St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-15
ST. JOHNsBURY, w. FRIDAY AUG 15 1877

St,n Patrick's Cathedral (at cost ,oi
9laO,0OO), and Rowe,9 the distiller, re-
stored Christ Church Cathedral. A third
church, recently erected just outside
the city, is the contribution OF. another
spiritually" minded person, iFinlater,
the distiller. We visited Trinity Col
lege, and numerous other places of in
terest, but must content myself with
TINS mere mention of the city, and hurry
on. Dublin Castle with it's beautiful
Royal Chapel where the ancient oak
carvings are marvellously fine would
alone merit long description. ...,l..,b
..f CORK AND KILLARNEY. ir., ..,..
Cork, where we next found ourselves,
is not a very beautiful city in itself.
The river Lee flows through the city
ana oroadens into beautiful. bay Just
below. We made two delightful ex-
cursions from this city--one by railway
and boat down to Queenstown, the old
Cove of Cork, and the other by car
riage out to the famous Blarney Castle.
''Kissing the Blarney stonen is practiced
now as in years past, but the process
denands some personal risk inasmuch
as the veritable stone is in the parapet
wall several feet below the aperture in
the inner wall through which the de-
votee thrusts his more or less precious
neck. Indeed, it is necessary to hang
out bodily while some person from be-
hind grasps the legs of the daring in
dividual who desires to touch his lips
to the magic spot.
The first day of our visit to Cork fell
on the anniversary of American Inde-
pendence, and it was decided to cele-
brate the day. Mr.. Curry, the land
lord of the Imperial Hotel, at which
we made our headquarters, cooperated
with us in this matter, and the observ-
ance was fully in keeping with the
occasion. Ofcourse there were speeches.
Mr.. w. II. Hackett, or Portsmouth, N.
H., presided, and your correspondent
was toastmaster. Mr.. II. NJ. Finch, OF
Milwaukee, spoke elOqently in response
to toast in honor of the Queen, and
Rev. c. P. III. Mason, of Chelsea, Mass,
made an admirable speech in answer to
toast in honor OF the President of the
United States. Mr.. George A. Thomas,
OF Portland. Me-, spoke in humorous
vein to ''The Day we celebrate" and
to sentiment in honor of the City of
Cork there was a double response.
Mrs. NJ. A. Butler, of Providence, r.
l., read "The Bells of ShandOn,n and
Mr.. Charles B. Bradley, of Manches-
ter, n. H., sang one of Lovers songs.
''The Star Spangled Banner" was sung,
and as a closing exercise the company
sang one stanza of ''God Save the
King" and one stanza of "America"
From Cork we went to Killarney,
stopping at the Railway Hotel, a mag
nificent establishment which would vie
with our largest American hotels in
everN=ouou We made a series of ex
cursIons to the Gap of DunIoe, Muck
ross Abbey, Ross Castle, Tore Cascade,
and to various other points of interest.
The scenery about the Lakes resembles
that of our own Lake George. The
rich verdure everywhere to be seen
gives freshness and beauty to every
feature, and the forms of the mountains
and the lakes are varied and beautiful.
Killarney and its beautiful lakes would
deserve long letter, but again l must
hurry on. .l.. ....
LEAVING IRELAND.
Reluctantly we left Killarney and re-
turned to Dublin and from thence we
proceeded to the flourishing city of
Belfast, from whence, after a brief but
pleasant stay, we took the Royal Mail
Line of steamers for Glasgow, 100 miles
distant, where we arrived this morning.
DR.. TOurjee and his large party reached
here yesterday afternoon, and have to-
day gone through the Trosachs. We