Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-29

ir quired Q bright young lrisbman OF
q Philadelphia Times reporter who
boarded the British Prince the other
afternoon out In the Delaware. The
steamship had just arrived with 16s
evioted Irish people, men, women and
children. The speaker evidently be-
longed to another class, and made one
Of the grand total of 1898 steerage
passengers.
"Eind u what9'
swell, cor, I'm In made Of q Pad.
dy's market" said the newly arrived
immigrant.
"And what lisa 'Psddy's MARKET
was asked.
"a place whoir I kin realize on
phst I've got on. Ye say, sor, whin
I lift Jamestown I had 3 gud shuts
of clone and nine pound Tin In me
pockit, but a.comin' acrsss ! fill In Wild
two men from County Galway md one
from Donegal. Divil take 'em. Well,
sor, 40 I was sayin', l fill In wild 'em
and we war q play at forty.foive, arst
fshr q tupence hspenny and then fAhr
q shillin'-and now I foind mesilf In
Ameriky wid nuthin' but the close
upon me back, barrin' eighteen pence
In me pockit. All! they done me up,
they did, the thsves of the worruld.
An now, sor, will ye be 10 koind a. to
tell me whor ] kin foind q Paddy's
market, SIGH as they hev in Glasgow"
"Tell me about 'Paddy's market In
Glasgow, and perhaps I can"
"Weli, sor, many Of the byes who
are poor and starvin' at home, God
help EN-, In cid Ireland, whin the
harvests come round in England and
Scotland take their sickles and whet-
stones and 20 over to work In the
Scottish fields. They lave home about
the first of June, as many as $50 to
200 In a lot, and work for about if.
teen to eighteen shillings q week and
found. They kape at hsrvestin' all
the different crops, and by ~travelin'
from placs to place use up most of the
time ontil the middle Of August. Thin
they are paid. About the 10Th Of
August or theroabout, comes the
Glasgow fair, which lasts for ak days.
Paddy strikes Glasgow about the
time wild his pockets full Of money,
and after workin' 30 hard Ia ready fol
some recreation. The frat thing, he
buys q bran new shute of close
boots, hat nd all-and q good, strong
! shilala In case of made.
"Ye know, cor, wild some pounds
and pence in the pockets of his new
breeches, some of Paddy's eye water
under his weskit, md some bonnie
Scotch ~lassies at the fair, Paddy's II
fer fun. And, what with train ant
bein' trated, aud forty-foive, nd othel
devices, In about tree days he foindl
himself widout q fsrdin. And, then
sort comes Paddy's market. It's
great institootion-a long row o
boothes under II roof, over by tn,
bridge.
"Phat kin O man do whln hi
moneys all gone and tho fair only hal
over? Well, sor, no goes to Paddy
market and sells his moo close, pha'
cost him, maybe, four pounds, boots
hat and all, for fifteen shillens or {,
pound off the frat price, In tho sam,
shop he kin buy himself o second. hant
shute, boots, hat and shurret, for from
eighteen to thirty pence. 10 changer
his rig, puts the shillin's les made b,
the transaction In his pocket. Thin
sor, bsgorra, he's ready to see the fai
ont. He's In fer any row or ruotiol
until all his moneys gone, when h
sthrikes out for the harvests In tn
north of Scotland and works for none,
to take him back homo to ouldIrolan,
ag!n,"
"But, do all the Irlshmen who q
to the Scottish harvests spend thei
money in this way2"
"Oh! No! Sor! Some, q few
poor crathurs, W their money an,
take 1t back to Ireland to pay thei
winters rint ON the little holdin'."
Curious to find the nearest approach
to "a Paddy's market the reporte
got ashore from the British prince q
she swuhg at anchor In the stream OF
the Narrow Gauge railroad pier an,
sought the lower portion of Soutl
street and vicinity. The steerag,
passengers were not allowed to com,
ashore, but the reporter found an,
states for the information of hi
prospective Wish fellow. countryma,
that the Quaker City Is not devoid O
resources for cases like his. Their,
arc places where o man can exchang,
everything he wears and by acceptin,
q poorer article receive the differenc
In cash. At one place an outfit, In
Guiding suit, boots, shirt, and hat,
would be furnished for &c
At another IS would foo
the bill. Second. hand boots sci
for from 30 cents to 81, Should
man desire to reduce his style of liv
Ing, his furniture, china and cooking
utensils would be exchanged In kin,
for an inferior quality and q sum II
cash agreed upon paid In addition
The furniture Of q bedroom, includ
ing bed, bedding, two chairs, table
yashbowl and pitcher and looking.
glass, cal be furnished for So Is
Cooking utensils and table dishe
(shins) for = family Of six can b
secured for the modest sum of 80. 20
In many places about the lower part
Of the city this Exchanging" bushes
is carried on to q large extent, and tn,
proprletors Of the various shops 80,
that the olass Of customers Is muci
better than would be expected from
the nature of the business. Man,
families find this means q desirapl
makeshift to conceal from their dir
necessities.