The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-09-01

whilst he reached oyer the abyss an
fulfilled his osculatory mission. I hav
no doubt that Mr. Finlen will deny thi
soft Impeachment of his acrobat
prowess. but / will vouch for the trut
of the facts narrated, while am sur
all his friends viii admire his resolU
ton and perseverance. The railwa
from Cork to Barney is under tn
MANAGEMENT of Mr.. e. J. OBJ. Croker
a brother of MIR. Richard Croker tn
Tammany Boss. MIR. Croker the Tam
many chief ] mean, was I believe Dor
somewhere in the neighborhood o
Cork, which fact seems to be over
shadowing the fame which Blarne!
Castle has heretofore shed on that par
of the country.
If Mr.. Croker the railway manager
possesses any. of the smoothness of hi:
astute American brother, it is not re
fected in his railway, which is about
the "rockiest' l have seen in Ireland
But there are others and perhaps
there are worse in store for me.
Whilst speaking of railroads, how
ever, must say I have seen no finer
train in Europe than the Killarney
Express. which runs daily from Dub
lin to Killarney and return, maintain
ing an average speed of fifty-rhree
miles an hour for a distance of 100
miles The cars are comfortable and
finer in every respect than anything
to be found on the continent.
At Brandon ] had the pleasure of
meeting Father O'Brien the well known
chaplain of st. Josephs Hospital of
Denver. Father O'Brien sailed for
America on the Germanic on Thursday
last.
Brandon, which is Father O'Brien's
native place, is an important agricul-
tural center and is pleasantly situated
on the Bandon river, in a delightfully."-
charming valley of which the Clara
Hills form a pleasing background.
Spencer calls it:
The pleasant Bandon crowned with
many a wood"
From Bandon ! Travelled to Killarney
by coach and horseback. 1t was in
every respect a pleasant trip-indeed
from Bantry at the head of the beauti-
ful bay of that name all along the
southern route, one beautiful scene
succeeds the other.
GIengariff is on this route and it is
said to be the brightest and most beau
tiful spot in County Cork.
"Were such a bay" says Thackeray, |
lying upon English shores, it would |
be worlds wonder. Perhaps if it /
were on the Mediterranean or the Bal |
tie. English travellers would flock to it
by hundreds Why not come and see
it in Ireland?"
1t would be difficult to find anywhere
more beautiful scenery than that which
lies along the coach road, between
Glengariff and Kenmere, which is old
in historic associations. The Convent
of Poor Clares is situated at Kenmere.
This convent is noted for the magnifi-
cent point lace which is made under
the supervision of the Sisters. AT the
present time about fifty girls are en-
gagged in lace making. The lace made
by them is said to be the finest in the
world.
1t is a pleasant journey from Ken
mere to Killarney, the beauties of
which have been so often portrayed
that one finds it difficult to say any
hing new of them.
shall, however, close this letter with
4 passage from the pen of England's
Laureate, NIr. Alfred Austin: q
"Such varied and vigorous vegetation
have seen no other where; and when
me has said that, one has gone far
owards awarding the prize for natural +
,eautv. But vegetation, at once robust
md graceful, is but the fringes and
Of that enchanting district. .
rhe tender grace of wood and water
s set in a framework of hills-now =
tern. now ineffably gentle; now dimp-
ing with smiles, now frowning and
ugged with impending storm; now
auhied and mysterious with mist
nlv to gaze out on you again with n
lear and candid sunshine. Here the
rOut leans: there the eagle scars: and L
here beyond. the wild deer dash L
trough the arbutus coverts, through $
Which they have come to the margin ID
{ the lake to drink. and scared by u
our footsteps or your oar, are away :
ack to crosiered bracken or heather e
overed moorland. But the first, the
nal. the deepest and most enduring g
IMPRESSION of Killarney is that Of y
eauty unspeakably tender, which puts o
n at times a garb of grandeur and
,ok of awe only in order to heighten d
V passing contrast the sense of soft IL
Isinuating loveliness. How the missel .
brushes sing as we'll they may. How -
he streams and runnels gargle, and IL
ap. and laugh! For the sound of u
water is never out Of your oi
IRIS; the feeling of the moist, the P'
esh, the vernal. is never out of your
cart. My companion agreed with me
iat there is nothing in England or y
,otland as beautiful as Killarney- ="
Gaming by Killarney its lakes its u
reams, its hills, its vegetation; and y
mountain. wood and water harmo- >,
ously bent, constitute the most per VI
ct and adequate Ioveliness that ma q
re presents, it surely must be owned '"
at it has all the world over no su- =.
rior' THOMAS H. MALONE. pr
CATHOLIC WORLD. Sc
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