Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-11
THE LITTLE ISLAND
or Manx and It's Interesting
Inhabitants.
WAKEMAN'S WANDERlNGS.
A Series oil Charming Pictures Scenes From
Highest Mountain Peak 10 Edge Of Cir.
cling sea-From the Nineteenth
10 The Filth Century.

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You van always have the Isle OF Man
cielrest a. a series OF charming pc
lures IN your memory AFTER you nave
saiie1 "touhu INC lsiahu' ~ Is nor ohA
iittle Journey oi seventy-tve or eighty
MUGS; ne steamers prlng you from
t'ougias 70 b9nglas again IN only SIX
hours time, fieesahter sun II Is 70 en-
s9ge = smart niue craft ana alone OF
win irien9s iule along az VIII WIN
Wlnd or Nde, gaming much ManN color
ana ieenug IRON, your grave and SER
louS sh,ppor : ,Nes, ana coming clo,es
V ,ho naner ne 81 the countless nail
mug e9yes ana DAYS
hesloes' IN this way wltha good mar
me gluss you gan sean every square loot
o. NunAlHhu' more Is nowherea greater
eisvanee thah siN or seven miles from
hlEhesl mountain peak TO edge OF CIR
ehng sea- me beautiful topographt
ell eonhguralioh OF the Island Is thus
Inaue memorapie' From mile or TWO
~ SEQ OH l1ougiae, which SHINES from
Us crescent pay WIN Nlmsst the prll-
nancy OF naples tlc chiei mountain
rehgelshoWs at ls pest - eNionds
three iotrlhs OF the 'sl9nds length
Slinost US centrally ia line could be
drawn
ana oForY one OF tho plaasanl MINK
mountains u IN tul view There Is
south harrele' the sonthernmost. Ihcn
comes the Onlrn aad breehA bctween
THESE - the great valley pass
ieaulng from Douglas, the mawtlme
eastern capital OF Man, 20 ancient Peel,
us western port a ineold hshing town,
reminding or cornish ~ Ives A ilood
OF hght seems TO brenk each weY
| through TINS ueep' wido pass, Between
| the earn and Sreeha ~ tho famous
ManN Mecca OF nrnidie origin, Tyhwald
Mount Whoreail the laws OF Mainland
| are sun annually proclaimed
Coded Sarueil and beinny fhott
group closely TO the north, and then
| comes Snaelell, mountain monarch nt
| Mainland, his only northern rival,
giant North Bairule, which breaks
into MNnge MauBhold Head, by pleas
ant Ramsey bay, ~ IS a strange feeling
that you can see hall the homes OF the
ontire ManN nation ut glance. From
the top OF Snaelell you can SOC them all.
Besides, from the same plac, you eau
look lar into Ireland, Scotland, Eng
land and Wales,
Coosung TO the north. the ever
changing panorama OF mountains con-
stNntly IN view, first comes lhNoy hay
yillngp, the laitcra at tho entlNnce 10 Il
witching glen, surrounded by noble
hills, whose sldcs are thickly dotted
\ with stone monuments loft by the ear
Her island races, Here Is also found a
II great cairn called King Orys grave,
which tradition and dim MauS history
assign 10 the bones OF The DnniGh prince
who more than u thousand ycnra ago
gave the ManNmon ireemone' rights,
Older than Orry's bones arc the l.aNey
mines, the only ones Of Importance in
Man, which possess the inmous laNey
oversbot water-whucl, said to DO the
largest In the world.
Perhaps six miles farther 10 the
north, and your craft VIII be abreast
OF Maughold Head. II Is a weird und
grand old hoadlnnd aud the vicinity
has Ter ages possessed reverchtial awe
TO all seainring folk. This has been
due 70 the miracles wrought ut It's holy
well, aud 10 the odor % Hanctlty leti
upon the place BY ST. MaughOld. The
iRttor was in his early life u gay aud
wicked Irish prince. Converted by The
preaching Of tho good ST. Patrick
he determined 20 ronounca the world,
He put 70 sea IN wicker boat giving
himself up TO the mercy OF the waves.
He was driven ashore here ON the most
inaccessible coast Of Man. Tho holy
well or fountain burst from the spot
whore no first gained safe ground
Then followed the wonderful CONVEX.
sion TO Christianity from pnganism Of
the Mnnx people Tho very walls Of
tine curious old 81. MAugh0ld church
were built by this evangelist; and one
OF The strangest and most venerable
crosses In Britain, the cross OF ST.
Malghold, still standing 10 tho ancient
churchyard, was erected 20 c0mmemor'
ate the saints dellverance from the sea
aud his conversion Of the Manx people
one side Of this remarkable relic con
tainsa carying Of ST. MnuRhold another
Of the virgin and child: aud q later en-
hollishment on a third side depicts the
eruuifxiOn; 10 which Is Joined the arms
OF Man Che three bent lcgai with the
bravo motto: "Whlchcvcr was thrown
Tor cast, IL stands The entire dis.
trlct Is Bit Of interchangeable antiquity
bound By primitive customs, enmeshed
In the strangest supcrsiltionM lllw.
traiive, the parish clerk II still elected
by the votes Of only those parishioner'
Who put out smoke" that ie, whosf
habitati0ns possess q chimney and d
near Runic cross By tho Wayslde " q
proianed old female wool-carrier who
Tor cursing at the wind, wns turned Ia
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