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 The autluu- of this work i.s engaged on a historical 
 novel to be entitled "Erin (io Brn^^h." It will run on 
 the line of analof:;y and evolutitm. England— the Lion, 
 will ligure as the hero, and Ireland— the Ass, as the 
 heroine. English and Irish peculiarities to date, will 
 be characteristically and comically shown. * 
 
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 ^^'^t hell they will 
 
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 ^E BATTLE OF ARMAQEDDOW, 
 
 Now GOING ON IN IRELAND. 
 
 Our Experience in the Wab. 
 
 Half a league, half a league, 
 
 Half ft league onward, 
 Into the bowels of Ireland 
 
 Went your humble servant. 
 Forward, with lightsome heart, 
 Into the vallfey of Patrick-street— 
 Into the mouth of hell 
 
 Went an inquisitive woman. 
 
 Shops to right, shopS to left; 
 Shops in front, shops in rear — • 
 Everything old and new sold here, 
 
 Thundered the auctioneers ; 
 Stormed by lice and Heas; 
 Boldly we faced the foe, 
 In dismal Patrick-street, 
 
 Moble six hundred arid more. 
 
 Half a league, half a league, 
 Half a Ifeagufe onward, 
 Thundered ilife train down to f?weet Tipperatjr 
 Into the tharnling Kings County, 
 in sight of the mountains of Wicklow; 
 
 Half a mile, half a mile onward. 
 
 When shall we get there \ 
 Said an impatient womari — • 
 All the people wondered 
 
 As the procession entered. 
 Some retreated, rrtore ad\)^anced — 
 
 The noble six hundred and more. 
 
 The cabin homes of Ireland, 
 How desolate they stand, 
 Amid their gaunt and cheerless poverty 
 O'er tSU that pleasant knd ; 
 Pigs to right oif tht^, 
 Pigs to left of th«m, 
 Pigs in front of ihenl, 
 ©runted and snorted 1 
 
 Noble six huti I red and tuore; 
 
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*he "Lordly" homos of Ire'anii 
 
 Trees to luft of the,,, 
 Tree, ,n f,.„„t „,• ^,,„; 
 
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 " n e .„a„y a he™ fell, '"' 
 
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 """■ "Ul)„ ritv. M„„ „, P"«""«»"s )ion,c n.Jers assort 
 ""'" '■ e" ..,„,- ,,„ ,;;'"''' "'« f"rt the Anglo 
 
 ■■'' 'y<w,v„u,jf 7; ;''''i-™<ha willow, :„d 
 
Wc- are toM in an old book t!i»* even «od '»«»''«« 
 s , ,wtr mMm or brinK into objection the will 
 
 »(.,,re Umt faUl p<«'er whteh «e eaU (r«e wrti. an-l , 
 u*ed »ri,V. ««=orainK t. the Iw ^ «-!«*.» a.l 
 ni-o-r«s *« ttse^nd in the «»'« "' ^""^ attributes. 
 If on the contrary, like the Antedel«via.« and tl,e 
 LfiUm. who p..r,i«t*ntly .li«>beyed an. re.«lle 
 
 then tlie .kow i» utvulution. 
 
 The fe,int..re «.y» tlwt those who believe i.. *M 
 never die. J.d th.- eril .jmiu in olden tunes ack- 
 ,,owled«ed .Ie«K m.d trembled at his word. 
 
 U; a ,li.puted Mue^tion, whether the EGO in nun 
 ea„ ever becoHie extinct; if not, U,.^sonlsot ^^11 tl» 
 
 coll 
 
 tribes who hav« 'rfwU-iti off their mortal 
 still be on the war-path in some «h.ipc orio.ui. 
 
 In Scripture no law is «et f.>rtl, more plainly tl» 
 the 1 wJ 'incarnation; the law of evolution a,„. « o 
 hat of devolntion is plainly 'l™«»f 'f"' ' \.^ 
 word. Wo «l.all discnss thi.s more freely m .i ut 
 r,nnhlet At present ....r object is to show wl.o . 
 TowCspiritswIiicliholdin bondage the poor »^ 
 
 of Ireland. Ac.ordi,,,! to S.-ripture l..,,c!n ,;, 1 
 
 the EgyptianB, who a,v still persecon,,,- U,e ch.U.«»j 
 
 of Israel. 
 
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 »'anou« km 
 I comuieiid us 
 
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 atttributes, 
 
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 is wicked) 
 
 eve iti <-»od 
 tijnes Jiek- 
 
 ;G0 in man 
 
 J of all tlie 
 
 coil," must 
 
 3lai)ily than 
 on and also 
 .(I in Ood'fi 
 in a future 
 ow who are 
 poor slf«v(?s 
 ,),,. thcv aie 
 1,(, chililren 
 
 ['"V:"'"' *« '•».ov"«;:'t''»'^ "--«««.* Which 
 
 •'"I <- peop/o to give to H« ''™^;"='=^ "'^ Pharo 
 
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 old blanket, nn old teapot, an old skillet and a few old 
 portraits of their noble ancestors— and they are aa 
 happy as any king .m his throne. They tell you with 
 pride they have descended from D.smond, Brien 
 Boreu, or came<l()vvn in a direct li(;e from some of the 
 famous kinj^s, and in fact so low have some of them 
 descended that they have not enminh ambition to arise 
 and shxy the lice and the fleas which have sucked the 
 life-blood from this once noble and am'-atious race. 
 Our experience with these degenerate tribes was so 
 unique and novel that we will tell it for the beneiitoi 
 those v/ho may desire to explore the heart of ouM 
 .Trelarul and seek to find out for themselves whetlier 
 V:ie Irish are ready for home rule or not. 
 
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 , l« 'irmt 4 ch,.„c« t,. a,Ji„,t ., " ?' 7' '"'"« to give 
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 rf « mr.„ „„ ),„«„^^ ; ' "«■■«"■ ffuani consisted 
 7««-«e the ho«c that dre^Th """ "^^ "''««' t" 
 l«tei««.tagood example to Th •''"'°""« '^' ""d 
 «..g hard to knd o„. CaZ°°^ ? "^ «•»' -as 
 h^ny hall to which we were^r^r^ ^^'^^ '" *« 
 [• -"^ ^olcomed by all the ff" ^""^ """ival 
 Nienw<>ther,tt„d«,^ ", ,. ^, f"™''y. consistin,, „£ 
 
 («»«. i<«fei„g the p'et;.e ?/"■• ^^^ g^"»ted her 
 K»'""nt. Ag«„| meal r.- ^""^ """■«> «nd 
 K"«".a.Mwe^.eLt^l ""r" 'P""^ '"the 
 
 "^^ us till mornings 
 
nnKsmntsmia^mtmtiMttimiifiMa^smfiM, 
 
 ^\\l 'Imw ;tiluml<.£v<l>weiiieH:ius\\velltbi^.ila\vu (that uiolrt, 
 i€(^ptjittMig >t<.) irent lowr sWeai^y lbwiJv}^,fUliiterti'a.val lino all 
 
 ((,;^w^lftvv iwn-"! \t\sii •^^MMii.^t.i^tmi, ,uiE«r 'hdin*^- ;i>>>MU",l if 
 llt^l!W<3l>tnr'\sif'Qi'ces~itHiiJ ibjutit.le iS^jH)!! ibyj^yiu iira re»i;l .earnest! 
 'l|fH>&y 1>rat lhe'l<l .h .<!i;i»\i?W(i)siis .^nn lUi-y 'bei'llj ^»iutll '.ei'icleralj 
 ,<rUK5i4€,i|l ft!h«t 1 i*u»«(;l(tt<!l ;a itiboiryiiiijgiU iGoxiUii'«ie .(j)it' (Lreutine.Qt. 
 'f')a^ ^phyy^\i^\^x^s M itke fttriibe Ibllwdl iiAve,, ^w';b■jile itibe .iuum- 
 ,t-:iftiis>.s»nrt>''!ft s<W<dj;tO:SO0ftib(e iw^y lOeir^^SJS :; itilAe ic^w^Jwers 
 ■lU >.»-«''l 'M(^ iin ^yin!ric,).iji>s pnuyis itd mf %V'm»i -m^i V^aek to 
 <H*ie. iif '»l^y hms^i^ were :a(>wii.ll '1 Tlhey ib1ii**(-srB(il nine sc/res 
 ((?!"■ (t;iwsv«.s-=«fl.rii(«!l it!h.e ile,ec3,be« (<^f lUl'ie ttraih© ;!?tyn<?;k: to m<' 
 jf!;}^rtmgk »% 1t]b<e iiii-ps mi4 <f'\'(m'u^ <>t' Itr^nv^'l '! :%o ,.l(K'tor 
 
 (of ^?W!«FJ«ty ^\V(e*' w*it«1j(e<J .oy<er » :sj«k feUow creature 
 wjitjji ^or« *f<ii(e 4«v«»tw»»;; no m<^\mrfi love ever 
 ®f<9jr»<l^ Ito wore self -«fiueHfi<ciw§f «fforfc« tJian these Irish 
 ^(efmi» ^ji^pJwM -5»i ^■skln^ to resk)r<% my earthly 
 tm^fU i^ Jfca foffwipf stf^figjth ftn4 free^lom from all 
 g/pf;^i» of fYimfiSJ*, Thf'V w<»f(e ryi<!en1b1y <1eliglifce<l t^ 
 f(ip(p! f«« In JHflifi't -opff^ more fllf!^«r ftn fttw^nce of fortr 
 y(f>j,rs,^«pn^ in f^i'* I'^flnMfnl wij<k^n<p««} o( CaiiJixlft-i 
 W^l dki th"'r i'^<no«?fc to prova tlm'; tb<^y are nnitnnl^'l 
 1>y the gpmt» or th<e old E^ypt5w«— fln'l that t^^jl 
 f^tiW refcfttn the knowkdgf^ ot the ftrts and scienros fori 
 which that peopl© ara justly cele>)mt^<l Th^vevenj 
 vrmt m far ftf? to hwM a minature pyrflmi'l on m 
 head— PTifl during its propt]n\i, my ^knll H^rfime 'i) 
 tender thnt nor'wK pnnr«?e fir fine, dnrc tonchtlKJ 
 aacr<?d Trork-ptiop of tliowe M'jpe phvs;ovfrns-->if>'rpvPl 
 
