The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-09
DISCOVERS NEW EPI7APHs
Kenosha Traveller Has Stormy Passage
Of the English Channel and Meets
With Exciting and Amusing Exper-
fences in Ireland and Scotland.
Edinburgh, August IS.

has but Just arrived in this most beau
tiful and interesting city Of bonnie
Scotland. Within the past few weeks
he has seen a score of watering places
and towns more or less historical. The
dist included Canterbury, Rochester,
Dover, Folkestone, Dickens Bleak
House, RamEgate, Glocester, Cardiff,
Swansea, Carmarthan, Fishguard and
many other points in England. Cross
ing from the last town to Waterford,
ireland, by steamer was a memorable
affair from the fact that the steamer
Book on board tons of water, was shak-
en- by the waves as terrier would a
rat and at times it seemed, below where
ave were battered down, as though the
ship had started for the bottom never
to return. And amid it all the A. T.
was not seasick. Aside from the pos
Bible thought that he never would see
blessed America and his friends again,
the sensation was rather pleasant than
otherwise. 1t certainly was an Eek
perience" and that is what people tour
ing foreign lands are looking for. In
Ireland we enjoyed the hospitality Of
Cork. Here a very clever looking
chap attempted very plausible conf
dence game, but when we suggested
that he had tackled the wrong man and
proposed to summon the police he turn
ed a corner into dark alley with more
speed than dignity. Later we inter
viewed the Barney stone, spent several
days at Killarney, a week each at Dub
lin and Belfast, side trips to Dover,
Bray, and kindred places of interest
and reached Portrush at the extreme
north of Ireland Had the finest
weather experienced since leaving
Washington last April. From this
point the Giant s Causeway and Car
riclz-A -Rede were experienced. When
lad, eight years of age and living in
Pulaski, New York, I read of the
Giants Causeway and saw good
picture, as pictures went so long ago,
of that most remarkable rock founda-
ton. From that far away day until
the present year it had been a desire
and day dream that some day I might
see that spot for myself. It is need
less to state, when a perfect day ar
rived and l reached the long desired
haven that the impression was much
stronger than words can easily de-
scribe.
The voyage from Portrush on a
crowded steamer, the Hazel, was undis-
turbed by wind or wave 1t was all by
daylight and the rugged scenery of
Ireland and of Scotland was all that
the most exacting could expect. Land
ing at Ardrossan, the passengers
FASTENED into train in waiting and
It a sixty mile an-hour gait rode to Glas-
glow where for some days we enjoyed
and travellers are familiar. Possibly
Loeb Lomond, twenty miles distant, is
most romantic for an outside trip.
Please remember that Glasgow has
100000 people, is well kept and simply
packed with buildings worth seeing. %n
was not half bad to stand on the hill
where Mary, Queen of Scots stood in
1868 and saw her splendid army de-
stroyed in the battle, of Langslde. Still,
places of that sort are so common over
on this side of the Atlantic as to excite
little or no comment on the part of
the natives.
Shall attempt nothing here regarding
Edinburg as matter of fact this let
ter was started merely to give the
readers of the News two inscriptions
copied from tombstones found in a
private cemetery in Stratford-on-Av Avon.
It was at the risk of arrest that the
tourist obtained them as there was a
warning sign up. This is the story.
A rough exterior but kind hearted vicar
at stratford is very fond of pets. AS
they die one after another, he places
their bodies in a private cemetery of
his and marks the graves with marble
headstones. There are cats, dogs, birds
and believe donkey, buried in this
unique place. I noticed the names
Plum Pudding, Scotch Whiskey, Adam,
Noah, Moses, Jack, Marske, Juliet,
etc. The only inscriptions we shall
here give are these;
Plum Pudding.