Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-06-13

| Learning that J. II. Montgomery. Esq.
one of the prominent Young LAWYERS of
Waldo county. and Pcnohscot hoy. had
made trip across the ocean on business,
| thought it might be interesting to the
many readers Of the AMERICAN, i'll could
/ get his impressions of the English and
French people for publication 30 wrote
! him to that effect and received the enclosed
/ letter which you are at liberty to publish
Yours truly.
/ J. NJ. IIrrCHI>>,
CAMDEN, May II, ls~9.
| My DEAR FRIEND :-You ask me to
( furnish YOU a sketch Of nv European trip
last winter and my Impressions of the
/ English and French, and London and Par
I Is. NV heart. certainly. responds TO your
+ very interesting request. The last few lines
T of your letter are 80 Kind and remind me
I 80 forcibly Of my great Indebtedness 10
Your efforts a. a teacher cf my Youthful
lessons, and recall 80 many encourage
mcntS that the boy Of rcnohscot 50 much
needed that the undertaking becomes
pleasure 70 me, and only wish could
talk 1t to you instead Of writing it. For
there are many lncid, nj in such "A trip lhat
are better spoken than written. the listen
,r.> attention and ,,,.,io,,s ,,ro,,,,,,;,,.,,t.,
mas, iptcresijp, f,,,ur.. .,,,,l l..o.lt,,., ,...
easily TO the mos, desirable sights ana l,ap.
peuiups
NV trim wa. taken in tn. winter anil
somehow cold j. manufactured IN th, land
b.youd the stormy Atlantic, as ncu a h,,r..
"a cold too that settle. down about On,
an American at lcast-anI ch,Ns II j, dor-
not freeze. You warm Yourself il, an
open iir,. of peat if YOU hc in snnr par,.
Of ireland. and If in England and France
By one Of soft coal, in chimney. bryond
the reach. A dclu,lon so far a. warmth i
concerned. The car, have no frcs. Zach
passenger carries hi. rug or robe and on
an exceedingly cold day ha> A can of hot
water for his feet. which the cnrnpauy
furnishes Il i something nh. a .t1yc
ride in Maine without the snow
Nv business required a ,i,i, To Ireland
the country of had Government and ,tis.
content and poverty and crime. .xpccf.
cd to Witness some of the bad cnpdi,i,r.
Of which we daily read Ia see hou.,.,.,s
humanity and starving ana ragged chill
,irrn. went from Queenstown /, Cork
and To Athlonc by rail h.lat..r cjty i
situated about tiy. miles from III. centre
Of Ireland drove from there iuto tie.
country about ten mics a!,u,, tbc h,rt.
of the Shannon and o1nnur IL frihu.,ry
lakes. | saw t,nantl,,, bnii>,. their r,.f.
tot,,, ~ Ia, ,I.. s,g.-.,f ,,,. I,, ,L.r-
deserted for tbi, land of onr. ,ud t,yn
;tat uy drivart,,l1 ~. u,.r. ,a.,u, a..
cans. of b,in,, h,np,rd III. l,,,,r wcro
laror bop.,.. ,y5,t ap,,,,. I,rt. IN, ,r..
fast f,llju,, IN DECAY s.v o,h.r farm.
and Lou.,s v,.,, ,,l,.a ,t.i. ,,.,.,,,,,,..
w..lI-,o.do and l,,,,v rh..o ,,r,.,.oj,ad i,
,h,, locaIi,v t,r, 1, H.. ,o,a;r i,
Lard C,srl..p,i,. ,,......,,- ~ a.,
,a,,s over which il,
I.,., rents ,din.teJ hv Iau and ,,;,, p.
gsrd 70 Tho ,,,,. ,f ,b. land am, ,h. ah,ii
tvof tho tenant anil utii. ,h,,
/, /. ,b.. ,arsp,,s from y.,.ra,io,
.ra,ior rrd,.,r, Observation-Disclosures.
.veryub.ro ord vtiI. ,nu,l i Irla,,I 49,,
,,.ar. ,a,, American, OH t..-,.i,,.,,
Iand,. ,o,,,,t,1 ,,,,,. ,i.,. =.
nrodnc,s ana s,r,,, !, humar ,n,.rl..
4 Thar ,bare !. sometime, ,yron,, 4; A.. .
n,e and n. ,,o,arrm.u, of th.m oa,,rn, J..
!
! lection of bonses have. their cop,tabnla,v
ia restrain m. ,.onla Tb.ir lin. form,
4 brjgh, Uniform. and swaggernp manners
I arr, th, Sims Of ROYALTY and NAV ~. a.
Y much n mart Of IN. need. and Iif,. and ,ny-
/ crpmeut of ireland a, the queen and her
royal bou..h,ld ~ the uri,t.h .nnir.
/ They are each fashionahle hut ,xnrnsiv.
But a country where neo,.la drs.rt ho,,.e.
because they are haunted and wiII NOT n,v
rent, adjusted and graduated hy their own
Judges are not wjthout fa,lt and may ne. Il
guarding. or a s,mhance of il fnr the
( ouietiny of ,uper,titious fear. and ius,,i-
ration, 81 dnty. For nowber. learned
that they complained very much Of the tax
of government. 1t was a matter of rents
only. As long as disquiet among the peo-
pie exists the constabulary is necessary
and all tn. forms and show of mower
Home rule will not relieve it. The people
are too equally divided on that subiect
That possibly is a great way off II may
never come. would not say il wou1d
never come. But when sneakers and writ.
ers for American hearers say il il almost
reached. let them be careful that futur.
events do not compel them ike Mr. Par
nell,s confession before the Times, com.
mission. to deliberately ackuowledoe Them
"boastfnl and exagyera,edn
From Atblope went 10 London bv Dpb.
lin. crossing St. Georges channel and land-
ing at Holybead in Wales Dubljp il n
fine city. was there the dav Hon VIM
O'Brien was taken ,hrouob to iau The