The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-30

than they cost prefer small profits
and quick returns. Besides, as you OBJ !
serve, | carry larger stock than thew
do" The ladies, true to their instincts,
preferred to buy off the little girls
though they held tenaciously to the
ruling prices; while the males of the
party purchased from the box of the
embryo Stewart of the Causeway. The
only thing of the Causeway that can be
purchased are the views, and small
box If stones taken, or said to be taken,
from the place. All the other trinkets
are made of bone, in the shape of nail
cleaners. toothpicks, charms for watch
chains, penholders and paper. knives,
and like ginger bread articles manufac-
tured in Switzerland and Germany and
sold here to the multitude of the gull
able as "souvinirs of the Giants Cause
way" 1t makes little difference, how
ever, If the fellow who buys the thing
is satisfied, whether it is manufactured
in Germany or in Honolulu, so long as
he thinks it is a souvenir. Our party.
however, before they returned, had .
souvenir of the Canseway which they
are not likely TO forget, and which, had
they known, would long have kept them
in remembrance OF the north coast OF
Ireland without having Swiss. or Ger
man gingerbread as reminder. then
we went down from Portrush We took
the electric train and moved along fairly
well, but coming back, the steam tram
awaited US and We had to mount it.
| have known the time when ! thought
it fun to walk up hill in midwinter for
the pleasure of riding down on sled;
but | never dreamed that | would be
obliged to INDUCED i'll that SpOrtiye
amusement in the north of Ireland, the
rays OF July sun all the time pouring
down on my unsanctified head. Cir
cumstanceS alter cases; and makes ma
terial alterations in ones expectations.
! We had to get back at given time 10
catch the train; but we failed to con-
meet. The steam train with about 120 to
/ 100 passengers on board went along like
top down hill, but as soon as the first
| hill was reached we went slower and
| slower and finally came to a standstill.
| After !; few minutes waiting every one
| began to wonder at the delay; and the
next thing seen was a man fitting
across q field TO matched cottage in
easy distance and in few minutes later
he reappeared carrying basket full of
! turf. or peat, what is so commonly used
here in place of coal. The Attain be-
came exciting and the next thing was a
gathering of the male passengers about
the engine TO watch the developments.
The turf was put in the furnace and the
fact leaked out that the engineer was
unable to get up enough steam to work
the thing along. About half the passen-
gers were anxious to leave ON the out
going train and there was no time to
lose, so all the males alighted and push
ed the blooming arrangement up the
/ n ITfr 1anfIn n
! the decline only to alight and begin the
work on the next ascension. This thing
| kept going on for about three-quarters
OF an hour. The time for the departure
/ of the train had arrived and we were
/ still two miles from the station. All
| pushed up the hill with vengeance,
/ and covered with perspiratiOn the top
I of the hill was reached from which we
/ had an excellent view of the out going
train as it gaily pulled away. Words
are pOwerless to describe the scene.
by Jove, this his rich, hindeedr' was
/ the first exclamation, which was greeted
with laughs and a vollev of blessings
Land pet remarks of which these are
sample. Where's yer electric tram ?"
"Put on another slice OF turf in the
| throat OF that engine" We'll, this is
Irish, with vengeance" Zine inYen-
! ton this new tangled tram" Ireland
forever" shouted another, while a
sober-faced old chap thoughtrully
sighed, My country, It's OF thee "
Meantime the boys who drive the jaunt-
ing car and whose business has been
very seriously injured by the introduc-
ton Of the tram. witnessed the disaster
with hearts full of delight and faces
bathed in broad grins. It was worth a
few nickles to hear the way these indi-
yiduals enjoyed their revenge. Tired
and dusty we planted ourselves in Port
rush for the night and wished the steam
and the Causewav for the time being, in
Jericho. The Causeway is, however, a
big institution, WANDERER.