The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-06-02
From H. r. CARSON
Returning Home.
Our last stop before crossing the

Queenstown, near Cork, Ireland.
The bay is magnificent, one Of the
finest harbors in the world, capa-
bic Of accommodating the largest
ships and many OF them. II ;;sal
80 we'll fortified. We went ashore
amid Erin's green that we might
be able to truly say we had set foot
on Irish soil and seen the Irish at
home. Some of our party we're
quite anxious for an opportunity
to visit Cork and the Blarney Stone
while our ship lay at anchor but
there was not time. Many howev-
or availed themselves of the oppor.
tunity to take a ride about the
town and a little ways into the
country in int of the prevalent
"jaunting cars" II was a unique
experience to ride over two wheels,
sitting on one of the side seats fac
ing a wheel or over it and hanging
on, the driver on a seat between
urging the horse forward at a rap
id pace and meantime busily talk
ing to his fellow patrons, display
ing his proverbial wit, geniality
and kind heartedness, both getting
and giving information. Others of
our party c~ontented themselves
with visiting some of the stores or.
making purchases of such souve.
Mrs as were urged upon them by
peddling women and men. When
perplexed by several women at
once beseeching him to buy one
man asked Glow shall / decide?"
a big plump woman promptly re-
piled without a emile, "Buy of me,
Sir, I am the best looking one in
the bunch" Another swinging a
great, ugly, knotty short stick, pol
ished and painted black-one of
the inevitable shillalahs they re-
gard as 80 necessary for self pro-
tection-called out, "Buy a Killar-
ney life p~reserver." Our company
left them with grateful hearts for
their cheer as we faced homeward.
No people among those of the scor-
es of peoples we had met during
the cruise made upon us quite so
happy an impression nor gave us
to carry away with US quite such
cheer.
We transferred from the Arabic,
our home for the previous two
months, to the much larger, more
comfortable and elegantly equipped
steamer, the Adria,ie, whrre we
found our letters awaiting US in
our staterooms. Over half our
number, however, had fingered for
further travel and sightseeing OH
the Continent or in Great Britain.
The rough sea on u way across
the Atlantic, for we came through
an equinoctial, made US thorough
ly appreciate the magnitude and
comfort Of the Adriatic and its
wireless equipment. While not a
few we're sea sick, all felt as safe
as on land. Our sympathies we're
again touched, however, when on
Easter morning Professor Agassiz,
grandson of the renowned Prof.
Agassiz of forty years ago, very
suddenly succumbed to heart trou.
BILE, though he had seemed in his
usual health the previous evening
His son was with him. This made
the third death among our ship
companions on this Cruise though
the first occurred after the passen.
ger had been carefully carried
ashore.
Among the experiences cruising
the Mediterranean are the sight Of
a little of the territory of most an.
Gent history, Of peoples OF today
struggling with new problems, Of
customs ancient and modern, I'M.
pressing me with the ~staidness oil
some quite unchanging, the limit.
ed opportunities of SO many and
the common weakness of humanity
everywhere and in all ages.
Since sailing from New York ]