Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-21
IRISH MIGRANTS.
The Affecting Leave Taking in
the Old Country.
WANtMANS wANDERlNGS.
Heroic Struggles Of the Simple Folk in Tear.
Ing Away From the Things 10 Which
the Heart Is ROOIcd-Pa.
ihaIic PlcIuGs.
Vopyrighted 1893, by Edgar L Wake
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II may well be- in,lriu,I tbnt wb,,
IlNhl 100 90 100 souls leav,. Ireland far
lorelsn shores every working day In tne
49, thefe ARE htart and Adnd wiring
- luhnntrdple, sud dnlOrous mi-ts
,Om Tue region OF tears. Few families
| urc fortunate enough to get away All
logelhor. IT help has come from Aiueri.
"a OF The colonies; Ii the pussagc money
| hds pcen saved IN secret through yenrs
on deprivation by single person: Ii an
lriSh family has after every nauuer OF
sacrlhce provided for one who * To 10
20 blessed foreign lands that the rc-
Iunlh1rf may, one by cue, eventually fol
I2Ni however the goiug OF an these pco.
PIE may have come about: IN every in-
st9u'e there is struggle In tearing
away from the things to which the heart
| - rooted winch We OF better fortune
ana conditions literally know nothing.
- many OF these scenes have | Wit
messed that have perhaps some little
conception Of the real bravery Of this
act OF illitetalr, amtrainrd men aud
! women pushing boldly across oceans into
| uhtHrd, unknown walks and Ways. with
love, hope aud determination for one e
own al the bottom Of i all that have
more real herois,n In them than the aver
age American Is ever called upon TO OK
ereise throughout bis cutire Lille.
However lowly. poor aud desperately
gVod-iur-nnurht the prospective cmigr,nt
may have all his life been regarded
among his fellows. the great and gencr-
I Gus heart in thusv around him melts into
surprising Interest and tenderness whev
he conirs to leave his neighbOthpol, aud
those whom he has never 50 little part
| OF through The bitter days that have
cncompassel all For every departure, re.
awakens toe hearl-aching mem0rie. VI
other departures: And Ia eycry Irish hone
I / ever SHARED there Is an empty chair
whose former occupant is somewhere be-
; You'd .lir sea.
n Il be family which il to rn. or
some elderly msu or woman. for DAYS
prcyiou, 10 the departure ihe whole
countryside s,Narms TO the cabin: and
every man, woman or child of the town
land at some time on another has come 10
mourn az the leaving and bid God-Specd
at the going. II 1t he a youth or lass.
or young man or woman. as Il oitcncr
is. for Few but the very old and very
Young are left. tllrn, ON The evening pre-.
vious 10 the departure every companion,
friend or acanaiptanre il certain TO np.
pear. and the whole night is passed Ia
what il called rising the heart of the
departing one.
Mo c,iston sprinrs from some kindly
uuIlity of extending cheer 10 those who
mourn thar originally established iLc
rnstnn, Of the Irish wake" which many
| Rod people rhoo.s to urrsisteutlv mis-.
/ understand md coudenn Al this t.Ith.
ering for ''raiApg the heart" Of the etni-
giant the Irish peasants character Il Ia
| a most teuderiy interesting state for
study. Every one arrives IN a hushpd,
embarrassed mood. and every one brings
some little token Of Affection and regard
| Tue poverty Of these folk alone prevents
ontlnudish generosity.
One Steaiihily APPEARS with yards Of
scel-cakc; many with thimblcsul Of tea /:
some with gew Jaws aud tribes Of jewel
nv, The coai.taii pockets OF another will
! bulge with hratG-ome potatoes; house
wives arrive with great incthers Of milk /;
Others with srbowJer.. or oitcn-eakrs,
prisn and tootLsolnc. sin others with
sohrnhags of shilk. a hearty mixture of
pn,ntnes beans aud butter and some
with nprousful Of peat: for the slender
t,snur,rs nf Tho family must never un.
~ tbcse tryin. tirctnstnnces he
Trained And M lads and lasses who
,,,,,,,'. win messed Irish flowers and ferns.
,nJ snrig- ~ hathoru and hunche, Of The
dpur shamrock: with gifts OF ribbons,
and hits of this or that priced possession;
are nol TO be counted at all,
So, too, come chose with looks oil tfi-
.,,,nyer rot n tonch." that Il. arc guilt
less Of the excrciscmnuis Decorating
-. lar "grief il over drpothy" surely.
Then Tho nixht IA passed In eating. f,ast-
ID aud drinLIpg Loads Of humble fare
ar,, therc, oceans of len; and timely
lions ~ n,c '.r1Io mountain dew" Tales
40 ,oiJ. snnes are sung. sometimes fhry
lance &C. lilo music of an Old tramp iii.
h. ,yb, l,ns becn Immersed into service.
HI tbe chords Of mirth are minor enough
~ nh, long. ami smiles. laughter and
49,. nrnihe,ios nre an touched and
i.''',,,,i.d tS hnnosf Irish tears
w. az ,snruise comes. aud those
,,l',s.. imnrrafiye duties call them 10
,hstr bo,,s. have aid goodbye with al
.ne ~ s,nc dread. reverence and pa
ms s,,iornness ns when lowering Inc
III ,rtn he eniye. lie rustic ceremony
W ~ ,,s@.,i,,,'Sls leytn. The subject 81
oi M os',.stion besoinas for The once.
~ -, .S MN tbis oncr In lifetime the
-. ~ a.. haroina ~ lie honr. Tie chests,
hsi ,I,,i,nric bugs or Whatever consd-
VI H. i,,,.,,,se a. tho emigrant n sent
lu''s wv In some neighbor's preferred
cart. friendly riots for the homer Of the
nio.sp 'r.t the backs az shaggy ,lonkcys
siuue ,,,or,. than necessary always be-
80 -n',Jipess for Ills friendly mis-
ng !"
SION A,l. family are To TO- The fare
" ~ v,rsfcbed old hut which has
wells " - h sn,,etl,ipg pitiable be-
houscu tn mn IA d, ~ l,ut dugle
YONG uesot M bo,,s,.aold. the eood-byes