The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-10-08

Po"e1iui tnuueuce At the present
moment.
/ was very much struck, rs I sun
p'se everybody is, by the squalid APP
Pearance OF most Of the people, and
the miserable look Of their cabins. 1t
seemed land Ofpovert,, anu vet ap-
pearances were often deceptive, a. I
found out on little inquiry. One
Jay had the good fortune to have
for travelling companion gentleman
who Is the owner Of a large and -four
ishing business in the east of Ireland.
He was native Of Mayo, and knew
all the country well.
Ireland, said he, lis getting more
and more prosperous every year.
There is no denying that. Ii You had
seen it dozen or ten years ago, you
would scarcely recognize it for the
same country now. What We want is
more capital
THAT is a very common want. But
the idea is abroad that capital is not
safe here"
II know it is-but nothing can be
unfounded. There is as much more
play here as anywhere else. But po-
litical causes are ALWAYS ut work
against us. The people believe that
they will never he prosperous until
they get Home Rule"
THAT is, said l, complete and
tinai separation from England ?"
The gentleman did not answer.
IL saw the other day." went on.
THAT Fenianism ami Home Rule
were quite dead"
"Wbere did you see that ," asked
nv acquaintance.
I'm the London Times"
1.-The Times, said he, "was always
very ignorant abou, Irish affairs, and
is more SO than ever ROW. II you
were to come into nv town, and see
the fine stout fellows marching and
drilling. with a hand Of music. and
with serviceable arms put away where
they know how to find them at any
moment, you would not say that
Feni snism Is deal. They call them
selves Sons Of Harmony or some
such name. 10 keep out Of the clutches
Of the police. but they are really
Fen;ans, or Home Rules, for it ;s all
the same thing. Rely upon IL, sir,
the feeling which produces all Of these
movements. one after another, is not
dead, AMI will not die in your time 81
mime"
"Do you think said I, "that the
country would I more prosperous un-
der Home Rule? ?"
expected ready answer Of yes to
this question. but to my surpri- the
gentleman (who made no secret Of his
predictions for Home Rnle) looked
DOWN and hesitated. Presently he
sod:
1T it hard question to answer. l
told you to begin with that Ireland is
getting more and more prosperous
every year, and SD she is. Whether
total upheaval Of everything would
increas ethst prosperity or not is diff
cult thing to say. Frankly. l should
be half afraid of the experiment. But
the people are not afraid Of it. It is
the peasantry who will have to decide
the question some day. not the prus.
srous classes"
The want Of capital is a cry which I
have heard in many places besid",
Ireland, but people who have capital
are apt = ask for good security. and
therei 3 a common prejudice that in the
Emeur,ld Isle you cannot always get
that. l should not be afraid to trust
my money there, i'll had any to spare.
but some people are. In u wild and
solitary part OF Donegal. on an equally
wild and stormy day, fell into talk
with the man who was driving the
car, and who was a native of that
country. There was no fun or laughter
about him-hs was q gloomy and
s;,iurnine looking man, and II tpok
me some time to draw him out. 1t
was a delicate and scientific piece Of
work to do it. At last, we passed
de. rted cabin standing mt some dis
tance from the road. The roof was
off; doors and windows were gone
the walls were half broken down al
together, it was u forlorn and sorry
sight.
The driver. whose name was Joe land
not Pat), saw me looking pretty hard
at this object. He motiOned towards
it with his stump Of u whip and said !:
THAT wss some of the old lords
do rs"
"What. old Lord Leitrim ," said /,
more by token We were then in the
very country where certain tragedy
took place not long ago.
''Just that, said the driver.
"Who lived in that house ?" asked.
''As honest q man as breathed.
But where he and his family are now
no one k.,o~s. Wandering over the
face of the earth some where"
Il have not heard very good &C.
count Of the old lord" said land
indeed had not; quite the other
way"
"He was divil. replied the man
quietly, but he gave an ugly lash at
the horse and shut his teeth.
Turned people out at . moments
notice. believe" I put in gently.
''Beslad, that was not the worst of
il. liza man planted a tree or shrub
which the old blag'yard did not like,
and he would not pull It up. out he
that wasn't ali either. III
any tinant had a pretty daughter. and
he saw her, he would order her to be ;
lint to his house. And If she was not
,int, her father was mighty soon
svicted, and any Of his relations who