The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-11-25
MARY CANAVAN.
" IScIDtsE 9E rat InIsH FAMINE.

I'D AN NcIDEST oF rqi IRISH FAMINE.
II became part of my lot in life to.help
the Irish government during the eventful
period of the Irish fnmine of 1867. u
was Poor-Law Inspector, ana bad
n large district In my charge. L had nnofsr
sarily to go about good deal and visit
workhouses, hospitals, and relief stations
to the discharge Of my duties. My mode
of conveyance, az IA rule. was an outside
Irish jaunting ear, raud with hOrHe. or
rather indeed with pony, used of iaidAy
sometimes TO get over fifty loag irish miles
started one morning in the early spring
from nay headquarters to visit q stati02 I'm
q very remote and wild part Of my district
my an-servant-coachman groom. but
Ter, valet. all comprised In one very Ofigi-
nal and funny Individual called rMieksilaf--
accompany ing me. The night before, I lett
on this particular Journey. IN whldh o.
curred an incident which / am about to
relate, told Mick 30 be sure to stock NE
well Of the car with rye bread, which
used to bake in my own house, and above
all not to forget to fill my flaskYwith
brandy, which, as we shall presently see,
was not altogether used for selfish ilHlrpO-
ses. Many time when have been tlrIv-
ing along the wild roads, | have seen
people who, to my official knowledge, were
relief, literally looking starved. The,agid-
ity with which they seized and devopred
the leaves of rye bread used to give them
| from the Nwell' satisfied me that the money
which was sent to MS PoOr-l4aw Inspectors
from all parts of the United Kingdom, 10
eSpend in,any way we thought fla, aud
which for the most part we applied Ito the
| establishment of bake-houses,l did oil D the
| good which IL was intended to do, anal even
| anticipated fgl 'p4af,u Iul iq lGI0l
| scarcely think was ever out oDiil more
lovely day than that to which alllliie, and
| IL one could only. have felt that the people
were not dying in hundreds throughout
the district. and through the island genaf-
ally. such u day, amid such scenery, would
have brought Its fullest enjoymentob IL
Skirting along lovely lakes, above which
rose hills clad with venerable beauty,
drove some ten miles, and then turned of
by a mountain road which led by n long
descent to q wild and barren bog, stretch
ing unbrokenly for many miles toward
the seaeoast. As we got on the bog there
was an Indication that there had been atur
| road, but gradually Its traces became more
,iDdistinct and we had TO make the best
of our way across the "blasted heath" AZ
last we came to a road again, and | wa'
enabled TO shape my course for the relic
station, which | was about to inspect.
The path, or road, or whatever else Que
mioht choose In call II. was STRAIGHT. an(
SO fhere was nothing to interrupt the view
right before MS.
Mick, who was never much inclined t.
| wraD himself IN la himself and had beer
discpnrsing eIoouentiy ON the value o
GOOD sound roads. giving me his .priyat,
SSninion ~ 70 tLe rbaracter Of thnt on whicI
ne were then travelling, suddenly callea
out.
N"yybot on Garth. sir Is that before ~ p
.yyhere 9n said T. m
,spon,t vo,i See sir9 The lord save MS
"a body stretched across the road
IN looking before me. at about A hundre,
,,ordsi distance snw ftat 10 wGich Micl
S5;ronto6 NV. .attention.
..Yes " ssid II Unb donbf Ii Il some poo
h..oa.,pa VEIN has died on thd \yav to lth,
o.'.ttom ,t -. hut wa shgll soon Enbw.',
On ea,,,iny mn we Cound n was the corps,
az a woman annarcntly about forty wear
~ agr 'f'f - nv fI
= fcc;stb,,,ed as i ,yas 10 see the effects q
canine i wns horriGe,l M the ghastly al,
n.,, ,n'ni,' '.i,inh' sh. nrasenteG. Her fnc
SaS Iiteraliv so attenliatcd that | could Sc
III is yenoils and arterial anatomy as wei
~ ~ az ~ aha MI, had heen remoyed = MIN
q" ",4,ti irai,i,,r ot tLis horril si,rht 4
',,,a,j 20 mo that Size could NOT have beel
'a,'1 Io,'S, Jnad conld so no habitatiol
tor ynfIel oround "possIbIy." I said, dlif
} IL ~ t,nt Snita eNtinot,n and. recollecting tn
little smatterIng of, doctoring which
in,5 ilI.ls a. aa,Iy IiG, tbnuyht II wortl
rht,iVl ~ ~ ,,th3t afIlct a slimulant miob
, ,,n VIII " a'' I''f7i.
.'nrino me- my brandy flask at once, Mick.
Ia ss.omd IA balr ,pe "a raise hqt head"
s'.I .,En,. =, ,"h ,.hat IL ~ said he. irBedaa
o,iJ ,aus marc than your honor could d
my"% tr,.;nr ~ her hark again."
,Wa7ST added Ado wbut 1 tell you
Hs,,,' - Ia iat nc houa fnr the hest ~
mlch, anu ~ "1 H' " - =. -.