The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-09-14

shepherds and agrcuturist all in rude and barbac STYLE
and with few of the appliances OF later periods homestead
ton of animals but partly in practice and the large
quantity of grain discovered at Wnger doubess belonged
to public granary. These people could get food and per-
haps had quite enough of but their dwellings were mere
hut smoky narrow and wretched They had no tables or
chairs and they probably slept the ground good Swiss
tan chalet OF the present Gay probably %o 80
who have spent night in bad chalet may possibly
slider that anteceent human dwelling could have been
lntoerable Still we must say the nearest conception we
can form of Lacusrne village would be large collection
of rough mountain chalets placed piles of
the Swiss lakes Eating and drinking the lake villages
have been barbarous enough knives forks have
been found Boards grew thick the men, for there
no razors Perhaps they had some sort of chief ruler
who legsated for the entire lake town village and there
must have been guardian watch defender against
enemies and some to take charge of the bridge which
connected the town with the mainland Perhaps too there
some assembly ofsage venerable men and speakers AS
there often several lake towns large lake. it fur
Their probable that they all united into kind of lake
federation for mutual aid and defense against foes and nvad
No doubt they could talk by the hour together but
they could not write cipher draw hieroglyphcs,
shall never know what they said thought Human pas
must have dwe in those rough breasts well in
later No doubt they had their intestine dscord and
perhaps they fought with flint weapons but the fercest
enmy would show itself in endeavorng fire such
combusbe habitaon There for thinking that
many of the lake towns were burnt and NJ Lehon has given
his idea of in flames rontispiece to his book
Fire. whether from foe from accident their greatest
calamity and appears to large proportion Of
have been grand sight to behold entire town. possibly
three of the Lacustrine towns in flames tim
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darling flashes and showers of sparks and throwing broad
glare the dark surface of the gloomy lake, lighting the
long, desoate shores and fngng ddy CLEANS high up the
lofty rocks, perhaps to snowy SUBMITS beyond the
waters Add to this the cracking of the burning piles the
cries of the terrified inhabitants the yes of the rude
and the of the scarcely escaping women the hurting
of bodies into the lake. and the cries of cattle caught by the
fire. and then have the needful accessories for the final
| catastrophe.
BuRG1ARs-There in all large cities great numbers of
juvenile vagabonds who ready commit any species Of
crime from plferng apples from street stand to highway
robbery The tenement houses of New York. occupied by
the ocourngs of the four quarters of the globe espe
clay prolific of these young depredaor Many OF these
expert houebreake who bestow their attention par
cuary upon dwellings which temporarily beref of
cupants which in the of erection They
organized into gangs Of from six to en the ages of the
beers of each gang ranging from seven years They
the boys who loiter around the seetcorners shabby
dressed swearing, drinking scung and insulting passers
in the daytime and in the evening performing their
cuar neighborhoods and they speedily become familiar
with every dwellnghouse store mandatory and workshop
in their district Their richest harvest is made in the
mer when vacant houses are to be found IN every block
gang Juveniles having anxiousy watched the fit
ting from the houses in the district Of which has burgari-
absenee Armed with skeleton keys and other implements
of their trade the Juveniles assemble at by nstaments
in the vicinity of the house selected for initiating their enter
prise If the skeleton keys obtain them admission well and
good not they resort to the backyard where they less
liable be observed They gain entrance in
way-by forcing shutters, breaking windows,
climbing fences and walls the second story windows Some
times the smallest of their number scowded through fan
light transom window showed down the coal hole
of them inside the doors opened for the remainder
The house in their possession they ransack it from top to
bottom, carrying off such "swag ashley desire, and in
instances returning night after night Two summers ago.
policeman while his post at night ST. Johns Park
light shining through the shutters Of dwelling house,
which he knew to have been closed by its while he
rusicated with his family at the seashore. The officer OBJ
tanned assistance took the responsibility of forcing the door,
and proceeded to investigation of the premises In the
dnngroom everything found in the greatest disorder
table loaded with dishes and the remains of hearty meal
occupied the center of the while the floor was covered
with broken trunks wearing apparel, and congomerate
mass OF household goods From cellar to garnet the house
discovered hiding behind the chmneys 1t was ascer
tanned that these boys the oldest of whom was sixteen be-
onged to consisting of eve and that for two weeks
they had made this house their headquarters Two other
hnlc IL the alllnb lonlI Ii