Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08
Notes OF Foreign Travel.

ings about strange towns, and 50 may |
rs well describe the vehiclcs, resembling
our old horse cars, with rows OF seats
running across the top, with light spiral
staircascs to the top, and a very sale
high railing surrounding it, warranted
to carry IL inside, and 81 outside,
drawn by two, or oiteucr three horses
abreast. Where rails are laid in the
street they form 'tramway." and the
ears are called trans, but where there
are no rails the motion is much rougher,
the weight for the horses much greater,
ana the vehicle is called bus have
seen similar ones on Broad street, Pmla-
delphia. The tare is one, two, or three
penre according to the length Of the ride.
Nowhere can you better enjoy fresh air,
or beautiful scenery than from this height,
and though the drive is within themeans
of the poorest, it is not therefore stunned
by people of good means for you Will see
people of the best social advantages
patronize the trans
When ]. and start out 10 explore q
new city, or town, lcitics are not so
common on this side OF the water as with
us, the qualifications exacting morel, we
usually mount the first tram and 60
the whole distance it will carry us. We
then ask the driver tor instructions to
take us to the next line, and have usual
~ to walk through a park or beautiful
suburban street to reach IT, and we are
not content TO leave town until every
part has been explored i'll this way. Al
ter dozens OF such drives in Dublin wcleit
the city with the feeling that in No way
could it be improved. Oiall the houses
we passed there can think OF none from
the stateliest to the humbleSt withoutItS
| flowers, and vines, and shrubs. ! can
think of none but gave every outside eyl-
dencc of inside neatncSs and houScwltery.
| Wepassed back to kingstowu TO accept
the delightful hospitality OF our newly
made friends, and in our wandvTuGs
around Kingstown and in the drives our
friends took us wcsaw scenery not 10 be
surpassed. Passing along hy the sea
shore through the villages OF Gleuagcary
Bray, Dalkey, and Grcystones, skirtinI
the blue sea on the left, with the hills
crowned with ivy and gorse, and with
the golden laburnums i'll bloom, the
scene was as beautiful as could well be
imagined. At one point the resemblance
to the Bay of Naples is so striking as to
have given Italian names to the sur,
rounding hills.
Our visit to kingstown over we went
by train to Limerick journey of about
five hours duration. The city OF Liner.
lex is one of the oldest cities in Ireland,
with long and very interesting history
of its own. Many interesting buildings
yet remain, notably King Johns Castle,
which seems as though it might endure
many hundred years more; a beautiful
Cathedral Church, recently restored, III
which we saw many black oak seats
carved by the Monks Of old" Our hosts
at Limerick were some friends of my
youth, and | cannot forbear saying here
that think that family of five highly
principled, unprejudiced Canadian men
with little Irish blood and plenty o
British pluck, in building up splendid tor
tunes for themselves have also done more
Irish question which, by the way
burns much more fiercelv in America
than it does i'll Irelandl, than Mr.. Glad
stone and the whole party ofParnellites
and anti-P arnelltes, Redmonites anC
Healyites, with their agitation anC
legislation. They have gone into that
most unhappy part of Ireland known a.
the South and West, and they have bull
up an industry that has given employ
ment to thousands, and turned hundreds
of lazy, discontented idlers into happ,
wage earners. And the people themsclve
recognize the change in their condition
with an enthusiasm and gratitude tina
is as purely Irish as the depression from
which they have risen. Wherever W
went we heard 1.-THE Cleeves" spoken 0
with the warmest gratitude as publ
benefactorS. SO if our Irish-Americal
friends are DESTROYS of benefting thei
, friends at home, much better than dyna
mite funds and election funds would b
the establishment Of some manufactures
and there is room for many that wOul
give the industrious, home-lOving Iris
work in their own country. The exam
pie of the workers would soon becom
infectious; industry would promote neat
ness among women and temperate
among men, and this Emerald Isle
might be the fairest jewel in the BIRTHS
crown. A few words of the industry t
!, which alluded. There are five factories
owned by this firm for the manutaCtur
of CONDENSED Milk" and butter. w
: went through the one at Limerick,
stone building erected at a cost of $50
. 900, the machinery costing 100000
connection with this industry "Cleev
Bros" have included the pressing of hay
a l asked one of the proprietors how mite
: milk was used in the best part of the SCI
GO son, and he told me about 10000 ga
, Ions per diem, They could give me II
hint of the number of employees becaus
-, of the qualifications of the work, but
h. must be good sized army. From Lin
erick we made short stays, each, &