The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-05

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cles in the goldsmith's art, could have
made ornaments so delicately beautiful
as these? Yet there they are, with ev-
idence enough before us that they were
made in Ireland, and worn by chlval-
rous men and beautiful women thous-
ands of years before the Christian era
In the strong room the visitor will find
the Tara brooch, the cross of Cong, the
bells of ST. Patrick, the Ardagh challce,
the Dumnach Airged, in which the Oldest
MSS. of the Gospel extant in the world,
written by the hand of st. Columbkllle,
was formerly enclosed. The leaves OF
this old book have grown together, and
look brown and dust-like. An inscrip-
ton on the cross of Cong tells US that
it was made tor Through O'Conor, the
father of Roderick the last of our native
Irish kings. mo finer specimen of gold
smiths work has been preserved in any
country in the west Of Europe" says
Professor McCullagh. who presented
this treasure to the society. The Tara
brooch is unequaled in ancient art, and
unequalable to modern artists. The
Ardage chalice was found by lad dig.
ging potatoes in the country of LINER
lex. This sacred cup will start thou
sand reflections. 1t is OF white metal
adorned with gold filigrses and enamel
of exquisite beauty. 1t is composed of
354 pieces, held together by a score OF
rivets and bears an inscription in strange
letters, giving the names of the twelve
apostles There are cases OF gold orna>
ments, brooches, bracelets, and things
of which we cannot now guess the uses.
| In the lower rooms are canoes, espe-
cilly one forty-fve feet long by four to
five feet wide, cut from a single tree.
This relic was found at the bottom of
Tough Dwell, in Westmearh. There is
library here principally formed of an.
cient Irish manuscripts. which none can
unravel but really learned Celts in the
old Irish tongue.
AMODEL SCHOOL.
/ have come upon model school at
last Long have written for and pray
ed for the establishment of such schools
for the growing Irish. How gratiied
must l feel to be able to describe the
living, active operation of such a one!
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Dublin established by nineteen Christian
Brothers. who rent farm of 81 acres OF
land, on long lease, on which they have
built little town, and filled every
chamber and Granny of their establish
ment with Industrious boys-bees would
be fitting term for the entire hive !.
Thus an industrial school into which the
street Arabs-..the hudlums" of society
are gathered. and are transformed into
studious and intelligent mechanics.
There are about 700 OF those boys in the
establishment. ranging from six to six
teen years of age, tor each and all OF
whom suitable work and suitable teach
ers are provided. Three hours in the
day are spent by all the boys at book
learning, six hours at manual labor OIL
some kind. From 60 to 80 attend to the
farm, the garden, and the cows, and
other animals, for every thing required
to teed this little colony is raised within
its own territory. There is scarce any
description of artiiicer that a bright boy
may not become in this admirable SEM
mary. Every trade has its own skilled
superintendent, its own clean, light
some workshop, its own stock Of tools
and machinery of the latest invention
and each shop is under the watchful ey'
of Christian Brother, who himself is N
t idler. There is a general work room
: tor smaller, children, where they ar
: employed IN trivial work, from which
odd ones are daily sifted out and place
in one or other OF the trade workshops
: Every scrap of bread eaten,, every shire
r of clothing used, every bit of furniture
g every job of painting and glazing. @
joinery, smiths works, harness making
needed about the establishment, ar
!, produced within its walls. There is
a weaving shed, where eight powerfn
looms, worked by a dozen boys, brin,
forth not alone the rough homespun
| make jackets for the boys, but tweed
that one need not be ashamed to wear {
q high tide in Picadilly. Heavy gre
frieze for the carriers jackets are wove
5 in the house and turned out from the tai
d oring shop by contract. In an adjoir
ing shop ten moro youngsters are learr
ing to turn, and join, and mould q
/. wheelwrights; and ten neighbors {
d theirs WELD the sledge and beat hes
J. in the good old trade of Tubal Cain
l. In the bakehouse ten other boys, pr,
e sided over by busy brother with whit
7. apron and tloury hands, bake all tn
8 bread required by the industrial reg
e ment. There are no less than sevent
II little tailors, seventy more shoemaker!
o who not alone make stout boots tor the
e comrades, but embroidered kids for /;
= dies wear, for the shops in the cit,
e Twelve more are house carpenters, tie
K are tinsmiths, and fourteen painters en-
Is GLACIERS. Thirty are devoted to harnes.
a making. and there is cabinetmaker
: workshop which has advanced from rue
'r matchmaking to working in walnut an
5, drawing room chairs and tables. The
i is also class being trained for com
:e merce, learning bookkeeping and Il
re languages of trade, besides acquiring
lie beautiful style of handwriting. Fro
lie all these shops boys have gone forth,
Il. be started as good workmen in the wor
S. and have been eagerly employed. Eff
IN boys are taught to cook, and wait, al
le do the Offices of house servants anoth
n. corps is trained to the business of bull
lie ers' helps; another squad are taug
OF gardening in q scientific mode, and the