Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-02-28
A VISIT In IRELAND BY
MISS MARIAN ROWLAND

nome on washington S birthday after
long trip in this country and across
the sea into Ireland. By her kindness
we are permitted to give the follow
ing account of her trip:
Leaving Grand Rapids June Is, 1904,
| arrived in Milwaukee the same day
only to find my relatives on the point
Of departing for New York. There
upon they persuaded me to take the
trip with them. Then we left
Milwaukee for Chicago over the ST..
Pau. Railroad and from there we
boarded the Michigan Central for
Buffalo. On the way while passing
through Michigan city all the
passengers were favored with boquet
of beautiful pansies. Soon we reached
the Niagara Falls and here spent
about fifteen minutes viewing it's
grandeur. Finally we reached Buffalo
where we changed cars for New York
As we neared New York the scenery
was simply grand. We soon arrived
in the great metropolis and spent
almost week visiting relatives and
taking in the sights of the city. /.
During this time l was persuaded by
relatives and friends to take a trip to
Ireland in company with my cousin.
On the I'D of June, we set sail on the
Majestic over the white Star Line for
the "Auld Sod" The voyage On the
whole was very enjoyable in spite of
the fact.that we passed through a
small storm, but fortunately none Of
US were seaSick. After sailing for
over six days Queenstown could be
seen in the distance. How we
welcomed the sight of land. The
mail boats and the Tender which was
to take us ashore came out to meet us.
Soon after we boarded the Tender we
noticed that the weather began to
grow cooler and we were obliged to
put on heavier wraps. Landing at
Queenstown early in the morning of
the 29th the fore part of the day was
spent in the Custom house having our
baggage inspected. Later we boarded
side car and took in the beautiful
sights of the city until train time
At 1905 p. m. we left for Limerick
where we spent about two weeks visit
ingsrelatives. In the heart of the
city one could not wish to see any
better buildings or meet more refined
people even in this country, but if
one takes a trip into the country
description are to be seen. The ext
two weeks were spent in Ballingran.
Rathkeale / visited the former home,
church. and school of my mother, and
plucked some shamrock from the
graves of my grandparents. The
country throughout we found to be
very fertile and the crops were look
ing fine. There was an over abundance
of straw berries, goose-Derries, black
currents and rasp-berries. The
orchards were filed with pear, apple
and crab-apple trees, loaded with
fruit. During the rest of our stay we
visited the following places: The
Lakes of Killarney, Trailee, Braes,
Kingston, Hoath, the beautiful city
of Dublin, and RObertstown. In the
latter place had the pleasure of Sit
ting in my Observation-Disclosures
chair. Our visit in Ireland was SO
pleasant that if it was not for the
fact that we had round trip ticket
we would have remained longer. But
as it was we had to leave on the 11th
of August, and the Oceanic Steamer
bore us again over the waters to our
own native land, and we arrived in
New York the 17th, safe and sound.
Here L remained long enough to tell
the story of my trip and returned
to the Cream city. 1t was not long
before had an opportunity Of taking
a trip in company with another cousin
to the Pacific Coast. We headed for
Seattle the 10th OF October on the
ST Paul railroad. On our way we
stopped to visit relati, es iD ST. Paul
and Minneapolis. Then we boarded
the great Northern to go to Seattle,
Wash. Our journey lasted about
three days Upons our arrival there
the rain beat down like pitch forks,
but the grass was green and the
gardens beautiful. We were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ellertsen
formerly of st. Point, Wis. L never
saw SO many Cinnamon and Japs as l
did in Seattle. After a short visit
here we returned to Milwaukee, Here
remained for three months, during
which time l became well acquainted
with the business part of the city.
Three weeks before my return home 1
spent with my brother and relatives
in Chicago. l arrived home Wash
ington's Birthday to find my folks ali
we'll and glad to see me. l am all the
better for my journey and should like
to take another such trip in the
future