Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-02
NEWS FROM ABROAD.
A Letter of Great Interest to Every Pa
 triOtic Irishman. March 1R

QUEGN D OOON11, HAoA0AA ". To the Editor of the DEMocRAT:-
 |. You have heard the story of the s. J. Meany funeral from the Irish papers which I have sent you from time to time since come to this country Perhaps some of your readers would like to hear what the writer has to say on the subject. The ac- tion of the Irish of this country in coming l forward in such large numbers to show l their love of the deceased is quite sufficient 1 proof that they are not unmindful of those who live and labor for the Irish cause. In America we often hear that crowd of Irishmen cannot be brought together in Ireland without someone getting his head cut or his bones broken before the meeting is over. The demonstrations which have witnessed at Queenstown, Cork, Buttevant, Limerick and Ennis go far to prove the contrary. They were the most orderly gatherings of people ever witnessed and this despite the efforts of the police to I agitate them into saying or doing some l thing that could be called breach of the peace, and thus give them an opportunity l of using their batons on the heads of their I TfelloWmen, who in peaceable and orderly l way were endeavoring to do honor to the | remains of one who would lift them out of the power of those miscreants. But the Irishmen who took part in the processions DOIC up uuOcI 111 W1Uu IlOIC Ol1Stu forbearance. In fact 1 never thought that the people could bear so much and yet keep themselves under control
 The men who subscribed to the Meany fund will be pleased to learn thatI had on hand after the funeral was over much more money than they or I anticipated when leaving America. The Queenstown men paid the expenses of the remains while in that town. The citizens of Cork the bravest and the postpaid from Queenstown to Limerick, and sent com mittee with with instructions to pro ceed all the way to Ennis unless commit tee representing the people of that town should meet us at Limerick. The Cork men, aye, the women too, not only honor ed the dead patriot on the evening of the demonstration, but also reflected great credit on themselves. It was the most or derly gathering of people ever witnessed, not a loud word being heard from the time of starting till all was over. It was plainly evident that every man in the line of march was conscious of the fact that he was fol- lowing the bier of his kinsman and his friend. The mayor walked at the head of the procession and busted himself in see- ing that the best of order was maintained We left Cork about 10:30 on the evening of the 9th inst. On the way to Limerick and at a small station called Buttevant occurred the most impressive demonstration of all A torchlight procession, led on by priest, halted in front of the car containing the re- mains, inquiring for the companions of the dead patriot, stating that they had come few in number but strong in senti ment that the people of Buttevant were not to be outdone by their neighboring towns in doing honor to the deceased even | though they had to remain out till mid | night; that the citizens of Buttevant in common with their fellow-countl ymen owed debt of gratitude and of love to S. J. Meany, and were to show that they ap- preciated the services he had rendered to his country's cause, and read the follow ing:
 1.-The Nationalists of the little town of Butte want come to lay wreath of sympathy on the mortal remains, and to breathe feryenf prayer 1 for the eternal repose of the soul of the dead Rmo m n Mgany Mh y on abssp the as Fe from Amer historic Clare. God rest his soul, and God save i Ireland.
 | (Signed), FATHER BUCKLEY. c. C..
 President of the Brigadier and Shamrock Branch, | After few words of thanks from the writer the Rev Father entered the car con- taining the remains, prayed for a few min utes over the casket and was then intro duced to Mrs Francis of New York. sister of deceased He spoke to her of Father Riorden, who died recently in New York, l and referred to America in most kindly | manner. This was the only thing in con nection with the mission which completely unnerved me- Parades and meetings of every kind l had seen before, but this was new to me, and something which I shall be slow to forget. Off for the ''City of the Broken Treaty." Arrived there about a. m. There brass band and large crowd of people were in waiting. The band played several appropriate selections, the still morning breeze lending enchantment to it's melancholy strains. Here, also, we were met by committee representing the people of Ennis, who had come to meet the remains. We arrived at Ennis about 4 l a. m. The people had no knowledge of our coming at that hour, consequently there was no procession that morning. A half dozen or more policemen stood on the platform, watched us remove the remains from the train to the waiting room, where they remained till noon that day, and then after dogging our steps to the hotel door marched off to the barracks At noon on the 9th inst, the remains were removed to the Catholic church band made up of small boys played the s'Dead March' and the corpse was borne on the shoulders of stout, stalwart men, who unlike myself and those who acted as pail bearers at Wa terbury, did not bend beneath the weight of their load.
 l After the remains were removed to the church, learned that the people had de- cided to have them lie in state till the fol lowing Sunday, when a public funeral would be held. So immediately set to work removing the outer cases from the casket. This done there came the most serious work of alto remove the cover from the casket and expose the deceased to his neighbors and friends without knowing what state of preservation he would pre- sent. It was too much risk-that is, l thought so-and I called on the pastor, tell ing him that I would like to have the
 church to myself for a half hour, after
 which would be prepared to give the peo-
 pie an opportunity of viewing the remains.
 This the Rev Father did and after remov-
 ing the lid I found to my satisfaction that
 there was no need whatever for any such
 precautiop. I shall not dwell on this sub ject, suffice it to say that the deceased was
 in as good a state of preservation on the day of the funeral at Ennis as when I last
 saw him in America in the parlors of the Press club
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