I ithut uitjlrt, 
 H'a.vallini; ,all 
 
 1 Cfcke 'K,iii.:j& 
 
 ■re»i;l .eurtiestl 
 Hill ..ta'iileti'Lly 
 wt' lU'watiiMtfat. 
 jlle it;be .ii:i:tiw- 
 
 t Aiwl Imek to 
 
 rwi'il me fiet/res 
 
 jstwflk: ifi) in'' 
 
 (jint — w^^ sislei' 
 Mow creature 
 r's love ever 
 mn tliose Irish 
 •« mv earth I V 
 
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 4om from all 
 r <1elJg;lite<I t/i 
 >«en(efl! of forty 
 of Canadft-j 
 V are ftnimnt^'l 
 «n<l that theA 
 id Rcienpes fori 
 >(1, Thf^y evenl 
 Tflmi'l ^n my] 
 
 t;'''"^ 'ho., Irish L.!!^^''' '''-^'r'' <»-oe.tt«ib,^ 
 
 I."«tT,.ii,,,.,,_ '.>. r,«hnl,| the mtUtt, „f the 
 
 "'i\v ret noitha, a,j. ^^ 
 
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 night, but liktJ the Angols, aro constantly doing Ood'3 
 will and Hooking to not Ifofoj-o Dw present generation 
 p,n example oi* faith and gt¥)(l works. Columbus nevor 
 tried harder to dis^jover (Uir western hemisphere tlmii 
 did those gray navigatoys seek to establish a colony on 
 the shores oil Colpioyn Bay. But,— -like the savage 
 Chinese — I butchered thorw hy the score, and doubtless 
 frightened away battaUious on the march — litterally 
 fulfilling Scripture : "One shall chase a thousand and 
 two put ten-thousand to flight." They evidently 
 liked the appearance of my Canadian home and were 
 .determined to stay a*4 my guests. 
 
 Irish "-ray-j 
 
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 CHAPTER V. 
 
 In gi ing our experience with the Irish vermin, 
 we resent any insinuation from outsiders that the 
 Irish race aro naturally unclean or indigent; On the 
 cpntrary, wo believe there is no nation on earth who, 
 i£ left to their own free will, and given the liberty to 
 use their own brains and wit, that would more rapidly 
 evolve and reach perfection as a nation. 
 
 In the line of analogy, Ireland resembles an tuss' 
 
 Nor is this used as a term of reproach, for, in Scripture, 
 
 that is the only (juadruped we read of to whom was 
 
 given the power of speech, in o»-der to advise a foolish 
 
 prophet. When "Erin go Bragh" bowed her beautiful 
 
 head to receive a foreign yoke and became a servant 
 
 to licentious foreigners, she. lost her rarest gem— the 
 
 precious pearl of liberty. Had Irishmen reserved the 
 
 God-given right to think for themselves and not depend 
 
 upon Italian statesmen to rule their consciences, they 
 
 might now be leading in the van of nations, instead of 
 
 being the laughing-stock and curiosity-shop of the 
 
 world. r ui 
 
 Philosophic Germans laugh and grow fat, while i 
 they sip lager-beer and live on "good cheer," produced 
 in old "fader land." ■-<*- i i 
 
 The French live iu sjur^n > and. ga dens, subhme, 
 and rest in their villas aivJ cottages neat, while the 
 working classes meet on the boulevards, drink Burj 
 gundy wine, and tell. of the .lays gone by, when tij 
 rack and the gibhet vvas the poor mans' treat, nnd tli 
 fclood of the martys ran silent and deep. 
 
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vermm, 
 bhat the 
 On .the 
 rth who, 
 ibei'ty to 
 ■e rapidly 
 
 s an luss' 
 Scripture, 
 'horn was 
 3 a foolish 
 
 • beautiful 
 I a servant 
 
 2em — the 
 jerved the 
 tiot depend 
 ences, they 
 , instead of 
 lop of the 
 
 • fat, while 1 
 ," produced I 
 
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 T\s, sublime, 
 
 ,■ while thel 
 
 drink Burj 
 
 yr, wlien%| 
 
 eat, and tlif 
 
 Muffled herlrd, ^i '7" ■'f """^^o -J »ki'<. h« 
 
 «.e k«.,..a„ to row .t" "' ""'' ''•"" ■""' '"". for 
 
 e"*d by t„e Bo.7above r^p' ",''T''"" ''"'•'■^• 
 »««fe: her strength i,mJ '"'' "'"I' "'' "•"« 
 
 (i™„„ie,, guns-Ian oX'rj""' r''' ""^ ^«"'' 
 
 «'.le»' palatine iZ f„d " ' *"'' "''""'"^ "'"-^ ^y 
 •The truth ahairi^X"" '^ """ '^'"--<' 
 
 »''- a ,iny yo„4 a lien Tt f '*" P ^'"S'"^" 
 
 '""■•ed by the dra-^on ^£0^ . " ' 'T " ™"?' ""d 'Vaa 
 
 Seott we can say °" Woe w ^k' T'"^ ''^"' > ""^ "'«' 
 
 K day that cost 7CuZlV\'''r' "^ '^-'h 
 
 Nially bhnd, and bere t „'f ^ 8"' "'" O^y" Now 
 
 Fain s still in nr.rr,. X- ""^ • ^"® ^obe of her 
 
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 CHAPTER VI; 
 
 The Irish are waking up, and the sound of indus* 
 try is heard in the land. Surpassing in beauty the 
 gobelins of France, are the famed Irish poplins, uiMnu- 
 factured by Atkinsons, Switzers, and Pirns. No nafcioa 
 on earth can compete with their lace, and in DuMin, 
 the priests and the people look as noble as Gods. 
 
 The Pope, with cominemiabh} wisdom and charity, 
 has intimated his intention of giving his cler^^v ])er- 
 mission to marry. Long live the Pope! — and mav he 
 yet visit Ireland and pronounce tin; l)('nedictioii on the 
 union of the churches 1 — ihen will the heart <!;' old 
 Erin rejoice, and love be without dissimtdation— [ii'i('t>: 
 and nun. may wed if they Will! Tne prophecy will 
 be fulfil Ic 1 — "the lions and the lamlis will lie down 
 together," nnd litthi children will bless the day wiioii 
 His Holiness roiled the celibat(! stone away! Oh! >h;ill 
 the temple .stones be polished, whun the arciiik'cb 
 returns ? Shall the sisters all }m watching for the o-reiit 
 triumphant march — when the Master xMason ooitios, 
 surrounded by the heavenly host, to place the ooldcii 
 sheaves of manhood round the sparklim,' foiiuilc 
 diamonds ^ Will redemption be complete, whci! the 
 armies all shall meet to tell the wondrons .story of how 
 we fought earth's battle, the sieges and the conllicts, 
 the flags of ti'uce with satan — the sweeting bi-ows and 
 the strength of supplicating angels ^ h^tn-nitie'N (•\(''rs 
 will widen and spread, and our minds shall evolve iikv 
 the sun in the heavens; the prosj)rcT, iiriDie i;-; i-; 
 glorious and gr.ind, then why sliould v,-e mi()1!!'i; nii, 
 this beautiful strand, when lo'istoa er>i>'.i' iii'-^i 
 beautiful la.nd ' 
 
 Ve Oc 
 
 fiabiii Jiom( 
 "let in Irel 
 is called by 
 mid notorio 
 town of Bij 
 ml lior fttc. 
 'I'ld pJ'udenc 
 'ii^'e; has ne', 
 ''^'le has kep 
 end of her 
 tiirie.s a year. 
 tlie Lords of 
 ''evolution ; t 
 tliereahouts ; 
 *'"■« iife, from 
 t'le Bi-iti.sh Ei 
 jits end. 0](J 
 ! "''en 10 o'clc 
 jeiLssion and t 
 hm the next 
 l^or Betty's neir 
 
 r'^die bog ii/ 
 
 jTiirkish E„)pi„ 
 h mortal could 
 f e hog with he 
 r of ' tay" and 
 |n'iercreel-at( 
 pose stable is i 
 
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 "let in Ireland wm Mv. t. ""^'""^ oharaetors I 
 
 »■•'! notorious Kin-^s nlj' ' '" "" '"">""'f"l 
 '"»■" "f Birr. Hof i„t?M f'.""''^'' '"'''' '■'■-" *!>« oi,l 
 •■"" '.«• face an,, « „:"::;■' "^ "^ri' "^ '''""^'"-•^ 
 
 «■« '■•- kept a po,,t i'^f ' ™"~,;" '-"' <"■ Wite. 
 '""« » year T| " , P'"''"""«"' "«se,„blo,, .-Jfi, 
 
 '™'l""on ; they va'; n „ ^ , P'r' ^•>' ''»"' o-' 
 
