The Irish standard., 1891-08-08

have it on excellent authority that a
contingent of Dublin Orangemen were
sent down to Carlow to canvass among
the Tories for Andrew J. Kettle. MY
informant attended the meeting in
Dublin whereat the contingent was
appointed. Mr.. Kettle himself i'm
pressed me as being an honest Irish
man. He was unfortunate in being
the owner of a name upon which 80
many puns could be made. Men,
women and children used pous and
kettles and ratified and drummed them
all over the county. Such noise and
jeers I never heard before, and 1 felt
sympathy for poor Kettle.
John Hammond did not escape the
sings and arrows Of his opponents. He
is most exemplary man and an ex-
empla1y Catholic Who attended mass
every morning during the contest. He
has been Instrumental in founding and
keeping up several catholic societies in
his native town. During the campaign d
he spoke temperately and refra.ned
from all personalities. His opponents
in his own town spoke OF him ia exalted
terms and fought him on political
grounds alone lie is man like Mr..
Anthony Kelly, Of Minneapolis, in
! many ways. He does lot Of good
work in quiet way and never boasts
about it, He IS man Of fair ability.
and SIN confident he will give salts
faction to his constituents ia the per
formance Of his parliamentary duties
The electi IN passed OF quietly. There
was little scrlmmage tween the
contending forces on the road from
Carlow to 'Fullow and one CT the Par
ne'lltes got O. rap Of stone in his
potato trap. DR.. Hackett. Of Kilkenny
the medical gentleman who attended to
Parnell's eyes at Ballyragget, got his
spectacIes broken over his eyes as Tim
Healy did in Cork, He was in COM
pany with one Of the parnellite orators
who attacked woman with All um-
brel!a, and friend or the female threw
stone at her sssailant striking the Son
OF EscuIapius in the optic. He was
conveyed to a Dublin hospital where a
skilled o:culist saved his eyesight. A
few words more about Carlow and. am
done. 1t is the smallest county ri Tre--
land, being only 20 miles long by 20
miles broad. Two noble streams, the
Barrow and the Slaney, run through it,
and the surface is almost leyol. There
are 40 landlords in the county, all OF
them residente, the three biggest being
Henry Bruen, Arthur M. Kayanagh
and the Earl OF Bessborough. The
population is about $4,000, and at the
late census only enc person was unable
TO speak English. The town Of Carlow
has 5000 reputation and is beautiful
little place illuminated at night bv
electricity it has three newspapers
ably conducted. The number Of pri-
mary schools in the county is 81, with
6, 485 pupils. There are 8 high schools
and St, Patrlck:s college, the latter
baving ITO clerical and lay students.
The college is considered one Of the
best in Ireland and from it have gone
forth some distinguished men, one OF
them being Archbishop RYAN, OF Phi
ladalpnia. Tie cathedral is a fine strac
ture and contains a statue OF DR.. Doyle
from the chisel of Foley, the great Irish
SCULPTOR. 4 visited Braganza House
where DR.. Doyle lived and had a talk
with the present bishop, DR.. Conner.
ford. l ran across Al antiquarian who
gave me sketch of Che Vail family
as far back as the time of Edward LII.
of infamous memory. was always of
the opinion that [ had sprung from an
obscure stock, but Mr.. Brophy tells me
that ought to have crest, as there is
blue blood circulating through my
veins. told Father Kavanagh about
Brophys genealogical research and he
told me that Brophy was not considered
good authority in Carlow literary cir
cles. I am glad he is not, for was
seriously thinking Of searching for the
blue blood to get it out Of nv body
before got back to democrat c0un
try. The airs of the aristocracy here
would make any decent man from
America deny noble ancestry, if he
had one. I have great deal to say
about Dublin and Limerick and will
try to write you again soon, I start
to- morrow for Galway where l will try
to see Dillon and O'Brien. It is doubt
full, however, if the prison authorities
will permit me to have an interview
with them. ROGER VAIL,
s.Now, little bows, can you tell me, f"
said Columbus teacher, "what is the
effect of tobacco on the system?" Little
Billy, VINO has wrestled with his first
chew, promptly held up his hand,
"Wel], Billy; what IS the effect?'
s<Mokos va xuiehf vo vU117 doa1r3