The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-05
Woman's Temperance Column.
The Lord of hosts as scith as, the God
of Jacob is our fefpge.nl
The Honest %Irishmsn; OF, A Tour IN
The British Isles.
Having. as a moderateA shrinking tour

Having, as a moderateA Shrinking tour
ist, In 1865, visited the different place
Of interest in England, Ireland, ant
Scotland, and having recently complet
ed a Gospel Temperance campaign, ex
tending over a period of three years
and covering the important points il
the,three Kingdoms, my readers are in
vited to journey with me over thes,
countries on q brief tour of inspection
and pleasure.
American tourists should suppl,
themselves with "IIarper's Guide
land at Queenstown, receive the beg
gars' welcome 10 their Emerald Isle
dispense a few pennies, and then taxi
the cars for Cork. Here they will fint
a mixture of noble streets, broad quays
and dirty, ill-paved lanes, encircled b,
a framework of beautiful scenery
Should they desire to be al fat in elo
quence and palaver they must not fai
to visit Dlarney Castle and kiss tn,
Blarney-stone. From here a short ridt
by rail brings into view the Killarney
Hills, when all else is forgotten il
watching the beautiful outlines ant
purple hues of these magnificent ranges
At this place l found an honest Irish
man. Having taken our seats in thu
cars, a railway porter came to the win
dow, and, reschingiforth his hand will
a goldisovereign in it, said: "Does tina
belong to. you, sir?" Looking at hin
in utter amazement, | answered: GLOW
do / knowr' "Well, sir, ! found 1t il
the omnibus, and as you were the only
passenger, l imagine that it is yours
Fixing upon him a look of astonish'
ment, | replied: 81 should like to have
your photograph" "Oh, l have never
had it taken, your honor" In reply tc
this / said: al have had to do with
multitudes of men; but for honest in
tegrity you overtop them all. You
picture in America would be a curiosi
ty." Then taking the sovereign, thank
ing him for his fidelity, and placing in
his hand ten 'shillings, we left him .
richer and a happier man.
Passing through the lake-beauties
which Nature has scattered so prodi-
gally over this favored region, we has
ten on to Dublin, whose places of inter
est are too numerous for us to mention,
Here we find the headquarters of the
Irish Temperance League, doing o
grand work for the cause in Sunday
closing; this act having already reduc-
ed the number of Sunday arrests more
than one-half.
In a hall in this city, at the close of q
meeting, while urging the people to
sign the pledge, and offering 10 dollars
to any one who would give a good rea-
son for not signing, a young man said
''The reason l don't sign is because !
want to drink" May not this be the
obstacle in the way of many who are
not honest enough to confess it? TAX
ing the young man by the hand, | said,
"You are all honest Irishman. May
God bless you'll"
From Dublin we journey northwards
to Rosstrevor, the sweetest little water
ing-place in the three Kingdoms, and
one of the most beautiful spots in Ire
land. Here Lord Newry has expended
large sums of. money in building and
furnishing a first-class hotel, and in
identifying the grounds around it.
We are now in the land of flax.
Acres of blue blossoms are spread out
before us during the month of July
while all the year round the green grass
is covered with linens, white as the
driven snow.
On the route to Belfast we find the
model town of Bessbrook, and the fin
est gray granite quarry in Ireland.
From it beautiful monuments are
wrought out for Europe and America,
and Of it the mill, which is $40 feet
long, is built. The town-as our pict-
ure indicates-is beautifully located
amidst the hills of Newry. Here we
see factory-life without factory abomi-
mill being controlled by
''The Bessbrook Spinning Company"
while the town, and almost everything
in the town. with six thousand acres OF
land around it, belong to Mr.. John G..
Richardson, a wealthy, benevolent,
public-spirited member of the Society
Friends, who, thirty years ago, ban
drink from the town, with these
marvellous results
AT Bessbrook- AT Bessbrook-
Public House, Police Court,
M Police, No Police Judge,
w Paupers, NOS Police Gaol,
Pawnbrokers, Police Office,
while the cost of maintaining the goy-
of Bessbrook is not o%ne-fourth
10 much as the cost of other towns of
he same size in Ireland.
Looking upon this scene brings to
mind vivid recollections Of the
of American slavery, and the con-
"Anti-Slavery Society,""
whose numbers, thirty years ago, per-
listed in calling for and wearing Gree
Goods" until they not only
a demand for them, but they
'ducated the people, causing them to
hink; and in that way did more to
freak the shackles of slavery than any
'ther class in the United States,
Is it not the duty of every friend of
to patronise such places as
i~essbrook, S~altaire, st. Johnsbury, |
'ineland, and Ocean Grove?
Have we not reached that point in,the
onfi;ct when every total abstainer
hould insist upon having their goods
manufactured by ttetotal workmen?
hall we not petition orr railways,
ship, and steam boat lines, TO en-
10y none but teetotal men in their var
Ius departments?
Being removed from the effects of in
iNaiii0s ttl' ii'iHIltN hlt StlOlGtI. lIt |
caryes steadicr the percepliye facul-
es qnickened, and the Judgment. i'm
This is precautionary the case
t Bessbrook, where the linens have
'ng borne the highest repute in the
reat markets of the world. BY call
~ for them, and urging merchants to
eep them in stock, "A good work may
c done for the canse of Temperance.
TO realize o wildly the effects of
rink, let us visit the small market
illage of Carnlongh, ono milc from
'e%ssbrook, with less than three hun
red inhabitants, and eight public
ouses. This village is on the land of
ir. Richardson, but the former pro-
of it gave l6a'es n pe~rpetuity
} the owners of the dram shops; and
Though Mr.. Richardson has used every
in his power to get rid of them,
e is compelled TO keep in this little
lace four police to watch over a popu-
ltion of less than three hundred;
While in Bessbrook, with a population
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