 «'-«i.out.s; t,4s,s ;,::'';: "•■"" '- '^2«.or 
 
 ""■» 'ifc. from tl,o fa iT. ^"""'^ '=°""«'^'<"1 with 
 
 , "'« «'■;«»" E...pir„!t;;L, h7«:::,:,r,"-'."'">' -^ 
 
 ''» en,l, 01,1 Bettv i, « 17 T '^ '■''"™ '« near 
 
 "'!-' 10 o'clock t^™;; ;rr "*■*'" ''°"-' ""d 
 
 ™-°» «nd the Wrab ' T K '■ ™''' °" '''» *- 
 «»mthe„e.xt„i.ht Th« "'"''''■^ ''''"<> ^ meet 
 
 '"'Sett/sneighbo ■ befl„T T" '''"P'' "" '^"'''^^ 
 JMhe hoc, in t," ''" '""^^ •""■ <'«Wn to „o 
 
 f »*ish I?n,;ire le:r;""' ""'' -^ ""' f"'" of the 
 [»» -"ortal could „et.tt °" ""', °^ "•^"' '"''"S ™'"l-- 
 h ''Off with herts „ d :: """ ', ?" '"''"y -""^ to 
 
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 by a mud wall, for Betty's cabin is no common atlair, 
 
 bavins:,' once been a store, wbere Irisb "putteen" could 
 
 be <^ot for the asking, imd in our childhood days we 
 
 liave seen that mysterious spirit disappear from 
 
 Betty's cabin as (juick as a streak of lightning- 
 
 when the guager or the peelers would be seen on the 
 
 war path ! The spirit would sink into the side of the 
 
 dung hill— or into a hole in the ground !— and after 
 
 the guager had passed a resurrection would take place; 
 
 the cup would be lianded around and there would he 
 
 joy and rejoicing in the old cabin home. Pipes nnd 
 
 "tobaccy" were also kept on hand, and candles — incase 
 
 of a funeral. But alas 1 alas ! those good old diiys 
 
 liave fled, and parliament now meets in the old cabin 
 
 hall to talk of the days of "Ould Lang Sine," and pray 
 
 for Home Rule, which would wake the harp once more 
 
 and bring upon ol I Krin the dew of her youth. 
 
 One night a member arose and said : "Begor it's 
 little we owe England, or Americay aither; whin they 
 want any fitin' done it's us they call on. The devil 
 thank thim if they do give our childer a bit av work- 
 sure, they've taken our very heart's blood, and now the 
 spalpeens and beggars refuse ta give us Home Rule,' 
 Up spoke another Hon. M. P., and said : "Right youj 
 are, Barney ; bedad, we won't kill ourselves workin' 
 till the grand ould man gits the bill passed— and thin 
 wee'l all be gintlemin and ladys!" " Blood and ounds! 
 said a third impatient orator, "Could'nt we help the 
 poor old man ? he's nearly wore out wid thim Englisbl 
 divils av Lords— God forgive me for callin' thim l.ords.'f 
 
 One ' 
 home 
 into t, 
 /ire it 
 old Fr 
 fire, bu 
 tongs, ; 
 S'i(j av 
 man ai 
 weary, 
 visit to 
 Jiead of 
 "gossoor 
 ■speaker 
 Rule, i 
 only 40 , 
 future in 
 
 Bett 
 
 ! tiinner shi 
 l^'read, bul 
 phe turnec 
 [God, I niv 
 jthe Lord h 
 pthim th 
 pure, ther€ 
 ^'ory be ta 
 m ass, an 
 jfamsie. Oi 
 ^eselfout i 
 'h'give m 
 
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One vonturod to ,,„g„est tlmt it ■ , 
 
 h»nie™lo chariot if thcvooni,! T,," '""'*'" °n "'» 
 '■"to ti.e iast bio. „attlil ^'^^ "'^ '^'•'> "nd put it 
 
 old Frank (Bott/s h...sb , Oat In^tTfi *"'" °''^''' 
 fire, but Bettj raised her vlT , . '" '"""''' 'be 
 
 '»"«». ye ould ape ! doa ."t I U ""^ '*"^' ^ " ^''«P "^t 
 
 ™° and "basto," and al.^ k " "'"''^"' '"'' '""' 
 --.V- Many a go" ,„; rit'?"" f -'"f.- ''o- ".» 
 "■«'■' to Kings Co„°,ty Old V J".'"' '"■• ''"'■"« <»y 
 '«'of '.he house and f *™°'"' ""'r 'I'e figure- 
 
 fak-orof the new parlL!,!. T"'"'' "^P''^' '<> ^ 
 «f • He can read and Trite a ,"" "'"^ '"' «""- 
 
 '"""•'' in ^tore for fL M """'" '' " ''""'■'">' 
 
 ^™^. I.uttrr and g;at', 1 T;.""' "«"' «"'' "abl^ge, 
 'I'" tamed her eyes to LT! ' .'' "' '^' '"^ 'lo;„ 
 ,«»J. I niver wanted HTZ '^"'TI ' "'''■''^''^ ^« ^ 
 f" lord be praised f «• all ft ' "'' '" "" '"' "'^. 
 h«""' "mt thried ta UklT'lT'- °''' *""' '"«fc 
 ^r^' ,"-- gone to th t;i'^^„''"'^ '-" '"om ,ne; 
 ^ry be ta God < an' I il . """'' "'"' J^ "•« here 
 !* -. -d the ;; '„ 7! ';° "r - 'and and the' 
 
 '""t O""' ■''■eke " bit av° ■ "•"' "■■""'■ "■>" 
 :^"f,"" l^apin' a post oft "j™" ''' f'"' '" --e 
 
spai-e-ribs at Xmas." Botty is responsible to no Post- 
 master - General ; keeps no books, and nmkes w 
 mistakes. When Parliament assembles, the various 
 M. P's ask for their letters, and Old Betty hnuls out 
 from behind a row of plates on the dresser- or out of 
 tlio old blue jug without handle or spout— or from 
 behind the cracked dish on the upper shelf— one letter 
 after another, and if one has an American post-mark- 
 that one is always suspected of containing a money 
 order, and no one but Betty and the angels know tlio 
 secret hiding-place she has for money letters. Tlio 
 letters produced and laid on the table, Old Betty stands 
 with arms a-kimbo, and listens to Jamsie or some othoi 
 learned scribe, read out the names of the fortunait 
 M. P's for whom a letter has arrived, and if all are not 
 called for. OM Betty gives orders to those present 
 to spread the news to the absentees. No dead letteiN 
 remain at this ofHce, for the news flies as rapidly as 
 ever did the tidings of the approach of an enemy in 
 the days when the firey cross was rushed from valley 
 to hill-top by those whose fate depended on the latest 
 news.. I have no doubt of meeting her in her heavenly 
 mansion, where I hope poor old Frank will get the 
 chance to express an idea, if ho has one. 
 
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 CHAPTER Viij. 
 
 There are all kinrk n" 
 "Hhe various .pech^etlbTf '" °'"^'''"' ^•" »' 
 
 These are they wh„,„ Z,t ,,'^'f ""P""""' Police 
 
 -"J pmtection mnn.l tl e i ° '"''"'"' """''• ""»» <>« 
 
 "-" <l."0UKh tl.e o,.ow, ; ;':t"-; ' "-".V «"i.l« 
 
 "■hid. tr,„„-line t„ take a!, ! ' '""' "•'" """" 
 
 7' ".any a Canon, wh,.,; * ,.,t,' ' '"■, ''^■"" »'-P». 
 »'";« 'o on-nge and fawn J„t^^ ;^::'?'' "-'-'' va.sal 
 ""'"inn. But where Oh «! • '" *" ''"''" in 
 !»«.? Has he evo";^^'',,"^''": 'I- -"1 of the 
 '-i-arnated and docned to f '■*"■'" ' °'' "'"^ ''^ 
 '"'■loving Stella ? Oh love" t " '""' '"^ ""'■'« 
 »f *e,,oul-„o power on eath "T'""'"'^ ty^a 
 
 ■^^^r Shalt tLu ;::ro f:r;" ^";; ■•"• ? r 
 i"--e=d:rnLr"r^-'''^-^o^^^ 
 
 k"«o,„yold chur h ; . r """ '^"" "■"■" '•» ^l'- 
 '"•"e-mhed thronV«t Le;? n."\f "-•' °» '"« 
 
 »'-'o return to t,re ■ JZl ••lir;:' '"" ^'"" '"" 
 "'«' stielceth closer than „" . * " '™'" » Wood 
 
 "■^y Who seek th JriT "'";"'"""• ^^^ ' e 
 
 h-. Saviour, and-'ir^:-]!:^,:-^^^^^^^^^ 
 
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 then they leal them to Kilmninhain. Oh, these 
 anprels, how I love theui, one and all. Offc when weary, 
 soekins^ some oM saorod relic— look in <;' I'or some shrino 
 or castlo, oft have they refreshed mo by their genial 
 happy smile, and their kindly words ot* welcome 
 cheered my heart when far froDi home. You'll know 
 them hy the .shinino- buttons on their suits of royal 
 blue. They point like stars in heaven's blue dome, 
 and lead the weary v/anderers home ; sons of men, yet 
 heirs of God, doinc: their duty as best they can, tramp- 
 ing through the city's winding ways, as did the lowiy 
 Namreno, seeking whom to save and succor; never 
 taking tips or begging. These alone, of all officials, 
 were the only class we met who seem to have evoluted 
 above that custom which is doing much to prevent 
 tourists from visiting the "Ould Sod." Unlike those 
 of New York, we found the Metropolitan police of 
 Ireland, England and Cana la, the embodinient of all 
 the Christian grace.s> with the addition of being livina 
 encyclopedias. God bless the angels dressed in hlue. 
 
