The Irish standard., 1888-06-02
on my granite headstone:-
HERE LIES MAN
THAT LED TIE TILI4ERS OF IRISH SOIL
INTO TIE POSSESSION OF
TIE LAND THEY TITLED

|: HERE LIES MAN
/: THAT LED TIRE TILLERS OF IR1sH SOIL
INTO TIE POES EsSLON OF
!! TIE LAND THEY TILLED.
( desire to be buried in Bodentown
near to the grave Of Theobald Wolfe
Tone, and whenever my spirit is per-
mitted to revisit Ireland 1t Will be glad
dened by view Of the sheltered cot
and the cultivated farm which will yet
form the uniform landscapes Of the re-
generated, sacred Isle Of The future"
Spirit of Trans Atlantic" all hail
and FAREWELL May the end he SO long
aud SO ardently labored for While On
earth be speedily consummated. Eternal
rest grant unto him, 0 Lord! and may
light eternal shine upon his soul! Amen.
y
THOMAS MOONEY.
Thomas Mooney known, to Irish
! World readers as "Trans. Atlantic, {"
was born in Ireland SO years ago. His
extraordinary length Of life and the ex-
! celle1lt health with which he was blessed
through the whole Of his long life he
was fond of attributing very much to
the fact that during his youth and rnan.
hood he was a total abstainer from alco-
ho1ic stiIaulants as from tobacco in
every form. In his letters he used To
frequently exhort Irisilmen to boycott
tobacco and whiskeY both Oh sanitary
grounds and because OF the serious ILL
jury such q policy would infjict on the
revenue OF the enemy. Thomas Mooney
was q young man before Catholic
Emancipation. His father could tell
him, from personal knowledge, about
the bloody law under which
They bribel the flock, they bsibad the son
To sell the priest and rob the sire;
Their dogs were taught alike TO run
Upon the scent of wolf and friar"
In one of his letters to The Irish
World the scenes and "reminiscences Of
his early childhood were touchingly re-
ferred to as follows
Pozldering upon the recollections OF
my childhood days, when heard the
tales Of my grandfather told by the
light OF a blazing turf fire Of a Winters
night; how he used to secrete the priest
in his house, when the priest stole round
to give Mass, aud when the Mass was
to be celebrated in 1.-The parlor,' and
few OF the neighbors had gathered in
the kitchen waiting for its commence
ment; how my father, then youth,
was posted outside upon some high
ditch, to watch il any strange face was
coming towards the house, with stlict
orders to give alarm, that the priests
vestments might be hid away, and tho
priest himself hid under straw in the
barn, for the priest was then liable to
death it found, and my grandfather
liable to transportation ITO the planta-
tions beyond tbs seas for harboring
him! When think Of ali that and seq
what l see now, I feel All enlargement.
of my own spirit within my body, for
have the faith that my spirit will look
down with pleasure from the sphere
upon the utter diseStablishment OF the
Irish landlords, and che utter destruc-
tion of their cruel systems of torture of
the Industrious Irish people; and fol-
lowing the fall of the landlords, will
disappear the barracks, the prisons, the
poorhouses, and the armed police. Ga!
] shall see all that, please God, from the
starry armament above, and then I
shall rejoice in the efforts which / con-
trihuted to their destruction while [
walked upon the earth.