Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-05
A TINY KINGDOM.
WHAT MAY BIZ SEEN IN n VISIT
no THE ISLE OF MAN.
l Diversity OF Beautiful Scenery
in Very Small Spacc-Itclic
VI an Ancient Scunut-
uuvian Custom.


It is said that there is no other spot in
he world where such diversity of sccucry
las been compressed into small space us
HE Isle of man. Ii is Il Liliputiau king
| tom from lis miniature constitution to its
| .lny rivers and waterfalls; from its pigmy
mountains to its little valleys Every
hing is abridged and petit, writes Marion
Taylor i'll the San Francisco CaU Mnux-
and lies midway between the ports of
Belfast and Liverpool, its rocky coast con
1nunlly washed by restless waves of the
IRISH Sea. Douglas, the principal town
ind port, WAS simply fishing village not
'cry many years a"o. but RON il can ioast
NJ London shops, fine hotels and boarding.
houses, and i'll the season there is such =
mighty influx OF visitors thai, many have
20 seek shelter in ;hr ba,hiu,s-n,acLin
.or lack of better accommodation. It's
beautiful bay is guarded at one extremity
~ onelmu Head and al tic other hy tl:,,
majestic promontory, DOUGLAS Head, the
;icw from which is unsurpassed; while
between the two Cn an islct of rock is
WoydSworh's wavc-w:slicd tower of
refuge.
Douglas OWNS some beautiful walks,
aotably one through the woods 10 he
aunncry grounds, and another II Kirk
Braddam, where lie both Druid and
scandinavian in the et,vcyar,i consocratcd
oy the associations oi 1000 years.
At Castlcton, in The south of the
STAND. is Tie House of KEYS, whcre the
ManN Parliament is held; il boasts also
castle Rusicn, which dates from the
Twelfth, century ,;lud which was Che prison
NJ the heroic Countess of Derby. who, rs
Sir Waiter Scott tells us, was detained
there after the island had s,lcc.im~d 10
| Cromwell until the rcsioration AZ the
present time the castle is used as iic
| ManX House Of Detention. Por, Erin is
sweet spot and from it may he obtained
| fine view of that mountain like rock.
Bradda Head. y sail round The Calf of
Man irsu'cs Tor the tourist sublime seen
| cry, for il is there nature assumes her
widest mond. The ellis rise To- gi,ldy
heights and wear all manner oi weird
shapes. The Stacks, the Eye, Sugar Leaf
Rocks and the l'housla Rock, each stand
| nut as picture of superb coast scenery.
| Spanish Head, Slupcninus cliff on the
mainland, with hidden rocks, sharp MS
knives, stretching OF; under the sea. is so
named from having been destructive TO
the warshirs Of tie lnyinciblc Armada in
1883.
Ramsey, the second town of Import
ancc on the island, has many attractions,
among others its proximity To the bcaui-
Iul Sulby Glen, and many prefer il To
-
| LaXcy, Il few miles distant from Ramsey.
is noted FOR the largest wheel in
| Tie world, used for draining the lead
mines of that locality, and standing us il
docs, - miracle OF mechanism, amid the
most romantic and beautiful mountain
scenery, Snacfcll overlapping all; il lives
long ill the incmory. Then, how many
lovely glcns there are, with their wooded
banks and fairy naturalization Helen,
With the music Of Rhcnass ravishing the
| eye and ear, and Dhon Glen, with its
! rushing waters making melody every
where. Surely il is the land Of poetry.
a glance nj the Isle OF Man would be
incomplete without few words ON the
subicc! of what is called hy the Alnnx
people Tynwald Day, which means 81 fcs.
tivnl attended by the population Of The
entire island. II is held on the 9th Of
| July every year, and is the lingering relic
of "a Scandinavian custom, elsewhere Oh
solctc for Il great number Of years.
The main purpose Of the gathering il
to hear the public PRONUNCIATION of the
laws of the island from the lips of tile
encouragement, on Tynwad Mount, a
| mount hcmmcd in with hills in the ham.
let OF st. John, an ont -of ihc-way spot
situate between Douglass and Peel. II is
Il quaint ceremony, in which those laws
that have passed through the House of
Keys during the past year and have re-
ccivcd the imperial consent are declared
TO the people. The law givcr reads the
statutes first in The English language and
! then in the native tongue of Mona, u
dreadful dialect, which is still spoken
there 10 a considerable extent. Outside
the Mount there arc ali ;hc characteristics
o: "a country fair, for iic rest Of the day
IS ucvoted to fun and pleasantly the
Manx pcasantry evidently agreeing with
The old provcrb which tells us ";iil work
and no play makes .Iac!; dull boy" and
there, mingling feeling freely together,
are sccn'thc Peel fishermen, the farmers
from the interior, the pretty Mnnx girls,
.tiircd in gaudy crlors, the swarlhy
miners from LaXcy, soldiers in their gay
uniform, belonging TO the detachment!
cent thithcr for tic day from The military
headquarters; and last, nut not the least,
the good humogcd tourists, full of delight
and enjoyment. And thus we leave This
happy people, content with their own
beautiful island, their himbic lives ard
primitive ways.
Whales MILK for Consumptives.
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