 
 of tali 
 
 natun 
 
 ment, 
 
 arti'fiei 
 
 more n 
 
 lie writ 
 
 alone, n 
 
 ^ee. In 
 
 parks ; 
 
 ftl'iK^st V 
 
 lie true, 
 
 flllt is Hi 
 
 '"ore tlia 
 ■selves. I 
 ^eneratioj 
 |''eepof th 
 H'le most 
 Jiaisec] in C 
 rniit is (I, 
 pe serials- 
 ""(1 trees u 
 ['link they 
 Nit and fl 
 hy liave 
 f e talk of 
 "'^fer to eat 
 
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< 'fAPTER IX 
 
 " ■'«" '" " i.ito n„ii- 
 
 '"-■""i- l.«.s l„.„n 1„,K1 in r- '" ''■■'!""■ 'I'"' n ffro-.f 
 
 °v«^-;"." ^'ep,s to a,; , ,"„t: :,;.t'; "^ ;■- ".o p,,.;:: 
 
 '"<'"'. and can S tUat' -^^ ""^"'■''' "■" ".ove 
 """* :"'n<len'ul t|,„„ t,„, ,,.,^, ' '*'7'"'- ^ vol,„„e 
 «l™.o, a,.e worth ,,oi„. i vl, r f' ""■• «"»'^^"-^'. >< 
 
 7*'^ ^"t the I,,;, a,„ 2;":'.' ."'J -''•« inta 
 ;"7'-«"-^!"-p the ,I„st of ; "T"' ^ 'h"' they 
 
 , "''i-;>.- but why th,/ n ulr "'"•"'""si.to,,.,, 
 
 f»-ation of Iri,,, „,.; : ,^ „t'"'^'/"^' ">« P''^.*nt 
 «P»ftho,lu.tof th..i,.„," ?° °\'"'-ty-tvvo feet 
 
 »■-''" Canada, with th e~ I" T^"'''"^ ""'t 
 
 |n<.»rials_^,o„d the meat , ' ■"■" '"'■y «"''. 
 
 '"f "'ey are i„ hea e ' .■^'""V''""''' -,,.0 one to 
 f""™' flowers «orie and : " 'f ' ^ "^''' »■■» I™!- 
 b; ';«^« been raised ntf", . f""'' ''^°»"»» 
 f; /»kof cannibles-th" on /",-t"' '* """o '•-^■ 
 
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 whiio the more civilized nations wait untill their dust 
 is traiist'oruie.l into tVnit, vosetahlos, etc. The central 
 counties of Irehmd are not often visited by tourists, 
 niainly becnuso of the lack of j^ood accomodation, iind 
 also throu,i,di fear of coining in contact witli the vermin, 
 which cannot be got rid of so loni? as old thatched 
 cabins are allowed to exist. An inland Irish town or 
 villa<;e is onouo-h t- shock the nerves of a strong ninii, 
 nmch less an invalid. On my first view of a village 
 palled Frankford, I stood speechless for several ininuti?. 
 Old, gaunt, black rafters,' rooHess and bare : gable-emK 
 of old houses, and myriads of ragged children plrtyiii.^ 
 in the streets; no work ; no industries, and what littk' 
 they earn goes to keep them alive and pay the cleri;\v 
 for pointing them to a better land. In the town of HIit 
 is an old grave-yard ennobled by the dust of tlio 
 ancestors of Lord Ross and sacred to me by i\w dustj 
 of my grandmother. We visited this forlorn spot m\ 
 found the rank weeds as high as six or seven feetJ 
 Could the noble Lord be induced to give his consent tol 
 turn that deserted village into a market gai-den, wej 
 fancy lie could increase his annual income by not lesj 
 than .€1,000. For, if the dust of our forefathers enif 
 bring forth such magnilicent nettles, thistles and briiii^j 
 what would it do if cultivated ? It also contains " 
 ruins of an old church, beautifully wreathed with iv)J 
 the only emblem of life and immortality to bo seoj 
 there. In speaking of Irish burying grounds we ' 
 not mean to ignore the respect shown to the departej 
 Such semeteries as Glassnevin and Mt. Jerome ' 
 Dublin, are a credit to any city; but old, forlorn spoil 
 
W'ljoro tlicjo .11.,. '1 . 
 '"'"■'^'■•^ «■!,„ visit J,vl.„,| '"'■'•' """•« P'oHtaWe. 
 
 "'" "'■' '-'lo and bu : t:tv :[. '''■'■-• •""' ■"- 
 
 ^^'l'"t Ireland „„ j " " "'' "' *^Slisli. 
 "'« P- »M J: 1 Cot :; f:-:"'"' -««e '<> e„al,,a 
 
 ">™ forees and prodnco a nh '^'T"" ^™"'<' """o 
 
 ;«;';i"tio„ that „,,f i„du noooit'T"'' T"'' 'p'"""^' 
 
 «"i' 10 visit Ireland, the. CuM f"''" °' "'« 
 
 »™t society. As Paie ; n ItteT'f."^ '""^ *'"> 
 lio ,r«ws_so ia Ireland tl.e i.m , T"^ "^ P''°'»''«e '» 
 , ««";"™ The road, oi J t J j ^ '""'' P'™'-"" '° 'he 
 
 «' "P for the ransomedl .''""' °^ '" Scripture 
 Icvcles ml „i, '^°"'6'' faints to ride on ' „„j u 
 J n'ea get cheaper, everv i.mn *"''• "''"^n 
 
 J'"™ their own carrialT, w~r ^""""^ '""-^''n 
 (peat eo„fl,^.ration in 3 ^ ''"P" '° '''^ t" «oo a 
 H te red;,ced ^o "a "'l 'I^ ""/'"' "'*' -'"^' 
 ^■^«1 -ith steamers crowded "''..•'^"'"'"'' "cean 
 KtoseethedearOuldT, """> '°"™te,goi„„ 
 ;»- fl- and come t '"re 7' ''"""»" ''^™ -«""d 
 h»n emerald set in "eCt! f 'P"''""^' '""king 
 h"f»l '"an When firtt ete/ ""^'^-^^^ '«' - 
 
.22— 
 
 CHAPTEll X. 
 
 Tourists who wish to visit tho old hinds will juxl 
 it to their adviintanjo to go hy the Allan Lino, via 
 Montreal. The steamers of thi« line are tho finest on 
 the sea, the nohle Parisian being the i^-randest Htoauior 
 on any* lino. All classes of passengers are treated 
 courteously and well eared for, by the Messrs Allan's 
 employees. No rudeness, vulgarity or profanity U 
 permitted. We speak from personal experience, aivl 
 can recommend the steamer Parisian as a (loatinL; 
 palace. Flowers, birds fwid mus^c are there, to che«r 
 the melancholy, amuse the gay rind soothe those who 
 are longing for "home, sweet home." No ' hash" adoiw 
 the cabin table— that is "eserved for the poorer clfts.^ 
 who cannot afford to buy false teeth. The food for 
 all clas.sea is varied, abundant, and well cooked. Fruit 
 and delicacies of all kinds are on board, and tho only 
 fault we find with the Me.s.srs Allan is, that thw 
 supply too much food- or rather that some peopb m 
 so hoggish they know not when to stop eating— ami 
 the o°verloaded state of their "lower hold," and tho 
 rolling up of the "hash," detracts from the comfort and 
 pleasure of those who are less voracious. We sympa- 
 thize with delicate people whose e(iuilihrium h 
 disturbed by the roll of tho ocean waves; but much of 
 the sea-sickness might be dispensed with, and the I 
 Doc tornot called so often, were people governed V 
 moderation. The waiters and officials on boad tlio 
 Parisian and Laurentian have our sincere thanks H 
 their kind, gentlemanly and lady-like conduct "«l 
 heard some passengers express the wish for more 
 and less meat— more brown bread, and less white. 
 
will ilii.l 
 Lino, via 
 f!iH.'st on 
 b Htoainor 
 e troatcil 
 •s Allan'^ 
 it'anity i'^ 
 ionco, aivl 
 fi floating' 
 >, to cheer 
 bliose who 
 ih" ailorn^ 
 irer ch\s.-, 
 
 food for 
 k1. Fruit 
 
 1 tlio only 
 bhat thw 
 ■)eoplo an' 
 tinf]f— and 
 ' and the 
 imt'ort ami 
 Ve syinpfi- 
 ibrium i' 
 it mil eh of 
 
 , and the I 
 
 rernad Ityj 
 
 boad tliel 
 
 ,hanlcs m 
 iuct Wo 
 more fruit j 
 white, 
 
 »;"' ol.oon-„g, ,•/ ,,i„ 7" --" ""'I Quoboo i, «„|,,i,„„ 
 '»'»'■«« -m (1,0 ,.„„t„ i, „,,;\ '^" ««'" of whale. a,„| 
 
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 riiA?Ti-:ii xr. 
 
 "Noblot tbn pij,' in. iiuladc* ? 13(\i,'or, I tliiha it's 
 very khind av tlio \V\if ta let us in, an' only ax tlio 
 privilege av coniin' in ta her njails an' j^'oin' inU thu 
 V.edrooni ta take a peep at herself in tlia glass '. Hlood 
 an' ounds ! what's things coniin' ta ? It's the devil's 
 own pride ye hev in Canada :— Sure, it's tha pig who 
 pays' tha rint an' keeps tha root' over tha heads av li.^r 
 murtherers! Ta the dogs wid such stinkin' pride! 
 tlio Canadians needs takin' down a peg or two!" 
 
