Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-11
AN INSTANCE OF HARDSHIP IN
IRELAND.

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Correspondence London Telegraph I
Fer husband held first one small iarln and
afterwards another, and that after his acquire
nent of the second farm, a Joint receIpt was
given for both holdings By the agent. At his
Geath one OF the farms was taken over by ais
son, the widow continuing 10 hold the Otler
me rent fell In arrears In The late distress and
the son was unable TO pay bis STARE or the rent
Wnile the agent refused to accept the widows
portion on the ground that the two farms.
al hough nearly half mile distant from each
otler formed In the estate books only one
holding. The result was that a decree O! eject
ment mad been obtained against both widow
and son, ana II was feared that the sheriff
might come 10 execute Ii at any moment The
sons story, as told By himself, was as follows:
/ am about thirty-JEo years OF age Ny ren5
Is ci4 IS, my valuation g. 15S. THIS land Is IN
my possession for the last eighteen years Ny
father had the land before Inc. He was about
eighteen years tenant He used to pay clio IS a
year rent; he bought the land from the former
tenant He gave $50 ia hand and paid Lord
LdI.SdoV he three gales OF rent that were due. In
ADDITION LORD LanSdOwne added Is per cent To
the rent. Ia the year 1915 the rent was again
raised So. In the pound. was served
With a process in Juue. / ODiy owed
Ole year. which was due in May. j had 50
or elO, but could not make up any more. /
MADE Up that by selling coz. l am afraid
unless some friends lend me the Remainder |
will not be able 10 make ue my rent My
mother, pays eI 155, and uer valuation Is
- Tie agent would give me no draining
work To do because was served With tue prO-
cess. III L so' ine drainage work. | would nave
Ugtn ebt 10 make Up Ivy rent. Iaskei TdylJr-
The baiiiif In Natel Viile-ior IL, but NJ IT.
fused My mother was served with a writ also
1 never saw Trench, the agent, In ICY lie, nor
Lord LaDSGowEe. When was served with the
process | offered half the rent aud CT l5.. co..: IS
and II would noL be taken fro u me. We alAays
PAID our rent punctuaily before this. For the
last two years We could not CaJ auyth!ng. On
Crtdit waS cried down. No one came down t.,
see the land before the rises In the rent wer-
made. a CeCree has been obtained AGAINST hoth
In Ttr IN nlf
day the sheriff will come TO put Us ont Al,
mothers holding is about half Il mite away.
will go with you and show it TO you.
his Is the widow 5 story:
This cabin has been III the family for the last
sixty years Ny husband purchased the hold.
irg which is now occupied by my son, for ego
since this The two rents nave been Included In
the one receipt. My husband Killed himself
trying TO Improve the land. IL WAS bad, shaky
bog when he got It. II is now as dry as the
road. The landlord raised the rent three times.
The last rise was Ia 1915 when he added IS In
the pound TO the rent.
Note that this was case Ia which the re
ciaInation was the tenants, the improvements
the tenants, ana ia which there had been no
expenditure OF capital by the landlord. The
son having come down TO the road to poin,
out bis mothers holding we took him up
In our conveyance, the result OF which was
that, when his mother and sisters saw him
driving with us towards the widows cabin. It
flashed across their minds that we were tue
Sheriff S party coming to execute the ejectment
Think or the Import of this 10 these poor crea-
lures. and. most OF all, to the widowed mother.
whose life had been spent-even happily II
might be- with all ifs miserable surroundings
on this spot. IL vas everything TO her; it was
the place with which all the bright and tender
IecOll6cjfOnS OF her humble life were bound lp
AS We approached the caoin two cCmely girls,
the WIDOWS daughters, came running towards
US with tears streaming down their
cHeeks. They commenced beating Their hands
III solemn time, and raised that painful kaentng
cry which the Irish SO frequently resort TO In
moments OF exquisite SORROW. We reached the
threshold The widow stood In the middle OF
the cabin gazing AZ US with stupefiai terror:
she plainly believed thai now at last the mo
menJ had come when the fire on her hearth
vas TO be Quenched. and she was 10 be lert
hOuSeleSS and homeless. Sac refused to b.
c. mtOrted. She was incapable OF understanding
tie assurances OF her sou that we were friends,
and uttering shriil cry she fell prone Oh the
ground IN Il swoon which lasted several min
uteS. When she recovered she told us the
story Which have above given you. Perhaps
ought not to Earrate this incident. PerhapS
it Is only weak SenJmentaliSm-fOr was not the
proceeding In electment well within the legal
rights OF the landlord.