, 1860-09-07
PUGET SOUND HERALD.
STEILACOOM, ". r, FRIDAY, SEPT. !, 1860.
LETTER FROM IRELAND.
To tie GintIemaa Of the Stilycum NecspapeI
CovE OF Cork, IRELAND,
And 0 miles from the city Of Cork,

come next Patricks day, an its fine paper an
so it is. An who do you think sends US your
paper? Shure tbs Barney Brady, who was bred
born an raised here, next door but one to Andy
Maddigan's the tinker, and claner or daysinter
slip Of youth niver left the darlint Ould country.
An don't you know Barney BradyS Sure, then,
he's Merican soger, so he is, an may go to my
grave without Father Flaherty giving me confes.
on il Barney didn't say in one Of his letthers
rat all his company was Irish, an his Captains
name Maloney, an agn that the Curnil's name
was Casey. Och, an glory be to God but thin
are the fine ould Irish names, for shure the Ma
loneys, Caseys an 0'Connells is the rayl boods
Of the County Kerry an no mistake. ut shure
we've been rsadn' the advertisements in your
paper, an they're as Irish as il they cum from
Jem Murphy's, the sine painter right across the
strate. ! see you got Misther Gallagher, tin
merchant, an agin Barney tells us that you have
McGowan an Collins military taylors. Now you
see we've plenty o that saim sort here. There's
Peter Gallagher, the pork merchant an butthtr
tayster in Cork, who is the ID at iitin'. Shure
didn't he knock an eye out Of Peter Burns at the
last election for Alderman, an fath he'd stint
him home without tother eye, only Paddy Nc
Carly the peeler saved him. Then, agin, there
is plenty Of Collinses here. There is Father
Collins the Parish Priest, who, more power 10
him, is recruiting now for the Popes army in
Rome, an God knows there is lashins Of McGow-
ans here; so you see, Misther Editor, We have
the same ould stock here that you have in your
city in Stiliycuni. Spaking Of the McGowans,
did you see in the papers how the English Gov
ernment-bad luck TO thim-scrved Paddy Nc.
Gowan the merchant taylor Of Cork? Well III
tell you, avick. want to give you all the news
l can, you see, because I'll be afther troublin'
you for a little information about Bachelors
notice saw in your paper; an as am a poor
widow mcselC Id like to how'd correspondence
with one Of your tine gintlemen who wants a
good wife. Well, you see about the MCGowans
Early last winter the news cum from France that
the greatest Gineral they had in that country
was an lrishman, and that his name was McAIa.
hon, Of the McMahons in the county Of Limerick.
Well you SEE, when that news cum, there was
the greatest blown Of horns, beatin' Of big drums
an turf b0ntires you ever saw since the Repail
Law, and there wasn't McAlahon from SGib-
bereen to Irelands eye that didn't claim to be
blood relation Of is; so they called big meetns
an made fine speachIs about tho rayl ould Irish
blood, an the Mayor an' Lady Mayor Of Limerick
sint lettler to Gineral Nc Mahon for him to sind
his "outograG" believe they call it; so the
Gineral writes back to the Mayor and Lady Mayor
telling them he's OF the rayl ould stock and sndS
his outograf with great big flourish beneath it,
Then the outOgraf an flourish was hung up in
the LADIES' Far, an everybody cum to see it.
But the Queen was too proud to cum over SC
she sint that little Lord of hers, Lord John Rus.
SELL in disguise to see it So when his lor,lship
got back, he tould the Queen an the Earl of
Darbey that Il was all humbug, an that the
oulograf an flourish was not McMahon's at all,
an that the oulogTaf an flourish looked more
like IN lrishmans stick after fair at Donnybrook
than it did rayl Ducks But this isn't the first
lie the dirty Lord has towld. lie towld a lie
when he denied that he starved millions Of
ldshmen In the iamin Of 4s, when he was Prime
Minister Of England; but ,f ever we ketrh the
little bantam here agin, we'll make sausage mate
Of him, for the Pope's inimies. But to cum back
to my storey. towld you, think, that when
the outigraf cum, It was hung up in the Ladies'
Fair, Then the Mayor an the Lady Mayor called
mrstin, an big gathering there was, shure q
null, for they came from Tipperary, Cork, Kerry
an all parts Of the nation to see what was the
best thing to be done, 50 the priests an all the
clergy agreed to sind McMahona rayl Irish sword
with goold handle to it, that wud cost $500.
Then you see they thought it wud be bad man
ners to sind the sword without Gineral's coat
in full dress, 50 the Mayor an Lady Mayor Of
Limerick sint to the Duck Of Majinto an got his
nleshure taken for full dress coat. Then the
Mayor an Lady Mayor gave the meshure to Paddy
McGowan, merchant taylor Of Cork, an towld
him 10 make ID in the French style, but 10 oe
shure TO put the Irish coat Of arms on It. So |
Paddy McGowan made the coat an gave It the |
rayl finishing touch, for he put the image Of
Saint Patrick on the top Of each shoulder, how'd.
ing the holy Cross In one hand an bunch Of
three leaves Of shamrock in t'other, explaining |
10 the haythens the holy Trinity; then on the |
right side there was the motto, ireland for the
Irish" So the sword an the coat was sint to |
France. Well the Duck Of Majinto put the coat |
on, an il fit like sticking plaster to him; he |
then buckled the goold-headed sword on him, an |
was strutting around jist as prowd as Julius |
Ceaser when the Emperor came In right on him |
Good evening, McMahon," says his Majesty.
"Good evening, Emperor says Mcmahon, Keep
ing his eye fixed on the sword an coat all the
time. What's the news, Mcmahon" says Ma
polcon. 20, nothing. your Majesty" says Nc.
Mahon, looking as sly as an Irish fox. "But
they're making great time Of Il now in Ireland"
says his Majesty "Indeed," Rays McMahon,
lettin' on rs if every stitch on his back was
French manufacture. "They claim you for an
lrishman, I'm towld, says Napoleon agin. 40
they're . kind-hearted people in that nation"
says MeAiahon, as he felt the head Of his gOold-
headed sword. What's that zee shining by
your sideg" says the Emperor "Irish diamond,
your Majesty" says McMahoR, an with that he
pulls ont Of the scabbard the sword, an handed |
Il TO bis Majesty. We'll, the Emperor niver saw |
such sword before In his liie SO be towld Nc
Mahon to kneel, an so he did, when the Emperor
gave him such amuFtheFing whack Of the sword
right between the too shoulders that wud kill an
English Admiral aud towld him, Rise, Lord
Limerick" Then you see McMahon got up with
an Irish title, so he wasn't afraid then Of com.
mittin' traysou for wearing loren manulacturc
an he asked his Majesty how he liked his mill. |
tary coat He looked At the coat, an the mint |
he saw the irish coat Of arms on il, he brought |
Il right strait to the Empress Eugene, who is halt
Irish herself you know. an the Empress fell in |
love with the coat, 80 she did, an towld the En-.
peror TO putt on him, 70 sec how French EN-