, 1881-11-20
LIFE In IRELAND.
The Process of Eviction-What
Boycotting" Is.
Shooting Landlnrls-TheR Recent Killing
OF Lord MUuntnlorrcS.


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the hands OF tho present alleged owners
1t WAS worthless, but several aetieszt-
tlons have tuiieti upon it, until 1t has becn
'.rcclaineL" as they term it. aud made into
good soil, which vii! yield cr0ps. The laildi"ru
has raised the rent regularly, Keeping: the stfant
and his family down the potato atltl aiFal'nt
point until it Is !mpnsift'l'. for HIN 10 pay
There IL no question of 4 desire to issy-paying
Is physical inpOssibilty. unless the tenant f's
son in America, and even III that casc tho rent
Is raised to tho point uf absorbing tho boy 5
wages.
Just rs the crop is ripening the landlord gets
out Il prucess Of eyictiDn-a bniiiH, backed by
thirty Cunstlbunry, 20 to the huusc, the war
rant is served, tho Icuunt knows eXncfly "hat
s to happen, uild he goes cut without ""rI
but the mother, not su well vcrSe III I.Eel'sh
law, dues make protest. AS wretched al tho
cabin Is Us poor her surroundings. 1t Il tue
only hume she has. In this wretchsu cabin ftr
ctliidlta1 were born, this Is her home. InJ no
woman rcliipuishcs that withnnt 4 protest I;ut
she might as we'll whistle against the norsa
wind. There is no pity nur mercy ia these
u*sAsts. to say nothing Ut just.:e.
First The poor furniture Is r1tchcsl o:' Into tue
road then thc children .tre thrt'Wl Uut AFTER the
furniture, ui,d thea the Wu.tlaIl Is hustled uHf,
the ti.s,r is nailed tip. eilu the family ure ~ THO
roadside 1T The Guild nr rnlti. rat Ur AtcI us iue
Cilee might bt, ii offered annhor tilr!n saFthef
u The lnout;titl. pi1re OF land. bog. sltd roca,
wnic1 b.: I,a; go IN nisd convert INTO s'ai'::lg
fields 0ny to ke f.yictt from that ~htn ms tAiu"
lord sees tit, or he may dc by the roat'sldt
kESMAE:F:.
In The Village Of kenmHrc. r1rir were tuir-
teen families one cold. wet tnurn,lig. ONT Hh tue
roadside men, Wt't1len. utld cl'dren- s,nlc VI
the litter being Only two months OH. their nfAs
prttect1on i1eng blankets made III p''f'1tt-sucEs
stretched upon four sticks driven into tbs sn:u
clay, aud tileir olliy bed leaves WHICH vert. wet
with tilt rain. The in.,t1crs were boiling Their
uOtAroeS, contributed by n: EuttrA nttn',5t as
lt,nr rs themselves, In pots suspended iro eS.
te.nporixe,l tripods, the fuel being leaves ana
twigs-
WHAT became Of them? T do not know
presume sou;e Of the children died from erI'ns-
ure hut thai was nurhine5 to the landlord ur his
agn,it. They were 1tH' young 10 work, and really
atut,d tn ttle way of the mother nild tather pay
ing their rent. Possibly tue iatfier- "'.'ktnK IN
tile mines In Wa!rs, gut money enough before
the children we're Afl dead to enable them To get
in st.1ne kind vi i shelter. ......
1t Is only necessary Tor rue TO say that they
were there, utld there because fhGf Guilt ilut
juy -uu uElnlercitul rent unulcrc1fuly tXactt1l
unu rtfentlssv pursued.
An Engllsn lan1ortts agent Wou!u levy upon
Il cbl!d ) cut.n for urrrarMH.ss OF reilt. and the
british Government would give httu tnArt7
soldiers to prl'tect the Eailih i'll scFE!nE too
process. They wish II distinctly understood that
rent must i>u paid though The neavens full
Rent Is my L"rds living and the agents also.
Where mercy is shown t. otle :cnh.t others
might expect II. and So the RUE must be mex
orabie. Rent or blood.
WHAT :" tuyCoTrtSG f" Is.
7"Boycottiug" Is II little system devised by Mr.
James Iath. Ut AWcrlca. II IL thts: Inc
i.sldlore, when he has .,de up his mind that ne
wants to rob II tenant uf the lAna he once
owued and WHICH he bus. does mot evIct MIN III
tho spring.. liz WAL. Til the Tenant bus dig up
it Is rra.iy for the harvest. lie wants
10 steal tho crops we'll us the lAi't..
ard SO just before harvest he sets
t,tit bis process, aud, accom- panied BY the eyer
iustiu9 thirty consrubl..s armed with cnrbtHes
he makes his descent. The proee;s is served.
the tenunt and his fa1n'ly placed OUT INTO tne
street. ana the plc. tAken ptl3seSS1,n Ut.
