The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-09
A WHEELING BOY ABROAD.

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After u months time spent in trave
across the Atlantic n ought to be able
to write somethingot letter withenougE
interesting material in it to excite the
general readers attention, but the trOu'
BILE lies in the beginning Of such a work,
We're l to give a summary OF railroad
travel from Queenstown to our present
stopping place, with breathing spells al
picture galleries, Cathelrals and the like,
it would be sending you nothing but a
few pages Of Baedaker, aud you may get
that at any book store. The people you
meet in travelling are the most interest.
ing subjects, and they are not given as
much attention in guide books US other
important topics.
! think that that old song, "The Beg.
CARS Are Coming" must have had origin
in Ireland, or, il it did not, it ought to
have had, For patience, perseverance
and other necessary attributes OF that
class OF people, they have tho call, and
the Americans who go through the in.
tested district are to blame for the most
part. One gentleman whom | met in
Brussels told me that his charities going
through the Gap OF Dunloe, at Killar-
nGy, amounted to about ave dollars. II
is like running a gauntlet OF six miles
through tiddlers, poteGn sellers, stocking
vendors, goats milk children, and after
wards be met by few dozen OutstretChed
palms Just as you get to the head OF the
lakes. Tho whole country seems to be
one living mass OF small children, with
a sprinkling Of old men and women, who
arc solicitors, to put 1t mildly. They
fairly make the Lakes OF Killarney
seethe in their efforts to get pennies.
The subject would make excellent
ground work for u novel. The better
class OF people in Ireland can not say too
much in praise OF American visitors, and
tell us that they would fare very badly
were it not for the American eagle,
meaning, Of course, tho one on our dol.
lars. You take n driver OF one OF their
jlunting cars and he can entertain you
10y the hour with facts and fanCies about
the places you may pass on a ride. When
he runs out Of facts it is an easy matter
for him to fill in with his original wit,
and often the latter proves the better OF
the two. They all draw their wit from
a common fund, and ii you have one
driver for m hour or two you get the
stories Of all. They all have a greet love
for their country, and tits only exceeded
by Their admiration for the siXpGnCe and
shilling, which are the only English ar
ticIes they like.
They have n Union, made up Of ten
ants, which has troubled the land own
ers considerably. When an eviction &C.
ours the land agents cannot get another
man to take the evicted tenants place
on account OF this Union, because they
stand by one another. The Union al
lows the former occupant to go back and
take his house and plot Of ground ut the
same price he paid at first, but not at any
higher one. One Lord at Killarney who
owns about 10000 acres cannot collect
his rents, and, to use tho phrase Of an
Englishman We met, "is rs poor as n
pig" 1t seems absurd 10 think Of that
much land bringing the owner barely
sufficient to live upon, butt is true. He
had a magnificent castle on one Of the
lakes, but he cannot keep it in repair:
Leaving one side OF their life and
taking a peep ut another, their so.
Cial side, shows the Irish to
n much better advantage. Take them
for instance in a theatre where q play
like the Shaughraun il on the boards,
They are enthusiastic to adegree seldom
reached by au American audience,
They boot at tho villain and hiss him
until he has to stop In the midst OF his
lines, and the way they cheer and en-
courage the hero sends the blood ting
ling through ones body. l had never
seen n typical, representative Irish au'
dicnce before, and vas therefore taken
unawRres with their manner Of receiving
a play. 1t was very instructive and
went 10 show how very exCitable a peo'
pie they are. Take an English audience
aud they talk all through the play, and
think nothing OF getting up aud going
out in the midst OF All act. l happened
to sit next an English gentleman on the
boat coming down the Rhine the other
day, and he acknowledged that 1t was so
but did not seem to attach much impor.
lance to it, although, as l afterwards
learned, he had a great deal to do Will
theatres in London, and brought Gap
: tain Swift" TO the llaymarket. They
have a very good custom in London play
houses OF serving ices between the acts,
also coffee and ten. As tho English
seem TO make a visit to a theatre more
Of social event than We do, the custom
does very well.
The very best place to study the peo'
plo who are on the streets Of London II
on top OF q penny bus. There, withth
driver ms a'help to you, a ride down t
the Bank Of England from CharinI
Cross gives you an excellent opportunity
for anything in the way Of studying
faces. II you continue your ride pas
the bank and down 10 the neighborhoot
OF tho WhiteChapel Oltrages, you &c
an entirely different phase Of society
A "bobby" will advance all tho infor
nation you want ConCCrningthU locality
| have talked with several ofthe Londot
police, but the ono whom | nCCosted II
! WhitCchapel gave INC the best idea o
I, what the East End Ia. We stood on
+! corner together In or near tho wors
{ locality In WhiteChapel. He pointOC
! out to mo five OF six oil the courts where
tho murders were committed, and all o
= them were within q few minutes walk
It seemed the easiest thing imaginable
for u murderer TO hide himself In m o
n those narrow courts, but there Ia not al
alley or passage way that Is not known L
n the blue coats, and even among thost
thousands Of filthy beings there is no
j one who IL not known. Some Of thu
4 oldest men on the force stationed neaj
WhiteChapel can even call the people b.
name. Thls information, though takei
from d London bobby may probabl!
be taken with n grain Of allowance.
The streets nj homo arc not the onl!
\ ones paved with brick, for / noticed a
The Hague q brick pavement extending
. several miles from the city 10 q NOrLl
! Son resort. Most OF the cities through
i Ireland, Holland, Belgium, and 30 IA
IN Germany, ere paved with BelRiai
block, They are Experimenting In I'd
I inburph with the cedar block, or villa
i Tc cali cedar, but II does not prove a
Y successful as III London. They seelnel
TO think the trouble was In the way .
G, LAYING II. A wooden pavement on