The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-09-19
THE EMERALD ISLE.
Ireland Socially COnsldered~'Mrs'
Wada Reception.
Land OF Kate KeaIney and the Lakes OF
Killarney-,-'Phe ointlemen and
the Farmers Pictures Of peA'
tiiulion and Despair
special Correspondence Of lhe Nevs- pemoorat

lhhn NDluhullnh Nlh'f NNHfN" NN'I
small recognition There 10 hll hhhoel
alton here known aa mo tohtempoi MY
Club, oOmpOfed wholly OF men a low
eyeninga Since the club gave y fteep,
lion 10 the author Of "Robefl lllhmefe,'
Mrs. Humphrey Ward, II was a queer
sort OF thing aud Mrs, Ward was in'
tr0duced % uobody.
The President OF the club opened tue
evening by declaring q lIeeiOf al ais
enssion on the religion OF the Ful uIe,
and called Tor general remarks, iudl'
eatina that Mrs, Ward would be expect
cd 10 express heraelf, by way OF adden'
da 10 her book,
The disoufhi0n proceeded IN the most
atlted way, every One having u theme
of his own, and wandering AZ his own
awest viii through the domains OF spec
ulatiOn, religion, romance ana plhueh'
Ths aieRt OF the evening looked bolh
amustd aud astoHiahed, bat declined 10
be drawn out, ~ T.. A..
aDo women participate in discus
aloua generally ~ WAS tho Qutatlon pro
pounGed TO u high bIed dame 10 Tie
left, ,......,..,o
"sWhy SOY" was tho next question,
OOh6 she SAID, "the men do all tho
talking. and when the women are
around they talk all the more, w they
want 70 show oii,' .,,.
Certainly the impression OF "ahoWlhg
of" one receives was ~ u Hue WIN lUla
remark. Bombaat held supreme sway,
The newspaper editorials are III lho
Mrs, Ward 10 very tall, dark haired
aud dark.eyed her lace OF deadly pal'
lor. She wore u terribly bored tKpftu'
sion. aud her rich robes ratified aggrea.,
syeiy az she retired froIn the bcehe OF
Going from Dublin to Killarney
Through a fertile aud yerdant country,
laraely given over 10 cattle grazing
and deer stalking, broke the railway
tourney At Ihuflea " visit Holy Cross
Abbey and the Rock of CnShel, only 10
be reached by jauntlng car ! ala TINS
for the double pnrpOee OF seeing lheao
old ruins, among tho Oldest hnd best
preseryed ia Ireland, aud 70 see Tor my
aplf tie places where the lflsh Ma
tlonali8Is have always had u strong
hold.
From the time Of King Henry ", In
ll72, Ia obedience TO Dull OI Iupu hu'
rian, came over from England 10 Dlihg
about u conformity between the Catlio
lies OF England and Ireland lhe
counties OF Tipperary anu Derry
have been IN u state OF c9follle1
rebellion. Here ilourlshed the Cuittd
lrlehmen, tho FonianB aud now the
Nationaisls; and here the greatest
number of eylctions have taken place
Naturally, TO an American, III search
of facts and causes, THIS country uhd
people haQ superior drawing qualities
Between Dublin and Thurles, a as
tauce of aeventy!miea, one could put
be hlled with astonishment at the few
honaeg and villages aud these mostly OF
the most Wrelcned description, Bbt
not until landing NJ the village OF
Thurles can one understand how mis-
erably poor and degraded the people
really are. An through the south ana
west OF lrelanu the ruina OF castles lhd
villages and round towers are exceed
lpaly numerous. But the sorrlest, sad'
dest most hopeless ruins are the men,
women aud children about you
30 pteept d are they In poverty ana de,
bnsement that they make a virtue OF II
nnd Instead Of cOncealing their wots
ata proud people, suddenly reduced "
want, will always do, they parade be
fore YOU, tricked out In u threadbare
aud mildewed toggery that makes your
very blood run cold From the low
gunkeD, tumble down mud movers
around you, they emerge IN AL pges
and stages OF decay soliciting aims
aud putting up, dumb, spectacular ap'
peals, until you are nearly beside your
self because you are unable TO render
any relief. .-
II had been my intention 20 stay over
nIqht IN Thurles, but tho m0uldy hoar
mess of everything and everybody
around me filed me with an lnconceiv
able dread, aud driving 10 the village
hotel where the bar was tue chief
aource Of revenue, secured q jauntlng
car and drove TO Holy Cross, thence
10 Caehel, n distance OF thirteen miles
In all. Jogging along between green
hedges. sweet with wild honeysuckle
and rich IN wild luXurlanco OF black
mud white thorns, arbutus and black
berry and overlooking wide fields OF
barley harYests and herds of cattle
vragi1r I could but wonder II this
was not the original country Vi 'u'
hymn.
owherc every prospect pleaies
And only man Is ylle'
saw fine herds of sheep, spry, thrifty
ooats. prosperous ducks and geese
plnmp. respectable pigs; amoitoni
donkeys, ali as comfortably OIL as thel
Mind Creator intended IL Is man
made In the image OF God, who seem
10 have lost his birthrlght ard is con
tent To take station beneath th'
beasts that perish.
Freouentiy on our way we passet
the queer little donky carts, laden VIII
bright eyed children, or Ieathery
checked old women, all squatted In TN
carts, bare headed, unknown TO com
and water, and their brown lock
bleached tawny red. These OH
women-and they are eyerywhere-ar
the most melancholyspectacles In all Ire
land, The agonies Of all the ages seem
10 have enthroned themselves on thei
wl22ened features. They seem to ;
IA old as "Mother Carey herself
though few Of them are as old as the
seem. Want andcare and low dit
soon turn the bloom of Irish youth
the yellow parchment Of Irish age,
OccassionaIly we passed a Gent.
mans Seat" snug and comfortab
enough but the ordinary Irish far
house is a pitiable abode. / sEoul
nerhapg. explain that ma
that owns land is a "Gentlemen
and the man who reutS 10 u farmer.
Far back In the ages II was, by kim
" decree, ordered that every lan
owner should build his house and ou
houses together, with a stone wa
around all, to protect himself and b
posseBslons against his maraudir