Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-08-05
Letter from Glasgow.

there for Cork. had made up my mind to
wrlte a great many letters en- board the
steamer ard have them ready for the mail
oD our arrival at Qaeonst0Wn, but fate In
the guise of Wind and waves upset both me
sud my prearraGged par. Ia short, / was
seasick; not respectfully and correctly sick
! as should have been immediately on get
ting onto the ocean, but waiting until the
lset two days, when l rhould have been writ
ing my letters. Thursday ives my worse
day; 1t was 30 rough we we're obliged to stay
io our cablns, es the waves we're coming
over the rcper deck, and 6ne time We
had lay in my berth end grosned while
6endish boy in cha cabin opposite, who was
degustingly Jolly. eaog "Here we 60 merrliy,
merrily, mertily," till thought Ishouid go
mad! I picked up al empty champagne
bottle to hurl a. bis door, but just then ne
is ever" and thnt being mere ln accordance
with my feelings, I dropped the bottle and re-
| sIgued myself with groaD. When we left the
boat ct Queenstown we were taken eff by q
| little tug-boaa, which they call "tender,"
and carried up .hs harbor which is the most
beautiful basin, Large enough to ho'd the
uuittd fse!s Of tbe WCr.d," surrounded By
emerald hills which are orowred by frcwniDg
fortrefsss. Queenstown Is built on the sides
of the bills enc is veig picturesque looking,
| With its white houses end lofty church 6, les
| agantt background CT the most vivid
green. After passing through thu customs
| house, which was mere form, we took the
railway train, or ''irsm" as they call 1t, for
Cork, and arrived there ct O'clock q. M.
We put up at the Royal Victoria end after
breakfast started out to see what there was to
be seen. Cork Is the capital ofthe South, and
the dir,isst place I ever sew (; the houees are
dirty, the churches even are dirty, aad the
people are the 6irtiest Of all. We visited
tina principal places, mostly churches, among
which was 81. Anne's or Shandon Church Of
which Father Prout wrote
Tho bells ofShsndon, they sound 80 grand on,
Tho pleasant waters Of the river Lee"
On Sunday we took ''jaunting oar" for
| Barney CASTLE. To take q jauntiDg car
means, to sn amateur, very psrilous feat,
as the driver sits In little place In front
while the miserable passenger sits On two
little seats RAINING sideways with his feet
dangling In the cir and olngs on ss best he
may. However, afier some experience, you
grow to like 1t, and fnd 1t eaey to BAL
ance On one toe, which touches the foot
rest (made for very ong-legged people only
ami ride easily along without the feeling of
being on the bare edge of eternity with
| nothing to hold on to. The drive to Bar
ney Castle was through the most beautiful
country I ever saw over the Whitest and
evenest OF roads, bordered On each eide by
low walls Of masonry, topped by ledges Of
| Towering hawthorn over which one catches
glimpses through the branches OF the grand
oG trees of the handsome residences OF the
| land ownere. On the other eide gentle
slope carries you down to the pleasant
wetere of the river Lee," which winds it's
silvery path ell the way beside the road.
BlsrDey Castle Is splendid old ruin COW
ered with Ivy and rising square and sombre
against thu azure sky. We assembled the
winding stairway which leads up the tower
and reached the parapet where over the sn-
| trance at the top OF the tower Is the famous
Barney Stone. Ii is essy to kiss the Ber-
ney Stone now In comparison TO olden
timea, when one had to be held by the
heel; now they have removed the stone i'm.
medistely behind the magic block, and sunk
grating, so that there Is DO danger OF fall
ing, and all had to do to accomplish my
purpose was to kneel down In the grating
and put MY head down under the block and
turn my mouth up and kiss il; 1t makes sou
feel pretty ehaky. though, when you find
there Is nothing brt grating between yon
and the next world. Ga Monday we left
Cork for Glengsrlffs and the Lakes of Kill
larney, going by rail to Giengariffs and
thence by coach to Killarney through the
most magnificent scenery you can imsgine.
Dunloe Gap and the Lakes of Killarney we
| made tour OF the next day. 1t took FIVE
hours TO visit Mnckross Abbey, splendid
old place, with ivy msntled walls rising
| from the grsvss Of past centuries, covered
with blue be Ia and surrounded By great
old trees which are ss old a5 their sur
rounding hills On the way from Dunloe
Gap We i. psesed the cottage OF the
famous "Kate Kearney, who lived on the
banks OF Killarney" and were invited
to have q .glass OF goats milk
and wh.aky warranted to make you as beau
tifal and famCu, as the original Kate. Not
thinking that it would do to travel around
with more beauty than already possess,
declined, for what could this lovely crea-
ture do against desperate man ?" l should
be yery unsafe indeed, so declined with
thsnks. TIE lakes themselves are too
beautiful to describe. They nestle In beau.
tiful woods the foot Of wooded mountains,
the haunt of the wild red deer. We saw the
Colleen Bawc Rack end Dsvips Island, the
Tore Ossoads and msny other things, which
it would take all day to meption and ae-
scribe. Ffon Killarney, where we stopped
ct Che railway hotel, va vent to Dublin, q
Journey of seven hours by train, and arrived
there late In the evening. We went to tae
Shebouyne Hotel, very fine place. the
beat we've seen In Ireland, aud there l sent
off my letters The next day the nephew
of the consul, Mr.. Reid, called on us and
took us to the different plects OF interest.
The consul is In America, 30 bis nephew is
in charge. He is a charming young man
and made our stay very pleasant. We went