The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08

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door below by the .garrulous old wo-
man who keeps tue Keys, but We knew
better than that. The Blarney stone
is Mt the top of thetower, but it is as
much as mans life is worth to kiss
it,jas if reqailes an amount of gymnas-
tics | did not possess. However, the
Irish firmly believe in its power
They say:
Like a,magnet its influence such is,
Attraction it gives all il touches,
If you kiss it, they say, from that blessed
You may kiss whom you please with your
II Dlarney. .-a .at Is s5
We had all the afternoon in Cork, |
and We're able to call upon an Irish
family where / saw the real Irish hos
pitality, including the IN evitable
whisky. AS ten O'clock we took the
train for Dublin, and here I first saw
the power of a sly shilling. My friend
and myself wanteaaa whole compart-
ment in q railway carriage, and by
wink at the porter aud the offer of
couple shiiiings, we got the whole
compartment. Tie guard locked the
door and shouted "tlis compartment
all full" dublin was reached about
FIVE o'clock in the morning, and we
had time to run out to Phoenix Park
.nl visit thu N, comments ~ C,,,l,,;ll,
street.. At ten o'clock we crossed the
channel, siXty-fonr miles in thee hours
by the celebrated Irish mail steamers,
and on landing at Holyhead took the
train and took the most romantic ride
in the kingdom, through North Wales.
The run of two hundred and ten miles
was made in two hours and ten minutes
without stopping. We had two or
three hours in Chester, quaint and
very old city, and time to visit the
celebrated cathedral. But m Il
hurry on through Liverpool, Manches-
ter, and come to the great London.
London, it seems to me, will not strike
one as being any larger than New
York. Certainly there is no IL C h
splendid street as Broadway. 1t is not
until you have passed days in riding
in every direction that you arc i'm
pressed with it's vastncss.' l rode
every morning for five days on the
tops of the .'houses," and it is the
easiest and cheapest way Of seeing
London, as we'll as Paris. My first
ride was through Cheapside, Ii e
Stand, Pail Mall, and Fleet street, and
afterwards l went in other directions.
Of course You may visit St. Paul's
Cathedral, which is a very dingy and
dirty pile, and Westminster Abbey,
where l stood for a long time over
Charles Dickens tomb. The guide
told me that every one inquired, as
soon as they entered the Abbey, for
the grave of Dickens, fact which
tells well OF the estimation in which
Dickens was held. The grave lies be-
tween Sheridan's and Samuel John
sons. While wandering around the
poets corner saw the inscription, go.
fare Ben Johnson" Crystal Palace,
the Kensingten Museum and all other
celebrated places, Igaye hurried visits.
For two pounds bought Il ticket from
London to Paris and back.
"sEE PARIS AND DIE"
has far more truth in it than one
would suppose. Even now, in its
ruins with the dreadful marks of the
war and the Commune to be seen on
every side, Paris is q beautiful city,
Many of the buildings are being re-
Ipaired, and the city is fast beginning
they told me, its old life and gaiety
The theatres and gardens are all open
and business getting on its old footing
| took ride to Versailles, but every.
thing was so strictly guarded by the
soldiers that there was little pleasure
in going around. After returning tt
England, took a rapid trip through
Scotland, which / have not space t.
describe. z r.
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And now few words about thu