Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-08
LORD LEITRIM.
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To the Editor of the Globe.
The short sketch of the Earl of Leitrim in
this mornings GLOBE in no way conveys
how very bad a man he was. Devoid alike
of fear, sympathy or kindness, he made a
rule and knew no deviation therefrom. A
tenant never knew when he would offend
him. His estate was cursed by an army of
low bailifs, whose sole object in life was to do
mischief, and keep on the right side of my
lord by telling stories of the poor people.
Once supposed officer was committed. No
excuse or explanation was received.
''Notice to quit was served and the next
quarter session granted decree of eject
ment.
A Mr.. John Livinge, now a resident mer
chant in Philadelphia, owned very consider
able property in the town of Milford, flour
mills, warehouses, and stores, did large
business, and held under leases granted by
the second earl, but almost Immediately on
the accession of the third earl (the murdered
peer he made up his mind that no tenant
on his estate should be so indepen-
dent of him as to have lease, so
he requested them to surrender the leases to
number. Then began endless prosecutions
(for nothing was too mean for his lordship
to stoop to to gain his ends), and law suits.
Levinge's business and trade depended on
the surrounding country, which was nearly
entirely the vast estate of the earl. His
lordship served each family and tenant with
notice not to trade with Levinge
in any shape. The consequence
was Leyinge became involved, got into ar
rears of rent-which was just what the Right
Honorable William Sydney, Earl of Leitrim,
wanted. A suit Of ejectment was brought in
the court of exchequer, and in one year Mil
ford knew honest, hard working John LIE
vinge no more. He left the town he and his
respected family had built up, a ruined man,
and came to this happy country. Soon af
ter he joined the Union army, rose to be
colonel, and at the close of the war engaged
in small business in Philadelphia, where
by his old industry (Which the Earl of
Leitrim was unable to exterminate), he adj
vanced, until he is now engaged in the
wholesale business.
saw the dwelling houses, stores mills and
warehouses his money built lying idle. No
one would have anything to do with them,
or any property from which the rightful
owner was wronfully forced. The beauti-
fully situated town of Milford looked de-
serted. Houses and stores nailed up in
fact it had the appearance of a place visited
by plague
In Ireland the people manure the land
with "tSea Weed,' which every receding tide
leaves on the shore, but soon this Lord
Leitrim claimed and issued mandate that
no one should touch it unless by permission
from his land Office, and on payment of
money. Unfortunately for my Lord,
the large estates of Captain B. Barton
joined his, and his tenantry would not
give up privilege that God, not
Leitrim, granted them. The sea shore
by county road that passed through about
fifty yards of the Leitrim estate. This Lord
l.. closed up. Then arose outrages, assaults
and law suits which were only ended by his
untimely death. Floating wreck, such as
timber, ETC., was not unfrequently washed
ashore by the Atlantic. This also the earl
claimed, although usage had all over the
ISLAND given it the occupier Of
the land near where found,
but as once heard my lord say to his at
-torney when explaining the law to him,
usage be damned, if any of my tenantry
take bit of wreck without first paying me
for it, out they md theirs shall 90, tile land
IS mss7ae.'' And sure enough he did put
them out, for I saw village after village,
town land after town land, once the happy
homes of the poor people, who out of piece
of mountain and by fishing made their living,
depopulated. There is no no use in the
London Tunes or any other paper, saying
that the people Of Donegal are lawless. l
lived among them, and found them good,
honest, hard working people, existing on the
produce Of patches of land reclaimed from
the mountain sides, by fishing and rearing
cattle. I have travelled over the estates Of
my Lord Leitrim at all hours, and never re-
ceived but kindness. If the people are bad,
the Right Honorable William Sydney, third
earl of Leitrim, drove them to it. Sir j. A.
Stewart, of Fort Stewart, owns the next lare-
est estate in the barony of Kilmacrannon,
and his people are happy, and ever ready to
accede to any rules he makes for the man
agement of his property, because they know
well that they are for their -being-not
persecution. In writing thus, I have only
to add, that this one man was the only bad
one ir the family. LE1rR1M.
an Energetic Male.
Speaking about mules,'' remarked six
footer in Arkansas, as he cracked
his whip at market, GIVE got mule at home
which knows as much as I do, and want
to hear somebody say I'm half fool" No
one said so, and he went on. Give stood
around here and heard men blow about
kicking mules till I've got disguised. When
you come down to kicking, want to bet on
my mule. A friend came along and took
dinner with me the other day, and, as he
seemed little down-hearted I took him ou
to see Thomas Jefferson, my champion mule
was telling the good man how that mule
would flop his feet around, and he said he
would like to see a little fun. He'd passed
his whole life in the South, but had neve
seen mule lay his whole soul into BIZ
rowing some tobacco, II took Thomas on
of the stable. and backed him up agin
hill, gin him cuff on the ear, and we stoo
by to see the amusement. It was goo
1,laca 70 Lick his d1arndest and what d,z