 This is, in gubstanco, the reply we got from an 
 
 Irish farmer with whom we tried to reason abou'; 
 
 giving up the timo-honored custom of living on a level 
 
 with "the swine. The Irish are a peculiar race, and 
 
 only the Deity can understand them. They don't livo 
 
 go much on "stirabout" as they did 40 years ngo, 
 
 and neither do tliey stir about as much. The custom 
 
 of aping the life of the gouty rich, is beginning to toll 
 
 on the" working classes ; cheap, trashy tea, and hot. 
 
 t'reah baked bread, is taking the rose from the cbeecks, 
 
 the light form the eyes, and. the elasticity from their 
 
 limbs. On the little green fields and on the cross 
 
 roads, where once joyous and light-hearted youths 
 
 went to dance to the music of the harp or fiddle-no 
 
 sound is now heard, save that of the heart's deep 
 
 groan. Poor old men and women trudge along, seekin? | 
 
 to earn some money as best they can, to keep the olil 
 
 cabin over their heads. The warbling thrushes have 
 
 deserted the bushes; the little wrens have left the glens; 
 
 all nature seems to weep. There broods o'er that 
 
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 lovely JHle a soinctliinn.-..T k 
 
 Wrr , fl ternfiedand ind 
 *'"> do not seem to k 
 the 
 
 "ow not wlmt to call it 
 
 leflnablo suli 
 
 a f e 
 
 inr. n 
 
 holy 
 
 lection — and v^fc 
 ...K. seen, to know that they are slave. 7n 
 ^^"•tf-^ County wo <i,,,vn n.'u t , ! f" 
 
 estate and saw hundred 
 
 shelter 
 
 Vm These stand on the cold 
 
 '•"vo throucrh Lord R 
 '« of hovelK 
 
 'OS8 8 
 
 scarcely fit to 
 inoon 
 
 'iWlf lioldincs are l,n,.,-.„ . """"■"' »"'' ""e 
 
 '"«* l.y tl,;ie"ee, f ' ' T' "'"' "■ "" •■•«"'•' ix 
 
 ■-ai-i. Th " i, rj'r ""■'■•""■""'-"• "- -"t 
 
 l'i»c,o,,s wearva!^ "'"y .-otun.e,! iVou. weeding 
 1-. >vtaiy aiif) drno'frjed wrin, „i,i i ,. '' 
 
 ll.nV f.et by a piece of ynnl tT , '^°'"' ""<' "" 
 
 •" 'lay for one sI.mL "^i "^ '""' '" *"'■'' '•"■•d 
 
 |'»rtlo«.s wl,ilo th , 1,", 7 "' ™'""'' ""''' <""' "O".- 
 
 l*"entf,tuh ' ""' ^"'••""'i^ "gent to rack 
 
 |'« lord Z' cH ''"'"i'-'"f ^" P-Pl"- However, 
 
 k Aberdeen to do It f M LZ.?T'1 '^ 
 ho'try among the poor- butl p '""tmmlate 
 P'lemeK that T „ . 1 . ' '■'^'' *"''' sectarian 
 
 ^!.ieh ;laM: hT' PT^'V'^llof any kind 
 
 h«ndroerd:;et,::t,etteTr"'''''^''''^ 
 
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 LoNPON, July 1 nil, 18^4, 
 Lady Ross presents her complitnents to Mrs, 
 Irwin, and regrets that she does not see her way 
 towards starting any further industries in Parsons. 
 town (Birr; at the present time. 
 
 Forty yeai's ago Birr, or Parsonstown (so called after 
 the noble family who live in the castle) was a thriving, 
 beautiful town ; now it is a wilderness of old houses, 
 without manufactories of any kind, its fine water- 
 power unused, its beautiful surroundings unvisited by 
 tourists-Leap Castle alone being worth crossing the 
 ocean to see— not to mention the gi-eat telescope. Birr 
 is w only celebrated for Parson's pride, vain j^lory 
 and whisky. 
 
 We sat beside their old black hobs and saw the 
 
 aged men and women weep. The teai^ coursed down 
 
 their furrowed cheeks as they sat in rags an.l .lirt, 
 
 and sighed while they told how they worked from 
 
 early morn to close of day to. get the cruel landlord's 
 
 rent. No words of hatred, or thi^ats of vencvence 
 
 escaped from their lips; but like a drowning uwn, 
 
 they catch at the straw of Home Rule. They s% 
 
 like the traveller in a desert land, that boantiW 
 
 mirage before their bewitched eyes, and Home Rule 
 
 is the phantom they chase. Even the old cobwebs on 
 
 the walls hang at half-mast, as if to weep for the woesj 
 
 of Erin. 
 
 sun — =:=•* 
 
 
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 ninjesti 
 stone J 
 Hat boi 
 iooked 1 
 of indiKs 
 load of 
 was thoi 
 puzzled, 
 and boli 
 '■'^' yon 
 state of 
 people of 
 "latei-j'al f 
 ('od sends 
 oursfiJves 
 \^''ien we ^ 
 Unada aLs 
 t'leir i jsou 
 '"'fc t/ie dev 
 liin\s mono 
 IS the prin 
 P^Ji' soon i 
 ''fautj^ bi-a 
 J victim of so 
 I'lvhomo rui 
 JHorrinfrton 
 jsivine, and tl: 
 ]li(it lovely is 
 
11 tl), ISH 
 3nts to Mrs. 
 see her Way 
 in Parsons- 
 
 so called after 
 ras a thriving, 
 if old houses, 
 ,s fine wator- 
 unvisited by 
 crossing the 
 ilescope. Birr 
 e, vain glory 
 
 1 and saw tlie 
 coursed down 
 ms and dii't, 
 worked from 
 uel landlord's 
 s of vfnigenco 
 rowning uiiin, 
 e. They soe,| 
 ;hat beautiful 
 i Home Rule 
 Id cobwebs on 
 )p for the woesl 
 
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 CHAPTER X7r. 
 
 The famous town of P, i 
 
 ™.i-'io rive,, sujz , ' .:t: '^ ''\T' °" "•» 
 
 «'«"* piers, and a m;miJ,,T, , *^'''""' ^''■'''«''' »"''!» 
 «»t l^oat did we Co t ! • n "'■' °™" «'' ''IJ 
 '"ked the pict,„.e of d™|, ""^'^ '■'^■^'■' '"«> '"*« 
 
 "'• ■■' .'t,,., .save a nan W ""■ .f'"' "'^ ""'^ "» «'?« 
 
 1««J "f empty LcerTe.;!^ t"^*''?""'' ""' «"'-t a 
 »•"« "><"■> principal laisint,, a „T , ," ':'"''''"'"^ "'''^^ 
 
 P««M,butfinaVhe.ld ■ W '"'^"^ *""'""'"" 
 
 ""■I I'-lieve in .JuS ,*''"'« "''■'"'ful religi„,„ 
 
 ■»■ yo" can 1 ve"„r,,I v 'T'"' " "'•"'■■■ «'" 
 ««« of spiritual Z ;: /' ? '"^ =-«'-d a higher' 
 
 P»P'«"f Canada. f„ lev '" "■"" "'" ''<""'-« 
 material food." "Oh",.- , '"""■'"""" considerable 
 
 7»l-« about anyt, ,t^,: • T' "" ''™'' ^•"ther 
 ;:'-«- ,et Hon,e Hule^ w W 'r 7" '""^tter 
 Un«<ia also, is „o.„e mnosTmn. \IT"^ '"""^''' -""i 
 «»"■ > -'source.. Thev I It ""'' ""' ""I'^'i"" of 
 
 I !'!" '"» -i-il hold., a m : ar oTth'"'''"'''''' "■"""'■ 
 .I""';; "'onopolist, to hoard "mth *''°""'' ""^^ '"" 
 
 ".„"'» prince of spec I, o,. I """"^■' ^'"'•"j'. '- 
 "" ^" subdue hi„ Ire|~^''."''^''°""''«"«'caitl. 
 P'Mty. brains and brilli„n7 . " """'"-I'lssed for 
 *tim of soreererrind !^ -^ ' '"" "'"■"' ^''<' '^ the 
 l'yl'o.no rulers of' e . .';'7°"""™«'«'""' i" devoured 
 
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 niako was doing with all tho money he had pocketed 
 
 from his (Uipes in Canada and tho United 8tates,-~ 
 
 "Oh, begor," said this Dublin philosopher, "he's o<om' 
 
 about givin* shanipano suppers, an' livin on the t'at 
 
 av the land—an' shoutin' Houio Rule 'onc't in a while.' 
 
 It' Blake would spend his time trying to further Irish 
 
 industries, like Lady Aberdeen, he could immortalize 
 
 liis name and be a benefactor to his race. We visited 
 
 some parts of Ireland where, if Christ were to return 
 
 and be denied recognition,: tliere would not be a cock 
 
 or a hen to announce the fact— so utterly prostrated 
 
 are Irish industries. During a visit of several months 
 
 in the interior we did not hear of the birth of even one 
 
 child— so utterly depressed are the people ! Taxes for 
 
 tlie support of ediots, imbeciles, and tho defaced image 
 
 of God in all forms, such as are now a burden on the 
 
 governments, might be materially reduced if doctors 
 
 would start incubating establishments and seek to 
 
 improve our race and restore the lost image!— evolution 
 
 in this line would be a boon, and liisten on the 
 
 niillenniuuK 
 
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 tttttttttttt 
 
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 love. ] 
 httd bee 
 eharacte 
 o'le ma 
 ' they the 
 H'ere we I 
 "■ere bro 
 "f tlie fa 
 this beinn 
 '•> each c 
 pi'oved to 
 the scribe 
 ''efeiiee h 
 I 'letween tli 
 yor the po 
 I money to si 
 jf'ill out the 
 |«ther,spurr( 
 pto beat 
 iuclined to 
 F^gfe Curr 
 ptent for th 
 
 I- ^ was as 
 f ' Canada vv 
 K orathur 
 f'l'e, Mike Fc 
 • praised— a- 
 ps ad freazc 
 Pns. like wil 
 l"e." said I 
 
