The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-25

lit the General himself We could not be mistaken in
the man. for death to the bloody Saxon" was burning
under his frowning brows
"Hurroo for the Blakes and the Bunkum Avnger" says
Tim, and we scared the engine off with cheers.
The General is real Milesan of the od stock He
dressed IN green necktie and diamond pin and wore
carpet bag and cane by his SIDE
We set out with procession through Main street to
our hotel fellow who knew the General in Ireland kept
near him. throwing up his hat and hurroong for OBake
the whole route. He had drop taken and it in his
head good mans When got torment the Maid
OF Erin" hotel broke ranks and went in to take drink
We stad until drinking for it. AS of the
COFBs said us, ' takes power of fine drinking
to free Ireland does and power of fine talking, aso
sails l. If talking and drinking could make free, we
could give liberty the whole world and the nagurs besides
WE'LL the show entirely the meeting! Notwithstanding
town has only population of three hundred and the
hall could only hold seventyfve had three thou
sand at the meeting. 1t remarked be Con- Frawey
to the last five hundred going cts be scroogng
for if yes all get in ITSELF yes won't have to fit inside
When the General introduced, you'd think the roof
would be blown off the house with the dnt of noise When
quiet restored the General waded into the rocks of Eng
sh and the ragions of higfown grandiloquence 1 tell
you. Begor Tim Rooney said, it grand flow of
snbws from beginning the end that left light enough
in Bunkum to guide to glory for month any way
After that we must somebody else along stir as p
again.
Ladies and gentlemen mister chairman and brothers,
forgetting the the door with the green irt-that
mesays the General when Noah after being soaked for
forty days in water ashore ARA Rat the of
Galway, he hired Dick Martins fishing smack and went
ashore the Caddagh where he found the natives boiling
mountain dew blazing fire. Being mighty cold
and wake paper says he Young woman would you
give of that says he "for Pm thinking, by the
SMELL that the be refreshing after being in such
rain storm have been" says he Of course after the
fashion of her country the young lady, who the kings
daughter gave him ade of the boiling whisky and another
and another till Noah didn't nothing How comes it
that you all alive and kicking" says Noah "down here ??
Cover there in the holy says he eve thought the whole
world spilled out and everybody drowned Ye must
be mighty good swimmers says he. "The spirits has
in your he'd, poor man,, says the kings daughter What
you Cabling about drowning us How could there
be enough got kill the spirits of Ireland % says she
Gas long have Innishown no matter how much rain
there is we'll be always dry says she. 1t here Noah
got tight and laid down and forgot pull his clothes
him. and where Ham he smoked nagur laughed at the old
mans careesness For this Noah and his had take
their ship again. though they supplied with hun
dred gallons for raons for the rest of their voyage This
will show you says the General that the Irish is the
ancient EARTH and how far back any other
people CO. go thousand years behind them. In
fact says the General with usaDle PRIDE behind
everybody.
The General then went back the landing the Mlesan
and along up with loudsounding adectves Qke the
blowing of horns to the present day. calling at all the
graves in Ireland from Finn McCools to Oamh Fodlas
from Bryan Borus who whipped the Danes to Dan. OCon
nelP who whipped Bddy Moriarty the shwoman, cousin
of the Bishop He trotted them all in flying coors and
them back their graves again after exciting the
thusasm of Bunkum with their heroism
1t would be impossible to giveyou idea of the Generals
Speech the way in which he oamed and cawed when
he mentioned the "bloody Saxon" There was one little
anecdoe he related which shows how intensely he depses
the English. Says he-and there English reporter
sitting the stage poor devil pted him. but he had no
business belong to such insignificant race-Napoleon
used say that scratched Russian you'd find Tartar