Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-10-10

i Feivet DOnnet, ana all that out
wardly appertained to me, passed a
review. Taking out a tract, / read
little, while they wondered at my
"plain spachs,' and thanked God they
had seen such devotee, going, as they
supposed, on penance. Sand sure We
must be hnngry-and such dacent
body wouldn't ate a potato.' Assur-
ing them ! was not hungry. they all
rose and joined in one universal vale.
dictory of 'God bless ye, and speed we
on yere journey" One woman fol-
lowed me out and begged me TO turn
into her cabin and take an egg, telling
her that | was greatly obliged that she
should show me so much kindness, but
L. must hasten to secure a walk across
the strand before the tide sould set in.
| crossed the strand and reached an
island mile in diameter, Of one rude
pile OF stone, with little patch now
and then of green, without road, the
foot-path being so obscured by sand
blown in from the beach that guess
work was my only guide. Here were
huts-some of stone, and some of mud,
and here, too, were habitations dug in
the sand, as rabbits burrow, and whole
families live therein; an aperture to
crawl in admits the inmates, serving
as door, window, and chimney; on the
ground straw is spread, which serves
for table, bed and chair; at each end of
this island live the owners, called
Lords.
Wading ankle deep in sand, | made
my way TO one of these domains, and
found an entrance into the kitchen.
The "lady' was gone to Cliffden,
and the floorless kitchen was
deposit for calves, pigs, hens and
ducks. Two servants were sitting
on the hearth. and handing one a
tract, which had red cover, the scene
that followed l better fell than my
tongue or pen can describe. The girl
went out. and in few minutes the
dilspidatcd door, with a tremendous
noise, was burst open, pouring in host
of men, boys and girls who were en-
ployed planting potatoes; and they
with one consent bounced upon me de
manding books, and they must be red
ones. Begging them to be quiet, and
| would make an equal distribution,
(having about fifty with me,) they
would hear to none of this, but rum
mayed my basket, demanded an en-
trance into my pocket-all clamoring
at once, some in Irish and others in
broken English, while the seryanr-glri
stood aghast, and man more managa-
BILE than the rest, who had entered be-
fore the mob. and had been reading a
tract, declared to them that the books
were ''dacent," that they were black
guards: and after | had given the only
one in my possession, he succeeded
by physical power to drag them out of
the housc-such as were dragablc,
while the others, took their Oion time
and 0tcn way. made off with an
apology from the servant that she could
give me nothing TO eat, as all was
"locked up"
My next depot was to be at the ex-
tremity Of the island, where lived the
other "Lqdy." She, too, "was out"
but, admitting me into the kitchen, |
had a quiet survey OF what was passing
there. Here / counted sixty-three
living and moving beings, quadruped
and 6iped, besides such as walked err
ect-a kennel Of dogs, their coops for
hens, chickens and ducks, calf or
two, pen of young pigs, a fold OF
sheep and lambs, and an ble-bodieG
he-goat--these all walked and talked
each his own language, with no pugna'
cious symptoms; and if the "lion and
lamb did not lie down together,'' the
goat and the lamb did.
But the "iady,"she entered with a
goodly- looking daughter of GfIecn'
! both attired in long linen coats, with
respectable tails reaching nearly TO
the ground, worn by the father and
brother. They passed through in dig
nifed silence, and in moment the
lady returned, saying, "Corne down to
the parLor." went down to the par
lor, and here was a gorpnd floor, dir
: ty looking bed, few wooden-bottom-
! ed chairs, and a table by the wall, with
one leaf turned up, and platter Of Po-
tatoes and a cup Of milk. "Will you
: take some dinncr:" i did not de-
4 cline, for was hungry and long walk
was before me, and the tide not yet out