Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12


gan to ring, (for | had been told that
they only rang at night)
Every quarter of an hour, sirr,
theyl be ringing in a couple of min
utes, sirr."
one likes to indulge in a bit of
| sentiment sometimes, and stood and
/ waited to hear the bells of Shandon
that sound SO grand on the pleasant
waters of the river Lee. | had left the
Lee to the fishermen and the make
believe swimmers, but the bells would
sound sweetly here under the tower
that held them.
A minute passed, and then another,
and then | heard music-music that
called forth old memories of days long
since dead. How it pealed out its de-
light on the icy) air of night. And
how well knew the tune:
Down Where the Wurzburger
Flows"
NO, 1t was not the chimes but q
nurse In the hospital at a piano. Be-
fore she had finished, Shandon bells
began. but what they played did not
] L
on my way thinking ON the potency
of music.
l passed on down where the River
Lee flowed, and the fishermen were
still fishing, but the little boys had
tired of swimming.
TWO signs met me at nearly every
corner. One read, James j. Murphy
NJ nd hn Nth Doc t,L O.
| Crawford" or Crawford & Beamish, :"
l forget which. Both marked the
places of publicans (and sinners
l doubt mott, and both were brewers
names. The publican's own name
never appeared, but these names were
omnipresent
Again l thought of Shandon Bells,
and the romantic song, Down Where
the Wurzburger Flows" and leaving
the Lee still flowing | sought my ho-
tel.
l would like to make revolution
airy statement, that is more often
thought than uttered, but before
make it, | would like to say that
there are two classes of travellers:
those who think there is nothing in
Europe that compares with similar
things in America, and those who
think there is nothing in America that
can hold a candle to similar things
in Europe.
/ hope | belong to neither class. II
| mistake not, | am a Pharisee. and
thank my stars that l am not as other
men are Most of us are Pharisees,
but few will admit it.
| began being a Pharisee when ]
was small child. and that is the
time that most people begin.
kept it up. In this, am-like the
multitude
Having thus stated my position, let
me go on to say that | am perfectly
willing 20 admit that this or that bit
of scenery in France, or Switzerland,
or England, or Ireland lays over any
thing Of the sort | ever saw in Ameri-
ca, if | think it does, and l am equally
willing to say, that America has al
most unknown bits, that are far bet
ter than admired, and poet-ridden
places in Europe.
Twin Lakes in Connecticut is one
Of them, and Killarney is a poet-ridden
place.
Why, even in Ireland, there are
places just as lovely as Killarney,
but they have not been written up,
and so no one goes to visit them.
l felt that one of the worst things
about Killarney was the American
sightseer, and / came away soon.
Cooks Tourists have never heard of
Twin Lakes, thank fortune, and it will
be some time before they (the lakes)
are spoiled.
The Lakes of Killarney are so beau
tiful that they are worthy of the pen
of poet but the pen of poet does
not make any lake more beautiful, and
| am quarreling because so many peo-
pie refuse to believe the evidence
of their own senses, and take their
natural beauties at the say so of an
other.
There is a tower going up in New
York at present, tower that with the
exception of the Eiffel Tower, is the
tallest on earth.
Many persons look at it, reflect that
its is a skyscraper, and then dismiss
it as therefore, hideous. But it is real
ly very beautiful, and seen from GER
tain vantage points, it is architectural
Iy one of the glories of New York.
If it ever gains q reputation for
beauty, you will find persons raving
over it, who to-day class it among the
"hideous skyscrapers.'
A hundred years ago there were
some skyscrapers in Switzerland, and
they were thought to be hideous. Aft
er awhile, a man with a poets eyes
and courageous tongue visited them,
and he said "the Alps are beautiful"
When their reputation for beauty
was established, travellers left the re-
gion round about the Rockies to go
and rave over the beauties of Switz-