The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-09-11

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Tile main thofoughfares are vide,
well payed streets, aud kept III fpify
lgood condition Over them tfavel d con
tinuous stream of tRo-whceled. vehicles.
x four wheeled vehicle il as scarce In
Cork as an air ship Is Ia New York We
AmelicaJls set up cheer when we saw
4 faNofite passenger vellscle Is twO-
Wheeled carts called here 4 iaunting
car drawn sornetimes by Il pony, sone4
times by 4 full-si2ed horses, but more
frequently by a detected looking don
KEY called 'jennett.n These .jenetts"
have a powerful duty 70 perform, and.
| the way they nncomplainingly 50 about
that duty was marvel to the strang
ers. The teamster would load down his
cart to the extreme, and when il seemed
to us Impossible for the 'ienett" To move
the load the teamster, himself weighing
about the same All the motive power, got.
on top, whipped mp and away the cara
| van rolled down the street,
The drivers Of these jauating ears
are ready to point out to the tourist the
good points and interesting scenes Of the
place for small sum, generally about
\ L shilling, OF "a cents. Ii they see an
American on the street (and they are
apparently quite capable Of picking out
the touristsl they come driving mp In
mad race to secure patronage. They
are even willing to carry passengers a
great distance and throw In a lot Of
accommodations.
One driver Of haunting cars yolun
teered to take one American lady in the
party to Dublin in three days and a
half, and then added, with a peculiar
wit, that he'd guarantee that she
wouldn't Be thoirsty" for he would
carry spring In the CART The same
driver furnished the information To the
same woman, who asked after the iden-
! tity OF one OF those Irish terriers roam
4 ing the streets;
'Oh, he's one iv our Irish canaries."
4 II it's banter the tourists are after,
they are sure to be paid in their own
coin By the quick witted Irishman, who's
4 never al q loss for an answer To any
thing or everything. Perhaps that comes
lof over-nuch kissing Of the famous
Blarney stone in old Barney castle, Just
a little distance out Of Cork. This castle,
ii was our pleasant opportunity TO visit
today, and thoroughly inspect. Built in
TAG, it even now retains most of its
Old external appearance, a massive struc-
ture Of solid rock and masonry, stand
ing 100 feet high and capable Of housing
a small garrison, as indeed it did several
centuries ago,
Near the top Of the castle and on the
outer wall is stone which is said 70
possess peculiar powers. To the one
kissing it Is imputed strong eaioling
4 power, endowing him with great force
OF persuasion The stone lines in O
rather risky position, and the person
who attempts to press his lips to the
rock has 10 lie at full length on the
parapet, while two persons grasp his
feet, and then let himself slide down
until he il able to reach the barney
stone. All the time be is looking down
a sheer declevity Of 100 feet. Well, it's
more or less terrifying, especially after
one is told that man recently lost his
hold on the parapet and shot downward
the entire distance to the ground. IL
relieves the tension considerably, how
ever, TO be told that the victim tried the
osculatory effort in a particularly fool
hardy fashion, since which time iron pic
kets have been placed TO prevent a repe.
tition. Frequent pressing Of the lips 20
the stone has worn the edges SMOOTH
so the Irish are credited with unusual
eloqueuee because Of their visits 10 the
Barney stone,
The castle itself Is g treasure house Of
mystery from top OF crumbiing walls 70
the depths OF the diney dungeons which
kept the powderiand war materials used
against invaders The old castle walls
perforated here and there with port.
holes for resisting attack, are said to
have withstood many attacks, and to
have been overcome BY oliver Cromwell
The interior Is in greater ruin than the
exterior, as the toorng and ceiling have
been removed BY time, until now the
frequent rains and the slight SHOWS that
southern Ireland is heir to fall, without
hindrance, TO the basement
On reaching the basement the visitor is
verbally attacked by q garrulous old
lady, who recites the history Of the cas-.
I tie from the proud days OF its possession
/ by the MacCarthys 20 the present times
, and then She looks sour ii the expected
Tip is not forthcoming AZ the exit is
!. a visitors book, and a large number Of
visitors, it was noticed, are Americans.
Altogether. it is splendid objective
point People here would call il cham
/ pion' instead OF splendid In fact, Amer
leans are detected hy their adiectives
as we'll as by their wearing apparel
Three OF us were walking along the
) streets OF Cork tonight when a dirty
urchin came UP with bunch Of papers
: under his arm, and touching his car
everybody wears cap here) said
Paper, sirl All about The great fire il
New York"
, At the words we Immediately pricket
! up our ears, for the first and only BIZ
, OF news from the United States up &
) then was third Of a column Of week
Z Old stuff about Uncle joe Cannon'
I chances for the presidency
9 Then a mischievOua grin spread ovel
, the urchin's face, and he admitted The
S falsehood, Saying that he hoped W,
would buy a paper on the strength O.
e his assertion about big fire in New
+ York. When asked how he knew W.
0 we're Americans, he said that hc knew
e as bv our boots" So tho native hal
i many and peculiar means Of tracing ou
} the visitors, and the ncwaboys are among
s the readiest az the game. And the lat
. ter are persistent little hueksters, too
5 Several OF them followed MS for a quar-
h ter OF a mile trying 20 sell a ha penny
1 paper When we lodged into ii stor
they patiently waited at the door fo
us to come out, refusing to be dislodge,
q even when threatened with bodily harm
c Through the middle OF The city o
Cork flows The beautiful river Lee
: which emptics into the sea at Queens
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