The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-02-02
AN EPISTLE FROM IRELAND.

Ed. PmoT.-Wandering far from home
in foreign cline the thought occurred
| to US that word from the Emerald Isle
may not be uninteresting to your readers.
| left MaI;towoc Dec. 9th, 1881, and
arrived at Chicago on the same day from
which place proceeded to New York,
taking the Baltimore & Ohio r. r. On
my way eastward 1 passed through Har.
per's Ferry where John Brown raised
the fatal standard of revolt in the vain
hope of breaking the bonds of thralldom
that bound the enslayed African. also
passed through the wealthy, populous
and gay cities of Washington and Phila
delphia. On arriving at New York i'm
mediateIy took shipping for Queenstown
and after fair and uneventful voyage
arrived there Dec. %.
1t is not an easy matter to portray the
| feelings, to reproduce the reflections OF
to describe the Impressions which alter
nately strike the wanderer when he frs
| sets foot on this hallowed soil. a Sigh
| acquaintance with the people and YOU
observation will tell you as plainly q:
history where you are. You are among
people who have well nigh reached the
climax of human suffering. people who
| have been despoiled Of their just posses
| sions, whose rights have been trample6
upon by their oppressors, and people
who have experienced the effects of thai
| refined mode OF ure-famine-whict
it remained for the people living in the
nineteenth century to see put in use.
From Queenstown I proceeded to Corl
and thence to the renowned and historic
| city of Limerick. This city, if it does
| not excite the emotions, certainly arouses
the curiosity of the traveller. 1t is of al
| cities the most memorable in Irish his.
tory and its valiant defense is one of the
| remarkable events of the seventeenth
| century. 1t was here that the hitherto
| victorious arms of the Prince of Orange
| met signal if not disgraceful repulse.
1t was here that an ill-clad, i'll fed, ILL
disciplined, and with one exception, Pat
rick Sarsfeld, i'll differed Irish army
successfully contended against talented
officers, troops skilled in military tactics,
who were supplied moi only with the
necessaries but the luxuries of camp life,
perfect in martial discipline and moi
wanting in martial courage.
| 1t was here that the breaches in the
battered ramparts we're not only defend.
ed by men whose natural courage needed
not the energy of despair to impel them
to action, bat mothers, wives and daugh.
! tiers stood and fought side by side with
their kindred and cheerfully sacrificed
their lives in defense of their freedom,
their religion and their hearthstones. II
It was here that the veteran Sarsfeld
succeeded in obtaining an honorable
treaty from his foemen and here it was
lie first exercised that prudent vslor, that
unsullied honor and that military prov,
ess that afterward conferred on him the
| proud title of Marshal of France on the
| field of battle.
| From Limerick proceed to Tullamore
near which place [ intended to remain
for some time. Near here is the pictur
esqe village of Rahan which has famous
college which is at present attended by
about five hundred students.
A traveller coming from recently set
tied country is struck with the ancient
aud venerable aspect everything wears.
Tombstones bearing inscriptions dating
back over century are not uncommon
churches still exist that are even more
ancient; roads are at present Travelled
that are of greater antiquity than either
and public and private buildings may bt
seen whose style of architecture belongs
to another age These relics of the past
which have not as yet succumbed to the
universal law of decay, appear almost out
Of place in the present century, yet they
are not only interesting because of the
curiosity aroused by them, but because
of the mass of history, tradition or rev
erence in which they are entwined.
You see here people who fondly fos
ter traditions, people who bear thei
hard fate with a meek resignation hardly
IN accord with their impulsive nature;
people whose poverty is not only proven
bal, but, alas! too real; people wht
hardly know one week how they are t.
obtain their support the next. 1t is hare
to obtain work. 1t is harder to live OF
the meager pittancs that can be earned
From seven to eight shillings week il
the most that can be obtained. Bread
stuffs are higher here than in the United
States. The land holder knows not how
soon he may be evicted. Everything il
chaos and turmoil. The people are ap
parently mirthful and thank God it is NJ
worse. It is no great task to discern tn,
depth of that mirth. 1t is not the genu
inc huiior that characterizes the Celt il
America. 1t Is rather the assumed gale
ty Of the doomed culprit who vainIy fiat
tiers himself that reprieve may come
Never was there truer statement mad
than that Goods great congregation O
1
form no correct idea of what the next da,
may bring forth and may be said to b
practically without future" and with
out hope. :" DANIEL TRACY.
CIRCUIT COURT.
The following cases have been dispos
aad of tby.G for tl1ia rpnaE II, tho Ciro,,,