The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-11-28
SOME NEW IRISH STORIES.

why 1aleH Julleu from a Recent HOOK
"A on the Emerald Isle.
Some good stories are told in the Jour-
nails Of Mr.. O'Neill Daunt, recently
published under the title, "A Life Spent
In Ireland" At one time Mr.. Daunt
vas the guest of Father Burke. in whose
parish n of the sanguinary 1.-THE af-
trays occurred between the parsons and
the Catholic people. The soldiers were
called on to fire on the populace, and
some persons were killed. Soon after
ward Father Burke received a govern
ment circular inquiring the number of
his flock. for the purpose Of making up
q census. He answered that as he had
not yet ascertained to what extent his
people were thinned out on the last
shooting day he could not furnish the
required information with accuracy.
When the poor law was first intro
dnccd, a Dublin beggar woman, whom
q gentleman referred to tho poorhouse,
said:
"This poor laws a grand thing for
the 'sowls Of the gintlemen.'
H"Why so?"
As Ao" "IICh WO UAC6 LII uJ1u6
they only say go to the poorhouse, but
before there was a poorhouse they used
to say, Go to the divill'
At a contested election in Galway a
landlord named Foster sold his whole
stock of votes for a good sum to each Of
the candidates. Having pocketed the
money Of both, he called the voters to-
gether. Foster was too generous to keep
all the traffic to himself.
Boys. I" he exclaimed to his expect
ant serfs, II don't care a button who
you vote for. I have made the most I
could Of you. Go and sell your vote,
every man of you, to the best advantage
you cam"
q When MI. Hemphill was canvassing
Cashel, he found that q party Of elect
ors known as ''commoners," number
ing some IS or Ia, were VIGOROUSLY COR
rnpt and always sold their votes 10 the
highest bidder. Their usual price was
Gao per vote. Hemphill requested the
priest to preach on the sin Of traficking
on the franchise. and the priest com-
Piled and denounced corrupt trafficking
in votes as a mortal sin. The next day
Hemphill met one Of the commoners,
and anxious to learn what effect the
sermon had produced on these venal
gentlemen he asked the man whether
he had been at mass on the previous
day.
81 was, your honor"
J "Was not the sermon on bribery ex.
ceflent?"
% tit was an elegant sermon, your
honor"
will it do good, do you think!'
II think it will make the election
run very close, your honor"
"How SOP"
"Why, we always got Gao for a vote
before we knew it was a sin, but as his
reverence says we'll be damned for sell
ing our votes we can't for the future
take less than e4O."
When Lord Muskerry wss dying, the
parson In attendance remarked that life
and its vanities would soon pass away
and exhorted him to repent.
Repent! For what should l repent?"
demanded the old lord. "Why, l don't
remember that during my whole life l
ever denied myself anything"
Tn Knowing Boy.
lis de boss in?" asked the man
with the three days whiskers and
the reversed collar.
"Hain't in to you" said the Office
boy.
"Wot's de reason he amt in to
me?"
He amt In to you because I am
on to you," answered the boy and
went back to his perusai of RED.
pose Rube. the Nicholson Detective"
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