The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-10-09

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Ionist to marry and settled In Ireland.
This is the story told by your guide
as you walk among the marvel
lous formations where stones are
hewn and fitted as perfectly as any
mason could fit them. It's difficult
to believe that man has not at some
time been putting In his most artistic
work. Here are 10000 columns al
beautifully cut and polished, convex
and concave SO as to perfectly fit each
other. 1t is computed that ninety.
nine pillars out of hundred have
either five, six or seven sides. The
visitor is also shown the giants
wishing we'll" Here is usually
found an cid lady ever ready to give
you drink and on giving her penny
she directs you to the giants "wish-
ing chair" where an old lady awaits
you who talks so rapidly that you have
no chance to even SO much as ask a
question. You sit In the chair of
stone and on assuring the lady that
you have quenched your thirst at the
wishing well, you are partially covered
with her apron and told to s'wish, :"
while she scans the heavens. mutters
a prayer and spreads her hands. The
performance being over, you (if you
have been able to collect your
thoughts sufficiently long to wish)
move on with the crowd, perchance
to realize some day that for which
you expressed desire but remember
ing that "the first and last word in
life's volume is doubt" Here also is
shown you the Giants Fan perfect
ly formed by many sided columns Of
stone. Then there is the giants
amphitheatre, the most beautifuland
most perfect in the world; one writer
says mot excepting thas at Rome"
1t is an exact half circle around the
upper part Of which is a row or COL
umns such as have described go feet
high. Then there is an immense
bench where Fin MacCoul entertain
ed his guests; below in another row
of pillars 60 feet high. then another
bench and so on down to the beach.
On rocky precipice far above are the
giants chimney tops 40 to so feet high
and said to have been fired at by a
part of the scattering Spanish Arma-
da thinking they, through the fog,
had sighted Dunluce Castle. TIE
giants organ is perhaps the most
beautiful of any object pointed out.
1t is composed of number of COL
umns similar to those in the cause
way. lii the centre of the group are
the tall pillars while those on either
side gradually decline in length and
size as the pipes in an organ. The
imaginative can easily fancy giant
fingers playing the colossal but per-
fectly formed organ. Evidently the
whole is of volcanic origin which in
the cooling off process crystalized into
regular forms. vet with the most SCI
entlfic explanation given, impressed
on his memory, the tourist imagines
Fin MacCoul preparing for his Gale
DOMAIN rival. I Thought to have TAX
en- your readers through Belfast and
on through Drogheda to Dublin but
space forbids.
From Belfast to Dublin had a
companion from near Ennis KiIlen
who introduced himself at the first
stopping place by saying "Come let's
have drink" 1 told him I was
strictly temperate. "Sure and I'll be
the same for it's against me princt-
pies to drink alone" For the next
two or thee hours I receiyed a perfect
Niagara of information. On passing q
little town he said the clergyman
there had good joke on hun some
time ago, cha, ha" and of he went.
"Sure, he says" I have the best peo-
pie between Cork and Derry, they are
always at church" Says Jerry. "I'll
tell ye I'll not leave ye ten of yer con.
gregation some day." So Jerry pre-
pares big oyster spread goes down to
the church and whispers around, a
free supper, with the result that all
but couple of women followed.
Soon as the clergyman knew what
was up he went down and helped so
as to make the expense as much as he
could for Jerry. AT Dublin. Nelson
and O'Connel monuments, Phoenix
Park and other places of much inter.
est were visited. The Omitted Ire.
land" convention had Just adjourned
and judging by the Irish press com.
ments, has resulted In but little good.
An American from Illinois who is over
attending the convention Informed
me that unity Of action ON the part OF
the Irish leaders seemed an impossibl.
lity.
Phoenix Park IL the principal resort