Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-11
THE NETTING OF THE WATERS.
Moore's rhythmic lines tell Us that

There y IN TIE vile worI a valley so sweet
IS he vale IN whose bosom. ,s brixht meet"
We accordingly laid our course from Kill
kenny to include this famous meeting OF the
waters, the junction OF the Ayonmore and
AyOnbeg rivers. which together form the
OSoca- IL was maintained Nv many that
the meeting referred TO INV Moore was tho
junction Of the river Au=hrim with the
OvocA. eight miles lo"er down, 10
ths sOuthwarj. and persistent was the con-
sention that the poet himself was at length ap-
peaied to. He informed his inquirer tina. be
In fact wrote the lines al neither place but
that he believed that the scene at the ''h-st
meeting" tina. OF the AvonmOre and Avonbeg
was that which suggested them TO him. NB.-
! hsts Just lie al Us poets and other serb
blers.
Although Moore made no claims to especial
beauties of scenery for the spot, it being
beautiful rather from associations connected
with il, somehow nearly everybody who visits
II seems ~ expect something extraordinary.
some writers have maze themselves ARTISANS
o. the second OF lower meeting. criticiSing the
scenery about the first or upper meeting
aud comparing II, TO its disadvantage. with
that of the other. Others as though
In duty bound. have with ford SEN
fences fed TO the mind of the reader picture
OF besGtles- which according To ideas OF
the plctul esqUe, do not exist. IL is So easy to
over describe The surroundings AZ either
meeting ordinary such as we NAV find AT
many another place where two mountain trout
brooks Join There Is nothing hideous to mar
the mild attractiyeness, but the oaks and beeches
which grow about not grouped with
ANY greater effect than elsewhere. nor
does tie ivy ching more clingingly,
HHd the green Of tLe meadows Is the ordinary
green o; Ireland. nlsays bright and fresh
iooking Bent on training our kodak on the
Baeei.ng from the best possible vantage point,
&. In wadlny the shallow but r2pid Oyoca
very nearly met the water somewhat uupleas-
sn;ly, ths writer meanwhile posing gracefully
upon the bridge few wards above over the
AvonOeg and commenting IN loud tones upon
TIE sesmIaship displayed c. will never lie
one Of the world great navigators.
TEE LEsESD OF ST. KELVIN.
The Seven Churches are the only remain
ing ruins Of an anrient city founded by ST.
Kelvin. according to tradition. but. according to
more authentic accounts. after his death some
time In the seventh century. Tie ci;y wa.
one o. the few seats vi learaIng Of the ancient
world. but Its glory. with ITS schools and schoI-
sTs. have long SINCE departed. rock ~ shown
upon which the saint ss:. II - said. day after
day. experimenting the building Of the
churches IL must have taken long
time. lie wore hollow In the r,,E
whore he rested his frame. another
hollow where he used 10 hang his leg as he iily
swung 10 10 and fro Five indentations marx
whore he was IN the habit o: resting his hand.
Other arm and leg not accounted for. c.
SAYS the alleged finger marAs looked as though
they had been cut with q chiseL But G-is
naturally skepticsl. such persons a. he would
ruin the best gends and traditions acoinx
The little old woman. who showed Us all the
wonderful things and addressed IS your
noble honors'' In spite OF our corduroy. all for
. shilling, assured Us OF lifelong freedom from
aches aud pans If we sat on the rock ST. h.
did. swung ocr legs just Is he did and rested
our hand Just where he did Sitting upon a
stone ledge In . recess In a wall, another
place where the saint sat, has rendered
absolutely certain the fulfllment of a
wish, which then and there made.
We would tell what II was. but that would
bust the chsrm-st least she said. By
diHt Of much pulling and hauling on the part OF
our ministsring angel our arms made %
meet around a large stone cross Ibis assures
20 rs an early marriage with 81 beiress- We
shall imrs cist-ly esass from toll and wait 10
b. claimed by our heiEsss.
Beyond tile ruins If the churche, In the
Olendslough the glen of the two iake-) is
shat tradition has desIsnated ~ 81. Kelvin
bed Visitors 30 that region al aspire 90 climb
ilto 10. We did IL i narrow shelf in a cleft
o. precipIce which ds>ceuds TO the
v-ter's edge on the northern shore 81
the largest of the lake. To reach 10 one
must, II be approaches by land. do consider
shls climbing, where . uaisstep or fail would