The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-23
The Wishing Chair at the
Giants Causeway.
RAMBLES OF THE GREEN ISLE.
An Interesting Description OF Some
of the Natural Wonders of Ire
land.
PoRTRUsH, COUNTY AUTRIM.
July29th, 1885.
Correspondence of The HERALD:


north coast of Ireland; and looks out
upon Tough Foyle, one of the finest of
natural bays or harbors formed by the
iuflowing of the Atlantic Ocean. A
great many people spend the summer
months here, because of its natural adj
vantages as watering place. 1t is also
source of very great interest to tour
lists for the reason that it is the nearest
village to the celebrated Giants Cause
way, which is some six miles distant.
and which can be reached by means of
steam and electric trains, and the in
eyitable Irish jaunting car. The coast
in this vicinity is pretty rugged, and
sometimes approaches the majestic, but
is remarkable rather for its peculiar
formation.
On the way out from Belfast-the dis
lance to the Causeway being aboutforty-
five miles-a number of small towns
and cities are passed through, among
the number being Caleraine, celebrated
for its whisky. and by the song in which
is recorded the alleged fact that on a
certain day, young Murphy-eater
came across a fair trotter of the bog,
while the latter, pitcher in hand, was
on her way to get milk. The youthful
consumer of the potato is aaid to have
forced kiss from the cherry lips of the
lily of the bog, and in the struggle the
pitcher was broken. The lily wept, and
with true murphY-eating gallantry, the
Pat Mulloy of the occasion offered to
make amends by marriage. The offer
was agreeable; and when the event be-
came known among the girls of Gale
raine, the solemn fact is recorded that
there was not a whole pitcher in that
the pleasant dltty: Devil q howl
pitcher waz left in Caleraine." have
not heard that the subject of this touch
ing song is noted for anything else, save
for the manufacture of "bloomin' good
whisky"
Between Portrush and the Causeway,
on beetling crag, that overlooks the
foaming water sbeneath, stands the
ruined walls of an old castle. 1t had
been a stronghold in its day, and stands
(amid the Improvements OF modern
times) battered and decayed, looking as
Rip Van Wrinkle cid in his ragged gar
ments in the midst of the new dresses
and new costumes of the recently born
epublic-wOefully out of place. The
bare, or ivy clad walls, unroofed, with
the small holes used Tor windows, half
baronial, E.half prison-shaped proiec-
tons, still stand upon the uneven and
precipitous rock, keeping watch of the
sea that surges at the feet, picture of
solitude and loneliness, forever looking
out on the wide expanse of
wave, as if waiting the return of the
festive train that many time and oft
made its walls ring again with the
sounds of revelry; as if listening for
clang and the clash of armed foes.
how-but Just as got into the
lowest" kind of 4 condition [ stumbled
across the eternal scraggly haired
artist, and my day dream and fancy
lights came to q premature and I'M
timely conclusion. Here was this eternal
guy, by courtesy called an artist: long
greasy hair, huge dark mUstache, olive |
knee breaches and gray |
ribbed stockings, showing an abnormal |
growth of calf = ali over "a pelise |
through the day was outrageously |
warm, and very Indifferent cigar. He |
was 1ngeniously continuing to get a |
skyrover purple wave. His
easel was so arranged that while it gave
a glorlously indifferent view of the
castle. no one could get around it with
put obtaining a full view of the artist"
Well, it is called Dunluce Castle. It's
what a vivid train of per
lapses" aud "hows," and what fancy
lights one bad artist" can bring 10 an
VICTORIOUS termination.
An individual who has any self-re-
pect feels the blush ofshame come over
lin when he attempts to write a de-
cription of the Giants Causeway. 1t
) like the young man who arises and
nodestly announces that the piece he
as chosen to recite this evening is
Norval," or "Boy Stood on the Burns
lg Deck" or the baritone who proposes
D gush forth in melody having chosen
Jenny, me own true lovt won,7' as the
melady;" but to visit the Casueway
nd not write description, is death:
ne could not think of such thing!
o say the least, it is q queer institu-
on. 1t is presumably called Cause
'dN AOI Lt1db db OIlS tlilc II
-as supposed Ireland and Scotland were
onnected by means of this singular
)rmation of stones, all standing on
nd, and fitting to each other as nicely
$ though the modern scientific princi-
les of masonry had governed the cut
ng and setting together. 1t is alleged
nat evidences of the same formation
IN be traced ON the Scotch coast. The
auseway consists of three knobs of :
.any sided stones, all standing perpen-
cularly and running down INTO the
alter in ladder-like or step-hke fash
n: The centre knoll is the larger, or
it is called here 1.-The Grand Cause
ay." They are all alike, all stones. all
tting on end. Some of them have
ur sides, some FIVE, some have six,
me are septangular. and some octo-
IN. Nor is their any regularity regard
g the number of angles, pentagon
ay be the companion of septangular
one. The singular part OF The whole
that, no matter how many aneles a
one may have, other stones fit in as
ce and neatly as though dressed for
e purpose by man; and each stone
ems to be the very centre OF all the- 5
st. If 1t is seven side stone, seven
ones will fit into the different sides,
I'd these fitting stones may each be
fierent from the other, having three,
ur, hve, SIX, seven or eight sides, ana
ound each of these sgain Will he