The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-09

TOURISTS KISS IMITATION or
FAMOUS sToNE
Heai Thing i1 Set boz WaI' ui Castle
Fc-ts-Fi,z feet from Ground.
According 20 Jalus Cham
bera.

an authorized announcement "a
made that "a piece az the BlarneJ
stone Is III Sew York and VIII be ex.
hibiiad during this week" Only a
few days ago I had occasion to speak
to friend who sent a relative IN the
west a just AZ good piece Of Plym-
5uth rock, says Julius Chambers ia
the Brooklyn Eagle
The last time I was returning Ia
this country On Cunard steamship
We found thar the London mails were
six hours late at Queenstown and a
friend Of one 81 the passengers. haY.
Ing very fast yacht. had come down
from Cork to say good-by
AS the Yoyager happened to be
known To me. was asked To form
one of small party to run up to
Cork, where automobiles, not jaunting
cars. would take Us to Blarney castle.
about FIVE miles northwest Of Cork.
We were guaranteed a sure return to
the Cedric before she sailed and
with three others, took the chance Of
losing our passage money. Therefore
my knowledge of Queenstown harbor
the mails, hasty drink at the Queens
hotel, a chat with the always pretty
DaFmaids-all Of whom recognized me
Is a friend OF the beautiful Tottiea
Fitzgerald. who had introduced her
American millionaire husband to her
Vt. Dupont-a miles trct III a jaunt.
ng car, and return to the ship with
handful Of green shamrock. But
his time everything was different
ne Corkonian millionaire's steam
acht carried us swift as an arrow I'd
he eight miles Of bay-it appeared ID
2 about the same distance as from
+ George to Whitehall street-to
ork. We landed near the spot where
rom#ell set up his flag and Mari /
orough went ashore In 1890. The
ltos we're in waiting and the five or
x miles to Blarney castle were run j
few minutes after we got olsen
ingled from the narrow streets and I
le swarming children. Cork is a citv
10000 people and race suicide isn't 4
iargeable to any Of the families al '
Ell as hasty glance would entltle &
9 to judge. /
Blarney castle wasn't finished in tho 4
-omwell days, in all likelihood II d
nt much OF a castle" to ANYBODY a,
no has seen the real thing at stir !,
lg or half dozen places that might Al
mentioned. 1t consists chiefly Of Al
e tower, with wings. In the wan b,
the facade, about 20 feet from the ii
?, or. at a guess. As feet from the Of
ound, stone about the size OF a fl
shell basket protrudcs. nj
y is the real "Blarney stonei" al
30 far as ! can imagine. only sneh ye
rsons as have been lowered in a
1atswain's chairs" and the Wild SO
ds ever have actually kissed it
{, / have had to sit and listen to az
ny beautiful and truthful f?) won. a
tell how they knelt to kiss the wi
Irney stone. | understand exactly ap
at they meant They didn't know wi
real from the imposition. The little Gel
age Of Blarney has nothing to com. crs
nd 1t to the attention OF travellers US,
ept this castle Therefore, a sjust SUI
good Blarney stone has been bic
eed In the courtyard Of the castle let
for trifiing matter OF sixpence prc
and may 30 into It's sacred the
sence and press our lips upon its
gh. clammy surface. It isn't worth
money, because one isn't getting
for which he or she bargained a.
rock Is high In the wall. and anv
II Blarney stone Is much the same
duplicate Of Plymouth Rock wouId 4
set up in Riverside Park or Bowl. am
Green. The castle was built ~ sn,,
Cromack Mccarthy about 1916
iree years before Cromwell slauph.
q the Irishmen Of the place A
sees It to-day It is only an Wv.
ruin, centered about a battle.
ted keep. The famous stone AZ
said, in the face Of the wan Is
to bear the name OF the founder
| could not discern It, although
and Ivy may have covered II