Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-08-23
A BARABoo LADY BIZ KILLAR-
: NEY'S LAKES AND TELLS.
4 VISIT TO THE GRAVES OF PAR
NELL AND o'CoNSELL.
A Vivid Description OF the Scenes
About Cork and Other Places in the
Emerald Isle-A Morning Trip in a
Jauntlng Car.

heated days, says The Baraboo News
and we wish We were there
Perhaps a few words from cor
respondent who sailed from n. Y.
June %, may be of interest. The first
letter was written at Royal Victoria
hotel, Cork. ireland. as follows;
We sighted land last night at d quar-
ter TO FIVE. and how good it seemed
{, 10 see 1t. though we had enjoyed the
passage very much, and it had been an
unusually short one. For some I'M
known reason | had always supposed
Ireland was low and Doggy, and was
therefore much surprised to see high.
rugged shores with no trees aud
scarcely any green Of any kind. 1t
took us until about nine TO get to the
mouth of the harbor where tender
met us and took us in. 1t was beau
tiful night and the ride up the harbor
1 was delightful. Then came the land
Ing, and going through the Custom
House, most unique and we thought,
amusing experience. We were finally
ushered to the Queens hotel over
AoOhiAe thS Joy, anu %idu W ~ W lcSt
! at twelve, on beds as hard as rocks,
j canopied with lace and red cretonne
quaint in the extreme. This morning
we awoke to find day as cloudless
and sky as blue as the most exact
ing could wish and our first glimpse
/ of the bay, in the sunlight from our
window was enchanting.
We ordered for breakfast what ap-
I peared on the menu as plain Break
fast" and consisted of coffee, bread
and butter and orange marmalade.
| was extrayagant and adorned II
I with two boiled eggs and was rallied
at by the rest Of the party for my Law
! ish expenditure. Thus fortified, we
went forth TO see Queenstown. IL is
on steep side hill, the houses looking
as Ii they would tumble down on one
another like rows of ninepins. Many
of them had stone fences, covered with
ivy and English DAISIES, periwinkle
/ and all the green things you can think
Of. The view from the top of the hill
, after we had toiled up, rewarded US.
| cannot tell about it, have no words;
but try to imagine far stretches of
blue water with islands here and
there, with picturesque buildings, and
rocky winding shores, boats of every
shape and size, either at anchor or
, sailing about and above all the glo-
/ rious sky and flooding sunlight.
We wandered back stepping into
cathedral on the way and were just
in time to take boat up the river Lee
, to Cork. That was an hours ride al
shall never forget. Landing at Pat
rick's Bridge, we came to new hotel
/, for lunch and then took jaunting car,
vehicle with two wheels and seats
at each side for two. We face out,
and are back to back and the driver
Is just in front of us in little high
, seat There are hundreds Of them
about the streets ready to take one
everywhere. We held on tight at first
but soon got used to the motion and
enjoyed 1t. We drove through the
narrow streets, up the steep hills, for
Cork Is as hilly' as Queenstown, and
out into the beautiful country, along
the river Lee to Barney, and then
went into the grounds of Blarney
Castle; and such carpet of ivy. clot-
! ted with tiny flowers, blue, yellow,
purple and trees, such green full
/ leaved trees, and then the old castle!
We drove back another way, by
tina tched cottages and stretches of
fields divided by hedges, instead of
fences, and came into town through
a very narrow street, down steep
hill, and 1t fairly swarmed with the
dirtiest, raggedest children, and filthy
, old women one ever saw, but pictur-
esque with it ALL
We passed st. Anne's church where
are 'srhe Bells OF Shandon, That sound
so grand on the River Lee" and final
~ back to the hotel TO get ready for
supper.
1t is now half-past eight and yet
we are writing by daylight, the sun
having just disappeared over the tops
of the hills. We feel as If we were
near the Land OF the Midnight Sun. :"
We left Cork on Monday morning
and went by rail to Bantry, then py
coach II miles to Glengariffe over
beautiful country, mountins on one
side and sea on the other. From there
by coach again for drive Of AZ miles
to Killarney. We climbed up and up
the mountains over roads as smooth
and hard as any paved city street and
then began the descent, all the way
having the most fascinating views of
the hills and valleys, rocks covered
,, with the purple heather and fields Of
peat, ready cut for burning. The
roads are continual surprise they are
so good The mountain road was
wonderful, so smooth, and in many
places tunneled through rocks, and
they are kept in perfect repair.
All the way / was humming to my
self the song by Klllarney's lakes
and fells.' l have no words to fifty
describe the beauty Of those lakes
and their Surroundings. After two
days and a half of delight we were
obliged to leave for Dublin. There we