The Irish standard., 1886-09-11
lRELAND's SAD CONDITION.
A Correspondent Of United Ireland Draws
a Vivid Pen Picture Of the Pitiable Sui
feriugof Kerry's Starving Tenantry'
HOW sHYL0CK LAND OWNERS

Force the Poor Unfortunate Tenants tt
Yield Up the Pound Of Flesh Because
'aIt is SO Nominated in tbs Bond
The special correspondent OF Unitee
ireland. writing froul Carrick-on-Suir
recently, continues his gloomy picture
of the farming class in Tipperary. He
tells of his travels ::agonnd and in the
vicinity Of Siieyenaraon. He cites the
case of tile Price Brothers, Wlo made
':good nugget of gold in Australia, and
whose industry and skill in agriculture
could tear profit out of q field it it were
not as barren as the Rock Of Gibraltar .
They held 81 farm Of 200 acres from
Langley Bunt. Of Templemcre, at e3U,
:; year They are protestants. and have
become identified with the people. In
three years they hare sunk in this
farm aeIEOo. Tney declare that thew
could not pay half the rent, and they
are about being evicIed. Contrast
with these farmers and their good cir
.eunstances and the condition OF the
ordinary iarfners with small holding
AT & rack rent. The rate OF depEecla~
tion in the value OF cattle is, in one
yea1, G5; IN four years Ell. The pro
ppriionate depreciation Of grain. hay
aud produce is about t}le SAME. Yet
the tenants will resort 10 all shifts to
keep the eviction murderers from their
door.
sIzOPkEEPER AND TIE FARMER.
An Intelligent young farmer sald to
me Yesterday: IF the shopkeepers took
advantage Of us as the landlords do,
there would not be a COW III the coI'n~
Try in q week"
THE PLAGUE OF EALLYDAFlD.
ssIn the midst of an undulating la'a-
.scape, it's graceful waves Of meadow
rising gently over the cEest Of curving
Slopes, and then dropping softly into
fragrant heather glens. see emergen-
cynaen moving, and two policemen
lattened out in clover. While the
scythe levels tie hay: the ride us ready
10 lst daylight through any one that
would dare to cough at the landlords
right t. unroof John Murphy's home,
and scatter his interesting family to
il,e ends Of the earth. The farm was
lately sold for arrears Of robbery, but
The family are not yet evicted, owing to
some flaw in the legal proceedings. |
drove up TO The farm house, but found
AL the gates barred, the family being
insiGe, living in state OF sejge. A peep
nj, me from one place AND then from
another, to see was process server
or some devils commissary from chan
eery, for there lies high and dry this
Murray estate, along with many other
shipwrecked, rotten hulks Of Irish
property. The beseiged had confidence
in the carman's signals, for they knew
he would not coax them out to be
trapped.
A rIrPEHARY PEASANT MAID.
One by one they cautiously approach
sd the gate; a grown boy first, then a
comely, quick-eyed Iipperary girl. after
her younger sister, rejecting in her
complexion the mellow ripeness Of the
meadows, and in her azure eyes the
deep blue zone which, just then, was
stealing softly round the scene after q
singing shower. These young girls
trelnbled like frightened fawns. The |
elder spoke tirst and her face brighten
al no with. a sunny smile, when she |
heard who { was and whence came.
She was nervous. but it was plain
enough that she: had courage eQual.t to
any demand, and so had they all. When
relieved from their apprehenslons they
spoke with genuine Celtic warmth,
pl,ghted their troth to fight to the bitter
end the battle of life with their ruthless
n,,,suers. could feel how heartrend-
ing it was for this family tolook across
she fields and see spa]peens cutting
their meadow to sell it at market, Oh
carry it over to their deer on the noun
tain. The nominal owners Of this small
estate, which is involved in unravel-|
liable complications of law and loans:
are half Scotch, half Irish, a sort Of |
monyrel caste that want to confisrate
the property in buildings and improve
ments which belong to the tenants.
last September the Murphys were
eyicted. They went back, and were
summoned for contempt of the Court !
. of Chancery. The summonses were
dismissed on the ground of informality
ana the family hold the fort while the
d father IS on the run to avoid arrest on
Han i order Of attachment. How are those
slrl Iil11f fortnnate people to exist while they
are waiting to be hunted from their
home !, ass they are sure to be the mo-
mon 1.-THE LAWS able to reach them? II m In
nos oth her country in the wide world
z,,,gonld The govern ment look placidly on