Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-20
Wakema3's U(a2deri7qs.
ODD INCIDENTS OF FOREIGN TRAVEL AND
OBSERVATION.

IN The whole world through artists pen.
III or the most talented wOrdpanter's
pen. -,
in inc country Of Colleen Blwn"
where that pathetic and true tale threads
and thrills through Irish heads and
hearts today with the same wondrpus
mower as when II was new. these hours
of parting are seasons Of storms and
tears Rave frequently been NJ cabins
where neighbors in scores and hundreds
had kept 10 the parting doleinl cheer
for an entire week, and where the inicn.
si,y OF regret aud grief took On such
wild emphasis at the end, that those
who were to have gone missed their
sailing day and steamer at Moville,
when all the sad business was necessarily
repeated.
These Donegal folk, however humble
and povcrty.cursed they may be- stand
straight and tall both In their individu'
aliiy and upon their strong, long legs
Indeed this often reaches grotesquencss
IN both respects. While the Irish peas
antry, particularly OF the south, are
frequently diminuiivc in form and some.
times ferrciy IN character, these folk
seem TO possess an inner cunsciousness
OF selfimportance cutin glowing charac-
tiers and large lines; white ~ no lew in
stances they are so straight that iine arcs
sweep from their heels TO the back OF
their necks. often giving them the APP
pcarance OF carrying, and with some
disdain, Invisible bu, mighty COM
missions on the tops OF their heads. 1t
Is a weird sight TO see scores OF such ms
these appearing around the curve OF
some mighty mountain road, accompany
ing the emigrant to Slranorlar wailing
and almost kecning as Tor the dead;
hating and embracing, often struggling
Tor priority In walking beside the hero OF
the hour; aud often SO overcome with
the violence Of their grief as 10 make
desparing fushes with the loved one
back towards the old mountain home.
have many times fallen In with these
cavalcadcs winding down from the
Defryveagh and Glendowan mountains,
or from the Bouliypatrick, Gatigan or
Aghla hills, and have walked and matted,
and parIeycd and soothed In common
with the honest souls for miles on their
way towards the railway, at Stranorlar.
On one occasion the Conveying" party
was from the far west, from away over
by the bowling cliffs OF Maghery Bay,
where life Is very dull and drepr, at
hest. IL was a crowd whose faces and
strange attire bespoke great poverty.
Two children, a lad Of seventeen and
girl Of perhaps fourteen, were going
away, The mother was to remain be-
hind until these waits could send for her.
For the whole company II was the event
of their lives, this few miles mountain
Journey; and the care for the brave
young emigrants, the consideration Tor
the wailing mother, and the latters grief
were touching to behold.
Hall the time the lads companions
had their arms about his neck. The
girls would carry the sisters on their
shoulders, and In seats made By inter
lacing their fingers; while the mother
and the chlldren's iuggage had been
piled In an old Squeating moun.ain.bnt,
or cart, which was tcnderly drawn by
hand. The women crowded about the
cart with all mnnper OF endcaring and
reassuring words of comfort; hut the
poor woman could not be comior,ed.
As she lay PROSTATE upon the bundles,
there only came from her white lips the
endless moan.
"crosh orrinl-crosh orrinl My
pastchee bogh,l--my paStchee boght"
MAY the cross encompass me- My
poor ohldrenl-my poor childrenD
Once when wandering in county Gal.
way, down by old Cloghmore, saw a
stranger Conveying" party than could
be found In any other portion of Ireland.
had been sauntering among the Com
nemara "kniters," "mllers," poteen-
makers and antiquities Of the ancient
Celts with which this region abounds,
aud my mind was full Of the pagan and
early barbaric life whose rude stone
monuments were on every hand. Sud.
denly looking down upon the sea, be-
held n scene in keeping with the times
Of which dreamed. a fleet OF rotten
dores, ragged smacks and curraghs, or
skin-keeled craft. precisely the same MS
used In these islands 1000 years ago,
was approaching the shore.
The occupants were skinny and white.
They were dressed in rags and with
little OF these. The men wore skin
shoes from which the hair had not been
removed, which the natives call pam
pootas." The women were barefooted
and barelegged TO their knees, and their
bonnetless heads were covered with
great shocks of coarse black hair. II
was Dantean picture OF hunger and
want, framed in setting Of ancient, bar
barrie times. They were party of near
ly 100 od.forsaken Arran islanders,
a family OF emigrants to
Cloghmorc. whence the latter would
walk TO the train at Galway. They
nearly stood upright as they nearcd the
mainland and were chanting the Wild.
est, most dolorous Celtic strain human
ears ever heard.
What host Of shuddering reflections
this sea pageant Of poverty.strickcn
peasantry crowd upon youl Nour eye
follows the dark shorc.line Behind are
the mountains. There are the peasantry
and the ruins. Two thousand years ago
there stood the watch towers, the raltis,
the places Tor Pagan pyrolatTy. In the
valleys were the herds and the helols.
The signals flashed from crag 10 cray.
Some savage chief with his thousands
OF seris has come TO give battle perhaps
to old Bcola himself. The believing
herds are huddlcd in the glen. The
women arc herded within the
raths, On came the fierce invaders by
land. Here, skulkng along the bays !
and hights, come the invaders by sea. |
Their shields are Of rawhidc. Their |
war raiment is of rlwhide. Thcir
navy is ailoat upon rawhide. Then, |
slaughter by land and by sea, while the |
day lasts. Fire aud sword, rapine and
piiagc, while lasts the night. The grass |
grows richer in the valleys Tor the blood |
left there that duyl
They set the departing ones upon |
shore In silence and tenderly. No words |
could depict the agony OF that separa.
ton. These went forth TO unknown
dangers ia untried lands; these went
back to hopeless starvation upon the |
harran Arrau Isiee Rat NOT a. o,,e. i