Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-01-01


: eters. Sapphics, too, they may achiev,
but l do avow, gentlemen, nay, insist {
it, that the Dhoriambic, the Choriambi
laughs them to scorn.
J He paused here, a little excited, al
| then went calmly on.
: Well, gentlemSp, that l be not furth,
, tedious to you. my nephew was ordaine
in March, and married in April; the ce
emony took place in the cathedral of Pan
lico; and it was performed by our de-
and right reverend host, assisted by you
humble servant. 1t was a quiet wedding
Mary's eight handsome, smiling sister las
les officiating as bridesmaids, and the Of
general in full uniform. Che was Colonel {
the Connaught Rangers, the gallant eighty
eight,) with golden aigulletts on his shoul
der, and sparkling crosses on his breast
and true valor in his heart, and stron
County of Clare accent on his tongue
Short of an eye, like Hannibal, and minu
leg, like Lord Anglesey, this fine old VET
eran stumped up the aisle, and frankl
gave his lovely. blushing daughter away
"She was number SIX" he said, and he hat
'no better or fairer than his Mary" AM
the stern soldier, who had led forlorl
hope more than once, and who would marcl
up with cOmposure to the iron mouths o
a gun battery, NOW broke down into nature
sOftness; and as he bid the bride weep
ing farewell, the heart of steel became likC
virgin wax.
wished their bridal tour should be tc
Cumberland or Scotland, and expressed
this desire, as | slipped bank post bill
into Harry's hand, on his getting the IL
cense; but no, he was a regular lover Of
the Green Isle, and there he would 90, and
Mary was of course sympathetic and as
patriotic as he. 1 then suggested their
going to see Armagh, which l had heard Of
as rather civilized part of ireland, with
a cathedral and archiepiseopal palace, to
be a refuge in case of any popular outbreak,
or attack from the whiteboys. rebels, or
assassins, Of other denominations. But no;
my gentleman was firm, and he was deter
mined to visit the "Wild West" and trace
the ruins of his ancestors old Castle Of
kiimaHmo1e. on the banks of what he call
ed the hH5es9es. | ccrtainiy listened to
these saDguineous appellatiOns with a shud-
der, which was not allayad when he further
his intention of going among
some frieuds Of his lady's residing in the
County of Tipperary. close under the Knock-
nae-do,1pa NoaltdinS,o and from thence
they were to visit an aunt of the young
wife's, the Dowager Lady L., resid-
ing (thcy told me, laughing actually at
what made my few particular hairs to en-
act porcupine quills, a la Hamlet) in a
lone old place called KilbriGe Hall, near
the town of Ballyragget; but whether the
first syllable of this last was spelled with
IN a or an E, L protest know not, save
that the name of the locality seemed to me
10 sound grisly, and to irresistably associ-
ate with itself the phantoms of Irish hun
ger and nakedness.
Well, they had their happy tour; and
IN six months after their marriage he wrote
% me as cheerfully and lovingly as usual,
md asking my permission to accept Gu
,acy offered to him in the County of Done
gal-a region only known to me as exist
Dg on the map, and of the manners, Gus
ems, physical aspect, and population of
which l was as little cognoscente as l was
If the interior of Australia or the steppes
# Tartary. But | wrote my consent, ad-
led my blessing; and there he continued
or a whole year, visiting his people, the
little wife g2ing everywhere with him, work
ng amidst his poor and his Pensioners,
md becoming perfectly cOnversant with
he names of every hil and every hamlet,
lay, L believe, actually enamOred of their
Kills." and their Knocks" their
their "Duns," their .Raths,"
heir "Innises,' their "Ballys," and their
'Bogs" l had an occasional letter from
Id friend, DR.. B, the bishop of the
IiOcese, speaking most highly of poor Har-
y; and one from himself, telling me how
le had been twitted by the leading disscnter
n his parish with reading his sermon
rom book" and that he had now become
IN extemporary preacher; at which l shrug-
ed up my shoulders, shook my head, and
ried, Foolish fellow p
Every summer he came to see me during
i've years, till at last he joyfully announced
hat the old Earl of D., whom he had !
net at friends house, had offered him
lis family living in Southern county,
t was worth clear six hundred pounds
'er annum; and he took possession of it
hortly after he had left me for Ireland
md now came long letters from him and |
larry, descriptive of the delights of their
ew residence, the grandeur of the Earl's
reat oaks; the beauty of his forest walks, |
he river which swept through the park,
nd the extraordinarily rich and beautiful /
ghts, and shadows, and purple tints, which
and deepened, and glowed on the
lorious Galtoe mountains. which skirtcd
heir eastern horizon Then q description
t each of their children, of which there
Iere now five and another expected; not
,rgetting frequent illusions to the old,
uaint hose III which they were living
lhilc their glebe was repairing and which
ad been hunting lodge Of the unfortu-
ate Earl Of Desmond, attained in the reign
f Elizabeth, and called EarlsOke, from
ices planted there by the hand of bis al
lost equally ill-starred son.
l think you may have perceived in the
,urse of my narrative that l had no great
we for Ireland; yet, strange to say,
,und myself, on one fine juno evening
lortly after this, steaming into Dublin
ay. l had been summoned as a witness
an important trial involving some Irish
.operty of which l had been left execu-
r, much to my annoyance. certainly
as wonderfully delighted as We neared
e Irish shores; the sun was just setting
midst thin cloudlets of amber, pink, and
nple, the sea mirroring and retaining
ese tints in long paths on its smooth sur
With the deepest respect for the Dean of
lmlieos wonted scholarship and accuracy of
biography, We would humbly but geograph