Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-08-29
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Thomas Green Triis the Gazette
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Thomas Green Trtis the Gazette |
and journal - Something About
Queenstown.
Written for Gazette and Journal. |
DUBLIN, IRELAND, Juiy 25.-I have |
almost forgotten where l left of my de-
soriptiop of the voyage after we sighted
land, so l will commence by saying we
were taken of our ship and put on
hoard a tug and taKen up the harbor to
Queenstown, which we reached In short
time. The passage up the harbor is q
very hne one, reminding me of Boston
harbor, only on very much smaller
scale, and, to cut my story short, we ar
rived safely and brought up in shed
where the customs officers were going
through the baggage of a lot Of steefsge
passengers who had landed before us.
We soon got orr traps passed through.
Thought was going 10 lose my cigars,
but Paddy Murphy looked at me through
the left corney Of his eye and says he to
me: AN have yez any terbaccy n
mo, sir,n says /. "And hsvs yez any
revolvers ?" "No, have no revolvers
either, but / Ii toll you what have got
in that telescope there, and it you don't
gait raining your fists in it ycu might
make 1t go Of 'Arrah." says Pat,
take yout cigars snd ct out OF this as
soon ss the dlyii'li lot you"
started and go. ns Tar ~ tho door
when l wAs stopped 10y n burly polcs.
man. Well, | thouIh. my tiun had
come. And says he--Gnd be1ad dDn't
know what he did say, inyssit, BIZ Just
locked at him tor a bit when ny oomss
another one, bigger than the first, aud,
| do you know, re said last the same
as the Other feloY did, aai diSil
\ cit could tell wnst il was. when pretty
oiack.eyed IRISH g'sl who had crossed
4 with u5, seeing MY awkward position,
Standing in a puzzle q water with u
small trunk III each Maud, a pclieemsh on
each side, and one OF th1se trunks hai
! iost told cust?ma official contained
| iynam.ts. steps up ana SAYS, "M,. Green
the constRb!a axes you fot ysr name ia'
told hlm my lame, which he pu. dc xn
in book, and ! learned after wards they
are required by law to take tue names Of
all maze pSasengefi. 30 everything vas
oil right and was allowed 70 como out.
forgot to say that it Fad been RAINING
hard ali night, bHt il had al the ss.uA.
Tbs frs! thing was to fad plsoa to
stop 81 witch we did in tho .lnael il 10
Roy, No. 2 King Square, James 0'OoDnpr
proprietor. The iuud!ady was very
mics WOMAN, genteel and neat 50 u new
pil, w.t.l eyes az hiarE ns coal and chsekl
a. Jed ~ the rove. After supper hlr.
Snythe sad tcoS q little stroll Though
tne town hu thea rstirad to r at. After
good nigE.', slscp and good bfeRh FAST
We started cut 10 SIC tbs toEn more
thoroughly. We walked qaits distance
until my iriead tired out. Seeing him to
the hotel started out alone anu took in
tae whole town by going entirely around
it. Queenstown Is situated on a hill or
hlua SID you cannot sae bsyoni it until
Jou get on tho very top, which l did
after awhile and 1 assure yon /
vas we'll repaii for my trouble.
The beautiful fslds stretched ont green
in the DIS ancD, and such foliage I never
saw, but the farmhouses aud barns were
mi sing. Ia their place stood the shanty,
and the pig, the gooss, tho dnSk, tae
chicken, the goat. the donkey and the
"childer" were all there, playing together
as happy as could be. The town Is built
on terraces, the ohimnays OF the house,
on one terrace being about on a leyel
with the first hoor of the housss above,
. and from the bay OF harbor makes o very
! pretty appearance There ere come verS
ins residences here, with spEciou.
grounds attached, and what will be
when finished, one Of the finest cathedral,
in the country. II is said TO have beer
! nineteen years il course of constrno
ton and is now about to be IA
. ished, there being Sufficient fands Il
7 do this. It is certainly n basntifu
: structure. To look at it from below yol
would think it WAS built on the tops 0
. the houses aud would oruGh everything
betoW it, but when You get up there yol
ind 1t is built on a rock-the rock o
:, ages you may say. The whole town il
\ built on a rocs; the streets, roads
! houses, fences, everything is rock. Whei
. you arrive at the landing there are th
= railroad tracks and depot, and rignt fac
|. ing you is piece of work thst strike
|. the eye very forcibly. Il IS a phase o
= massive masonry from 100 to 100 fes
= high, built asainst the bank yol woul'
! suppose, u hold it up or keep it frcn
: sliding down on the track. Right o
Y top o: this masonry ara bai!t the yer
y Dust residonogs Of tide place, and rs 20
y lo1I up at t6em you feel afraid, al
!, were, thai the whole thing WILL com
- dawn ani crush everything 10 atoms; bu
!, wen you come to get up there you fin
noEhin6 Short OF 81 earthquake cat di
place t1em. You REi ). healsitul d.Ivt
reaching from G:G eGd OF tie town to til
I, ether. When you iH-n a oGraar and q
! up littlori OF gsou4l 90 tle right .
" Ell, @. the osse may ", there you hsV
y nc sane thing owes as6in, only on
=" 1Eisl!er seals, and 30 !. -,ocs E:Ll ysu &,
i u t9p and CT the ollsE!rn o. lla tcwi
Il, St.an sou have most untrancia5 viev
Is 2Gye slseady told you
= IN MAJ GREgS