The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-06-13
AT AN IRISH WAKE.

AAAv AASANyAA 4
Cnique Features Of q Funeral Oh.
servanco en- the Old Sod.
Chatting and story-rcilins Around
the Corpac-The U:,iYu!tous Ptrc
and Rtack hottie.
Tho custom Of "waking" the dead In '
ireland, saga the London Spectator,
though by no means existing in its
ancient glory and vsyor, st;ll Obtains in
o modified aud shosn form III many
country districts. Eriof:y described, It
amounts To this that tho ~neighbors Of
the deceased assemble and spend tho
night in tho room with tl.e corpse, |
chatting and telling stories; in the
meanwhile, OF course. taking ga blast
thure" to sustain them during their
vigil. Tho conversation On such oc-
casioMs naturally turns. to a large x
tent. to the virtues Of tho departed,
which arc duly e1,bellishcd with oil the
natural c%:o4uenco OF tho speakers. No
ono unfamiliar with I-c.aua can at all
rcniizc what a scene o ''wo!ia" presents:
and We propose 10 give q sort Of speci-
TAI Of tho conversation which prevails
on such an occasion.
IAN oula fo!lyer' is generally in q
Seat of homer, cloes by tho head of the
bed; shc has been a nurse, perhaps, in
TIC family, and as sho rocks bcr aged
body backward and forward she pours
forth with q .mclliauous Southern
hrogue, in q sad, wailing tone, \ long
piece Of delightfully."- discnreiSo do,ocs-
tic h;story. "Ah, wiss:a, wisha, lave
!aa alone, the n.asthor was n grand man;
Jlhado Regain VAS the grand man; he
niilsea up TO forty COVE" (Th:s implies
t,at l.o was a da:ry-far:ner whose stock
amounted to t.:a. aumbav.) '::,hure it's
ni.,sclf sc;aiml.rs tho day ly his we'd
din: Lard Edward was st home at the
time By tho sa.aa token. an as he wiat
ty u cabin ! heerd mo mother to say:
'Ey gar, there's III, lard up!' Al siiure
enough lie v:es, fog he was on his way to
Tin 1.aclahsn's. who was mining thir-
ty hogs for him. turn thin ou., Tim,'
says tao lard, 'tarn thin out,' aass he.
'foT l want 10 choose out two aS thiw,'
says NO. TO be s.aure, and why rot,
your hoaor's i:lo:y. rae la-d7' says Tim;
sn'i, wEin he had thin out, Tho lard
makes chico o " van widout "a tail. an ay
anoder widout an ear! An thin he says
e Tim, says he: 'uavo thin two r,a.tes
kilt says he, AN give them 10 tho
people That's comm to THAI. lic..an's
weddin',' says Nc. for their dinner, says
he. All. &i,lla, deeling, b,t tho lard
was mighty fnad av poor Thadc: may
God be Wild .h:t, both! An don't I we'll
reminder tbs time that poor Ghada, rest
his sowl, bought q farm near the red
bog sl' how ] attiudcd at the dinner that
same day
At this iuncsMre. another speaker,
thinking he should have an iania.S, of
fers the nurse a drink: and while she Is
occupied with ii Aa obsarvcs: '.v1f;sha,
awonoeh, it was the rocr .a:~:ser that
was faud av his marni.g d:.oi;: 1a:.my's
the time he'd take rae wild hin. ;a.o judy
Mo!an's l!tte public, an he'd say:
Judy he'd say, 'g;vo Nicholas so;nc-
thing Il, waria am. and take the could
out az his s~t;.l'ic,s this i-as:hy morning.
An' hy anG by he'd say: Nicholas, man,
won't 70 h.yo 8 CLASP an Id t@l! him
had wan: hut he'd Say: Don't tell n,a;
yom had nc!.' W. av coorse id Say: 1T
is..ft tor TIA li;acs Nv mo To contra;..ic. .
-ia.iniaan like your honor an Judy
"ot.l.. III !: .p a.-"."
Z a.;ya- 81 "a i.rarsa r.i.n was present
would aid ...ii 0et;ais wh:ca seemed 10
lli,:l suitable 90 tho occasion: ~ toll yes
all that ] have hesn a driving 81 hearse
,nan al boy theso twinty yca:sa Al moro.
have druv' rich en- poor; ga wtin tho
wim. was al mo back, the smell Nv .hem
beth ~as Just alike; TN ] didn't like It
natiicr. And whin / COMES acrcsg q RAN
vino has two or three hundred pounds,
an sees all his ca.iers an antics. 1 says
to n,estl:: What a gladiathur ye s.Tc: but
wait, pc boy, until l have yc III tho
hoarse, an then yoll lo ssiet All aisy
enough Shure / wanst druy 9 i.l..o to
the graveyard; an I saw the yalia clay
shovclai down or him as we'll as another
an he rotting .id money. God save
u.s." This observation called forth a
general exclamation: .Wcll. Ned. ye're
6 terror" The old n%urac--''a charred
end wrinklei piece Of wotaaahooM"-
Icing now refreshed. would take up her
parable again, and offer her snuf-box, or
ra.ne. ter snuff, to every ono present.
1t was done in this wa.;: holding ihe box
in HOY right haAd. she poured cut some
&c It's ccnte-ts on the palm Of her left.
Whether sou us"d tho snuff II not, 1t
MAS considered unlucly and unc:vil to
refuse to take C pinch of it.
Among the lower classes 'w.kes" arc
a.;li very prevalent; bcgrars have their
own wakes and ever littls children
a.. .@akea." A wake is aH;,o an ex-
pcusive ceremony to a poor. struggling
work:n.-maa or tralesman; bas he feels
that he would loss caste without hold
Ing IL. and he has not tho moral courage
to break through the custom. Tho ex-
pcnses OF o wake in tho s'strcng" farm
Ing. class are a very serious item. indeed.
Tho Roman Catholic clergy nowadays
generally or universally discourage this
custom; but it Is SO deeply rooted that
its eradication must be a question of
Found . Roll of Isii!s.
IIe stood at q bar On Broadway sn...x-
!. ing dice with tho bartender, says tho
Milwaukee Wisconsin, and, elancing at
tho Gr,r I;.,u,nnl ~ ~olI rt,;1l. mr.,