Prior to the blessed Lat,d l.cague the v1tiain
had NO difficulty iu employing ianor 70 70 ses!re sI'r
ec,ae eas s:e' Of ''' se S' SoD5sfy, aud eaael:nx
my Lord to indulge in fresh extrav-
asaneies In London or or d, rari;' a.as or
steps III nuw, aud my Lords AKeut cauuot ntd
II man who viii put sickle into tile ground y"
matter what price he Ut!er5- or now surely Tue
laburer needs work. or how cucpy he would DC
k:nd to work TOR any one clsC. lie VIII 1st WORK
iur this Inan at any price. Consequently tue
crops rut on the ground. ami II ttis. r''bbe ten
ant gets ~. benefit frUta hs labor, uly Loru In
Paris und his agent TT hume tltA5 uot-
4 RICH LABo1.EI:-
was in one cottage over tne bay from Gle1-
guritf, In cathn i'll svhlcn thret: ineh were sl-
ttnK lstle=ly waiting TOR WORK. They had nuth-
lug tn cut but tbe everlasting potatoes and
would have gwen their lives, aiIElosf. iur some
th,l1g to do that Wuntt keeu the f'ut btNinX.
eu though there was nothing but potatoes ID
Enter 1ny Lords agent.
''Culuc, 1ntn. want sou Tor @ 1ePE Gays
slts, sur. What Is it:''
~ Whit you on Capt. IS place. Wll! give
you . sil,llinGS II day.
Yuil pence Il day Is good wages.
i. Yes
We don't want wurruk. We're rich, and arc
Mickey U,,uiun WIS the cricted tenant, and
hu,i tilu agent offered them Thousand pounds
III hour ue could HOT huSe got Il stroke frvin oiae
vi ttltn1. :, ,
This Is boycottins. The process was first tried
upon Capt. H,tYcott, hetlce tn5 term. II was
uu invention ,f- Mr. Ji,nrs Rcdpath, US sai't,
llld u very clever uito II Is
70 prevent rhe eyictctl tenant from taking
another lur1n aud rcclatnlnE II Tor tne uetleHt
ot my Lord uild hts ugcut. tho land League
makes ht'n the prIncely ailtnfaHcc oi thfcc
s,lIltigS it week. Usl WHICH he supports els liinl-
ly. Aiu they md h,n soule surf 'f II shelter. NY
lurl uuu his u.eut have the privilege OF :!tti11E
tue crops themselves. tlsc they Eot III 1n6
HELD
Thcre is no violence, no shooting. or nlobo1ns
-t,nty pasS.yB rt-lstunce. Thc British ttutErn-
tutut GuIl1l.,t compel It lis u lanor. anu tHerc
is lett the Irish the blessed tuoH ut dying t1tn
starvation. Possibly the government VII make
I,iIur cutrf,n lsury-lt would not l,c worse tlitn
most ot tne laws fur the Government OF THO
unhappy ssiaud HOW in furct. l:ut 80 iur the
lr.SHlue need labor Tor Nh III lst tuIitilJsu
ulles, ne chou,es to, Hnd 1la1 means he need
nu1 lnbur lur any I'll tht ILL.,
There Is no such ln'u:; 's . Just ianoiord tn
Ireland. Ireland IS COW to bc n.kett. ana lust
enough pututues given ucr to lnnke the iu'lA-
SHOOTING LANDLORDS.
You hear IL great deal in America about shoDt-
fll,, Landlords. Huw many landlords nave been
suot! IL is much the diseredti Ut the lr.> race
tuut ulUrt. have not becn, tut. 11e t.leEicEult
tac1 is only IL very few have been pus out of
THE way ny hucKshu1. When | look OVER ttis,
teatrrt. tst busn tur the irish. 1t + st'1lle-
thug III tuc Way uf if>cS tt kli0w that iLer
arr, not permitted 10 uyc ur,S. AIl II may bc
plead in exte,lunriOu that the pl ce asu Sutti;eEy
, p+.rvlttl:tly. utlt nevertheless II ues sttn
as tluugn tew nure Night bt ,picaet s'n IL
they calluul have tirGArins there are ut lt:,st
ptcnturKs anu sluncs Gl,Hrly the IRISH are not
50 publsc spirited lis they snuutf bc.
tue WIS shOt some 3eArs igt A1ld Il Efeat To-
dp was iuHde about it.. In 1hs cHsc, as IN most
TIT. DtterS. il ~ls mt question vi ient Iy
Lurd hMd visited hls estates to see tow tht'en
tlorc s,utlcy c.utld be screwed Que OF h'a teti-
ants, aud his lechcrous eye hapocned TO rest
upon very beautiful girl, the eldest dhughter
ot widow with seven ch.ltiseu- Nuw
this beautiful g.ri WAS berruthed to .
nice sort uf buy who having bceu In Ancri-
ca, knew IL thug ur two. Ny Lord. through his
agent, who Is always plnp US we'll as j." or,Ehnd,
ordered KITTY to eo1le t. the CiStfe. Kitty,
Knowing very well what that ulea,t, refused.
"Very gou.i,' says tue agent. "yuur tuuther is
in arrears for rent and y0u had better see my
Lord. Or stall be c, PEELED to evict her.
KITTY knew what tbu1 meant also. II meant
that her grnv-hairtI MT ttler, her six helpless
brothers aud SISTERS would be ptcued OUT by the
roadside die If starvation and exposure aud
so Kitty without saying 4 word to Der uoshtr
or any oue else, went to the castle and wus Kept
rhnr f1r ma tired Df her.