Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-25
THINGS SEEN IN IRELAND.
eome Interesting Matters Noted by nm
American Reporter.

One OF the mil uenceS Wnlcn lncluent-
ally fiatter the American in Erin is the
evident admiration which the Irishmen
have for him, says writer in the n. 7.
Sun. They can detect him one block
away, if by nothing else by the fact
that he wears rubber overshoes, for
these articles of footwear are unknown
in Ireland The hotel runners are not
like the burly, well-fed hack-drivers to
be seen about the Grand Central depot
every day. but are ragged and un.
kempt. They stand around the gang.
plank in Queenstown and whisper in
feeble supplicatory tones: us thare
any wan fur OCrowley's. or Helnes-
sey's, or o Sullivan's, or Flannigan's?"
With an awed wonder the American
observes that these men do not feel
that they possess the earth and the
| fullness thereof. Ones baggage is TAX
en- by n man who owns an Irish express
equipage- This consists of donkey
and two-wheeled cart. The donkey
has head entirely disproportionate
in size to its body, which is so small
that the feet of an ordinary man when
mounted would touch the ground, II
the donkey permitted him to remain on
its back. The cart resembles much the
hand-carts used by the Italians around
the city hall park for peddling fruit.
The donkey is driven with lines made
of rope. He has wicked eye in his
head" as Jim Boy Welch, the jarvey,
says land he'll kick the bones out o.
yer body if yc tickle him on the side
nearest to the ground" BY this mode
of conveyance it will cost you II cents
to have your trunk taken to Il hotel.
AS for yourself, there are two modes
of conference.-the Jingle" and the
! jaunting car. The latter is too well
known to need description. The jingle
resembles a Saratoga trunk set on end
on an axle. There is Il door in the rear
and seat stuck on in front like Il small
shelf. The seat is for the drivers use.
A jingle will hold four persons COM
fortably.
The hotels are comfortable and home
like. When tea is served the teapot
wears a quilted cover to keep the heat
in the vessel. There is gas in the no.
tells. but it is of an inferior quality.
The rooms in the hotel are heated by
open CRATES, in which soft Scotch coal
| is burned. The bedsteads are quaint
and old-fashioned, with queer little
canopy extending from the head-board.
| You retire for the night by the light OF
candle. This is the custom even in
| the most fashionable hotel in Cork,
where the rates charged are as high as
those of the Fifth Avenue hotel in this
city. You sleep on feathers into which
you sink to the depth cf foot. Enough
| quilts and blankets for four separate
sleepers are piled over one bed. There
are no bootblacks in the streets. Your
| boots are BACKED by Il housemaid. In
! the city of Queenstown, which contains
| ID, 600 inhabitants, there are no more
than three newsboys. American news.
| papers sell for II cents apiece.
An Irish barber-Shop, such rs is pat
ronized by the mass of the people, is a
very interesting place. a specimen
found in Queenstown was So small that
! three customers crowded it uncomfort-
ably. Small packing boxes were ar
ranged along the wall as seats for the
'neXts." A gentleman with wooden
leg acted as proprietor and cash-taker,
and two callow youths of Is inflicted
the torture. The operating chair had
| legs which were bound like those of a
! baby who had LEANED to walk too soon.
The head-rest was adjusted by means
of wooden peg hung to n leather
strap. Both BARRIERS operated from the
same lather pot. the contents of when
gently dubbed over Il gas jet. WAN
swipc o the metal on aich side raped
yer iowl." The BARRIERS were remark
able for the freedom and grace of their
movements. They stood off at arms
| length from the victim. In half the
time that a barber in America would
consume the job was completed. An
Irish barber does not comb your hair
when shaving you unless asked to do
so. Neither does he apply alum to the
! face, or use powder. or sprinkle CO.
logne over his customer. He simply
reaps the supernuous hair and then col.
| lects cents.
The average Irish policeman is as
fine specimen of physical manhood as
ever served on the Broadway squad.
He is usually six feet tall, admirably
proportional and an athlete. He wears
n light, waterproof overcoat with IA
cape. The lower part of his legs are
incased in leather leggings, laced up
at the sides. Upon his head perched
sidewise just over his ear, is cap,
which resembles large pill-box. from
which a leather band drops upon his
chin.
An interesting Irish character is tho
bar-maid. She is always selected for
her wit and beauty. The bar at which
she presides is not so flamboyant rs tho
one III which the American is in the
habit of drinking. The liquors are dis
played on a counter between the bar
maid and the customer. Ranged in
tasteful groups along this counter are
empty glasses and IL few bottles with
small nccks and bulging bodies. Tho
principal article upon the counter is n
large glass jar of the shape and abou;
half the size of Il large bccr-keg. This
contains Dublin Nhiskey. A brasi
spigot is fitted into this glass cask and
the liquor is drawn off into metal
cup shaped like an hour-glass. For a
single prescription in tile small end oil
the our-glass-which is about 1.-TWO
fingers" of an American drink-the
price is 6 cents. A double dose from
the big end of the hour-gass costs
! II cents. Fastened TO the counter