Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-12-18
LIME IN PARNELL'S EYES
Day of Wild Excitement in the
Kilkenny Campaign.
THE IRISH LEADER BLINDED
Needless of Pain, but Fearful
of His Eyesight.
He Suffers Terrible agony--LiveIiest Cam
paign on Recort--Missilcs Fill the Air
and ParnelIites are PIastcred with Mud
and Lime.

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dry at Hallinakill where the rival factions
had come into collision, Mr.. Parnell and
his friends drove to Castle-Comer, Mr..
Da lit and DR.. Tanner following in their
wake.
40 Castle-Conier Messrs. Davitt and Tan
ner addressed IAN. opeli-air assemblage,
dilating upon the incidents at Ballynakill,
and asserting tha Parnell brought a hired
mob there to vitae. them. Just then the
carriages containing the Parnellites passed
the crowd which huUted them and pelted
them with mud and stones. William
Redmond appearing on the edge of the
crowd, Mr.. Davitt sent him message say
ing that ii Parnell would agree to stand
beside him and deliver aspeech, Mr., Davtt
would reply to il, and would guarantee
Parnell "a quiet hearing. Redmond bore
the message to Parnell, who instantly re-
Piled; II am not in a position to treat---I
am only in n position to fight" The Par
nelites cheered their approval.
Mr.. parnell afterward spoke to small
meeting. lie said that he valued them not
by their numbers, but by their quality. He
was not accustomed to face crowd of ignp-
rant fools; he preferred a crowd of patriotic
lrishmen. He was not afraid of being in
the minority, but he knew that when the
voice Of Kilkenny spoke he would not be
in the minority.
He did not wish to think hardly Of any
bply' tplle lilEll lillHk IdluiN u nun
to-day, but he did not fear the opprobrium
of his countrymen, because he knew it
was only for the moment-the voice OF
Ireland would soon be for those who re-
manned at his side now. Cheers.l His
heart was laid bare to them. He would
show them that he had never been false
TO his trust. He did notwish to assail men
that had stood by his side many a long
day, but he was not going TO ask permits
sion to speak from cocksparrow like
Tanner or Il iacktiaw like Davitt.
While other Parnellites were addressing
the crowd a number of Davitt's followers
got together and began hootiig at the
speakers. The Parnellites closed around
the vehicle from which their orators were
peared and tried to divide the factions. The
meeting ended in scene of wild con
fusion, and Parnell and his friends drove
off amid Il shower of stones and mud.
Frequent attempts to assail the members
of the party were made, and several bags
filled with lime were thrown at them. Mr..
Harrington's shoulders were covered with
lime, and mass of lime struck Mr.. Par
nell full in the face, completely binding
him. This insult infatuated Mr.. Parnells
friends. Mr.. Harrington turned, and, adj
vancing toward Father Downey, who was
at the head Of Mr.. Parnells opponents,
shouted, Coward, you are disgrace to
your church Y The police here again
interfered, and Mr.. Parnells party, who
had left their cars, again took their seats,
and finally got away on to the road
Mr.. Parnellis eyes which were closed,
panied him intensely. He was soon Obliged
to stop his carriage, which he left and en-
tered a lahorer's cabin in tainting cond-
ton. A local doctor attended him. The
lime had become caked beneath his eye
lids, and the doctor was able to remove
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chief and some hairoil he found in the
cabin. The physician finally advised Mr.
Parnell to drive Immediately to Kilkenny.
So the latter re-entered his carriage and
proceeded on his journey. But the pain
again became SO intense that a second halt
was made, this time at roadside public
house, where the doctor made further
efforts to relieve the terrible pain which
Mr.. Parnell was suffering.
The doctor was able at this point to pro-
cure quantity of castor oil, which he
poured freely into Mr.. PaTnells eyes. He |
then tried to scrape off some more of the |
lime, using for this purpose the point of |
an ordinary lead pencil The lime, how
ever, had become crusted inside the eyelid, |
and the doctor, with the crude implements
at hand, was able to remove the torturing |
substance only slowly and with much diff
Guilty. The doctor apologized to Mr.. Par
nell for causing him so much pain, but
said it was unavoidable. Mr. parneIl re-
piled: Never mind the PAIN. Do your
best. Don't let me lose my sight" The
doctor poured more oil into Mr.. Parnell,s
eyes, and said he hoped that the case
wasn't as bad as that.
Finding that he was unable to remove
all the lime, the doctor urged Mr.. Parnell
10 drive with all speed to the town, and
his was done. Arriving at the Victoria
Hotel Mr.. parnell had to be led from the