Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1884 — Striking Contrast. [ARTICLE]

Striking Contrast.

The change from the wealth and splendor of London to the poverty and distress of Dublin is striking and depressing. The fashionable squares _of the city are lined with houses which were stately and elegant, but their glory has long since departed. The Irish ladies and gentleman one sees on Sackville street, Merrion Square, Grafton street, and other fashionable promenades of Dublin, are very different in appearance from the Irish women who rule over so many American kitchens, and the Irish men who control the politics of so many American cities. The Dublin girls have bright eyes, lovely complexions, beautiful voices, with a step as light and graceful as the fawn, and they are just as sweet as they are graceful. Sackville street is embellished with a new and beautiful monument to Daniel O’Connell and an imposing monument to Nelson, somewhat similar to the one in Trafalgar Square, London. There are also statues of Tom Moore, Grattan, Burke, and Goldsmith. The two last are in front of Trinity College, of which they were tho most distinguished students. —Fpreign letter. It may be laid down as a general principle that a larger proportion of white flowers are fragrant than those of any other oolor; yellow come next, then red, and lastly blue, after which and in like order may be reckoned violet, green, orange, brown, and black.