Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-29
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

| Cork, IRELAND, August IL.
Early attempts in any artistic direc'
ton are apt to be crude, and when
"Boycotting" was first practised at
Lough Mask, Galway county, it put on
the guise OF general strike OF the coun-
try side against an individual, but its
effect was purely local. Since that time
great progress has been made in shap.
ing and finishing what one Of my in.
fornants defined as "a strictly constitu.
tional weapon" At this moment the
arm ofthe skillful "Boycotter" is long. 1t
can stop the sale Of the original victim 3
potatot in a northern town; i. can keep
Mr.. Stacpoole from getting rid of his
horses in Cork: it can prevent the un-
| loading of a sea vessel as it is doing at
present in this city; and can actually
prevent Mr.. Bence Jones from sending
his cattle from Cork to England. The
latter gentleman is isolated IN his estate
at Lisselan,a place in this county not far
from Cork, but his isolation has not yet
gone, in some respects, in the same
length as that OF Captain Boycott. He is
still permitted to receive and dispatch
his letter; and car drivers have, per-
haps by some oversight OF the "Boycot.
ters," not yet been warned to avoid his
house as il it we're lazaretta, and to re-.
fuse to carry his visitors within miles
OF his door. Perhaps he is
considered by his tenants
as only a "tyrant" of the second or
third degree, and not as a frstclass
malefaCtor. But, however this may be,
found no difficulty in reaching Lisse
Ian. When l started from Bandon this
morning, that thriving town was wrap
ped in slumber, although the sun was
shining brightly out of deep blue sky,
| lust fl .cked at the horizJ IN with pearly.
hued clouds. The ground was hard and
crisp, and the hoofs Of the horses rang
out moiri Y as sped In the direction OF
Clonak lty, through an undulating
country mainly devoted TO pasture,
some OF which was rough and sedgy.
Lisselan House lies in the midst
of a charming pastoral scene. Beyond
the clean cut lawn flows the silvery
flood of the Arrigadeen, its opposite bank
is clothed with the bright green tops of
white turnips in the midst OF which ia
penned a flock of sheep and in the dis.
lance are green meadows and browsing
kline All would be soft, peaceful and
Arcadian were il not for the helmets OF
the Third Dragon Guards glittering in
the sun as the patrol turns the corner
of the wood, and the tall, dark figures OF
the ROYAL Irish Constabulary guarding
the gate and doorstep. At present the
house, the farm, and the neighboring
village are occupied by the police,
AMI it has been thought neces
sarv to increase the strength
OF the garrison, in order to assure the
safety OF the few servants who have re.
NAMED true to their master. 1t is not
pretended for an instant that either Mr..
w. Bence Jones or his son, who are as
gigantic Of stature as they are resolute
of mind, need fear personal attack.
They aee known to be armed to the
teeth, and the chances are that the ten
ants and laborers who have deserted
them are far more afraid OF "the mas
ter" than they are OF them. The house.
hold OF Lisselan consists for the time
being OF Mr.. Jones, son and daughter,
their English house servants and the
Scotch bailif. The road is slippery on
the high ground hard by, and it is
debated at Lisselan House whether
the farrier OF the dragoon guards shall
not be asked to sharpen the shoes OF the
animals employed there, for no local
workman will touch them. As pass by
the dairy, one OF those in which collect
ively Mr.. Jones makes Gl 900 worth OF
butter yearly, / see the trim house.
maid dressed in cotton print, milking
COW, and am perfectly aware OF "the
masters" son end daughter, who have
been up since the dawn feeding and
penning cattle and sheep. l need not
say that this is rather an unusual per-
formance for them, but nevertheless
healthy one. Since Monday the strike
among the Irish employed in the
house and on the farm has been
rigidly maintained. The men,
about forty in number, were noticed"
on Friday; on Saturday they announc.
ed their intention OF working no more
for Mr.. Jones, and on Monday desc; ted
the place as if it were plague-stricken.
| On Monday morning the Scotch bailif
stood aghast at the sight of farm Of
| four thousand acres with nobody to
WORK it, but he soon recovered himself,
and with the help OF his own work and
the cooperation OF the master and son,
matters went on despite the strike. He
was greatly distressed at the state OF the
corn. houses, feeding stalls and stock
yard, now ankle deep in muck" but
the fine short horned bull seems none
the worse, and the pigs have taken kind
| ly to the new and disorderly con-
dition OF affairs. Things will certainly
soon be brought to deadlock unless a
troop of the well. known emergency pen
arrive within a day or two. Byron
wrote that "nsught 40 much the spirit
Gains as rum and true religion" but this
dictum is hardly confirmed in the case
OF Mr.. Jones' assailants, who number
among them minister OF religion, as
well as the irrepressible grog shop keep
er. There are, as in all such cases, con-
tiicting reports as TO the cause ot the
quarrel, If such il can be designated, be-
tween the landlord and bis tenantry and
laborers. Mr.. Jones is resident land
lord which is an exception 10 the rule
10 this country. He says that he has
strlven not only 70 do his duty by the
land, but by the tenants occupying one
part OF it and the lsborers employed on
the other. In round numbers he owns
about 1000 acres, Of which he farms
1000 himself. Besides 1000 worth OF
butter annually made, he sells El ,000
worth more OF cattle, and El 900 worth
of sheep and wool, besides oats and va
Fious other produce While tbi: one
| thousand acre farm was let TO tenants, il
yielded its proprietor an average rental
OF LIS an acre. No person acquainted
with farming would for an instant as
sumo that q small tenant could make
nearly as much out Of his land as
the farmer of a thousand acres;
but allowing for all this, IA, Cd
per acre appeared to be q low rate TO
the landlord OF the farm OF fifty eight
acres, occupied for the last half century
by the Walsh family. gather that the
grandfather OF d. Walsh held the farm
from the grandfather of the present
landlord; that tie original occupant was
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