 
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 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 l"«i beou onen.ie., for ,„,„!,' '™ ^'"i'^'»on who 
 '•l.«racto.i.tie remarks tl,", " "'f "I'' ""^^ " ^^^ 
 »'» '"« bit off the top^oft : f ' °"'^'-''"<' 
 "'O'tlien tore and scratch«l , ^ ""'"'« t!>"mb, 
 »- -" Wed. For ht , IT/.m'"'." """" ''°«'' 
 '"<= brought before the JuZ , '"" ^P"''' 'hey 
 ; ."■« faotot both profetS't! "!"''•■ "O" »ooou„I 
 ""■' ''-'.^ the first t,-L t 2,1^°'^ <^""tle»en,- and 
 ""^f other, he would e Jlrd th"""'«'^ '°™ 
 f-ed to be the best p,,...;,,-;; , t' "'^. '"'"' "''o had 
 '"cribe who had proved 11^ f."'"*"' ''"» £^- ""d 
 «»ee he fined /r_t^ t ",'""'" "^^ "*' ««»- 
 , *7. the Roman CatMie Id ^'TT'" '^'"*^ 
 '«• the poor of the parish" f ^^''^'''t""' parsons, 
 «'oney to support the naul. !," '""■"" "' '•"^'ng 
 '; ""tthe aristoerayCd'S IY "7 T^"^ '° 
 Kr,spurredonbyth;ioaLr , '° hiting eaeh 
 
 (•'» heat off theMl^fto '"'""' """"'d 
 ;*"ed to interfere in so ll n "'"^ should be 
 hse Curran, of Ki„"s Po f ' "" ""^'Pri^e. 
 K"t for this inventir "^ '*•*"''• °*"^ the 
 
 Kln^a :t:1n%:,r\tr.^"T» '■" - ^--h tow„ 
 r'' omfchur I nif. , • Another said- " v!! 
 
 fa s f ~-""^^^«^rthey can W !, ^'H"-"^^^^ ^«rd 
 I ''^^' an tlieir face ,ui' ^hl f''^ ^"" ^^^r the 
 
 D ^'k« wild bastes-fs t'h n ^ ^^^^' ^^ ^^^^ess in 
 I'le, said I. ^'^ "'^ti tJirue, mem ?" "Quite 
 

 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 REINCARNATION. 
 In regard to future puu'ishmeut, no sane person 
 will (lon\" the existence of a hell ; in fact there are 
 various kinds of hells, and like ladies' bonnets and 
 men's hats, each can have their choice-go to heaven, 
 it* they prefer it. All depends on how we act here, 
 Some "prefer to be desperately wicked, and doubtless, 
 Ood sends them down to explore the lower reo-ions and 
 have a trial of brimstone. ' However. God is merciful. 
 After the crucifixion He sent His beloved son to 
 oflor repentance to the imprisoned spirits— and .lesus 
 spent three days in hell, seeking to reform the u\ t 
 antedeluvians— and we have no doubt but He bron.ul.t 
 many to repentance. Occasionally God sends some 
 o-ood faithful priest or minister to hell to offer salva- 
 tion to the disobedient spirits there; and when the 
 special services are over and Go.l has forgiven the 
 repentant sinners, He then opens the mouth of hell, 
 and lo: there is an earth(|uake some place— or some 
 burning mountain opens its crater and lets the fiery 
 lava out, and then esc.^pes these prodigals homo. 
 There is great joy in lieaven, even over one sinner who 
 repents, and none shall be eternally lost, save the sons 
 of perdition, who rebclle.l against God in heaven. 
 Hell No. 2 is less fiery, but more humiliating— this is 
 lleincarnation. Jesus is our type in all stages. He 
 was first l)orn in heaven, as revealed to St. John; 
 Rev. 12.— Reincarnated through the Virgin Mary. 
 In all things He is our example— but unlike Him « 
 
 you a j 
 
 pin'ojru 
 
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 thouo'ht 
 
 ■■^tate an 
 
 they g-o 
 
 in-inkles 
 
 'i'hese ar( 
 
 their bur 
 
 ' and the I 
 
 *'')i'mer an 
 
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 [than Knc 
 
 zoological 
 
 cumel an 
 
 I'loiibtless J 
 
 '•'IS been r 
 
 l"ie childre 
 
 p Cawnf 
 
 psibly tl 
 
 PPpressive r 
 
 f''o Jia.s noi 
 
 iiem on h: 
 
 W'^g paid 
 
sane person 
 ,ct there are 
 
 bonnets and 
 ofo to heaven, 
 we act herc- 
 ^nd doubtless 
 r rer^ions and 
 d is inercifnl- 
 leloved S(>n to 
 is — and .li'sns 
 ['orm the <>! ' 
 tt He broii^flit 
 d sends some 
 
 iiHor Siilvii- 
 md when tlic 
 
 fofi^iven tiu^ 
 iiouth of hell. 
 >lace — of soiiis 
 
 1 lets the fleiy 
 odij^als home. 
 >ne sinner wlio 
 ;, save the sow 
 iod in heaven, 
 iating— this is 
 il stage.s. He 
 
 to St. John; 
 
 Virgin M*'!' 
 
 mlikc Him « 
 
 .vieM to satan. What m„ 
 
 '•"^"'ent could God infl cUn ''r""'"' ""^' °f P""- 
 *-> .spirits back to IrItf'''''P!'*'"'"'°«™d 
 «""»«' life. Good people 31 ,T' '"'^^^ ^°™ "t 
 t» fear, for they evohet„ -."''" '■^™ ""'Wng 
 ;:f-. God will take ca:c „f %tZ ^^'j""^ '"-P- 
 ''f« oppress the poor and grind dol!!?'" ^''° '» "^is 
 J™ a.)".st God will let then Tntth '""«'y-">infc 
 
 P'"-Smg their souls in nurl„ "" "''"""" first 
 
 "•»"Sl>t and bound thrt,vo.f„,d 1°"^ ' '° "■"" ''«"""' 
 *'« -d laid it on the Zlol the "' ^'^"^* ""d 
 'I'^y so to heaven without wV P^^-'hi^k you 
 "-kles, and „„ such i" pe 1 ""-" "" ^P^'^ ""d 
 
 Jhesearedouhtlessthetwo ' r """°""^'' »•" ? 
 
 "•«'■ burdens through the bn'"'^ """"' ^^- e^rry 
 
 '"" "- big elephants at th "'"'' ''T''^ °' ""> '^''^o'-^ 
 .''"■-'• a«e oppressed the poor of TV"""""'^ "'^'' ^ " 
 J- «n,I reasonable oo,n„olH f' ^^''»' ™»''e 
 
 "»;■ i'^nffland is gettilia f, ' """" " ""«'»' h"™ 
 »k'ieal gardens' in £ondo -""T "^"^ ' I" ">« 
 ™'*l and also an onZ " " ". * ''^-^D'nped 
 °»f 1-s anin.ated bvZZj't'"'- «"« " 
 " «» r-Wnated-a„d ,°"°^^T ««'"•'> who 
 «*Hrenonhisbacka„d,H '^"^'and to carry 
 Kcawnpore n.assachre T^^T ''^^' '>^ »"'' for 
 t'Hv the great Knt of („';*" °''' *§- « 
 Ws,ve revenue „„ the^E^llisl '7'"' ^"''"^ ■«> 
 '"l^a'^now returned tolakel .'r '"^^"f y°'«.and 
 ;™ - '".' back in a itdlh ' v'°'; '^ """^'"^ 
 r''"S paid four-fold like ^^ k "'^' ""^^ are 
 
 ■ "'"' ^"""^^"^ paid the Jews. 
 
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 But let the En^'lish people beware lest they also retnm, 
 
 to atone to India and other nations for the adulterated 
 
 li(|Uors they have forced on them in order to gratify 
 
 their ambition and increase their wealth. Monopolists, 
 
 both male and female, are now oppressing the poor- 
 
 but let them have a good time, for in the days to come 
 
 they will be the horses and the cows, down here, while 
 
 the poor will be feasted at the kings table above. 
 
 People who ride to church in their carnages and deny 
 
 the pc:)r the use of eleetricjty on the Sabbatii day, will 
 
 some day be the horses that draw the plough, while 
 
 the poor they now oppress will be their judges; for 
 
 God's Word says "the saints shall judge the earth." 
 
 Ladies, be kind to your servants, for if not, you may 
 
 yet be the dogs who lick the plates, while your servants 
 
 are in heaven rejoicing in their escape from slavery. 
 
 To the poor of Ireland we say, be patient— the ftsscs 
 
 you now drive were once cruel landlords, and those 
 
 who now refuse to give you Home Rule will, in the 
 
 days to come be reincarnate 1 and have fine long eais, 
 
 and nice hairy coats; .md if they need coercion, you 
 
 can aive it them in the lorm of an Irish blackthorne 
 
 on their backs! Oh, methinks I see those cruel Irish 
 
 landlords, as. with four legs and a solemn face they 
 
 carry loads of turf to town. Fret not yourselves i 
 
 because of evil doers, ye poor of Canada. Those M. P J 
 
 who now oppress the people will yet be sent back ami 
 
 be the bears and tiie lions for our huntsmen to shoot, 
 
 while the poor farmers are the aristocracy ot heaven 
 
 Be kind to all ; your cat may be Queen Mary, whi J 
 
 your bull-dog may be Napoleon Bonaparte, or tnei 
 
 Ru.ssian C/.ar. 
 
f also return, 
 I adulterated 
 IV to gratify 
 Monopolists, 
 
 ■ the poor — 
 lays to come 
 n here, while 
 
 table above, 
 es and deny 
 atli day, will 
 lough, while 
 
 ■ judges ; for 
 » the earth." 
 ot, you may 
 yonr servants 
 from slavery, 
 nt — the a.sse? 
 Is, and those 
 e will, in the 
 fine long enrs, 
 coercion, you 
 1 blackthorne 
 )se cruel Irish 
 mn face they 
 )t yourselves 
 
 Those M.PVj 
 ?enfc back, and 
 men to .shoot Jj 
 .cy of heaven,! 
 
