The Irish standard., 1891-06-20

erty prevails to an alarming degree
God save Ireland from British rule
| Queenstown is more of an English thai
an Irish town. British goods and Brit
lish agents of every description are to b
seen everywhere. There is one thin,
that England has failed to do in th'
town, and that is to introduce British
vice successfully. In this sea por
town Of II 900 inhabitants there can
not be found single den Of vice with
degraded women in it. During my
stay did not hear the name of Goo
taken in vain, and saw only two civil
lans under the influence of liquor
thanks to the exertions Of the Catholic
clergy on establishing the League OF
the Cross. 1t is a common sight to see
soldiers drunk on the streets. and ]
blush to say it, that Irish girls fire.
quentlY walk with them in public to the
horror and disgust OF respectable peo-
pie. The soldiers are curse to Ireland
in more respects than one, In Queens.
town there are about 1000 Of them and
they have nothing to do but 70 drink al
cohol and make ''mash'' on the sus-
ceptible hearts of silly Irish girls Of ev-
cry religious denomination. They are
paid only Sd. day. and very often they
drink more than their pay. The police
are paid Is shillings and upwards per
week. shilling being equivalent to Is
cents in American money. Seeing a
large number of fishing boats in the
harbor, I inquired if they belonged to
the citizens and was answered that
they were all foreign boats. chiefly
Scotch and Manx. The fishermen of
Queenstown and all the other Irish
towns have visited. are handicapped
in every conceivable way. For in
stan ce, they cannot fish IN the harbor
or on the Blackwater, without paying
So license for the privilege and ten
pounds royalty for salmon fishing, to
the Duke of Deyonsh1re, who owns the
river and every living creature therein.
Again. the fishermen have no facilities
for curing mackerel and other fish so
abundantly found in these waters, and
their boats cannot compete in equip
ment with the foreign boats that visit
their coast. The Baroness Burdett
Coutts has rendered some aid TO Father
DAVIS of Baltimore, to buy boats and
tackle for the fishermen OF his little
town where the art OF ''curing fish, is
taught to them
On Monday the Bishop left for Fer
moy to visit DR.. Hatch's school where
he got two students for the American
Mission. accompanied him to Cork.
where spent two days, and saw hill
OFF to Dublin on Tuesday, NAV Goth.
Before his departure we visited Blar-
ney Castle on jauntlng Car and had an
intelligent driver who was full of in
formation about the locality through
which we passed. In orthodox fashion
reyerentlv knelt to kiss the famous
stone and succeeded in giving it good
smack to acquire eloquence. Noticing
a large piece of the stone broken off, l
asked the Castle guide how 1t got
marred and he Indignantly related how
some vandal from America had broken
the stone while he was away On some
other business. The Bishop whispered
to me that he, himself. was the happy
possessor of that fragment, and that
the culprit was nc other than QUIZ friend
Wm. Mcmillan, Of the Irish. American
Bank, of Minneapolis, who, three years
ago carried it off for the benefit Of an
orphan fair that was subsequently held
in Harmonia hall. II William is ever
found around tne BlarneY stone again,
and is identified by the guide, he will
surely be arrested and prosecuted &C.
cording to British law.
Cork city is quite handsome and has
q population Of $1,000. The people
we're complaining of hard times, and
there were MANY laborars idle with no
prospect OF work. As far as ! could de-
termine. if an election occurred to-
morrow in Cork, Mr. Parnen would be
defeated for e-electlon. Several labor
ers spoke contempt ptuonsly Of him and
said the rowd1es only. were his admir-
ers. Mayor Horgan is the owner OF
three saloons and q billiard room and
his patrons are all Parnelltes, as may
be supposed. made it my business to
watch closely how the saloons were
and have no hesitation in
saying that considerable whisky and
bottled stuff is consumed in the city on
the Lee. saw no cases OF drunken
ness on the streets, with the exception
Of one, and that was a fish oman who
WAS pounced upon BY q policeman and
carried off TO the sbrid deWen. ~ visited
every place Of note il Cork, among
chem being the Christian Brothers
Schools, Of which the judicial commits
aioners said ID 1889. that they ''Iad