The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-24
AN AMERICAN JUDGE ABROAD.
What He Saw, what He Thous"'
and What He Did-A Revue" Oh
Judge Kirkpatrick's Lecture.

Iudge Kirkpatrick's Lecture.
As was iore-snnounced in the REGIS
TER, Judge Kirkpatrick, OF rl'ts,
burgh, delivered lecture On
"Wslks and Talks in Europe
at the United Presbyterian Cnurcn'
on Chspline street, last nlgns'
About three hundred people were pres
emit and greeted the speaker with ire
onent plsudits. The delivery was easy,
happy and in the best colloquial style.
WHAT HE SAID.
Leaving New York city in the Both
MIA, we pass the forts, the lslanos anu
finally Sandy Hook, and are at last a'
sea On the deck is Gustavus AdoIphus'
dressed to Kill. His hat is hobby, MS
gloves are two sizes too small ana Hn
Ulster descends to his heels. de says ne
will not be sick, but wslt-in le"
hours he is the most miserable man OIL
hoard. DR.. Mcclure, o. this church, was
with me on a portion of my tour, ana l
u,II tell YOU how we were affected. After
Going down to dinner / noticed the DOC
tor was rather pale and seemed restless
but being a polite man, be said nothlhg'
and merely rosa and went on deck. An
other friend did likewise, and l, rs L am
not to be outdone by courtesy, "eh' up
also. and there around the SIDES OF the
vessel were dozens ofpeople saying, New
York. New York" in q grutteral voice.
and sacrificing to Neptune. Those pe0ple
who fall in love at sea must nave strons
premonitary systems before hand or
thew never would be developed. Ladies
never 90 to sea on bridal tourl Wheh
Won are three DAYS out you will be mass
of wretchedness lying unGer Waterproof
beside the smoke stack with LOU even
vour good looks remaining. The lesson
taupbt by a sea voyage is, that you are OF
very little size. w hen you go thousand
miles and find your self nowhere IN par
tIculsr. and then you go another
and still another with the same result,
then YOU comprehend the vsstness OF tho
ocean. The first land we sighted was
the lovely green south coast OF Ireland Ireland
Green all over IN wonderiui man o'
The Irish are u remarkably WHY PeoI
nile. so different from the English. l
was IN Cologne once, looking at the
homes of st. Ursula and the ll,OOO muir
dered virgins, with an Englishman. Al
ter few moments OF silence, ne SAID
cts blarsLed humbugi I've beer
counting the skulls, and there's only Z9O.
| said that in America l Knew
of many virgins without heads, ana TINS
might be the way here. "Glrls without
'eadsl! you may ave 'em in Hamerlcs,
but | never saw one IN Hengland with
out an cad" After Cork and Its sur
roundings were described, visit to Blsr-
new Castle was given. "Ihe olarney
stone looks like big hearth stone, Is IZo
feet from the ground and 1t seemed rain
er dangerous to get TO 1t. Dr. - oi
Pitts burgh, was with me, and reasoned
thus. Judges in America are scarce,
and good judges still more so; but doc
tors are AS thick as blackoerrles
and I'll let DR.. - try 1t hrst.
He kissed it rather timidly, and when
nv turn came / made the guides test my
trowsers ard coat to see II they were
strong; then ! was held cut l2O ieet
above ground, and the thought passed
through my mind that never would get
back; but l did, after three hearty smscks
upon the tablet Of this sllver-tongued
people. The Irish say the castle wss
built by the Danes and destroyed by
Cromwell, but everything in Ireland
that is old and in ruins is sure to nave
been erected by the one and torn down
by the other.
| was nearly drowned off the Giants
Causeway by an Irish guide, and WISH
TO warn YOU against two things. Never
believe an Irish guide--that Is the hrst.
| went to Bologna and ate compound
of bad eggs, garlic, sour meat, and vie
vegetables called, Bologna sausage
never eat Bologna sausage that Is the
second.
After this adventure on tho sea where
the only satisfaction | had, was
that the guide was nearly scared to
death, the fellow actually asked
me TO sign his ".ar. rackter." rs he called
it, AID sad that l would do so as to his
beng the biggest liar IN the north OF
Ireland.
next iourneyed through the land oil
the canny Scotch-the longest headed
people in the world-and saw Melrose
Abbey where the heart OF Bruce Is; ex-
plored EdIn burgh, the city OF Scott and
his great company OF friends, ana Where
"A common payer told me when praised
the statue OF John Knox, that Thomas
CARLYLE, in the Edinburg ReoteW, had
proved COnclusively 1t dld not look
like him. Then TO York with It's vast
cathedral and on to the great imperial
London, with It's 100000 OF inhabitants.
listened TO that great preacher spur
geon, to handsome Monsignore Capel
one Of the heroes OF Lothian visited
81. Pauls one Sunday, where the Mayor
of London was entertaining the mayors
from all over the world. | lOItered In
RCttOn Row, whose name has been cor
rupted from Route dc ROi, and did
thousand things | cannot for lack OF
time mention. The English gir.s are
wonderful walkers One pretty young
lady whom met in Switzerland asked
me to walk 70 miles for pleasure. Next
we are in Paris sightseeing IN Yer.
sallles, thinking of Napoleon AT Fontaln-
bleu and watching in the Garden OF Ac'
chamatIon the feeding OF chickens by
machinery. A man with something like
q Babcock Fire ExtingWsher, containing
the most nutriclous food, which comes
out OF tube, puts the mouth-piece into
the chickens throat, presses on a lever
with hls loot and the charge OF TODD Is
shot into the bird. Through Germany
AMI Switzerland, where | drank
beer, admired wondrous works
of art and climbed stupendous
mountains pass to Italy-to Milan
with its NEST beautiful women in Europe
to Genoa
LA SUPRRBA-
to the leaning tower of Pisa, 100
Zoo, b;,b I'D II foo, ont OF