Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-06-16

inside the tOOt-DOard ana uutloE Guo ti"t
run the two wheels. In short. the p4ssen-
gers sit back to back, eacl side being like
the steps OF a staircase. You sit on one
step, rest the feet on the one below, aid
recline with the elbows Oh the ono ABOVE
he driver has IN elevated perch on the
end Of the box between the shats.
Five miles ii 10 through the romaatlc
scenery of the river Lee brings Us to
Barney Castle, which now consists of
massive tower about 40 feet high, and
another lower buil1ing less substantial, hut
t. all appearances almost as lmpregnable
as the Cas- le proper. 1t Is said To nave
been built by the wife Of the Earl Of Des-
mond, Ia 1449, AMI il situated IN most
beautiful grove, which is the subject OF the
celebrated soug, the "Groves OF b arney.
Since this written the place has ga1neo
a wonderful notorlety fOr-
There is stone theIe.
That whoever kisses
Oh he never misses
To grow eloquent
A clever epouGer
He'll sure tuI out or
An and outer,
To be let al1Ie!
| Don't hope hI2der iIi.!,
Or to bewlder him.
sure he's ii grim
| From the Blarnoy osoae."
| The best Of the joke Is THAI th7 genuine
| Blarney Stone is near The top of the tower
| and very dangerous To reach. Ino height
from the ground is more than hundrt
! feet and most OF the travellers are content
to reach it with the hand, aud KISS It,
which the guide assures them IS quite sui
Gcient to convey San eloqueuce So tiAiGer-
,ng ana persuasive that nothing can res!sS
it," Howeve, brave little girl belonging
| to a party before us was not content with
this, but actually persuaded her friends to
tie a rope round her body, and lower her
| down to the stone, when she Kissed IL TO
her hearts content.
There is lake near the Castle, which
the guide informed US was enchanted, and
that If a person rowed to the middle Of 1t
he would imagine himself surrounded by
flames of fire, but being rather pressed for
time we did not make the experiment.
These Irish guides and.car drivers are
odd creatures. They tell you the most
wonderful yarns about almost every place
Won visit, and should you at times feel dis
posed to make light of their stories, and
question the truth of them, you incur their
severe dispeasnre. One Of them cooily IN
formed us q few days ago, while passing
DunIuce Castle, that the place was eleven
hundred years old, and that the man who
, bain it died only last year In reply TO
our endless questions they invariably say
sit is SOW, ".or "It is not SOW" or "suro
your honor has it entirely" instead of our
: usual response yes or nc. We had pluck
r q
were in the act of adding some OF thu
beautiiu ul yellow buttercnps when the dr1-
. | ger intimated with a gentle cath that 1.-The
o, cen and the orange would never do to-
@ oether, yer honor" The flowers ere, how
ever, blended iu beautiful harmony on the
! green lawns, and In some fields the dal-
\ sizes are so shlckiy spread among them as
, to give the appearauce OF light tall o.
= snow.
We returned 10 Cork in time to take the
e train for the Lakes of Killarney th5 sam E
! dav. a dis ance of about sixty-tve miles
l.. Tae railway cars in Ireland are the same
z as used in England aud Scotland, though
n oerhaus not so we'll furnished. 10 one &C
- custom. to the American cars the Eng
It lish style is very uncomfortable In th'
( ! tirst-class Carriages there are three dl7is
V ions. oach furnished with velvet stuffed
chairs for six persons. This would b
, very pleasant arrangement for
: small D 4rty occupying one compartment
@ h It TO be shut up for hours in these clcS
IS quarters with a disagreeabie person woul'
IL be anything but cneettu!. one might o'
], locked up with a madman and be murder
5 ed at di ere ion, aud no one on the trad
$ DO the wiser for an hour or two. FMS ar
v rsncement, however, has lis ivauta &c
er as we'll. The second-class carriages Al
Ut also divided, but seat sixteen Ia each Con
partment while the divisions IN the thlrC
4 class accOmm odate thlrty-slx persons
It, Zoe average fare, hrst-class, per mlle'
NJ about tive cents IN our paper currency; !
. tne second G as three and q half Cent
III and IN the t,lIrd-ciass two cents. The te
u egraph is he greatest convenience We hn'
III About q wear ago the government Pu
d clasel all the telegraph system IN u
nd klug ION and iuco;p rated 1t in the po
rk otfi;1 department.. Toe charge for 'el
,ot graphing to any point In tie hlngHom
nd now, for twenty words besides the azure
ar and signature, one shilling, or tWent
ole seven cents our currency; tor thirty wDr
b, forty ems, and tor fifty words sixty elS
Oh CENTS Tue government IS u eLdeaVL
+, If ing to purchaee all the railways In 1relan u
ed IN order to esta abiIsh a proporuonately Il
i rat. for travel SLoud this be accot
it. pIshed it will indeed prove boon to t
poor peop.e
We The Lakes of Killarney are vel wort
ing of all tnat has been SAID and sung IN tn
ID raise. A. we sail through one and II
As0 another, We find 1t hard to det7fnl
which is the most beautiful. The COLI
ing of the foliage and the beautiful gre
vrTdure that lines the sLoce OF the lo7
lake together wi b the numerous lslaI
of and luxuriant vegetation, especially OF
, NJ arbutus, whose fresh green tints contr
ten so well with the grey locks amo
an which it grows. is enough to dellt
and heart OF an artlst' Inc ha6 H.
ling bold mountain III 'l,e upPl pPl go f,oro
and Of whicn Is eleVen hunuio! 80 o- -
are sea lever. Near LIE pleoiPio Irt
! to to- brought to grief by some verturesome F
de, sons, VINO SWING oyer ane peo,P.o ~ 70,
"f birds, which are much sought after, I
on- command a high price. The echo II
ole this and the surrounding rocks is very Il
ban nod hy a hnQl9.
osed and When a"aKeneo ny o' ons1o
mu ed nearly cioAen t1o; o-oa,i,
a-e Iond. and then after "a interval fair
~ and fainter, until. after pause, agai1
n of rises from some distant glen, then