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 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 '"-^re intellect. Th ^ ;lr"-.f^^ P«-« and a 
 
 r^^^'^^e, an empty 'Z^'l ,^^^h. ^n enormous 
 
 » ^^e old lands theVjook „'' .' "^'""^ *^^ trunk. 
 
 f «'Jver feather.s and T T '"^'"^^ "^'^^^ ffold 
 f'-^^hem. There so tl'^V" '"^^ ^^"^ o 
 
 ^^ name of your dostinatZ- ' '^'"■'' ^''^^^ ^'^em 
 
 ;: .^-^ the train stc!;: ^Z; ^^'^^^''^ - your trunk 
 
 /" "^^ '^ t<^ sit on it nnti'I , ^''''- '^'^e best thfnc, 
 
 '^^^-"'- or you mav ToTf '^y -- frien,':,^ 
 
 , "?^"^y Heed not the 1/ .'^^'^ '" "^^ ^^'^t bag.a.e 
 
 ""^^"d or sea. F.^J^^,^^^^ 
 
 ."*P-cUytheHer:on:"'' ^"^ ''^^ ^'-r e 
 
 ;: .t --'^'-".^ ct T^^'^^^"'^^•^°^-P- 
 r^'"^st,s for "tin, •• T n ''''o^ *hem baok\. 
 
 P« l-fill6,I p„r,,e an,, ,,„^^ "" '•• .""'ess .yo,, |,«ve a 
 h*" v>'Wch can thrive ri '"'° """ heavenly 
 
 h" fruit. Sl„-nin„ I, t 77 "f '"-s and ,.ol 
 H «i«ly .served, ean he h f""'—-'"'^ h^^ithy 
 
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 on the streni?th of havinoj Ijeen at your ft-mndfothov's 
 wake, or some other service done your noble ancestry, 
 Remember if you are without funds in the Old Country 
 you will wish that a whale had swallowed you and 
 sank to the bottom of the Atlantic. Like St. Paul, 1 
 went to England breathing out threatnings and 
 slaughter against the people who had oppressed my 
 countrymen ; but like Paul, they have "got converted"- 
 (all but the Lords; and are now the princes of hospi- 
 tality and Christian charity. When in old country 
 museums ar.d national galleries, don't stand gazing at 
 the mu\} statues— crude productions of past ages- 
 whose only use is to stimulate lust. The English are 
 getting their n ward, having, as reported in the papers, 
 sixty-thousand immoral houses in old London; 
 The slangiiter of the innocents is still going on ! 
 
 The people of Dublin are famed for beauty, 
 morality, intellectuality and temperance, and the tact 
 that Guinnesse's stout is now drank by nearly every- 
 body there, accounts for the fact that Dublin peoplt> 
 are getting animated by a spirit of ambition .ami 
 enterprise. During our stay of several months in 
 that city, I did not see half a dozen drunken men. 
 Had our people more such stout and less chemical 
 poisons to drink, there would be no need of temper- 
 ance societies. There is much need at the present time 
 of societies to put a stop to the importation and 
 adulteration of cheap, trashy tea, that is allowed b)' , 
 competent judges to be doing as much, if not more to i 
 destroy our people, than the much abused liquor tratlie. 
 
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 nor traffic. 
 
 Tho teachings of Jesu. nud m« 
 
 dWnkin, of good wine ; and yo ho'T' f '^'^''''' ^^^ 
 
 "re to obey or follow mTl T "'^'^ '^'"^ P«°P'« 
 
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 ^'^^d^viJ«. Yet. h„vvL'^^'""'^'^^^''«^'^«fc receptacle 
 
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 "^^«h." Eruption, .^^ 'J ,' \,!'^ ^^^^'^''J ^^y having a 
 ^'rto'-t to throw off- the h'h) . T ^''' ^°"'^^''^^^ «"'^^"-«'« 
 ;^--J food, and Canadia ^1^ '^.^^f^^^ ""^'^-" 
 ""P'--^ on this Un,, ";;2 P '','" ^'^'^^ •"■■^^'^^ 
 '••^turn to Ireland we .Jonir. . ""^^^ permitted to 
 
 ^''t'^ winch to destroy n"" ^'''''^"''' ^'^i^'i'^tone 
 
 , ^^'^^'^h our noble aneltis K "''"■^ '^"^ -^'^^'^ ^" 
 
 '-- of which shou,;;J'::' r^^^ ^iied^-thousands 
 
 '"^•Wd to Dublin-^wetrf '""'' ^' '"^"'^""^^^ 
 
 "^"'«Paper, an.l were tol 7 '" ^^'» ^or a Canadian 
 •street merchant that thJ , "" P'^o'ninent Sackvjlle, 
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 CHAPTER XVT. 
 
 CANADIAN RURAL LOVE. 
 
 Love is like death ; it spares neither the youn<:f 
 nor the old. True love is like true religion — of slow 
 and steady rrrowth ; like an oak tree, the older it grows 
 the more firmly rooted it becomes. False love is like 
 false conversion— it springs up suddenly and like 
 Jonah's gourd, flourishes for a time, but withers before 
 the first blast of adversity. Love is a contageoiis 
 disease — like the smallpox, it often leaves its victim 
 marked. There is nothing into which people rush 
 .so blindly and thoughtlessly as marriage. They 
 seldom examine the root on which they intend to j^rafi; 
 the family tree. Some people are mentally lob-sidci! 
 through lack of parental balast. We cannot endorse 
 the theo)-y that all our race came up from frog-spawn- 
 though judging from the fondness some people have 
 for croaking and playing leap-frog, we feel bound 
 to give Darwin credit ior his industry in establishiii;' 
 the ancestry of those who prefer a tad -pool for a 
 Godfather. Love is a tyrant — and when a Canadian 
 rural youth is first attacked by this monster he acts 
 as if bitten bv a rattlesnake and hies off to find an 
 antidote for the poison. This he discovers in thofonu 
 of a pretty, doll-faced girl, whom we shall call Polly 
 Ann. While his gaze is fixed on this charmer, be 
 feels better, and menially resolves to get possession 
 of her, if possible. He sets all sorts of traps to catch 
 the pretty bird ; and she, the silly fly, is easily luml 
 
 h'^U'V 
 
>"-"'k of ,„,u,-l„.„ ,t,„S ,; , *"'• f" """' wlio or. tho 
 
 -";;'"co the t<„„,o,.„,.p;,;„„7„:;;," , - -no. which 
 
 '""• A won,,,,,, ,1 „„i„„„t ' "'Iwn licivoa or 
 
 '»"-w,, si,n.,, <.H/^;,f ;;"-;•.' ''""» who, ,;,.: 
 
 '"■"' -ii, i,„t „evc.,. „:,,:; „"";;".7"'» "i-."-t,.o„t 
 
 »f swin,. yo„ will 1,0 If t|„ ,,,' ' „ '■ '' >■'"' <'"'. n feeder 
 S" '■»!• hin, : if the "Won" ;,,'.""'"''' '"■'"''"""'ates, 
 ■""' «"«er l,i,„; ,,„t if ti,;t '"*"•- "'"•o-pat.-oni.e 
 you feet_„se l,h„nov ,„„l 7"" , ."""'^^^ crouching at 
 
 :'-;'*■•''■""«'. i.e::r';;\;:'"'>'--vertr,,.st 
 
 '"•''■'■ I'""''",,,! cu„ he „„t ■ „. ' 'l""l'"e'-no 
 
 ■'"J ceouraoe hi,,, ,.„■,, .'"";" '"'" 'lown-cheer 
 :'>--er«:thehi,,.;:;;';;'™'^b«. but never, 
 
 Mer. '^^ '^" that you are tlie 
 
 , ^^« must now n.hn-n + o-, 
 
 'I'" st'-eote, l,an,l-in-ha„,| t .^ ""'' "^"^ ""'"S 
 
 tlMt they n,„ „„t f„, ,^ ,^.| ^^^ 
 
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 11 ■) 
 
 the bay, and while tliore they aj?rco to sail tiirou-h 
 life torjether. Oh, ye who contemplate niatviinnny 
 and avo now like IxmUs sailin,!^ serenely ahov. tli.. 
 Niaora rapi.l.s, IummHii- not tlie nmr of the thousands 
 vvho''have been wreck(Ml in the whirlpool of marria-e, 
 beware, lest you awake from your dream and finl 
 yourself anchored in hell and chained to a devil for lil't- ; 
 The parties bi'in-- coni^'enial and harmouiuus, 
 marriage is the ^ijate of heaven and God sanctions th. 
 union of two hearts that b»-at as one. Satan has 
 hitherto had too nnich to do in match-makin;^. l.nt 
 women— if not men-are oettin;v their eyes opini. 
 
 The parents of Polly Ann come to Wiarton, anl 
 
 j^oing to the store of Messrs Sadleir, Wait & (\ 
 
 they" tell the senior partner that their danoht.T is 
 
 about to form an alliance with Silas Cordwoo,!, ami 
 
 ask to see pink cashmere, and satin ribbon to matcli. 
 
