Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-14
LETTER FROM LONDON.
A TEXAN IN THE METROPOLIS OF
THE WORLD,
cIrst sight ~ Land-Jhs English Light
Houses Incidents % the yoysge-in
Liverpool aud London.
spcrIal Correspondence q The oa,elle.

My former letter was written ~
board the steamship Egypt Nationn
| linc,--tbe l7tli Inst, and was mailed ~
Queenstown, which place we reached
on the 18Th inst, Monday, no mid
4 night. The clouds had been lowering
All day, but nt G:3J O'Clock lnshc eve
ming The sun struggled into sight and
Sc caught first glimpse OF the IRISH
I cOnst. a fca captain belonging u
some other line, but travelling with US
/ called my attention ~ land by saying
| Now you get q first sight Of the bull,
( the COW aud tho calf He aftefwar,l
explained that these are the names
| given ~ the three points on the coast
] first visible on the route from the Uni
/ ted States ~ England Via Queenstown.
| ! suppOse ! was wanting IN proper
appreciation Of 10 welcome and
enjoyable "A sight M Give stock
80 far from home, but confess never
theless TINT couldp't get up any en-
thu,iasu. A huge rock apparently In
! mid ocean only disccrDible ~ NIL aftcr
you have called IN your imagination
| "a aid your eye sight is not Inspiring
even II you do try 10 dignity IL by call
/ Ing IL Il cow" But ~ a rule my fell
fcntIy. ~ all events they jcrked
or their hats aud caps md gave a reg
ulaf yell In honor Of the trio Of bOvlnes.
| was one ~ tile unfortunates who for
got 10 bring M opera glass on board,
hence, while others gazed through
theirs and talked Of their beauty aud
that which they clnimcd they could
distinguish, ] was per JOrcc c0ntcnted
~ take their wOids for it-nnd believe
what | pleased. Later borrowed n
pnlr aud took a peep through them
but possibly the steamship had been
going backwards, Anyway ! didn't
see the beauties about which Others
bad dlscnntcd, which fact reconcicd
me VA measure, TO my misfortune Of
not controlling one. ! ohiy saw low
banks Of rock with never u tree nor n
shrub to break the monot0ny.
However, there vas Gould IrclnndV
aud IN silence ifted my hat In honor
Of the land which has given to the
world 80 many good men, II has been
my good fortune Ia know Intimately
ninpy Of them, now scattered over
America, from the Atlantic TO the
gulf, aud Vt Was for them that | whls-
pcred ~ the language of Campbell,
Erin nhVourcen. Erin 90 brngh ~
M darkness came on aphcs, The
lighl-houtc lamps were lighted aud nd
ded no little 10 the general interest.
The following are all visible Ia cIcnr
weather, while most of them can be
seen IN cloudy weather, to-wil; South
west coast Of ireland, Seedlings Rock,
CALF Rock, Cro0khnven, fAstnet Rock
and kcnsplc Old Head.
On the south coast, Queenstown,
Dnuuts Rock, Itochc's Point, Bally
Cotton Island, MInehond, Dungnfven
and Conlpgbeg lsaltces.i
On the southeast coast Tustnr Rock,
l4ucifer Sllonl mud lIlackwnter Bank.
On the rnrt const ArkloW South
Bank, Arklow North Bank, Wicklow
Hend and Cooling Bank.
From guide book learn that "in
The course Of cutting the rndii Of Nos
~, 10 aud II, tlf any Of your readers
know what That means, II, we leave
the irish const and cutter the region of
English Lights Commencing with
the Welsh coast South stack, Holy
head, Break water, SkcrrleA, Point
Iyhns aud Great Orme ilead.
In the language Of the guide book
again, "pnssing through the area of
TINS light house lGrcnt Orme Head
during which IL Is NJ one time the
only light ylHiblc, we como In sight Of
the cluster which illuminntcs the en-.
trance To the Mcray,n they being n.
follows; Air. on the Welsh coa.t and
Tie Northwest light shin.
fornby light SLIP; Crosby lat shin,
Lenaowo; itock; Hny lake, and Bid,
stow II mpy be- That thls onumern.
Ton OF lights will prove uninterestinp
70 most Ut your readers, but " IL meets
tho eye ~ single one who intends
visiting Europe this summer he viii
DC iutcicsiod aud viii he satisfied.
~ ~ poor satisfaction to have 10 pass
llght after light with no record and
no posted mariner nor traveller, to tell I
YOU M you go along, their names,
\ on invc heard, haven't your that
travellers to Europe are taxed la n I
.houshnd ways Before | landed In 1
Liverpool ! had realizing sense Of the
rum ofiliestatcment Al dinnorou The I
Hth MI itobcltson, one of thr
u member of Joe JeiIer,
onn company, made speech ION
IN the Interest of tie scn.
mems orphan asylum, located AZ Llv-
tpool, In response 10 his appeal 10
ne passengers 10 put their hands Into
hell pockets ana not pull them ont
n'pty, mere was general ruatiug for
hsii' and believe every man present
ave something, This was begging In
good cause, and | have no complaint
? make. But later there were All sorts
subscriptions started. and passengers
fcfe beaet ON every hand with
That tlhs h u deserving
one wont you give somcthingp" Tbs
stewart had his friend, .
no wnuid not have him neglected
nec ne hod not neglected them, I
Iloo.A was also represented by a. ,
lehd' ~ spli of tile hlm that he .
tVor Touched pnir OF boots ON i
~ tf'pi 20 iar ns any one could "a
aIn' Ana every other steward from -
'ah man down wanted aud expected q
,hrtilng' once heard IL suld some. +
heic iilht "beagars oughin't Ia be Il
'ooscfs. but II those bcggnfa didn't n
liuefht W count every penny given /
en- rs II was given, YOU mav Il
" me Town M n flrst-rlnSs 4,
II seemed thnt every d
ar OF them had made up his mind ,,
"ctiy whht every one OF his victims Il
y give him, aud II that victim ~
IN thnto satisfactorily, his deposir ~
= iirNt carefully ne very dellher. -,
ny counted and then ackn0wlr,lyed ~
w auperclliioua smile that was M
ennru % make him feel r.,
= Rohg out aud kicking himsalf IL
9 kr',llenlan who gave hI. tnLie "a
Wh,h ~ SHILLING, equal 10 az 10 r,- H.,
'su ,hls kind OF thanks. aud Inter W.,
'"""ieuHed ~ 4 crowd la the snlnk. III,
nen .iln my chaps smile made ile
!, I" "hd been caught rob. In
iy are su,"r Iti!"Ws rai
prt lIt nm. hard cor