Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-05-23
"FORTNIGHT IN IRELAND. "
ECEBEA 1--WE.

lions, modes of farming, and general resour-
ees, have all been revolstionized and new
order of things, consequent upon the new pol
icy inaugurated by landlords, have taken
the place of the primitive habits of the people,
as l knew them in boyhood The house, COM
mon to small lessons, and laboring men, was
usually one story cabin with two rooms
" but and ben'-one of which served as COM
mon kitchen, dining room and sitting room,
and often contained bed, either in one
corner or in an alcove, and the other WAS the
sleeping room of the heads of the family, and
parlor. There were no boarded nor carpeted
floors. The floors common to all end dwell
ings were what we usually know as g mud
foors," and formed by cement, laid care
fully and smoothly, and which after drying
became very hard, and never needed scrub
bling. There were no ceilings, and the few
blackened beams running from side to side,
were usually ornamented with some clothes
hung on nails; sometimes an old rusty mus
ket, and now and then few strips OF bacon.
Above this, the scraws," a layer of sods
which formed the foundation of the matched
roof, showed among the scantlings, black and
begri:ned with SCOT, and festooned with cob
webs. The furniture was usually home made
and of the rudest kind and consisted of few
chairs, and " creepies," Glow stools) for the
little ones; rude table and " dresser"
which was ornamented with delft and tinware,
wooden noggins and horn spoons. Rat
ing was simple affair. Breakfast usually
consisted of mush (brochen) and buttermilk;
dinaer, Of boiled potatoes, herring cooked on
. " brander - (gridiron) and buttermilk, with
perhaps some fadge," an excellent cake
made of potatoes and -four, or perhaps, earl,
2 cake simply of oatmeal, kneadsd to a dough
in water, and baked to the consistency of
sea biscuit, but unlike that hard-tack, short
and crisp, and both palatable and nutritious.
milk. Not buttermilk, but sweet milk, "
and either " fadge" or farl or both Meat
was but little used; tea was unknown in the
family menu and only made when strangers |
cams. Coffee was not then introduced, though !
cocoa was used now and then. Butter and |
eggs were reserved for market, and to pro-
cure ready money for clothing and other ex-
Denses and hogs, were devoted to the same
ind and were rarely consumed at home, ex-
,ept on special occasions. Potatoes were the
staple article of food; flax, linen, hogs, and
sometimes a few sacks of grain, were the
means of purchase of clothing and other nee
'ssaries, and the payment of rent and taxes.
There were no Injuries, and no one felt the
iced of them. A family which could support
jaunting car, or farmer who could afford a
addle horse, was looked upon as " above the
niddling." Goldsmith's village pastor who
vas Passing rich on twenty pounds year,
'as nowhere to men who could support a fam
y and be happy on shilling day; and no
aborer got more in three days, and very few
ct more now. They were simple minded, {
irtuous ane religious. They had their castles {
D distinctly marked, and each class was t
, Defined that there was 40 crossing 7
ne bounds, and each was happy in his a
wn sphere A servant was a servant, i
nd usually fixture in the family c
here was no aping, either in language or a
ress, of masters or mstresses, no i'll usage c
nd no discomfort Vulgar oaths or blasphe- f
ous language was never heard, and while c
lie utmost freedom prevailed between the "
xes; there was no dspravity, for the seducer t,
Id the victim were alike held guilty, and "
terly taboo, and; the possibility of ever t.
,ain entering society was the remotest kind, n
lille the stain was indelible. The long SUM 81
er twilights, which brought together in p
me chosen spot, the young of both sex as re
rim half parish, were usually spent in b.
untry sports in which all united with the re
eatest freedom; and l can recall the hum T
merry voices, the hearty shouts of the men, 81
d the ringing laugh of the girls, echoing A
'm the distant parks, and | can hear also III
E thud of the heavy blow from some brawny -
n in an evening row, after the breaking up
an Orange lodge, or the meeting of two
tions at a tavern, two and half miles ca
ay. They were harmless rows, for there ifc
re no six-shooters then, and broken nose br
a cut scalp, from the whack of black ne
,rn, were the most serious results Emf pc
alton was at that time in its infancy, and i'm
, departure of some enterprising young men by
Canada or the States, was an event of i'm CHI
'tance, and the farewell a scene of hearty
We taking and serious "God bless you's,"