 Mr S. thinks he has struck a bonanza, but alas! alns! 
 
 after makino- out a bill for 85 or !?40, the parents of 
 
 the bride elect toll him they nm fationinr..; the ol,' 
 
 farrow cow, and when they sell her to Park, T.^n-li 
 
 loin & ("o., they will come and settle the bill. Thwe 
 
 sharks next go to the shop of Miss Chapman & Feather- 
 
 oill and get a gem of a hat, promising laitlifully toi 
 
 pay for it— when they sell the old gobbler to Chcivlle 
 
 Bro's Encouraged by their success in the dry gooils 
 
 line, after getting a pair of kid boots from Brother 
 
 Thomas, who like one of old, feels inclined to doiili 
 
 their word, these parasites, elated by the joy of,tlie 
 
 credit system, next approach one of our numorous 
 
sail throii';h 
 mutriinony 
 
 ly altuvc the 
 ho thonsati'ls 
 of nmrriaj^e, 
 am ami fin I 
 eleviU'i»r life! 
 
 harmonious, 
 .sanctions th« 
 ;. Satan lias 
 i-makii\!j;, liut 
 'es opon. 
 
 Wiarton, aivl 
 , Wait .^ Co., 
 • danrjlitcr i'^ 
 ardvvooil, ainl 
 >b()n to niatcii. 
 ut alas ! alas! 
 the parents of 
 oriiiUi; tlie oM 
 Park, T.MvI'M'- 
 
 ,e bill. I'll-" 
 
 nan & Feather- 
 
 .• faithfully to I 
 
 )ler to Chefvlle 
 
 the dry gooils 
 
 from Brotherl 
 
 ilined to doiil'tj 
 
 tho joy of, tbej 
 
 our nnmerousj 
 
 i?rooor.s, and on tho .str.Mwrf;. .p 
 
 '•■""^ ''i'J of 10 or ^ .^f ."^"^^^'''''"^''"P'-ospecfc. 
 
 wi.- the si.i^;i ^:r'r'n '^^ '" ^'^-''- 
 
 ""^ stock of superior flonr ^'^' ^'^"cludo to lay 
 
 ^'•'- F-l'lm,^ Baker. io ":'""'"'? ^''^ '^^-^ of 
 
 Hucpoed in fleecin.. one or n 1' f ""''*' »nerchants, 
 
 '- 'I'hese liberarr 1 7"^"^ t''^'" ^^ the tune o 
 ^'•^'■ted if not called up : 'l^' ' ''• '"'''' '^'^ *'-' 
 ""■". «nd with faces a?i ^ ^''"''"''^ *« ^"'^ toller 
 
 ^-n- in the sha"; ofT^:::, T " '^'""" "^' ^-"«- 
 *'^« only victims of the „„? P"^'"' ^'^"^- o^" t'^ese 
 
 --t-y 'u<ls and ks es '""^ 'T'''' '''''""' ^^ "- 
 
 ,^---''oney f..o. : ': J :,^^^^^^^ tl.y have to 
 
 Jn ayoar or two the si, .,,« ' I '' ^^ P^^* «^'"t. 
 
 ^''^«t that pride o-oos helo I '"""•"' '^""^""ces tho 
 
 ^p-M.efore a ^r 5 n:^:: 7^^^ 
 
 "" "^>C'I</' and the pari „ set tn"" "'^''"' ^""^''^ 
 Ann'.s sewinc. " , , '^' ^"«^^''^^'- ^^th poor PolJ. 
 
 •^'Vl.„ev.reouKlref ^o ^^'"^""-^" i^oor 
 
 7;-- ^ Oo.. threaten ^." e hh ^f; '" ^f^^^^' ^'"'^ 
 ^ y''^^I^ liarness of "J.is'n " p " ^.^ ^''^' P"«^ of that ' 
 
 |f'^y'^'-ntl.er,poor", ..,^:f ^^"^'^"^^ 
 
 F-7'%a.ed his f^nn to^ T,r''r'"' ''^^"'^ ^« 
 :'"'yknou.sifhewilIeverb.! I ^''^'^'^^^^' ^nd God 
 
 h^^^'-^ndP.nyArTrr:;r"^^^^^ 
 
 I ^ "^-"^t time We .see 
 
 ill 
 
-40- 
 
 tluMii Silas is stinttin.i? alono- Uio streets of Wiartdn 
 
 like an ol.l Orizzly bear, and liis poor wife is tryin- t. 
 
 catch up to him as best she can, with an infant hi lur 
 
 arms and t^v<^ litth) cubs tnogino- at her side. Finally 
 
 slie catches up and nKH'kly asks for a couple of delhirs 
 
 to <ret boots for tlie boys at l":iy's store, where they 
 
 sclFso cheap : but with a. orowl like tliat of a buU-docr, 
 
 he asks her what the .luce she done with the three 
 
 shillino-s he save her last Saturday, an<l after hnnlin.^ 
 
 out a shilling; from his old bireches pocket, this <mce 
 
 love-born swain t.'lis his now forlorn wife that sli.' 
 
 needn't expect any more money from him till after 
 
 the fall 'thrashin'. 1 le then struts off like a same reester 
 
 and Polly Ann goes t.. try and sell a few pounds of 
 
 butter and some e-gs. Ye who are led by the (lod .1 
 
 false and foolish h)ve, beware, lest the fate of Silas an.| 
 
 PoUv Ann befall vou. This is not an ov.T.lrnvvii 
 
 picture, but one the literal fulfilment of which may !« 
 
 seen any day in a Canadian town or village.^ 
 
 MonAi,~A husband, whether old or mi.ldle a^o-l, 
 if ho has the ,,ualitiesof thennblo'-oak"— isahett.rj 
 protector for a woman than a youth with a"bassw().)a 
 heart, a "pumpkin" head-and all on tii-e with r.iM 
 love. 
 
 tttttttttt 
 
 The h 
 Is ricvei 
 
 No ra 
 Tliat bee 
 
 Wiarton 
 
 wealth, or c 
 
 I^ years oj 
 
 ''^'8'iino-, boa 
 
 It has five o- 
 
 I'lnd other inc 
 
 |''"ce, and (ni 
 
 room for mor 
 
 more industri 
 
 The Ele.T 
 } resident of 
 N^arted frien 
 \^ove the five 
 "'S:~his in toll 
 '■•^'gJis above 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 f 
 
 1 
 
 ff 
 
 1 
 
 
 i\ 
 
 1 
 
 m 
 
 '' m 
 
 
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 11 
 
 liil 
 
 
— n 
 
 >£ WiiU'tun 
 s tryiiif,' to 
 ifiint ill hi'V 
 0. FiuiiUy 
 e of (lolliU's 
 whoro they 
 
 a l)ull-ili)w 
 \\ tlio threo 
 tt>r ll!l^lill^• 
 !t, til is once 
 fo that slit' 
 n till at'tcr 
 ;aine rooster 
 / pourulsiif 
 ' the Ood of 
 :-)f Silas mvl 
 
 ovcnlrawii 
 lich Miiiy lit; 
 
 0. 
 
 iniiMli^ iiu'el 
 — is a, lictti'i' I 
 ^ "bass wood 
 with ciillislil 
 
 ADDENDUM. 
 
 'The heart, the heart, that's trulv hl..^ ' 
 ^« never alJ its own, ^ ^*"' 
 
 No ray of ^^.lory j;ght« the breast 
 Hmt beats for self alone. ' 
 
 ^ -^ % 
 
 * * * * 
 
 "•'■'"^^ >»-.■"; a„; Hun IVlr'!, '"'*«"'«-'• 
 
 "'™ fo,. „„,, libera ll "". "' ^"'■■' """'^ '^ 
 
 »ore ,„d„stries '"'""'""■™ ^*'-^'"'''<'- ""J 
 
 * * * 
 
 * * * 
 
 The Eleirv on Hip f-.n • ' " " "" """"s— 
 
 «-lc.„t of w """"■'"*■' '"'SO wa» penned by 
 
 h u. riv ;;rv 7^^^^ f.r 
 
 K-I.i. .ntelleet e.Kp„„,Jed,bi. pi i, "■' "°" " 
 r reigns above. ' " "l""' ivjneanmt,,!-. 
 
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 ELEGY i)N 'W 1). (ixVLLOWAY 
 LATii Lai HI) o' Kippel. 
 
 The Wiarton folk' are droon'd in woo: 
 
 Doon ower their cheeks the iaut teari flow: 
 
 Death e'en has dealt an unco blow, 
 
 An' frae us ta'en 
 
 A man who never had a loe 
 
 The Laird Is gane'. 
 
 We kent the Laird for niony n year— 
 His sterlin' worth demands n tear; 
 Upon this e;irth ho hid nnc pwr: 
 He stiioii uLi'.it^ 
 
 We wo.'i may wnil hcside the biur 
 O' him liiii '• UHUf,. 
 
 When liu'.its u'>^' laii!;- find folk ,i:ot 'loucc, 
 Whrii .-m cuii'- in \vr sD.Mi i^.t crimso, 
 Bait!. ; 1- ;-i'i ^l:..ln<-v wvn- 1.^' l"«'v . 
 We \v» TO >a(.- ffdn: 
 Butgrick' iinw rei-iis in ilka Iuh.sc 
 Since 'i'.iiii is ^aiu-. 
 
 For (inid •^ak.> nv>T let Heirnaii know 
 
 That 'I'aM. li-s <'au .1 fin 1 still" helow, 
 
 Poor chirl. he'«! iir-'r -■t oVr tli." 1)V)W — 
 
 He'd break life's chain, 
 
 Or chew lor -lye the eud ol' V..ie 
 
 For Tarn that's -ane. 
 
 When he was cnHM jin'u.t wi' care, 
 
 He took a dram— an' whiles took mair; 
 
 But never fell frae oil the chair 
 
 "Wi' drunken grane. 
 
 Jilow frae the ruot^ we riv.- mir ha:r : 
 
 Wa's me! he's i;ane'. 
 

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