, 1880-04-21
A Ride with an irish Priest
Scenes by the Way.
:, side.
Eggs IA 0urrouoy-The Parish Of 1slaa-
daddy-Five-sixths Of It's Fami-
Hes In Want,
lueritan Competition aud lis EHetts-yislts 10
uit Cabins in CroJ-uorriblt
Dts!Iiuiien.


parish, 0,,d for twenty-one years lic has been
tile loved mud honorcd priest Of Islandaddy.
IsIan'addy Is the nalno OF parie1, about
twenty miles long. 1t begins milo fr0,n
Westport ,,s y,l, rls'o eastward. It had 1900
fNmllies III It When Father O'Nialey wns
young ,nan: It Inns only GOO families now.-
the rest arc III their gruves or III America.
Father O'Nfnlley promised inc q long ride.
He proposed In take ME 10 the boundary Df
his parish. After Ind gono wifi him two
miles begged him to turn bnck agnin. 1
Ind seen enough to make mo sick. lind en-
tered half dozen cublis, and wanted to
see no mare.
IT WAS AlANKEr-DAY IN wEsrr0itT
when we started. Northern street was
crowded with peasants who had brought to
market their little stores Of green's and other
Kitchen stuff, Tho roads were full Of coun-
try folks as we went ont. Tho women for
the most part wero baretootctt. ono or two
carried their shoes III their hands. Only half
n dozen, ont Of tho scores WI met, we're
dressed iii ciothes thatnny sorynnt-glr1 would
wear IN New York. Those exceptions wero
the wives or tlaughtels Of the farmers who
held farms Of from ten to twenty aeres. Yet
"s'4nll !lolde,S" irntK,a alonE tho muddy
9le-nged or old women, stability dressed.
Iunchptl-sItieti. This npparent ,ualfor,nn-
tion wins caused by CARRYING bnskeis Of eggs
beuentl1 their lone clot,Es. They IIotl brought
them from their little hoves miles
hens some!imes feed the fa,ntiy. x priest In
n neishMlrlns county to]I ne That u,ie Of bts
tlrIYh|uncrs. n Wjtlnw wifi five children, hnti
1natngel to save R+ from ller crop. II Wns
,vnn,j ia icyt utterIv Saatitmtn. n,ml al" hnti
no means Of enrnI,iy n,orcy until she Taisri
ier little crop Mext faii. TIC priest atlvisesi
Bit. ali nltois!, M ! t.io tic landlord kncw VI her ct,,,d
3inu ia Unt ihe Innnav frnu, hnr liz jIycnta ~
eyiction. 4 week or two 1fterwardt the prtcst
n.ct l,er ol,p dry looking sud and pinced.
tle.l ,nfi. il, Tle priest asked her how Sic yas
fnrinp. SGn tojl him that shu ind int ind Il
SHILLING since Sic paitl l.er rnnt, md that iii
ileus Ind dnily. Sic opemei tlie l,n,ii ker-
ri,inf anI shaved lin liz nras tj,nt siM 1vas
roinr Ia barfcr fur meal.
TIe mel! we met were chitAy old men, and,
CaroYiIna, and ai,,ong tie "poor white trash'
Gov. Andy Jui,l,sta's "Hof0gee iioine,'' at
Eashy;llle' during dls War, never saw iii
s,,e., :, t,.1~r ~, ,,,nro,,a .ovo
, sgcl, Aih'hcI AND nApEous fAchs.
down, Without alteration, from tho cave
pcriU,l Of l,umal. history. Tie vehicles
were mostly dOnEey-cnrts. Tic uss Is scen
everywhere III the wpst OF ireland, 1t IL tho
common beast Of burden. It casts front S5 to
s., Ii carries loads OF turf in bumpers,
which scilS nj 10 mid 10 cents n loui: Of
stagwers ntone under lO0tls Of hay that bring
abont CO cents, The horses are I,oor Md
srnnll. md tic carts clumsy and heavy. Ncar.
az the men tonched their hats to ti,o priest;
TUG Older women nal1 Kneo!eu, W'ilo the
younger W0ineil sracefllly eMrtesleti.
Father o'Slaitey II popular With fis peos,
Pc. Mote1 tiat when spoke IA, t0 my 81
theni about lin they mentioned with special
prltH tint he beionged TO one nf the .onti
tnmiltes." iie hecaine respol'ssele last yeGr
tu the s!!0pkeepers for many 0t his phrislt-
toner's, fn order That they might set men!
enough 70 Keep them II iIom STARVING. Ae a l'Md
thus become pec,inlnrlly liable 10Y oyer ECO.
Ihs faifure of tlle crops hal i,atle @ ti,en, IN.
able To meet thls debit Fnther OAlnllcy
told me that one Of tho aRtltlcst Sights wHs
scen Gt his church Inst Monday. 1t was, u
terrible day. The cold Wln.t blew AerccIy.
There was storm OF hnllstoMcs. Tlireo
hundred persons, men and women, will.