The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-02-01

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IBuenos a yres III all Irishman offs ths
name Of Edward CASEY. the cattle king,
who owns 81, coo acres OF land and il
president OF a bank. His voice is 20,
tent in governmental and business
affairs hen. stllers are the Duegan
BROTHERS, i; lan ciera and estancialos,
land Edward Kenney, who IS 4 man Of
more influence in Buenos Ayres than
Eugene Kelly in New x ork.
The chief inf uencei in the success OF
the freshman in South America, coz
|stinued Mr.. Kelly, I has been his know
ledge of sheep raising acquired in lre-
land. On landing in the country the
aliens went to the pampas in the vlcin-
ity of Buenos .AYre5 and invested their
money in grass lands. In the early
days Of emigration these lands were
bought for very small sums, which have
appreciated in value enormously during
the last Ten years. Widely separated as
they were, owning large tracts Of land,
they did not fail into those little knots
and circles and under the influence of
the liquor saloons, which had SO baneful
an ID auence upon the Irish ia this and
other countries I.ish saloon keepers
in Argentine are as rare as hens teeth.
Hence, as he is temperate, Industrious
and sagacious, the Irishman IN South
America has thriven and become a
power IN tbs land.
The sons Of these emigrants, freed
from the depressing influences surround.
ing them in their native land and
breathing the life-giying air which
sweeps across the pampas from the
Andes, are great tall fellows, slneWY
and athletic. There are no finer horse
men in the world. They are born to
the saddle, and almost as soon as they
can walk they reach up and grasp the
long, flowing name of the animal, and
by tWining their limos around the
horses fore!eg. manage to get upon its
back, then away they go like the w1nd.
AS rule they marry among themselves,
thus preserving the integrity of their
race.
1.-The hospitality of the Argentine
lrishman is unbounded. IL you were
going down there GU a visit your host
would meet you with tropilla (troop)
of horses TO the number OF forty or
sixty. Then you would have your pick
from the troop and De condactt to the
estancia like a prince. The stranger
driving up to the house after dark is
never allowed to leave till morning.
This is the custom Of the country. The
Argentine Irisbman gives shelter to a
black man SIS quickly as to white one.
Should traveller stop at estancia in
the middle OF the day, with a jaded
horse, his weary animal is exchanged
for a. fresh one. Horses lent in this
way are sometimes kept a year before
they are returned.
<'The principal difficulty to be over
come by the emigrant is learning the
Spanish language. This is an absolute
necessity, as is the tongue spoken al
most exclusively in the country. Gold
can not be picked up on the pampas any
more than in the streets of New YORK.
Yet in the face of the necessity. Of
learning an alien tongue and Of the
conforming to new manners and GUS
toms in serni-tropical climate, with the
exercise of ordinary prudence the emit
grant is sure to succeed. What the
future has in store for these people is
still q problem.
"Emlgrat1ng so fast as they have been
doing during the last few years the
country may not be able to absorb them
to their best interests, but there is
plenty Of room and opportunity for
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