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

keeping b0sriirg house in Washington
City, 20 shst il the witty little Missourisn
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LOAD LEITRIM'S LAND.
What Q London Correspondence
Saw and Heard in Donegal
Opinions and Feelings Of Irish
men in England, America and
Irelaud-Not . Big Enough Re-
ward Yet Of.red for the Earl's
Assassins.
New York wcr.d.
London, September IL need not
tell you that u little trip To Ireland Is
no unusual thing in these days, es-
pecia!ly with American visitors To this
country. Their track, however, is
but limited one, extendin. generally
from Queenstown to Cork, Cork to
Killarney, Killarney To Dublin-or
the same route reversed. Killarney
must be well worth seeing ifhalf they
say Of it he true; but some how OF
other | had no great curiosity to GU
there. My desire was tu see the wild
northwest cosst Of Donegal, where
tourists d" nut often penetrate, and
then 10 skirt The coast Of Sligo, and
see Mayo and Conneniara. Railroads
are only available over Il portion Of
this route, anu u greater part Of the
journey must he done by the jaunting
car IF the country, which, to saw the
truth, is both an expensive and incon
venient mode Of travelling. When
YOU get used to the car, il may be a
delightful vehicle, the very thing you
have always wished for but it must
take one some time To get used to it..
30 far as | got it did not agree with
ME at all. 1t jerks one upside down
and inside out. and makes all one 5
bones ache As ifone had suddenly been
seized with All at. ,ck Of rheumatism.
To- be sure, the roads in the noun
famous parts OF Donegal are not quite
~ sm"'thas the r,rl.is in Central Park,
nor Sd rough rs most of the cross streets
down town" in New York. But
through what are called the ..wi!ds"
Of COnnemara the road, are in very
much better Stale than Fifth-avenue
was-and am afraid still is. a priest
with whom l got into conversation
called my attention tn the fact. He
asked me ii had ever been in Amer
ica. Yes; | couli not deny that
had. Then" said ne, "where did
you see such a r,r,,l u, this, outside
the Central Park" We were then gu
ing through the lovely range Of noun
tains which is known aS the kyrle-
more Pass. ! was obliged to own that
| had ND answer tn give to the worthy
priest conun,!rum. The Americans"
said he, don't know w!l:,: good read
means. Ii is wonderful. to, consider
ing how much they like comfort. l
travelled there a g,,od deal, and really
| never saw such awful roads ~ all
my lite. How do YOU account for it ?"
| had no theory ready In hand. and
therefore did MT produce one.
Pray tell Me-" said !. Iii MANY Of
your people have returned from A mer-
ica during the las, two or three wears 2"
"A good many" replied my friend
the priest, ~ good many, indeed.
Some with little money and some
without any And what becomes o;
those with money-do they settle down
in Ireland - They try to-" said the
priest. but they generally fail. They
end that the land is dear. AMI that
most Of the people whom they knew
have moved somewhere else, SD that
scarcely anybody is left who knCws
them. Then their own ileas and habits
have undergone u great change BY
their lives in America. and they only
realize that when they begin to make
= new home in Ireland. Everything Is
changed. They get moody and dis
AMI very SOON are up and
of again. think you will find that
very few really settle down here
permanently"
do you see much Of them while
they aie here
The priest was . shrewd man, and
knew perfectly we'll what ! meant.
1--WE do not, said he, ''nOr do they
want to see Us. We have very little
influence over them. The just wander
about the country. and care very
little at1ut religion or anything else.
To 60 back is the hest thing most OF
them can do"
Some distance further on the road.
| was sitting ON a stone by the way
hide fur little bit of rest, turning over
iii sorts Of odds and ends in my mind.
when an old woman came up To me.
md said. "A 6ne dav, your honor.
1T is. said I. a grand day." for I
had already found out that this was
he proper form of returning the So
utation. A very old woman indeed
vas this new acquaintance Of mine.
With face oil wrinkles. and feet
which would have been bare bat for a
'hick and serviceable coating Of mud
which was plastered abundantly upon
hem. "tiave you come a long way, |
'our honor - she asked. II have"
aid ] II have come from near the |
Bloody Foreland.7 The heavens
,e good to u.s." exclaimed the oil |
soman. evidently not knowing where |
he Bloody Foreland was. "And do |
'ou live about here?" I asked. IL
10, )" said she; ''that is my cabin on |
he bill. ! live there all alone, by
'eason that nv two sons are in Amer !
ca: And | hope they help YOU now