Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-01-26

ssls'd sBd dsnoush'd IA a single day.
The airy cas- le psss'd IN smoke away,
Naught but sore beads and noses. stand Vii hicoi.
Remain 70 show where once this pslsos sioSd.
What a tr,aipg mater breeds . great quarrel
4betseen too frishmen The smallest joke q
re least contradiction, wilf often Sc tso OF TIE
warmes, friends by the cars. ending frequently
in party fights Of savage fe-ocity The follow
ing little incident. which ! witnessed about %
yesrsa %. vilN ssrso TO a.usIraie this natural
travelling in the summer off54f. from Sw4d
ding bar 10 Manorhsmilton. 10 the county Of
Leitrim, AZ about - o'clock ! found myself pass
ing through Florence Court, the beautiful sea,
of the eaEi OF Esiski!lsa. Il was refreshing Of
q hot day az THAI hour to find ones self under
the cooling shade of large trees. overspresding
the road Tor three or four mile. like welcome
shadows OF great rocks IN a weary laud. At a
slight elevation IN the road, and an opening 10
the forest. / had a full vie~ of the old Gothic
castle. with its white dome, round tower, and no
merous miuarets measuring their slender proper
tons against the huge black mountain towering
20 the clouds IN the back ground. IL VAS mag
nifcent sight, surrounded by q rural Paradise.
green as emerald, reminding one Of an oasis II
the wildsrness-an elysium Ia the midst OF ster-
fry and desolstion. Transported with the
scenery, and wishing to feast my eyes on all
that vas SO lovely before me, | sat down on the
green sWarQ Dy the Way5ioe, took Out NV pen
ell, and commenced a rough sketch Of the cas-
tie.
- had been about twenty minutes engaged
when two rough jaded looking fellows. carrying
bundles on the top Of their shillalahs, and Old
frieze coats thrown careles.ly across their arms,
overlook, and sat down on the grass beside me
They we're evidently County Of Mayo men. and
from the cut Of their jib. OF the ~spalpeen order Of
Notwithstanding, perhaps, from England.
where they had spent the previous winter. One
Of them vas of rather slight build. about thirty
years Of age, with a shrewd intelligent look, a
great abundance OF CAB, and full { 0the brim With
merriment and contradiction tbs companion
was a d fferent kind OF fellow, being q burly. big
headed. thick vitted. conceited stripping Of not
over twenty years, and appsrently as iuil OF the
devil as an egg IL OF meat. ! did not Ike their
appearance. and MAS in no mood to enjoy their
society
"WeIl. Squire" began the slighter one, al
dressing me la n kind of stiff affected accent,
'this here world is ~ divided that there lore
THE curse Of Cromwell on his seed, breed. ard
foreign generation } has more land than would
make a th0uslnd poor devils like you and me
rich. He is ~wallowing 10 the good things OF this
life. while We are struggling to keep soul and
body together Knocked about from post 10 pi
lar, and working for a miserable tenpence a day
Bad luck co old England, and to the frst day a
bloody Sassanaugh sc. foot on the consecrated
soil of green Edn.
the hov'r Of the earth, and the gem OF the sea-"
True for you, honest man" | said. " hat ve
can't help such things. 1t won't be so in the
other world there will be a more equal dstri-
button Of the blessings among lords and poor
men when we arrive there"
Who knows that, n~eishbor 2" be returned,
eyeing nv black coat keenly.--supposing, |
thought. that | was one of the soup mission fra
ternity-sOme travelling agent sent out by an
English prOselyting society. | surmised his sus-
p.cion, and wishing To remove his prejudice, an
swered like a devoted son OF mother Church,
+" ihe priest tells Us so. and il must be true
he's my authority"
You don't look like a fellow who is apt to
believe all that a Catholic priest would say,
either about God, or about old ireland, he re
marked, again surveying my habiliments with
marks of Difference and admiration.
You don't know that, sir" answered, (as
Que who had been offended); and wishing to
change the conversation. remarked, pointing to
the castle. :" What a splendid structure that is,
and how t~sstefully these grounds are laid out
" You said enough for them" ne answered
81 see no great beauty IN the building, nor love
illness in the landscape. Had | the estate and in
come of THE Lord Cole, I'd have a different
pl4ce of IL
laughed in turn. looking at the ragged fel-
low reugh exterior, at the blue frieze coat with
the brass buttons. and at the big bundle of duds
perhaps his whole stock of earthly goods lying
on the grass, beside him; vet curiosity prompted
me to demand in a sufficiently friendly manner.
ho~ ne would build the castle. and lay out the
grounds, If fortune by some lucky turn OF her
wheel had transferred the estates and income of
Lord Cole to bim2
AFTER rolling himself horsc-fashion several
times on the grass. he sat up. built his castle IN
the air. and laid out his broad acres in his own
simple couatv of Mayo style.
k..ish a the lle. xaa fharq .aDuearp1 not
> wthstsndilg, a good deal of taste ia his plan,
aud even, one would THINK. some acquaintance
with the principles of landscape drawing and ar
chitecture. He asked my opinion, which | hest
tated not TO give in his favor, and hoped the day
would soon come when | should be able TO ad
dress him as Earl of Eniskillin in his own castle
I" BY CORA, squire, you don't know a gre :
deal about castles or domains. when YOU praise
80 highly the foolery of PGrdeen dugh that
never saw ANYTHING bigger or grander than bis
own mud wall hovel. on the banks of the
Dell"
These wre the words Of the bladder cheeks,
the young MAYO man. starting up 10 a sitting
posture, and striking furiously on the green
svard with bis heavy b~ludgeon. " Id build that
castle, h. continued. " with half the money
you'd take have more rooms and windows in
Il. and level yon ugly mountains With :he other
half"
You lie. You ugly pudding headed ignors
IamuS. whose ancestors were be1k4fSt anu never
owned n foot OF land since Particular landed in
Ireland. You eoald NJ plan a pig sty. let alone
a castle what was you father light of heaven
= to his miserable soul but . poor bog tro,ter
like YOURSELF You build a castle You Gould
rot 90 about IL. nor GET az architect in all Ire
land TO undertskeit. even if he had the money
Snow me how would DO il. Go draw your plan
on the road there - and the would be lord Cole
3 looked daegers a, the young barbarian, bis com
paniou beside him. -
The other went about TO draw the plan with
TIE top OF his staf. but was cut short by a smar,
back hand lick Of his campvnion$ cudgel, which
caused the poor fellow 20 measure bis length
across his own rude plan on the dusty road
But Pudding head was not bT that lick put hors
du combst. After picking himself ~, IN true
county Mayo style. he closed IN with his antago
mist. and being the stronger of the two; had a
decided advantage. Notwithstanding that thin
Avs Mas the more expert cudgel man
I feared Sr nv lite. Such a waiting was
never witnessed before since the Dines we're ex-
PEELED from the shamrock shores OF old Ireland
Fortuustely foe me. a travelling tiaker. on his
way 10 the castle. hove in sight. ana made for
The scene Of conflict lie was a huge strappsr.
About forty Eve years OF age. With a hGdset
slung on his shoulder and n tough Old bla~k
thorn shillslah uader his left arm.
"Heiyl Mr.. A osliei. "for merey's sake sep