nobody" ~ ol Sivi sac -aa "a
''But never sing with angels, papa, -
said the brilliant Eyelina, a bright and