Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14
THINGS SEEN IN lRr, AMI
some Interesting Matters Notaa
American Reporter.

ally Halter the American in Erin l. ~
evident admiration which the Irish, 'ue
nave Tor him, says writer in the N "
Sun. They can detect him one hoat
away, if by nothing else by the fon,
that he wears rubber oyershoeS az
these articles of footwear are unknon O'
in Ireland. The hotel runners are NO,
like the burly. well-fed hack driyers "
be seen about the Grand Central demo,
every day. but are ragged and p mn
kempt. They stand around the rou uu
plank in Queenstown and wbisner =
feeble supplicatory tones: rs thar
any wan fur OCrowley's, or Hennss
sey's. or o Sullivan's, or FlanniUan'ssn
With an awed wonder the Americar
observes that these men do not faaI
that they possess the earth and the
fullness thereof. Ones baggage is tax.
EN- by man who owns an Irish express
equipage. This consists of a donkey
and two-whceled cart. The DONKEY
has Il head entirely disproportonate
in size to its body, which is SO small
that the feet of an ordinary man when
mounted would touch the ground i,
the donkey permitted him to remain on
It's back. The cart resembles much tn,
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 iarvey
says. land he'll kick the bones out o.
yer body if We tickle him on the side
nearest to the ground" By this mode
of conveyance it will cost you u cents
to have your trunk taken to hotel.
AS for yourself, there are two modes
of conyeyance-the Jingle" and the
jaunting car. The latter is too well
known to need description. The jingle
resembles Saratoga trunk set on end
on an axle. There is door in the rear
and h seat stuck on in front like small
shelf. The seat is for the drivers use.
A jingle will hold four persons COM
fortably.
The hotels are comfortab Bile 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
a 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 IF 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 housemaid. In
the city of Queenstown. which contains
ID. 900 inhabitants, there are no more
than three newsboys. American news
papers sell for IL cents apiece.
An Irish barber-shop, such as is pat
ronized by the mass OF the people, is
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 a 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 learned to walk too soon.
The head-rest was adjusted by means
of wooden peg hung to leather
strap. Both BARRIERS operated from the
same lather pot the contents OF which
gently dubbed over gas jet. Wan
swipe o the metal on aich side raped
yer jowl." 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 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 superhuous hair and then COL
lects cents.
The average Irish policeman is
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
light, waterproof overcoat with
cape. The lower part of HI 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 MS
chin.
An interesting Irish character IS the
bar-maid. She is always selected ior
her wit and beauty. The bar at when
she presides is not so iiamboyant as the
one at which the American is IN tne
habit of drinking. The liquors are as
PLAYED on counter between the par
maid and the customer. Ranged III
tasteful groups along this counter az
empty glasses and few bottles WIN VIII
small uocks and bullying bodies Inc
principal article upon the counter IS
large glass jar of the shape ana a lr9.l
half the size of large beer-keg Iuls
contains Dublin whiskey. A oraSSS
spigot is fitted into this glass casS anu
the liquor is drawn off into mel''
cup shaped like an hour-giass. for
single prescription in the small ehu u
the hour-glasS which is about Nv
fingers" of an American drlnk.tne
4 III az