The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1919-07-17
From Ireland.
Killarney, Ireland,
lime Is 1910

NlildIHcy, lTcldHu,
June Is, 1919.
Dearest Mother and Family:
| am now in Killarney. ireland. |
am having fine time and am seeing
the country, This place is in the
southern r;lt of Ireland and the
scenery is really beautiful. | believe
it is the most beautiful in the world
OF its kind Ireland is a wonderful
place. The people are very nice and
congenial and are very funny indeed
| am hearing the real Irish spoken
now. Ireland is in an uproar now
because of the same old trouble. We
had little trouble here last night
The police and soldiers had quite a
time quoting the mob.
leave here tomorrow and go back
to Dublin, and from there back to
London. i am thinking very much Of
making the way back through Wales.
It will cost a little more, but while |
am sight seein. | had about as well
see the most of it,
| have now been all over the Brit
ish Isles and have seen quite bit of
Europe. ] have chosen the Scottish
people as being the most like Ameri-
cans of any one in habits, the Irish
as the wittiest and the English as the
most disgusting. | was treated very
nice in England by the better class of
people, but the lower classes are rot
ten to the core.
l had an exceedingly good time
while in England. but you know yeu
cannot help noticing surroundings.
| went from England into Scotland,
and it is just too beautiful for me to
describe. The people are just plain
I eople with no put-on appearance
and are truthful. They are not peo-
pie who are stricken with the curse
of the world called vanity. AS you
know, they are most all Presbyterians
and come nearer living up to their
faith than any people | know. While
| was in Edingurgh visited the castle
of Edinburgh and the castle OF Holy
rood 1t certainly made history come
home to me. ! went. through with
good guide and he knew Scottish his
tory TO a letter. | saw all the armor
used Ly all the old kings and knights,
their pictures in real oil paintings. IL
saw the weapons used by those men
and learned a great deal concerning
them. Even the picture of old Mac
beth is there. Robert Bruce, William
Wallace and many others. | saw
nothing in memory of old kirkpat-
rick, and looked everywhere for it.
| visited many other old buildings
and castles, all of which have many
stories connected with them. also
came through the Trossacks and
traced Fitz James from the beginning
Of the chase all the way through his
six days adventure, 1t took a whole
day as you know it is about thirty or
forty miles Of country. 1t was very
and the scenery is the
most beautiful mountain scenery
ever saw. | really ike it better than
the Alps. OF course the Alps are con-
sidered the most beautiful, but like
Scotland so well guess | am little
partial to it, went out on Eiiens
Isle in Loeb Katrine and sailed
around old Ben Lidie.
was in Glasgow also and that IS
not near so pretty as other parts q
Scotland, but is more dor business
1t is a city of about a million and
quarter population and is all business
went through the ship yards tnete
and out 10 all other places OF inter-
st. | stopped in many places IN Scot
and and was always treated nicely by
every one. | left Scotland and came
across to Belfast, Ireland. went
rom Belfast to Dublin and from Dub
in to Cork. spending some time in
zach plsse. While IN Cork ] went