St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-07-26


ers this week.
Glasgow, July 8, 1911.
To the CALIFORNIAN:
We are in Glasgow, as you will see
and right glad are we to see the las
of Ireland. | think / left off at Xii
larney before making the lake trip.
We left Killarney at 10 a. m. IL
an 11-passenger brake for an S-mllt
drive to Kate Kearney's Gotta e alone
a fine macadam road shaded in places
by large high trees of beech, oak ano
linden as well as elms. The mrs.
place mentioned by the GUIDE, IN z
rich Irish brogue hard TO understand
was shaded street, Where the
stranger longs TO linger, and the lover
loves to roam" Passing several nne
estates we came to a small ruin said
to be haunted by an Irish land agent
who when alive evicted and oppressed
the people on one of the nearby es-
tates. When he died he went to the
gates of heaven and gave his name
as Michael Foy, the rich. st. Peter
told him to go below as he did not
belong there in heaven because or MS
cruelties. Going to hell he gave MS
name as Michael Foy, the poor. Sa-
tan said there was no room Tor MIN
there as he had evicted 100 poor peo-
pie, and told him to go back to Kill
Iarney and light his fire there. This
he does and tells his story to any one
who comes to the ruin at midnight.
At Kate Kearney's cottage we were
met by about 40 men and boys, each
with a pony and each one anxious 70
have you ride his pony. You can I'M
agine the result-a Eerfect pandemo-
MUM. At last we were mounted ana,
after Mr.. Palmer had photographed
us, off we started through the Cap OF
Dunlce. Here the scenery is rougn
and rugged in the extreme. On the
right rise the McGillicuddy Reeks IN
serried peaks, sharp and rocky, With
out a tree and scarcely shrub, ASIDE
from the heather, to height OF pc
tween two and three thousand rect.
And Just at your left is the Purple
mountain, named from the coior oa
its rocks. just as rocky and void OF
Vegetation. and nearly as high. The
road is narrow, and often the rocks
come to it's very edge, while here and
there you come to small iake-We
should call them ponds-flled with
trout. AS the trail winds along back
and forth over the small stream on
solid stone bridges it finally reaches
the summit, 1 500 feet above the sea.
The last bridge is called the Bridge OF
Wishes and your guide stops your
nony in it's center and assures you
that any wish you may express VIII
be granted in few days. just
beyond this bridge is the lake IN
which st. Patrick sank the last snake
in a strong iron box, promising to re
lease him day after tomorrow, winch
never yet has come.
= of tho Gan VOu look
down into the Black Valley, so called
because the sun never reaches It's
DEPTHS in winter, and across the val
lev appears a notch in the hills called
Windy Cap Looking back you see
again the Gap of Dunloe and 80 miles
beyond the blue ranges of the Rear
new Mountains. Ct am not quite sure
that i have this last name correct
Then we wind slowly down the otner
side and through the valley to the
landing place at the Upper Lake;
stopping only at the entrance OF the
Muckross estate to pay shining ton
for the privilege of gazing on It's
beauties and crossing It's DOMAIN.
Rather hard for an American, thls
last when he thinks he has paid III
full for tho trip and has just escaped
from the beggars of the Gap, one OF
whom blows a cornet to excite the
echoes, another fires a cannon Tor the
same purpose, a third plays violin,
and apparently 100 or more barefoot
ed. wrinkled and dirty old and young
women entica you to have ink OF
water, milk or mountain dew, with
their CAV! but your tome man.
Now give me something to help
through the hard winter and l viii
ask the blessed mother to bless you,
etc., etc. One group OF three iol-
lowed me for one-quarter OF mile,
and when l failed to respond ex-
claimed, Jaw! but isn't he the to1ght
mani"
DIR. Aldrich and 1 arrived at the
hoats where our lunch awaited US.
very hungry after our 14-mile drive
in the brake and six and halt mile
pony ride.
Soon we were started on our IA
mile row through the three lakes and
the river connecting the second and
third. The first and second lakes are
small and would not attract attention
we're it not for the mountains which
them and give the necessary
setting. The third is larger, nine
miles by five, and dotted with small
Islands as green as we have been
taught to expect Irish islands should
be. 1t reminded me a little OF Lake
except for its smaller
size. When we landed at last at Ross
Castle / failed to have any great exul- /
.ation even at the name, my idea of
The native Irishman having fallen all
lay, and I should have been very /
oath to claim kinship there. The |
ruin is all right and picturesque
enough with old ivy-clad walls, but
castles are not my long suit, even
castles in Ireland, 10 say nothing of
Spain Soon after returning to the
9Iebe at Killarney *here turned up
three Riggles girls tfrom Washing
-on), who came over on the Merton. I
American faces looked good 10 US and I
we all compared notes. They had I
taken the coaching trip via Bantry
along the extreme south OF Ireland /
from Cork, while we came direct by /
rain.
The next day we went to Dublin
Dy train and found that the King and
Queen We're to be there next day
Saturday The brilliant " /