Connecticut western news., 1878-02-28
Talking Too Much.
REMENIscENcE'oF THE IRISH REBELLION.


 REMINIsCENCE'oF THE IRISH REBELLION.
 One Sunday afternoon, between day light and darkness, often called the bllndman's holiday" little party of people sat around the hearth, telling stories, sometimes interesting, sometimes not.
 The last narrator had ceased, and si- fence fell upon the group, each, appar- ently, more entertained by their own thoughts than those of others, especially If they were building castles in the air in the dancing flames of the beauti- ful fire.
 Outside the wind howled, and the rain beat against the panes, and we could hear the slipping of the horses on the wet street, as the street car halted and then started to admit some wayfarer that was obliged to be out on such night
 These dismal sounds of the outer world made our glowing fire, comforta- ply furnished room, and pleasant com panions all the more so, and our hearts were filled with deep pity for the poor and unfortunate exposed on sucl bitter n1ght-of the sailor on the ocean, even then buffeting with the wind and waves, probably with heart and mind full of the home and tires1des never to be seen agaln-of the houseless and homeless ones, wandering around the city seeking for some place less exposed in which to lay them down, with their wet and ragged garments wrapped around them, valnly trying to get a little warmth {; these and many other thoughts made us draw closer around the fireplace, and be truly thankful for our blessings.
 At length our reveries were broken in upon by the daughter of the host asking her father to tell the story of his grand fathers escape from prison and subse- quent coming to this country. And so I tell the story as it was told to us. only adding that the descendants of this same hero have been residents of Staten Is- land tor 8 number of years, and, no doubt, well known in the first circles of society.
 You all know," began our enter talner, "what hot-bed of rebellion Ire land has ever been, and how very little It took to start the fire, or to urge it on until it burst into flame, which always turned in the end on the Irishmen's own devoted heads. The oppression of Eng land has always been the cause of this, for she, instead of trying to eonciliate them, and make the warm-hearted. en. thuslastic Irishmen her sworn allies. has trodden them under foot, treated them as so many menials, and in a thousand ways has put indignities upon them which would have reused less spirited nation, and which on such natures was like fire to gunpowder.
 Ireland would long ago have been free from the hated English rule was ii not divided in its religion, for this has always been a stumbling block in the getting up of first-c class rebellion, "The landed owners were nearly al Orangemen, or Protestants, having beer gwen the lands and ancestral palaces O. the Irish aristocrats that the Govern ment had confiscated from time to time on real and imaginary causes. This was more than enough to cause the blood O. every son of Erin to boil, and make then npe for rebellion at any time, anc many have been the conspiracies plotted and all ready to carry into execution when the secret would be divulged b7 some traitor, in almost every case on who had been taken into confidence b, some unwary member of the secret so cletles. It was nothing more than natu ral that the Orangemen wished to be ol good terms with England, as many c them, having obtained their lands fror her, wished okeep their ill-gotten gains
 In 1776 America declared herself ire and independent, as we all know, and few years later France tried to folio, her example, but with less success. Tn example of these two nations was yer marked in Ireland, and numerous con spiraciesr were plotted and planned in a classes of society, and this time with fai prospects of success, as the secret wa ;. apparently well kept, though entruste to many hundred people.
 It took several years for the plan t mature, but in '98 all seemed ripe fc the rebellion, but about this time th Government began to suspect somethin and set spies to watch many of the pri1 cipal conspirators, which proceeding considerably hampered their movements
 We'll, to cut long story short, an arrive at my ancestors part in the affai l will say he was one of the wealthiel traders at that time in Dublin, and owne quite a little fleet of vessels which h sent to all parts of the world, and whicl no doubt, he proposed to make very us, ful during the revolution.
 " Partly on account of my grand fathefs wealth, and partly because h was so very zealous in the cause, he WI