The Irish standard., 1886-05-22
STANDARD" BREVITIES

NJ. STANDARD" BREVITIES.
1.-THE DAY WE LEFT IRELAND.
The day we left Ireland, ne er can forget it,
The sorrow and tears OF despair,
The good-byes and kissing, the sad word Q
parting,
And mothers last blessing and prayer.
Poor father, though weary, heart-broken ant
feeble,
Came with me almost to the bay,
And when the ship sailed he but whispered
God bless YOU
Then watched till we sped far away.
The day we left Ireland, how often in dream
see my dear loved ones at home,
But soon awaken, and still the broad ocean
Divides U.s. and am alone.
Farewell little TEDDY and golden-haired Molly
And Nelly! oh, had The wings.
\ How swiftly I'd fly to the home of my child
hood,
Where thought of sweet memory clinge.
THE ay we left Irelaud-but why anu Weep
ingS
Perhaps again some day my loved ones will
meet me,
Then why these sad tears of regret?
Old Ireland, my country, you bright, sparkling
Emerald,
Oppressed and ensayed though you be,
They can never darken Or tarnsh your lustre,
Dear sweet little,gem Of the sea.
CHORUS.
Old Ireland, l love thee, dear home OF my
childhood.
Yon bright sparkling gem of the sea;
Sweet angels of Justice their white wings are
spreading,
And ireland soon shall be free.
by Charles Carroll Sawyer.
tsSmall bills are very scarce, - said the
gas company's collector.
To preserve clesnuts-Get your
morning newspapers bound.
Christianity without charity is like an
autograph from type writer.
Those who sell food will not be happy
until they can adulterate eggs.
Intelligent Protestants, instead OF OPP
L
Will somebody please tell which is
actually the national game-cards or
base ball?
Courting after marriage is exceedingly
popular in Chicago, especially in the
divorce courts.
This country is going crazy about the
national game. Even the baby turns
the house into bawl ground.
The motto of The Anarchists is: "We
take what we need,'' yet is is noticed
that they never take any soap.
Ii is to be hoped, young man, that
your atiianced likes your spring suit, and
you, rs sritor, learn If from her own
two lips.
Lucerne, Switzerland, has ssn ancient
we'll with eight towers. The builders
must have worked under the eight-tower
law.
What is the use OF green banners unfurEng?
Erin can hope for no victory when
WO]seley, the Mahdi sent down the Nile whirl-
ing,
Threatens to cross the Boyne water again.
When Milud Wolseley is found at the
head of an Orange rebellion, Osman
Digna will lave changed his nationality
and become an Irishman.
A weman sat speckled hen on dried
apple pie, and III three weeks the hen
Matched fourteen nightmares and blue
ribbons on their tails.
The young ladies who wear red jack
cts should be advised in time, and &c to
The sea shore, instead Of the. country;
this summer. Sea COWS don't chase
women.
tsTwo Georgia girls helped their CO.
year-old-father to elope and marry Al
girl of 20. III they had step-ma they
wanted some one whose bonnet, hustle,
and blonde hair dye they: could borrow.
Trevelyan is still telling people upon
what conditions he will support Glad
stones Home Rule bill, just as if any
body cared how his individual vote,
which is Ill he can influence, is cast.
Wolseley is said to regard Mr.. Glad
stone as g traitor. The world Mt large
has a different opinion of Milud Wolse
ley, and one that is by ne means so fiat
tering one as what attaches to a man
who is a traitor to the British realm.
When General Master Powderly de-
clared that in the hands of men en-
sirely mouth the gun is harmless as the
sword, - he must have had in his mind
the bowling Orangemen whom Wolse-
lev saws he will lead on to Dublin in
case Parliament is established there.
s:Do YOU know how the ambition of