The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-10-08

inal letter from Europe, dated Edin-
burg, 4th May, 1878, thinking it will be
found interesting whether or not, in all
respects, correct:
We left the Irving House in Phil
adelphia at 6:30 a. IN. on the 9Th Of
April, arrived at 10 a. m. and went
at once on board the Cmard ROYAL
Mail Steamer algeria. and at 8 p. m.
left our wharf for Liverpool, but
came to anchor off Sandy Hook on
our arrival there, on account of
gale blowing at the time, accompa-
MED by thick fog. and did not leave
our anchorage until 5 a. m. of the
10th, when we proceeded to sea.
From this until the following Sunday
afternoon everything went on pleas
antly, but about 3 p. m. heavy foe
set in, with falling thermometer.
This was rather unpleasant. as it was
utterly impossible to see an object
the width of the vessel. At I1:30p.
IN. the temperature of the air went
to $50 and the water to 80. so there
was not the shadow of doubt that
we were in field of ice and proba-
bly, near one Of the large bergs. How
ever, our fears were soon put to flight.
for soon after midnight it got sud
denly warmer and at 4 a. m. the foe
had disappeared and the remainder
Of our voyage was both pleasant and
smooth.
On the following Saturday night
near midnight we arrived off, and
landed at Queenstown. Ireland. and
by a. m. of the goth of April we
were fast asleep in a quiet bed on
terra firma.
20th-rose at I Il. m.. took a hearty
breakfast. and then the train for
Cork, distant some II miles put up
at the Imperial Hotel (tirst-rate) and
soon after were in a carriage driving
for the far-famed "BlaTney Castle.
distant some I miles. After visiting
this and inspecting it from bottom
to top and or all sides. we went into
the grove, a fine garden ofsome twelve
to fourteen hundred years standing.
but kept in good order, thence back to
Cork where a good dinner awaited
us. After we had done ample justice
to our hosts hospitality we went for
a walk and did not return till after
10 p. M, having visited the docks,
principal churches, some benevolent
institutions and nearly every back
street. or what we sometimes call the
''slums," az | was anxious to see how
the poor tired. and we had a good
opportunity for it was Sunday and
the poor were all at home.
There is some dissipation but not
as much as | expected to see, but
they live very dirty and in miserably
bad tenement houses. The city of
Cork is large. has fine docks for ship
ping and has q very large business, the
streets are generally wide and well
paved, but it is badly furnished with
drinking water. Everything looks
old about Cork, even the children. al
though not so much as their churches.
From here we went to "Killarney,"
and saw about everything there is in
the town, on the lake, on the noun
tains and in the neighborhood.
Among other things the asylum for
the insane, the prison, all the church
es, etc. The lakes and scenery
around Killarney are very beautiful.
and very delightful to all Americans,
especially those who arrive there
from steamers fresh from the United
States. There is not much industry
in this place or its neighborhood, so
after a few days we left for and ar
rived at the old town of Limerick.
Everything here is old as in Cork.
Guide books and hasty travellers
will tell you that Limerick is the
place to get hose, fish-hooks and
gloves. Now you will, | think, give
me credit for not taking anything
for granted that / read or that
is told me (for it has never been my