Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-10-08
Peter MuIroonav.

SStOt MuuOOu6ys
VI all the men ever had occasion to employ
feter Muirooney was the most knowing. lie was
intensely Irish and must have kissed the blasaey,
slone every morning early from his youth upwards.
lreland--if you believed hinr-was tbe Ellen Z,
the world and yet, sopehow or other, after peter
got setued here, We did not seem TO have any fer
vent desire TO 90 back 30 his Paradise aa 6',
his hrst introduction of himself to NV notice
was characteristic Of the man. He came towards
me with,a quick, shambling gait, aud, toaching his
nat lightly, said: QiG Atf t Gf Nli3 ~
~ Inc top 2, the mernt 70 yer honort Would
ye IKE to hirpa handy boysn
Peter was tleast 40. sa+a
What can you do " Inquired. a'fe
ISL isn what can 1 dog Ga, bcgorra, there's
hothn comes amiss Ia me, any way \, M
Do you kiip@ any thing abou, Arminepo
Aueh, murther! WhatNd be good for. If
didntf Sure there wasn't more illieant hand in
ouid ireland than meeselfn tt
iiare you ever had any thing to do with
Bedad sir, ye jist guessed il. niyii mater
nand wid the horse yen fpd in all the county
uaiwaj than Peter Mulroeney, an thats no le,n
. And cowsg
"Isit the bastes ye manep Sure yer honor's
IN luck the day Fax, I'd Hike TO see the man
nd bate me wild the qraythurs.n rI 7
but we farm differently here, Mulrooney, from
from what they do in the old country
" Sure that's thrue, any how. It,s the 6jrthy
black paygurs, thee haythens, that's be doln' the
bad work | see. Augh sorra o thing they're
good ior, the man-ating cannibalsW
Andso you think you could better it. do you 7"
bedad sir, II nd be poor ehate Of spal-
peen am, Il couldn't. Wasn't head man 10
wan Sprovk for more than two years ? Och but
ne was the illgant farmers Bad cess to the day
/ left him. Hh 8ia a1p TT7T IL
III you regret It so much, why did yea do 80 ~
!" "Ayeh you may well Ak. Twas my own doin'
sure. Tis bit Of shipdy / had, and bruk Terry
Lanahan's head wh nv shillelah. ohl wirrai
wirra who'd a thought Il was so saftY
You didn't kill him ~ said i, starting back In
horror.
ls II murthered him, ye name Begorra, he'd
be poor thing to mind cracked skull anyway.
Sure, cir, II was nothing to spake Off I
Then, why did you come awayi
ITS dirty, name constable that nd be comm
aitber me an sure, what could do but bate him
for the throube he was takin'f Mighty onasey
left him, any way an that's no lie" -
Well, Peter, suppose try you for month
Ofcoorse do not expect you TO have perfect
knowledge Of our ways at first. You must let me
see what you can dor tff" 1nf
!" Coed luck TO yer honor. It's the rael Gintle-
man ye are. What'll be doin' first n n'f
Peter was set to perform varioas light services
upon the place. for, entertaining certain mfsr,iy.
iDgs as TO Mr.. Mulroopey'a actual capacity, dc.
termined TO employ him as a sort Of odd man until
such time as could test more fully the amount of
farming skill he really possessed. The result was,
that soon found Peter knew actually nothing be-
yond the simple use Of the shovel With that IN.
strument he was truly dexterous. Horses he could
neither feed, clean nor manage. In ploughing he
was positively 80 awkward that, instead of guiding
firmly the handles of the plough he pushed them
forward with all his strength, trotting along all the
time by the sldo OF the iurrow; and, Instead OF
cutting ha fprrow slices straight and Of an even
depth, he ran them in and ont in the crookedest
way imaginable, while the depth Of plosghing un-
dulated ffom two to eightinobes
These experiments convinced me Of Peters in
capacity, 60, from thencefcrth, Kept him em-
ployed at dtching, or In the garden, or 10 per-
forming light Offices FOR tho household. 1
One day, having occasion 70 to 20 to town, /
called him 70 mo
"Peier" said ], " | think my carriage runs
heavily. II wants greasing Can YOU do itw 4
Sure, sir, said he, "what'ud ba GOOD for if
l couldn'tf isit erase caryiasef Faith, that's
asy enough any way" .ciE s7
Easy as il i, fcter lam half afraid TO trust
you 70 do " You make 30 many blunders. Per-
haps, a9er all, had bettcr go with you and see it
uOne.N
/" "ohl wirra, wirrai did ivcr bear the likes o
thati What 'ud ye be goin' forY Sure | know
All, but Peter, recollect what you said about
the ploughing" a,ir l
BegoTa" said PeteR nothing abasbed, "Its
All the fault Of tse piopghs, In this country, any
how, Ihem's the contrairiest things that iver
broke poor diyirsback; an that's no Ne "
And the horses too, Peter, thai you knew 80
much about
= lts Ameriky basses they arer said Peter
Would yer honor sndtherstand Irish, at first, If
ye wint asrass 70 the 0ud country "
\ shook my head. benk
"Shure, thin, that's the way Il was. y said Peter
triumphantly = Ifa real ginilcman, IKE yer hon.
Or, couldn't undtherstand Irish, IL Il brute baste
that has the larping to know ID before | tacbe
him9r Nuttnns
Well well but about the carriage"
"Bedad, yc needn't trouble yourself about II at all
There's mighty little differ in the carriages see,
all the wurld over"