Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-02-24
OUR NEW YORK LETTER,
Funeral-Raid Upon Cana
da-speculuting In nenev0lence-P0Iit
tcal-lent-l.abor- stness-Wml -.
Religion.


O'Mahoney,s Funeral-Raid Upon Cana.
aI-i.sni-ia Sor-Iu.i.s:s-W 81,
Religion.
! the FUNERAL OF O'MAmONEY.
Men go out of'sieht very soon.
Twelve years ago, Col. John O'Ma.
honey filed the newspapers, which
is the modern trump of fame. and
his name was on the lips of men.
flo had been q patriot in Ireland,
had bearded the British Lion in his
den, had emigrated to this country,
and organized the Fenian movement,
and was it's acknowledged head.
lie had gorgeous quarters, n "statf."
and all the ribs of great warlike
enterprise. He had everything, in
fact, necessary to conquer the indie
pendcnce of Ireland, except men
and arms, and some other TRIES.
But they had q good time of it.
While the servant girls and labor
ers contributed, and when the regu
lar Irish quarrel came, O'Mahoney
subsidized. AS he was an honest
man who actually believed in the
possibility of military operations
against England, he went out poor
and he has lived in poverty and OBJ.
security ever since. His death last
week was tho first that had been
heard of him for some time. The
Irish gave the dead "hero," an i'm.
mense funeral. All the societies
turned out in regaiia, and every
lrishman in the city got out his
plug hat from the box where it had
rested since last st. Patrick's day,
and the city was alive with them.
His body is to be taken to Ireland
for interment. And speaking Of
the Irish, would anybody suppose
that human credulty could go so
far as to contribute money for an
other
RAID UPON CANADA.
O'DOnOvan Rosa, who was an
Irish "Horo," is also receiving con-
tributions Of any sums that servant
girls and simple. minded laborers
choose to give, toeform ~ "Skirm-
ishihg Fund" He proposes to or
ganized a regiment of skirmishers
to annoy the rear of the British
Lion in Canada, while other she
rOes" attack him in front on the old
sod. All this to occur as soon as
Europe gets into general war,
which will take the attention of
England. The average Irishman is
q queer institution. The race in
America may be properly divided
up into dupes and dupers. The mo-
ment speck of war appears on the
holison, the "leaders" Immediately
issue proclamation, announcing
that "Ireland's opportunity" isaat
last here, and that all that is ne6tf,
ed to secure Irish independence is
money. Any sum will be receiv-
ed, and from any source. The ser
want girls and laborers take IL liber-
al share from their scanty earnings.
and give it to the beats, who collect
all that is possible, and then let the
thing die. One would suppose that
after dozen or two such expert.
ences the people would know better,
but they don't. The innocents are
always ready to be sheared, and
there are always "leaders" to sheer
them. The contributions to O'Ros-
sa's skirmishing fund, as absurd as
it is, fills columns in the Irish news
papers.
TROUBLE IN THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.
1t is too bad that one can't give a
dollar with any certainty that it
will reach the people intended to he
benefited. The benevolent socie-
ties of the city are undergoing ex-
animation, and a vast amount of
rottenness has been developed. One
institution for sheltering distressed
women was found to be a purely
private speculation Of two enter
prising Young men, and had no shell
ter or anything else, and who were
a great deal of money
from the charitable. They had the
impudence to appeal to the
authorities for q share OF the State
and were caught.
Other institutions were found to lie
organizations for the support of Il
parcel of dead beats. The officers,
and there are an immense number
Of them, were all under heavy pay.
The collectors were paid a heavy
upon their collections;
heavy rents were paid upon which
"divvies" were doubtless allowed.
and altogether, it was as rotten as
Tammany, and 1 can't say more than
that. Don't suppose all the socie
ties are of this class-there are de-
serving ones, but large percent
age of them are proper subjects for
Hose watching.
POLITICAL.
The Democracy are in the dumps.
they give up all hope of sliding
TiJdan in nv tho E1octoro1 Co,,n,;,