Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-02-17


which are practiced upon the community in
a single day could be detected and brought
together. | have no doubt they would over
whelm any city in ireland with astonish-
ment and dismay
But whileit is scarcely possible too strong
" TO rcprobate The idleness and cruelty OF
those healthy and muscular harpes, that
prey upon every part Of the island. when
they might gain an Industrious livelihood,
the fact cannot be concealed, that in the pres
ent state OF Ireland, land presume il has
always been SOY thousands and thousands
who are able TO work. and would rather dig
than beg can find nothing 10 do. II is nf-
fccling TO see this class Of the Irish peasant
~ wandering up and down the country and
asking in vain for employment. This is
the case. even in mid summer, when with
us. every hand is employed, and for The
highest wages When went from Dublin
to Belfast. the wheat harvest was just begun,
Though we took the stage-conch at an ear
" hour. we had scarcely got beyond the
limits OF the city, when we began 10 see
reapers standing with sicklcs upon their
shoulders near their humble dwellings. or
walking along the road, as il they knew
not where they were going. AS we advanc-
ed, the number increased. Here you might
see strong able bodied man. standing alone
in kind Of Responding reverie; and there
group Of five or ten. all with their sickles
ready, leaning agains, the wall, lying upon
the ground. or Saunlcring along. evidently
without any certain aim or object; and in
another place YOU might observe several OF
these reapers. looking over wishiully into q
fine wheat field, or sitting upon the fence.
and waiting to be employed Towards noon,
they began to disappear TO spend the rest Of
the day in idIencss. presume, but in hopes
for better success on the morrow lcannot
tell how many Of these healthy and willing
aborers we passed in four or five hours.
for did not begin to count them in season;
but there must have been from $50 10 200,
who. had any one asked them. Why stand
We here all the day idle p might have an.
swercd with sigh. Because no man hath
hired u.s. Now il such is the difficulty oil
getting work in that part Of Ireland. wha,
must il be. from Cork TO Limerick. and from
Limerick 10 Sligo7
Ii is well known. that just before harvest
great mul;itudes OF the poor Irish peasantry
chiefly from the south. cross the channel ey-
cry year. and spread themselves over Eng
land and parts Of Scotland, in quest ofwork,
which they cannot find at home. The far.
mcrs employ them rs long as they choose
aud when the season is over, they return 20
their miserable cabins. with such moderate
savings as they can bring back, to buy a
little turf and few poia,ocs for the winter
When was in Glasgow, almost every yes
sci from Belfast brought over full freight
OF these Iaborers. | happened to be ia
Greenock. when one Of the larger steam
packets came up to the wharf. with some
two or three hundred. men. women and chill
drcn, upon their annual migratory expedi
ton II was affecting to see them as they
! landed; TO think what must be the condi
ton of country. which compels its indus
furious poor 10 go abroad in harvest time, and
4 beg from door to door, for work
i AS an illustration Of the miserable state o.
I the Irish poor, will just mention an Incl
! dent, which occurred on our return from
The Giam's Causeway. The sun was jus
going down, when lad. about twelve year:
old came up upon the trot, behind our car
ryaIl. He was miserably patched and tat
tered, and had q kind of coaisc saichel slune
lover HIS SuOuiucTS Dtiu3 cuCouiobcu u
advance, he walked and ran along by oul
side for some distance holding on in th,
best way he could, What have you go
there my boy7' Potatoes. sir Their,
was about half peck in his bag Is her,
all they gave you for your days workT i
did not work for them, sir How then die
you get them7 | frarelied for them =
I Trareiied for them what does that mean ,
. Here my friend MIR c. explained that ]
/ meant digging But why do you beg pc
,atoes? A boy Of your age ought TO worl
for them. Can't you get any work to do
Nobody wants me- Where do you live ?
, Down beyond Bellamony' What doel
your father doY' MY father is dead, sir
!. Have you mother living ? Yes
What work does she do 2 She is siol
most all the time. so that she can't do any
) thing Have you any brothers and sisters
Yes Older or younger than you are -
Younger Have you had any dinner TO
!, dayp No What do you expect 10 have
for support Some Of these potatoes alie
| | get home. and mother boils EN- vii
|. she and the children have 10 wait foI shei
. supper till you come home with your pola
. toes p Yes Now here was a boy abb
10 do half as much as man, trareliiay al
day for half peck Of potatoes hafsiary
ed himself aud Fastening home two or thre'
|. miles further to his poor sick mother, ant
! the children, not yet old enough TO trayel-
I doubtless crying for their supper, and look
n ing out every moment for his return. This
. was assured IL even In The north and bes