Daily Republican., 1881-01-10
Boycott ana noycottiug.


BOyeOtt nnd h0y cOttiug.
"Boycott" seems to have become a
new Ams added 10 English literature,
and "BoycOtting" or "Boycotted" vii!
hereafter be used to express every con-
ceivable outrage. We rsthc: ike the
name. 1t is hot 60 harsh and vulgar
as "Bulldozsr," and yet it expresses
the same. 1t is interesting sometimes
to know the derivation of such words,
and what little accident or incident
gave riss to their existence. Many Of
them spring from an imaginary .deA,
but not so with Boycott" Captain
Boycott vas no imagination but 4
dreaded reality, as the hSra.Woraed
and halfetarved peas&utry Of Tie coun-
ty of Mayo. Ireland, we'll knew to their
sorrow. He was agent for Lord Egne
at place called LOugh Marsh, in tie
county of Mayo. Lord Erne was not
considered nard sxaeting landlord at
all, but Boycott, his under8trapper,
was looked upoa by the peasantry as
the most contemplate and eEaaperat-
ing petty tyrant that ever wen! uL-
hung. lie is described as handy
shanksd, gray headed little !sl!ow, aud
his methods OF "Boyootting" aro thus
described He went abypt the farm
committed to his charge, gun in hand,
cursing and swearing at the la6erers
from morning till night. If poor,
weary peasant, upon flushing his days
work, took a short cut across the fields
to his hut, the Captain" would fine
him If q hen fOraged on Boyoot.'s field
the owner was tirsd If laboIer left
an implement or tool in the wrong place
he was fined from two to six pence, and
so the wretched 6erf was "stuck" for
this, that and the other little tresp253,
omission or mistake, until at the end
of the week, when the toi.-worn man
steppeisup to rscsiye his miserable dole
Of eight or nine shilliDgs, he found tFo
or three shi!IiDss deducted against him
for fnes--tha: is cUGssoat4d or "Bs
cotted." He treated the tenants worse
than ii they had been slaves, aLd
abused them as if they wcrg 5ru.es
But at last the day o. retributio9 cane
and the light Of the Land League sAoue
il on the dow1 tr0dlen. They Here
tCld to be men, to band together and
refnse to work on the farm. They DID
stilf5u up their 2pinsl column and fol-
lowed tie advice OF the Leaguera. and
Captain" Boycott found out at last
that lie was completely "BOycotted."
The poor, wretched, abused pessantTy
would not lift hand or strike lick.
They braved the paDgs of hunger sud
starvation to punish their tormcn:0r.
and they carried their point. The crop
lay uDgathered and turnip5 and ''prs.
ties" rotted in tie ground. For twenty
miles around not soul could be hired
at any price to touch thing on tle
place. Boycott was Stunned as a leptr,
and his wife could not even get the
dirty linen lauudried. Finally the
soldi9rs mad to harvest the crops, and
the valiant "Csptain" and his family
vera chucked iuto an ambulance wagon
and secretly hustled out Of the C0uu-
try, under the escort of q company Of
AuSsars. NVhere is the man in this
country who will not say 1t served hin
right? We do not like to encourage
violence but we feel like saying tAaI
it is pity that his poor half starved
victims did rot have q chance to pull
his white beard and break few Of his
shGnks with their spades before he
left. But after all Boycott WAS only
the too!--a brutal satrap Of the land
lord deapotism, and ii is to the eternsi
shame Of that desPOtism that q tuud OF
$4,000 is being raised oy the Landlords
to show their appreciation OF the super.
servictsble dog, Boycott.