The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-24
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Special Correspondence rALATKa SrNs.
Now | suppose You want items from
this place, and have been rackin. my
BRAIN To It's utmost To invent something
that could take the place of actual events
that failed to occur. There is practically
nothing To write about. The place is not
only perfectly healthy, hut the sond pco-
pie are quietly attending to their own
business seemingly ON CREASED whe, l.,
IA there Is not the slightest Jar or confu-
sion. presume some of the good wives
did not get out Of sorts duiing The hot
days Vf last week and called their lords
and masters brutcs, to the utter astonish
ment ot the aforesaid masters, Who prob
ably reconstructed 10y saying; MY dear,
you must h. crazy" or tina, 'thc devil
must be getting the upper hand in that
family" or some other suothing eXprrs
SION, which prevented any public out
break, despite the heat, leaving Your cor
respondent completely stranded ON the
barren waste Ot nothing To- talk about.
very much doubt II there was ever "a
person lived who wanted t. tell some biz
yarn more than ! do, and yyt can't get
hold III even II straw rs starting point.
Now, the strange part of this state ot al
fairs IL, that the church Is closed and the
devil Is supposed to have things all his
~ I tl,,nE La. La.
gagged in Ialatka or possibly in Chicago,
although the recent verdict Of the jury
who tried the Anarchists in that city
would indicate that hi, ma csty was not
there. am the more convinced of Thu
fact from the reports Of the orderly pro-
ceetlings Of the Irish convention lately
held there. II may be the proper thing
for Americanzed lrishmen to plot and
plan on American soil for the liberation
of Ireland from British rule, hut don't
think so. II looks in had tlste to me-, to
say the least, and think Uncle
Samuel makes n mistake by allowing
anything of the kind on his little farm
here. True, Ireland is oppressed by mis-.
rule and deserves the sympathy, no
doubt, of the civilized world, but our
English cousins feel as anxious about the
matter rs we do. ! guess, and are scowl-
ing over the knotty question Ut how to
rule freshmen. ! don't wonder they are
On trouble. for the Irish people are queer
set any how. if We are to Judge 10y those
that come to this country. They are
very impulslvo will knock man down
and then apologize for it, having acted
before they thought what they were do.
ing. And that same impulsiyancss makes
them rs a race a wonderfully hard onr
to rule. think they will do much the
best To- do most of their lighting on Irish
soil; however, n's not the business of
our Government to dictate t. England
how she shall manage her little domestic
sulabblc, you know, and when an IRISH
man becomes an American citizen. |
should think his duties to the mother
country were transferred to that ut hl'
adoption, but it seems that that idea is a
mistaken one, and that Mr.. Patrick
Of'lanigan Of America Is just ~ much
Pat of Cork ~ ever he was, be- gorr, .
but don't suppose the fate Of the nation
rests entirely with mo nor TUE NEW
although both Ct III together may hatr
Il good deal to say about matters ami
Things that are of no immediate concern
to us.
Old Sol concluded to let ~ have u
short breathing spell last week, and
kindly hauled in his horns for a few
days at the latter part, Just to let u,
know, suppose, that midsummer heat
would not last all the year round. Now
rs the days begin to cool oil n little. 1t Is
time To begin sowing garden seeds, ana
if We have showory weather, straw berry
plants can he transplanted successfully
although it is better to wait few week.
longer. ~ we are liable to- have hot auu
dry weather as late rs the middle Of nrN'
month. cur people hero are talking 81
planting "A larger area this year than lat
The orange crop being short the straw
berries will make up for part Of the lo~..
Now | am going tn close up tho~,
items. no matter what happens. and |
presume something will happen after !
get this all sealed always does but
stop ! will, anyhow t--)