The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-25
FROM SCRANTON
TO DUBLIN
NOTES OF AN INTERESTING
MIDw1NTER JOURNEY.
ireland Full of New Opportunities
and with Much Brighter Future
Than Is Generally Believed-Feat-
ures of English Customs Houses
and Railway Travel-Picturesque
Scenes in Erins Queen City.

| full tide While the water is deep IN
| the harbor
| We are moving slowly down the up
per bay. faster past Staten Island.
Sandy Hook and the lightshp. Good
morning. brightest land, good bye!
! Only the sea and sky are left to us
now Il whole week of sea and sky
gliding past us day after day, as we sit
in the deck chairs warmly wrapped.
and hazily review the past, the present.
and the to conie. You are not apt to be
i'll on vessel of this size 1t takes
tremendous seas to sway the Oceanic
roughly, and midsummer does not al
ways insure you a smooth passage, nor
| winter q rough one. The time to em-
| bark Is when you are ready, with no
| fearing study of times and seasons.
| The days do not seem tediously long till
! we find ourselves sighting the Irish
! coast and sailing for hours along the
silent shores. Arriving at Queenstown
! means casting anchor an hours sail
from it's wharf. We Chamber down
from our great ship and board Il
wheezy little tug. AS she pauses mo-
! ment to see us off before continuing on
to Liverpool we take a parting look at
her under sunshine and blue sky with
a rainbow appearing and dissolving
along her side. The tug takes it's way
close to green banks and queer old
fortfications and lands us safely at
THE CUSTOM HOUSE.
The boasted free trade of the British
Isles falls short in SO far that your
trunks and bags must be searched for
those precious materials. whiskey and
t.,J, :I,>1,
travellers should be smuggling these
treasures among their wardrobes! The
absurdity of it is so plain that the
searchers cast but one sheepish glance
ut our furbelows before shutting down
the lid and carting off the trunks for
the further ordeal of the scales for en-
cess OF weight. This is n test few
American trunks pass. and after being
charged roundly we are free to enter
upon the delights of
RAILWAY TRAVEL FROM CORK
TO DUBLIN.
Evidently there is no competition on
this route, the journey is about the
same in length as that from Scranton
to New York, and we found the fare.
third class. TO be as much as we paid
Oh our mileage system. to travel down
to New York, Pullman car included.
We decided on second class. and paid
twice as much. First class was so
out OF sight in cost that we appreciate
ed for the first time the joke about
the nobleman who being asked why lie
always Travelled third, replied: Be
cause there is no fourth" The differ
ence in appearance between second and
third is very trifling. The cars are all
little trundle wagons, more like old
fashioned stage coaches than like our
home trains. But we enjoyed our jour-
ney In them greatly looking abroad
upon the landscape of Ireland. The
fields appeared much as ours
do in the autumn, but the leaves do not
brighten and fall from the trees, but
hang rusty and sombre. in many cases
till the new buds push them off.
Thatched cottages, old towers, a roll
ing country and distant mountains
made a charming picture till night
closed in and turned our attention
within to the preparations for
TABLE DIIOTE DINNER ON TRAIN
This was served in a succession of
large dishes, containing boiled lamb,
chicken, potatoes and cabbage. offered
to all at the tables. who helped them
selves according to their desires.
Boiled rice and stewed apples formed
the dessert. No indigestible Yankee
nick-nacks on that bill. The straight
simplicity of the feast was unsurpassed
and ended with much decOrum as we
nenred the spires of
DEAR OLD DUBLIN,
ftn Dit, >c y,,;,
pride of every Irish heart. Still re- !
Garded by many as the second city of
the British empire. Dublin has long
been seat of learning, law and mc,li- |.
cine About $50 years ago, before the !
absentee system came in to vogue. the |
city was a seat of the Irish nobility, |
and long rows of stately homes We're |
erected here built so solidly that they |
seem amply good for another hundred |
years. Italian artists We're imported to !
finish the interiors, and to them is due |
the eXquisitely carved mantles of mar ,
BILE and delicate raised work on CELL |
inss. never since excelled for artistic |
excellence.
The public buildings are very inter- |
estng and we'll designed, and the old !
part of the city Is solidly and consist
modern. New building is mostly con-
fined to the suberDs, which are fine and |
rapidly growing.
Nothing short of Cairo can exceed |
the picturesqueness of Dublin streets. |
The vice regal people are constantly |
abroad in their liveried turn-outs. Mill |
tary uniforms enliven the way, and gay |
equerries gallop by on brisk Irish |
horses. The spectacle, however, which |
most assures you that you are in Ire- |
land is the famous jaunting car, or |
side car, as 1t is now generally called. |
You sit sidewise over high wheels and |
the driver dashes along at a wild Tam
O'Shanter kind of pace. 1t Is the strane-
est sight to see handsomely dressed |
ladies, holy fathers in long coats and
digniied diplomats, constantly lying |
by in this side-saddle fashion.
Further decline is not looked for in |
this land, and the general belief seems
to be that
IRELAND Is COMING UP.
The British throne is upheld too
much ON the shoulders of Irishmen in
these days for their claims to be passed |
lightly, and the disposition on the part |
OF England to taffy Ireland grows
apace.
The conditions which have depressed
the country are passing away. Rent |
rackmg has proved such a difficult pur-
suit in recent years that the landed
gentry are selling out freely. You can
now buy anything here from II Mar
tello tower to an ancient castle. The
Twin In to,