Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-05-28
Terrence O'Larey's Story.

When | was about ten years of age an
Irish family moved into an old house in cur
neigh borhood, and their pump beng out Of
order, tLey solicited permission to get water
from our cstern. This was readily granted,
as Mrs. O'Larcy was neat and tidy
woman. Her husband. a red-headed,
NOISY little Hibenan, worked in the Clare
mont carriage factory, at the upper village,
in the building now known as the Monad-
noe Mill. He was good workman, and
could turn out as many wheels as the best
of them. By no means ignorant of his
ability and skill, he made himself odiOus
to many in the shop by his frequent boasts
and brags, in fact the men, after while,
christened hum, "Braggy, much to his
chagrin and annoyance.
Somebody says GA bad name can be
changed, but a nick name never ana
truly enough, for he always was called
.Bragay'' thereafter He never outgrew
the name, although he lived till the factory
changed hands half a dozen times, and
was put to other uses. He would have had
'Braggy'' put on his tombstone, except
that some Old acquaintance remembered
his given and proper name, Ier-
renee. Braggy came morning, noon and
night for water, and as he was full of CHAT,
always having something to say. it was an
easy matter to get acquainted with him.
Morning and evening he had time to spend
when he came with MS WATERFALL, and
being naturally polite, civil and respectful
one could hardly help talking with him.
"a foine cvenln3thi he began.
eyes, pleasant nlght,' says father.
caro- vez all will in he hCuse2'
"Quite well, thank you, father replied.
"Ihls noight reminds me ov an advin-
ture that betill me when was at home in
the ould country.
"What was that?' asked father.
"Will it s a lang time since, sur, for It's
nigh fifteen years I've bin IN Ameriky,
. and that was at laste four or five years
before | lift there. | was summat Of a
! lad, sur, and bi my faith, although I'm
savin' it-who shouldn't-there wasn't 9
bov ov me inches in that country as had
any,hin' to do wild me- | was niver quar-.
resome tarrin' was put upon, or mai
threatcd, sur; you may know that bi me
conduct in the shop, for ov it was other
wise ther'd be some broken heads among
the spalpuns who gave me the name o
Braggy.'
.Tnen you don't like the namel' re
marked father.
NO. sir, ! don't; but l sbelave it vii
follow me to my grave, for aven my bes
friends call me by that; Everybody in fac
always exceptin' Mrs. O'Larey-Got
bless the dear woman.
AT this point Mrs. O'Larey came arouu'
the corner Of the old yellow store am
says
"Tirrince OLarcy, fot are yez doing
How lang do ye sappose I'm goin' to wal
for that wathera'
"Ah. SO It's the wather yez want
Will, here il is thin, says he handing he
the pail full
Now ycz can stay as lang as We like,
saws she; IAN I'll warrant yell be glyll
thin an ear ache wild that lang tongue .
yours
You were saying this evening remindc
yon of an adventure, says father.
''Do tell it, added.
THAT will wild our lave.
go ah,ad,' says father.
will, then, allow ME 10 lnfolm 20
that among the first hlngs boy larns |
Oud Ireland is to put Hp his bands
Put up his hands,
'Ies, sur. mean by that sames th,
he larns 10 box; larns the wake points c
, his adversary; and at the same time
| rotict his own; larns 10 hit man Sc tn
in case ne is set upon he can dehEd hin
self widout resartin' 10 knives and IRE
arms, as they do here sometimes
" ou don't mean they practice tish
ing
Only for the fun on II, sur; there
niver Bit Of harm in il, and yer shou
see the boys soin' home from the fairs
frolcs wild their black eyes. an att
!. bloody noses; all r.iicin' an Kind
: .olke"
! Pretty fun should think, said fathe
"les, su-; you have no idea in L
n coun hry of the illigant sport We have
n Ireland. Here, if two boys or men, ha
: a bout ST hs.lcuffs, they make towi
l. talk ov it, and call THIN all sort Of naui
: black guards, roughs, and the like.
e home, the viry bis, ov thin we'd consid
= little sparring as the ioinest icreaiion
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