The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-09-12

bODllhLy, anu lrp Nv llp lllln hulrll
at tho village OF llilkiel, whore | spent
the night, there was 0aF0uAing at the
bar until nearly morning. Tho next
day at the village OF Newry, Ia taking
up tho weekly paper aud reading the
transactions OF tho Borough Court, |
found that of tho fourteen easea fe'
p0rted all were up for drunkenness aud
disorder, of which five were women,
Temperance among the bualnesa ana
Industrial classes OF England and lro'
land IL making great headway, aud
most corporations and employers Te-
quire strict temperance on tho part OF
their men, llut ~ Ireland ! hee little
evidence of II, Even the woman at
belfast, who had charge OF the waiting
room, was full OF whisky,
II Is charged here that the lirltlsh
Government encourages this debaueh'
ment OF tho common people, ana an
evidence OF the fact IN addueed that the
Queen conferred ker latest royal favor
on Il Dublin brewer Benlamin Lee
Guinness, whose son, now q member OF
tho House OF Lords, has q palatlal reai'
denCe In Dublin, az ~ Stephens Green,
A bronze statue OF the knight OF the
vat adOrna tho chnrchyaTd OF St Pat
rcks Cathedral, which no spent q large
aum In reatOnng 10 ita present aplen'
dor ~, patrick'a church comes down
from the Catholic era, and IN supposed
10 have been built on site selected by
the Patron Saint OF Ireland The Eng
lIBh church has been In possession since
the time of Elizabeth, Tho Catholics
arc humlllated that their principal
shrine should be In the hands Of thelI
e0nquerOTa,
Another great reatorer Of Ohrinea and
affairs Ia Rowe, the great Irish whisky
man, who spent one hundred and sixty
pounds In building Christ church, llt
expects 10 be knighted aa u reward OF
good works,
The porter made by the Guin0Sl
brewery became celebrated In the tint
OF O'COnnell, who In one OF his har
anguea against the Conservatives, anC
with Marc Anthony oleyerneaa fol
which he was characteristic, aroused
tho populace by saying; "Wheneyei
you meet with Guineda porter, see thRi
You don't knock the corks of the bot
tleay"
A guard NJ Trinity College told a gooC
story to-day, illustrative OF the exten
TO which porter 10 prescribed by th'
phyBlclans. "Doctor ~, once told m'
that when no was called In aud f0unt
a lady q little whee2y'weezy, he just or
dered u bottle OF Guinness porter, pock
eled his fec and came away
The lrIah question Ia 10 much quea
tIOn IN Ireland ~ elsewhere In thl
north Of Ireland popular aentmen
runs strong with BaliOur and ConGer
vatlam In the south the National part!
Is gaining strength. On the land que9
ton al stand on common
ground aa 10 the necessity
of reform. Think Of q few mel
owning the whole OF Ireland, countr!
and town. A handful own Dublin
buildings, cabs and all, Five mon owI
the city Of Cork, There arc hunorod
OF men and women employed who dt
even own their own clothes. The en-
ployeB Of Lord llOwth, In Dublin yicln
ity, are paid at the rate Of two dollar
aud half q week and support thei
families out OF u; and Lord ll0wth i
known 90 a remarkable good landlord
Renters stand no chance at all, Binct
thoy cannot secure u long lease on land
Lord Howth will rent u patch OF liant
for three months, the tonant taking TN
risk. II the season 10 bad no goes on
worse than he comes In, while L0rC
llowth gets the profits and has thelant
besides,
The banks Of Ireland, tho churches
and the colleges are the finest building
In Dublin. asked m Irish gentleman
how IL was that Ireland had such groa
banks when the country was no poor
"There 10 plenty OF money he said
never more. "YOu Americans sent
large sums into the country and sooner
or later II finds lla way 70 the none,
ceLtera,"
Another gentleman complained tina
the tonantry would not pay rent wheI
they had the money, and the LANDLORD
could not collect H.
allow 10 that / enquired, "whon yol
have NO many soldiers 10 enforce th
iawsY The British Government ha
more BOldiera quarie'ad on lrelant
than ore In the whols Jf the Amerca
army"
And 80 they have, saying nothing o
OF the armed police, the whole constitu
ting a standing guard for the benefit o
u squad Of landed proprlet0ra to th
number OF over fOrty.llye th0u8ant
men,
Americans can have no conception
of the squalld condition Of the lrisl
tenantry, even In the North Of Ireland
where they are generally supposed L
be we'll Off,
"How do these poor people llvey
asked of u landed proprietor, who wa
travelling In the Same coach with IN
through the Mourne mountains.
"LiyeY They are all well of, -sayinI
money"
allow can that be9" | asked, seelnI
that the mountain farms were diyidet
up into mere patches. In the center o
each patch was u low stone hut, with
thatched roof, u pig pen In the from
yard, and pigs and geese w0ddlinl
about, In the corner Of each yard wa
q hole In which all the ollal Of the hous
and pen was seething In the wet. Tn
man looked surprised NJ my question
Ing and said
SWhy, each man has thirty or fort
acres Of good grazing land. IL isj
great breeding country for sheep, an
cattle and there are plenty of duck
and eggs. Then they spend nothing
and farming is cheap II one man ha
y plough oil the neighborhood borrow
H."
That Is what iS called "well Off" i
Ireland. What must the rest of
be2 n
The location OF Dublin Is beoutifu
for n seaside city, and the bay is yer,
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