The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-03-19

oincuit 90 drY clnthes In Iseland sS,,a-
cia'ly II they are made of fabric which
has strong affinity for moisture. With
an atmosphere so heavily freighted with
moisture. II Ia not difficult to understand
now 1t Is that an Irish rain possessea
great wettiug properties.
ihe other characteristic of an Irish
rain is the peculiar chilly sensation
which 1t produces. There IA o kind OF
Spring weather which. In our Southern
country, is sometimes called the swim.
norrwill Storm" that will enable the
reader to form an idea of what ia meant
| ny the chiliness of an Irish rain. n
makes an individual feel cold all over.
This damp, chilly atmosphere Of Ire.
land contributes largely to the comfort of
It's inhabitan'', as we'll ~ to the fertility
"t lie soil. While tho dampness of the
atmosphere retards the drying of wot
clothes and adds to The ih0fiurs of wash.
Jay. 1t aiaO gives durability TO clothes.
al" linen sheets, which, was credibly
informed, bad been In constant use for
more than fifty years. They were manu-.
iac'ufed by hand and b!eached on
green, aud not hy chemicals. II may be
added that these sheets showed no sjpra J.
OF age, and with the sar;. care d ,stowed
upon them in the future that they have
received in the past, there seems 10 he
no reason fnr doubling but that they will
last, without rent, for century.
Annther advantage derived from the
cold, damp atmosphere Of Ireland Is the
great facility with which meats are pre-.
served at any and nll tmes of the wear.
Hogs are slaughtered at all times Of tho
year, aud the most iusciuus bacon that
ever entered the mouth cured in the
month of August. A slaughtered NUT.
ton viii hang in the sun for more than a
day without the least sign of putrefac.
tion. In several places saw, during the
last days OF Jnae, when the sun rose at
II few minutes after three and set at few
minutta before nine, butchered hogs
hau'ea through the streets at noon. I
shw the same thing again later in July.
Were such q thing attemp,ed in onr
country, fies by the thousands would be
there to do their fatal work and the buz.
yards would lie NJ the butcher pen before
the hair was removed from the carcasea.
In Ireland there are few flies. I saw
n0ne aud the buzzard has no existence
| ON the island. It's scavenger duties are
performed by the crow. i
AS / am committed to no order and
have no plan, may HI well say here al, /
elsewieTe. THAI the crows are numbered
by the hundreds Of thousands, I almost
raid millions, in Ireland The same 10
true OF both England and Scotland, hut
| think they are more plentiful in Ire I.
land than III either .of the other places.
| Connected with nearly all the landlord y
castles there are large, groves or forests. q
of trees. These. trees have aI', or nearly n
al! been planted nut, and are generally
comparatively small. They are not /
large. bodied and tall trees, such as are d
seen In the native forests of nur country. s
They consist of several varieties Uf trees,
but the most numerous are firs-a species
Of pine. In one of these groyes--that
nrming part Of the premises of Lord
Waveny-I saw, dare not. say how !,
many, crews; but I will dare to say z
saw more crows nests than are i'm several s
counties in the State of South Carolina.
l nm prepared to say, as 1 believe, that
there are more crews on Lord Waveny'a
estate than are In the whole State of /,
South Carolina. will not say that I !
saw n crows neat on every trea ia his
premises, for / did not see every tree, but
saw what never saw before, aud never
expect 70 zee again until I go back to. ],
| Ireland. saw ~ many Ms half n dozen
crows nests on one tree. The BtraDgest
thirr Of all about this IL the fact that
WaveHy's castle lis in CLOSE proximity to
Ballymena, town of some nine thousand
inhabtants. American town boys would
enj"y glorious time In crow shooting,
were these rUOkeries as near any of our
towns. It was evident of the crows, not
only on Lord Waveny's castle grounds,
but in all parts oi Ireland, that they
never, or at least very rarely, are shot at. &
There are two other birds In Ireland
that deserve to be noticed. So far az I
know they are not found in America, ut \
least not In the Southern States. But I
make no pretension 10 any great knowl.
edge of 0rnitbology. The two birds TO
which refer are the cuckoo and corn
crake. About tho latter there is. 60 far
as know. nothing remarkable except
and may he heard uttering arrange
craking note like no other Round that
ever heard. aud although the bid
seems, fr"m the sound, to be near by, It
10 very difficult to get sight oft. In
size and general appearance IL resembles
somewhat our partridge. The cuckoo Is :
| a real wonder, In size and general appear.
ance especially. When it Is on tho wing
10 resembles small hawk. II 10 not,
however, bird, of prey. Its principal I
food Is the caterpillar. So fer, the cuckoo
may be regarded "a beneficial. IS.
The cuckoo, like our whip poor win, is
l q Dlfu or passage. IL 9penuS from about
the middle of July To the first ofApril
In Africa and the remainder of the year
In insular and continental Europe. The
muies come frst in Spring, aud in q few
days after their arrival the females come.
! Only the males sing Orfgive uiterance to
the sound from which the name of the
bird IL derived. Soon after its arrival it I
ceases TO sing entirely, but again for /;
short time prior to its departure It begins
t. sing again, but in a hoarser voice and
ut the same time doubling the first sylla-
BILE, thus cuck cuckoo. This SCENE TO be
the signal for it's departure. The cuckoo
does come very strange things The
female, It is said, lays only one egg, and
this always in the nest ,of some other
bird. II In claimed that the egg Ia, In
color, always like the egg Of the bird !
In whose nsJt It Is laid. The cuckoo
often, II not always, deposits ita egg Ii, d 5
nest 30 stnallithat 1t can not ait upon the
I nest IA other birds -d0 when laying.
Such being the case II lays its egg on the
ground and then taking Il up ia its bill
deposits II In the nest Of aome other bird. 3
Having laid the egg and deposited II in
the rest Of aSother bird. the cuckoo con,.$
i mits The whole matter OF jacubation and !
4 feeding the young bird, when Il IL hatch.
i ed, 70 the bird In whose nest the egg wass
Il d posted. So soon as the young cuckoo
Greens from the shell IL placas ifs: vvin0r