The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-20
IBy Plumrner E. ZONES.

Before going TO Ireland / had heard
and read much OF the Golden Vale OF
Tlppcrary Guide books all speak OF 1t
as the most fertile section OF Ireland
and the other books on Ireland that !
had hear treated the section III such Z
way that l believed, and proved correct
In the belief, that this wonderful tract
Of country occupies about tho same posi-
tion with regard to Ireland that the Shen-
andoah Valley does to Virginia, or the
blue grass regicn does to Kentucky, or
lancaster county and the Cumberland
Valley do to the State OF Pennsylvania.
SO that cold misty, showery lnornlnG,
X when bought my railroad ticket At the
Y Killarney station for Cashcl. IN 'Ilppe-
rary, i had hopes Of seeing before night
something OF what the irish people
would term "a folne country S#
1t5 When the train Of antlauutcd slde-cn-
trance carriages pulled out OF Killarney,
4 with n squeak peculiar to Irish locoino-
tves, | found myself in a compartment
Z occupied by four other peopc--tWo well
\ dressed, middle aged Scotch couples. who.
i doubted not had been spending some
/, DAYS at some fashionable hotel at XII
laruey. ana hud,a III the CHARACTERISTIC
4 Scotch manner. walked and driven M
through tho gorgeous mountains that
4 hang over the Lakes OF Killarney. They
we're talking OF Ireland and Irish affairs,
and was listening. as, of course, could
B not help doing. AS Killarney Is IN Coun-
~ Kerry in the mountains OF southwest
4 ireland, and Tipperary IS IN the 9, near
N OF South Central ireland. thc uls1'.hco
& that Travelled with these Scoteli pcop's
y was about seventy or elshtS l''.,ss' ' ma
they proved interesting companions. 1hp
country through which VIC passed WIS WIS
charming. On the south and In the dis-
lance were blue mountalnsC en ,e,t o,d
q even IN to their very summlts WIZ o'u
4 stone walls and hawthorn hedges, ANY
dotted over with the typical ltls1i co.,
4 tnecs with straw matched roofs. AS W. W.,
,ussod ono particularly picturesque BIT
~ scenery could not help calling mo AZ
tention OF ono OF the scotchmen TO lta
beauty. and thus engaged him IN y con
wcrso lion that showed me something O.
what the Scotch think Of the lr'sh'
Scotch View OF Ireland
OF is all right he said, "but the lrlsh
are'the LATEST white people In the wor!a.
They want home rule, but thcS W., ,,cyt =
get IT, What would they 40 WV, - ~,
Simply ruin AL that scotu n,a,, ' "a Ira,
section of North roland, WhlcN - In ~,
lands only progressive section; preHh ~
tho little that is going on mere, ., AN
then, with their squnhbles. for Wh!sn
they are maIe thnn famous, Woulu 'n nno
In and ruin themselves, There IS no. W.
Scntchman In q hundred thoushia mme
would be willing to let Ireland nave ho Ni''e
rule e.ot,,
And talking thus, in his strong scote'l
hrogue, he entertained me until We rcacn'
cd Limerick Junction, a busy statlon ~
TIppelyry county, twenty miles soute-
easl of the famous old city OF Liner
ick
Il got out of the train and locke about
me- In every direction ] could SEQ roll
ing hills and green meadows ana hazy
mountains in the distance. Cattle and
sheep grazed in the luxurant pastures,
ana typical lrlshmen, in their carts, Wern
hauling milk cans along the white road
ways. AS had to walt for several hours
at this little station. the agent suggested
10 me that buy ticket down to the
old town of Tipperary, only two miles
away. and come back on The mex train
and was glad Of the suggestion, The