The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12

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! asked a man when the bells be-
gan to ring Qor | had been told that
they only rang at night.)
Every quarter of an hour. SIR.
they'll 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.
minute passed. and then another,
and then | heard music--music that
called forth old memories OF days long
since dead. How 1t pealed out Its de-
light on the Qcy) air OF night. And
how we'll knew the tune:
Down Where the Wurzburger
Flows"
No. 1t was not the chimes but
nurse in the hospital at piano. Be
fore she had finished, Shandon bells
began. but what they played did not
blend with what she sang, and went
on my way thinking on the potency
of music. t
passed on down where the River
Lee flowed, and the fishermen were
still fishing, but the little boys had
tired .f swimming
Two signs met me at nearly every
corner. One read, James J. Murphy
& Co." and the other ''Beamish &
Crawford" or Crawford & Beamish,"
| forget which. Both marked the
places of publicans land sinners
! doubt not) 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 no,
tel
f! l would like to make revolution
airy statement, that is more often
thought than uttered, but before
make 1t, 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, l am Pharisee, and
thank my stars that am not as other
men are. Most of us are Pharisees,
but few will admit 1t.
| began being a Pharisee when /
was a small child. and that Is the
time that most people begin.
/ kept 1t up. In this, ! am-like the
multitude.
Having thus stated my position, let
me go on to say, that l am perfectly
willing to 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 1t 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 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.
felt that one of the worst things
about Killarney was the American
sightseer, and came away soon
Cooks Tourists have never heard o.
Twin Lakes, thank fortune, and 1t will
be some time before they (the lakes)
are spoiled
The Lakes of Killarney are so beau
tiful that they are worthy of the per
of poet, but the pen OF poet does
not make any lake more beautiful ant
pie refuse to believe the evidenc,
of their own senses, and take thei
natural beauties at the say so of an
other.
There Is tower going up In New
York at present, a tower that with thu
exception of the Eiffel Tower, is thu
talest on earth.
Many persons look at 1t, reflect tina
its is skyseraper, and then dismis
it as therefore. hideous. But 1t is real
ly very beautiful. and seen from Ger
tain vantage points, it is architecture
ly one of the glories of New York.
If it ever gains a reputation 70
beauty, you will find persons rayin
over it, who to-day class it among tin
"hideous skyscrapers
A hundred years ago there wer
some skyscrapers in Switzerland, an
they we're thought to be hideous. Al
err awhile, man with poets eye
and a courageous tongue visited then
I and he said "the Alps are beautiful.
When their reputation for beaut
was established. travellers left the r.
gion round about the Rockies TO &
and rave over the beauties of Swift
erland.