Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-07-15
CAPT. soYc DIT.

Tenants by One VINO knew Him.
In conversation with reporter Of
The Louisville Courier-JournM an Irish
man said:
Boycott? All yes, knew Mr.. Boy
colt, from whom the word had its birth
nine or ten years ago. 1t has been in
grated on many language, in many
a land. In many countries it has been
crystalized on the face of the statutes.
Capt. Boycott, in respect TO whom
the word or ginated, is now about SO
years of age. He is five feet nine
inches in height, wears flowing iron
grey beard, has long. aristocrat C
features, and the carriage and bearing
of retired British army officer. He
is Drowned and hardened by weather
exposure. exerc Sc, an by field sports,
and looks what he is--'every inch an
Englsh country gentleman.
'Some tw 'nty-tive years ago, Mr.. w.
ii. Boycott. who is a member of Il good
family in England, purchased an en-
signcy in crack" line regiment; he
subsequently, became lieutenant, mar
ried, and left the service. He settled
down to stock-raising in the west of
Ireland. ii owned no fee-simple estate,
but rented several tracts of LAM. For u
while he resided on the island of Achll,
where he fitted up IN iron house on the
mountain side overhanging the coast.
He was popular with squire and peasant
alike. He kept string of horses, he
was n good man up himself in a weller
race, was crack shot, rode to hounds
ike a Galway man, and was in the Reld
as poor Whyie Melville wrote:
"A good one TO follow,
A rum'un To beat.
Later he left Achill island and rent
ed near the town of Ballinrobe. There
he had but few tenants. He raised
green crops, artificial grasses and
roots, and employed many laborcrs.
With these he was strict and eXacting
as 10 their observance of the rules he
la d down for them. Fines were inn
posed on them by him for leaving
spades, shovels, or other agricultural
implements in places other than those
designated. For disturbing stock or
iniuring fences by taking short cuts or
for leaving gates open fines were as
sessed on the laborers and stopped out
of their wages by the captain.
AT this period the peoples minds
were in state of excessive tension by
clectioneering excitement and by con.
tnuous evctions mot of Boycott), and
the wrath, long pent up, burst from
every man, woman, and child in Mayo
down on Tough Mask house. His SER
wants, their relatives, their friends, his
II o,,I oil &c oil hi,,
ed. Swift as lightning the feeling
against the captain, rs he was dubbed,
spread around. His employees left him;
no one would pillow, harrow, reap, or
sow for him. Domestic servants fled
the house. Any one who approached
the place was warned, and if warning
did not prevent approach stronger
measures procured obedience.
In Ballinrobe, town of two thou
sand inhabitants, in the open day. a
man was severely beaten because il was
reported that he had been seen saluting
coachman who had not obeyed the
order to quit the obnoxious service.
Capt. Boycott AMI his wife were on
the verge of starvation; their flocks and
crops were useless TO them. Fifty OF
Vic lON al illSu nav DFtli
set rs guard on the house 10 keep t Z
family safe.
Later on one hundred policemen,
fully armed, We're settled on the spot,
fifty Dragons and company of infan-
try camped around. No enemy APP
pcared; no good resulted. Once they
succeeded in saving Capt. Boycott 5
life. He drove into Ball nrobe on q
court day. Thousands knew he wa' TO
attend, and thousands surged into the
narrow street and endsavorel to cru sh
in on him aud squeeze him TO Death.
From this difficulty the gallant forces
of the crown barely succeeded in extr-
eating themselves and the object OF
their protection. B yond this success
the career of the forces was only dis
tingu shed by the fact that the men
stole and ate up all the hens, chickens,
ducks. geese, and turkeys in the coun-
try. and the officers gave at Ballinrobe
a Boycott ball, and the captain was
now cursed rs bting the cause OF
scarcity of eggs in the country. The
ostrarism was awful. Its organization
was perfect. The p Gus Roman Catho.
lie who sobeyed warn .ng found b m
self in his church standing on q four
foot square desert island. surrounded
by seeth ng sea. A funeral stopped
if he went to it. If he died he would
have TO carry himself to the grave.
"The matter. was brought before
Mr.. Gladstone. He gave an oracular
reply. The Carlton club endeavored
by n test.mopial raised for Capt. Boy.
colt to prop up his falling fortunes.
1t was sa d by the local paper he was
to leave Ireland.
-Four years since it was proposed to
construct a railroad between the town
of Than and Ballinrobe. 1t would
have been useful. The government
would have lent the money at a low
| rate of interest. Great distress prevail
ed, and the expenditure of the money
in employment was much desired. II
was conditioned if the line did not pay
the low interest to the government that
/ the country districts should bear tho
I deficit High evicting landlords sal
where it was to be debated whether the
line should be made or not Some
good men sat on the investigation
| Votes were taken. The majority o.
tho yntare vara anprehens i've that sOmr