St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-11-03
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LNAI- "r kILLAESIN, I"Eri,u.
Stu.- - Isl
from i Private Letter.


little tender that came down from Queens
town to the entrance OF TIE harbur t.
meet u, and after Il delightful sail OF
about an hour were ut the wharf ~.
soon rs we were on the street we were
bcsct by Il host of old women and slmc
not 50 old. bc@gin" uS to Give something
to Il poor WILDLY" The impression
made upon Inc by the great number OF
''poor wlilics" i'll Queenstown is that ii
i II poor place Tor Il married man Win"
desires lcn"th of days.
How strange everything looked The
steep hiiI>ides covered with heather and
yellow furZe the little white-washrd
stone cabins with their matched lnrls :;
the funny little donkcy-caris and the
blue, cloaked, white, capped oil women
riding sidcwiSe in thcm-all looked 50
odd that | could not help having a GOOD
laugh i'll the street. lhesr Irish are Il
queer onc->idrI st in all their wa,S In
their ,jauntim"- cars the seats are placed
sidewi-e when riding in their little
carts they sit with their backs TO the
side. or if the cart : loaded they ride
sitting sidcwisc upon one OF the thills or
on the top OF the load. Carriages meet
| ing turn 10 the left instead OF the RIGHT,
and in other ways which 10 not At this
moment recall, do they tly i'll the face Of
Mature In fact it seems tu b. almost
impossible for Pat to do ANYTHING in 4
straightforward manner.
Queenstown is the port Of Cork. and
until within Il few years was called tEc
Cove OF Cork, from which it i about
twelve miles distant, and i iavorite
watering-pacr with the Corkonians
The town is pictur,~luely situated on
steep hillsides Using directly from the
water and from almost every part the
whole Of tn. beautiful harhor can h..
seen.
We had hoped TO hr aide l. - 10y
boat up the river Lee t" Cork, a. the
beauty of the scenery Is greatly praised
ly- tourists, but to our disappointment
| we iouId it would he dark before the
next boat lrtr. and W. were therefore
obliged To take th, train. W. gol first
class tickets but were a little lisappJint-
ell III the quality OF the lrSt-cla In
fact Brother Bull might. if he ~hoU,i
ever "at INTO 4 docile frame. learn two
or three tlin@S from his little iirother
Jonathan over the water, in regard TO
railroalng The cars, both lrri"ht and
smaller than Ours that iheir riiiroading
seems almost like BOYS play. nutwith-
Standin" the Understanding" names they
givc some OF their lines. Alter locking
uS into our compartments. like Il lot OF
criminals, Il man very much silver
mounted. called the ''4uard' Conductor
with us) llows ON whistle he wears Oh
silvercd chain around hi~ neck. Il noty
sonnlin" very much like the alder whi~-
ties used t. make whrn boy; the
locomotive replies in Il slriller tone, aS
ii some one were blowing on a lar"2 KEY,
and away We 90. No conductor comes
alUn: 10 announce the ,tatinl-. AMI pa
Scngcrs are left t" iimd ont a~ they best
can when they have reached "thr llyeu~
where they would he.
The railway passes aion. the bank OF
the Lee. - that We diI not entirely lose
the scenery On the WAY. We >taiI at
the Imperial Hotel. a largr, ramhlin@
oh builGing. nr Coh"rric> ul huildIn";,
and called the best in Cork. but it would
make poor exhibit alon"-iIe some ui
our Boston hotels, although the food
was excellent.
Wednesday, it being rainy, We took =
covered iauntihc ear and drove cut t.
Hiarnev Castle. OF this and the Groves
OF Barney ! will not attempt any de-
script n now tor want ut time. prefer
ling too, to reserve thai pleasure until
can do il hv word ot mouth, which my
deyuut osculatiDn ut the tar famed stone
in Barney Castle trust may enable mc
10 do il more eloquent lam'ua"r than my
pen can command.
The substantial character Of everything
one secs here cannot fail to strike an
American. The walls and houses (all OF
which are OF >tonc) are huilt ~ II intend
ed Ia last tor a2eS, Is indeed many Ui
them have. Another thing that | no
tIced with some surprise WAS the lack OF
any Ion" block Of buildings "i Uniform
design ike Franklin and Peal streets,
and the State street blocks. Ii the
greatest possible diversity were sought
the variety Of architecture could hardly
be greater than it l., and tic same j.
true of Dublin
We lett Cork Thursday morning, 'th,
and reached Killarney about noon. On
arriving at the Royal Victoria Ilo:cl
ut once made inquiries about trip
through the Gap OF Dunloe, and thence
down through the lakes hy boat, and
was told that a party were just forming
for the excursion. We were on our way
in few minutes and after riding nine
miles reached Kate kcarncy's 5 cottage, at
the entrance ot the Gap, where we were
Obliged 10 change our carriage for ponies.
On reaching the head Of the Upper Lake
we found boat with tour rowers and a
basket OF sandwiches AMI ale, sent up
from the hotel to meet US. The ride
down the lakes was delightful. We stop
ped at and rambled over innisiaIen Is
land, which Sargent in his Skeleton
Tours calls the most beautiful pace i'll
the world. 1t contains the ruins Of an
abbey founded about 600 \. ID. Those
old monks built strong and we'll in those
days, for Il great part of the walls are
; standing But the ivy there is almost a.
} great an object Of interest as the ruins
l lis it also Is at Blarney, Mucross Abbey