The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-09-23
OVER TlzE RLUE DEEP.
70 THE EMERALD ISLE.
By tho courier's Correspondents.
ireland and The irish.


ireland, August N. (
,Fdlior Jasper cenrier:
\ DEAR SIN In nv last letter I bad
ladicu ~ tonr readers ia The middle d
ltbe ocean. just a. we were going I,
Itable-a iiSt-class meal il was. 100. III
But now am on igi~i, soii. and have \
feast solid ground beneath mo.
\ Vur snip was . splendid one on
'Itfip grand; days and 23 hours from
SANDY Hook TO the signal station on III,
n EMilgen Head. m
4 queenstown was sign.led al u. m.
land soon the tender put IN its appear
Inice, and a. she came along side som,
lone roared ont, ~Iow is tho President \
land few seconds after Dr. Marshall. N
Missouri. called ont. .The President /,
better. and continues 10 improve Yo,
sh0uld have heard the cheer. II cam.
from Americans. who represented nearl,
levrry state in The Union. Ii any ont
Questions the loyalty of the south. lie,
Infed never ask any more questions q,
have any doubts: each day almost ths
first remark heard from any one IN
hoard was. We wonder how our Prcsi.
|dcpi il to-day
Tho midnight bells were ringing Oh,
the sabbath day as our trunks. ranked
~ ~ officer 81 Her Maicsfys customs.
were passed over Tie side OF The tender
land We were again on the told SOL" thc
land ~ our birth, Erin Go Rragh.r "a
generous friend ~ our boyhood'r day.
|clasped our hand and bid IL ~welco,uc
home II viii be marked hour IN our
life, The hour when we-rcfurncd Yank-
found ourselves again in paddy's
land.
long Ind the sun appeared above the
horizon when, leaving the arms of Tie
well beloved Morpheus. VIC found our-
selves (':ier refreshing The inner man
nn hoxrd boat FOR frip ~ Tie river u
Cork. Green iicld-, wooded Hill. hand
come residences, well kept lawns and
gardens. II has been well said. the
scenery of tho Lea has IL equal nowhe, &
but IN the noble Hudson OF America.
Such green fields! never saw their
like. 1h! they refreshed my soul.
Cork -- the renowned Cork -- was
reached ab0ut noon, and soon va were
made aware " the fact that We were. in-
deed, in Cork, for Tie sweet accent az
tile people was lot a. the "Rells III shan
non" sent their charming music over The
beautiful Lea. y. IN. found us on
board tho Cork & Brandon 90. south
bound train, speeding towards The Old
home. Surely THAT fast train was very
slow, Or al least so we thought.
'Onc mile from home'v now cries
one and then The whistle sounded. and
-oon the platform was reached. and We
were home!
Let the curtain drop. and while the
scene j. enacted behind II. on The OUT
side there is written in letters or gold
.Caed mile fslthcv ] am in The midst
Of the land league, sir, and vet hear
less of il than did in America.
One reason Il, perhaps. that the Land
Iiil'-Bill Gladstone author and COM
po-er-has passed both houses. received
the royal assent, and by her most graz
cious Najcsty's commission proclaimed
~ the houses Of Parliament assembled in|
has become law. Let us'
hope II will achieve what the most san
guinc Of iis many friends expect from It'll
4 would like 70 say the country is'
but 4 cannot. Tho wheat
.rop was good, but. alas! the rain
which. by the way, is. l hope, plentiful,
with you-has almost destroyed the
prospects Of good crop. The weather
laS been 50 wet that harvest operations
md 70 be suspended. Our wheat har-l
test does not come on I'LL August At any,
ime, and now in September almost
here are acres yet untouched BY thcI'
land Of the reaper.
regret 10 say that outragcs. barbarousI
nough 70 shock even an Indian, are still;
ommittcd.
The Irish Times, or yesterday, IN u
cading article on this subject SAYS:
"Surcly the character or Irishmen.
10 be brave, chiyalrous andi
manly, is undergoing change when
uch things are truly told " mo rcason- X
bic lrishman can contemplate these
vents without feeling Of deep pain,
nd concern II
such arc tho words Of the lcadingll
rish newspaper, and, feeling their truth.
ncrc rises prayer for more gospclf
that To bc the only rcmcdy)r
rom the heart of one true lrishman.
That my next letter will have no such!
cws, is the wish Of DUKE. h