Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-12-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sketches Of Foreign Travel
BIZ Cor. JNo. 4. G1nsoN.
(Contanued.)

My route to Dublin was over the
Great Southern and Western Railroad,
whose very fine station is near Kings
Bridge, which is within throw
of the entrance to Phoenix Park
Kings Bridge is the uppermostof the
many fine bridges that span the river
Liffey, which flows through the centre
of the city. The river might be called
the open cloacG narima, or grand
open sewer of the city, as into it is
discharged the waters from it's system
of drainage. For this reason the river
is filthy and disgusting, resembling
the Clyde at Glasgow, though not as
bad. tits enclosed within high, we'll
built stone walls on either side.
saw no vessels in the river, nor in fact
many or large ones anywhere about.
The commerce and manufactures of
Dublin are not great-not the one half
of that of Belfast. The chief pro-
ducts of its industries are whiskey
and beer, or Dublin strout, which is
found the world over. The manufac-
ture of beer is carried on by n Mr..
Guinness, whose father, the late Sir
B. l.. Guinness, Al. p. for Dublin,
restored and renovated at his own ex-
pense the Cathedral of St. Patrick,
at cost of $500, ,O00-or one hundred
and forty thousand pounds. The
present Guinness is we'll spoken of,
and is considered public benefactor
which he no doubt is, in as far as he
has been the means of substituting
the use of beer by the populace of
Dublin for that of maddeningwhisk
The citizens, 1 know, call for beer as
would Observation-Disclosures from
taste or out of spirit Of patronage
for a great local industry, or to help
the great and famous brewer whose
gains are also the city's gains, I know
not. AT any rate it is well, for in
beer the proportion of alcohol is but
twenty per cent, whereas in whiskey
it is some sixty or seventy per cent 1
am told, and it is the alcohol that
crazes and brutalizes. did not see
drunken man or woman in Dublin,
nor anywhere else in Ireland except
at the regimentaI steeple chases at
the Baldoyle course, some nine miles
from Dublin,' and they did not exceed
a score among thousands. In all my
travels l have seen more open and
abandoned drunkenness of male and
female in London and lower New
York, in day time and at night, than
in any other city. And yet, London
has police force of about 13, 900!
In Scotland drunkenness, while it is
not so open, is yet very prevalent
among both sexes. The women drink
at night and appear fresh in the morn
ing. They are seen in the evenings
at public houses getting their bottles
filled, and on Saturday evening the
trade is quite brisk with both men and
women, as they can get nothing after
10 o'clock, P. NJ, till Monday at 8
A. NJ. All public houses are closed
in Scotland at 10 o'clock, P. NJ, and
are not open till 8 in the morning, ex-
cept at railroad stations, which are
open at 6 O'Clock, but only for the
benefit of travellers. Hotels are al
lowed to furnish liquor TO their guests
on Sunday, but to none others. The
following advertisement appeared in
a daily paper of Edinburgh whilst
l was there, viz:
lady. slightly inclined to intempcrancc,
would like to obtain board aud lodging within
two or three miles of the city"
F" Go to Munster, to Lclnster, to Connaught or
Kerry.
An Irishman sure you will always find merry
Give him wbiskey to drink and praties galore.
He'll fight till he dies, aye, and twenty years
more"
In travelling abroad I always got a
second or third-class ticket, so as to
be thrown among the natives, to see
and talk with them at close quarters.
From Killarney to Dublin / was thrown
among as merry lot of Irishmen as
one would wish to see. They all
smoked short white clay pipe, talked
loud, laughed and sang. The bottle
was passed round and card parties
were numerous. They were very
happy and froIicksome, with devil
may-care sort of dress and demeanor.
They did not think less of me for
being an American, nor did they COM
plain of our country as all English
men did whom l afterwards met, for
not playing Jack-Catch and sending
over to them No. and other Irish
offenders. No aIlusion was made to
the trials of the Phoenix Park assas-
sins that were then going on in Dub
lin. There is no trace of despair on
their face, they seem to be self-reliant
and defiant. They look strong and
hearty, and show great deal Of an
imation and some brusqueness. The
car held thirty-six persons and was
divided into three departments, with
a division between them four feet
high, so that the head and shoulders
of all could be seen by each other
Each department in this car, as are
all cars in Great Britain, is entered
by a separate door from the side.
The seats are long and at right angles
to the direction of the train, so that
half sit with their faces to the front
and half with faces to the rear. They
are very much like our stage coaches
with the middle seat taken out, and
like them have door at each side.-
The door on the side that will be
nearest to the next station is left un-
locked, the other is fast. Those in.
my department were of the mercan-
tile or commercial class; the others,
/ thought, were of the small farmer
class, who were either going to or re-