, 1880-02-16
families, and these hnve no employment of

my consequence to depend on Tor thcIr 6ttl,-
e 5 Ts Iavee sa e as5ef a 4ea f asc. s%fSs t O.
have tor some time hack felt the general tlt'
preston Of The times. Only little employ
nent Is afforded ey them Ut ptcacnt, md tlIis
T. seysy s st ny 1nay tyc tts .da aInrs
oiher 81 ''a engngements. m Thclr stock % Of sse.i t'
potatoes has been consumed. Very little
II" nSw ien sfmanf he}nnet |" 'n 1npp poton doa q
and mnny % Of Tie s pssopIe arc now depeniifnRs iiifus
for fiWMi 11on The exertons Of liz ideal liz,
lief Committee: Tho Angloo-Anegrlran Telc;;
srapl! Company lave co,trh!ttsl .na hnn,red
4sf 'as & we a {0T%s "s tf u fes ss @ q .1 'sl ss
pended II, atrortting, cnployment+, II WIS
pended III the purchase Of seed potatoes,
which are much wnllted hsre bnt tl,c
iressed M.oplc Is likely 70 render t'!is q mat
bern gtyfig employment lately ii drainage.
Visited tho works, and was. informed TINT
day 5 en fer s|e Wh|ci tcy s'u' a fe tankfal iE Te
people here are badly c1ad, md The ntseni-
ancc Of children at the. local srhools iias
fallen of, the little ones being unable To NJ
tend for want Of decent clothing: Attempts
Children, and q iittfe fund for thls' purpose
has been started.
PRAYING Fon BREAD.
In the neIgliborhood OF Sligo. writes cor
respondent Of tho, Cork ConstItutto'i, thc
course. ,This norning The Relief Committee
were waited 0n by 800 poor wrntelles clalnor-
ing for food, and perhaps not q quarter
q them , wi3l be SoIe ,;. to carry n , to t'.elr
pound Of meal. Tie funds Of tic CUnl-
in!ttee are running out, they cannot rive to
all who apply, and they, therefore. lave to
weed out the cases md RENTER assistance only
to those who nre almost dyng WITH starya:
GranEc, ~ the Parish Of. A|la1nlsh, l,as 10
sctentious loctor' OF the Cl'ifoley district
told mt a few days ago, tint hc was after A.
tn SSnE @ the si 59qs ny q II n1ss taH1 b d st ,
hours since met with highly respectable
and ho assured me that very
GS9ent sTEa ta1y wGa eas ea d TN m II ofasF to dr e5
Ing, and on her knees l,csougllt him to Ktye
her tic price Of n Quarter-st0ne 0f meal. She
was suffering tho pangs Of hunger. Even In
This past of tho pl.rlsll, wllere the pcople are
ut ttiis moment without. n morsel to eat. It
IL the awful truth TINT famine y not merely
approaching, but that # has really come, and
yet all The means that have been received
@sht @ " this ef Pfssft destroysr e so NefsM Sea IS 's
from the Marlborough, Fund, go from
the Mansion IIouse, ECO from local sources,
aMl esO from the Bishop Of Liverpool. l1mn-
9ss ay eaoe e pfEses s s1SW 4s S sos eM " Sy ny sr
souls declare they hayo been whole ilays
without tasting foot, and certainly their
wasted looks their sorrowful. eyes n'd lol-
Ley, lnw 9 cheeky. fully confirm thelr assertion:
sql;attc,l ut the foot Of the Ok Mountains,
which extend for eight 1nIlcs along It. 'Tlle
land Is bad, mostly reclaimed bog:
Tie M holdings nre very small, mid
W s p}ssp'e }sM exceposy Ct nsy wrstecS s 1S Sas s5e
but this year they hare beet, entirely r1ined
by the llcayy. .ralns OF the. summer md the
a,t1!,'all' Which,, rushing down tl!e mount
destitute. There argoyer 400 fnmilles, Which
tho Relief Committee. and many of tlleso
have eaten tle Inst pound Of food that cush
q yis 1 on tro"s te tic ttrrSo n in e t tat ss Is
before them until next harvest, Ii public
work bc not opened, except through tho Re-
lief Committees.
DEATHS FnoM STARVATION.
Tho same correspondent writes: "IIar-
rowing scenes Ut death from want atld cold
ass Wy nSw almost q daily ocenrrcnccs DR..
O'Nelll, connected with the local llspensnry
ut Ahnmhiyl, went Into cnbln the either day
TO visit u sick child. lie foun!t the fever
thero doing IT. worst among wide circle Of
he also discovered tho only fona possessed
by this wretchetl, plague-ssrEcken farnily
Was O. coarse cGbbnge and few. sinRll
hnndfals OF meal. It is very Distress
to draw thcso horrible pictures; hut Mt least
one Inns the consolation Of knowing that such
reeitnls sometimes do great good. Tho Rev.