Sunday morning globe., 1901-12-08

U
/ hotel last night discussions were many and
views on men and things quite divergent.
Finally the subject of lrishmeu's contribu.
tons TO the greatness of the United States
was taken up and ia the course of being
thrashed out developed into the rival merits
and native ability and fame of Northern and
/ Southern Irish Said a dat footed outside
/ correspondent of a metropolitan ncwspaper
with decidedly orange shade of feeling
All the lrishmen who ever amounted ,o
anything came from the north of ireland "
OH that Is because your people came from
the north said a little eye glassed pug
nosed type of the Southern Gael
'Nes and am proud ofit too"
'WcN-your swelled head will be cou-
sidetably reduced about your ancestry when
! get through enumeruing the south of Ire
land Irishmeu who became famous 100 these
United States retortcd The pug uosed little
'oue, his eyes -n7pping yiciously
Drive ahead now Tippy aud let u- hear
just one sneeungly eioued the Orange
man, by descent
Well resumed he who was addressed as
rippy VI need only state at the outset
that all the Irishmeu prominent iu Ameri-
can or British journalism were of pure
NNNNHN INN .N|. N.. "0N.|I bIUaI HIfIll
men from McGah3u the liberatorof BuI.
garia to Edmund ODonovau the famous
.war ,poudent of Nerv.'
I'm the Revolutionary war the north of
ireland furnished Montgomery AN ex.I.ug.
lish officer whose services were ended
abruptly by being killed before Quebec.
The south of ireland furnished "a long and
distinguished list soldiers from O'Boylan.
commander of Boylau's Dragons to
Fitzgerald the lavorite aide dc-camp of the
immortal Washington. Boyian was a brother
of the Catholic Bishop of Cork aud Fitz.
gerald was a Limerick man.
In the Civil War Thomas Frances Meagher
and that other pure Gael General Michael
Corcoran won distinction
In arts and sciences the south OF ireland
Irishman puts it all over the northern Mick.
Take Collins. the Cork man, who /, the
father of our Weather Bureau, and first per.
fected the system by which storms along
the Atlantic coast were foretold, thus saving
thousands of lives and millions of dollars
IN shipping
Then we have Holland another Corkoniau
who has invented the terrible submarine
boat for our navy. ST. Guadcu the Sculptor
Balfel the opera composer Michael Blnim
the novelist Lever, Lover and Tom Moore
Why sir the only Irish who live iu history
either 100 letters. art science and war are the
pure blooded Gael the southern or Con.
naught Irish. Your so.callcd mythical
Scotch.Irish are only money makers and
die 600 fame with the generation that pro.
duced them aud the little pug noscd eye
glassed Eerrymau concluded with "a grand
flourish as the group of listeners good
ualurediy applauded his able efforts iu be-
half of Tips Corsouiaus and Kcrrymeu.
The north of Ireland champion replied by
inviting the group 20 take something"
Colonel Dick pluukgtl a fine specimen
of tine Celtic Irishman. and who halls from
neutral ground In the centre of the island.
was found later on iu the evening entertain
ing a group Of hotel loungers with some
Irish fables containing moral riders said
Col Dick
"I have always tried TO live up to three
things ! heard when a little barelooted boy
in Ireland
What are they Dick2" smiliugly i'm
quired a six foot four Congressman
Well sir-that honesty is the best
policy never take a bye road instead of the
main road, and neverseep in a house where
AN old man Is the husband of a young
woman"
There must be a story in connection
with these sage admonitions. Dick " cu-
c0uragiugly remarked the Congressman
There is. DO responded the celebrated exc
marshall of Credc and will tell 1t TO you.
"Iu my country it is the custom every year
for "a number of ,talwart peasants To- go
over to England and earn the rent for the
landlord by rcaping the English harvest.
One of This class of peasants lived with an
Eugli-hmau for whole year at the annual
compensation of twelve guneas, with the
pr0yiso that ii his conduct was not perfect
the wages would De forfeited. Al The end
of the year the Irishman said I want TO re-
turn Co MY wife and three children iu
Ireland, and 1 have come for my wages
His English master acknowledged that the
poor Iri-hman had faithfully earned the
money. but said he PAT, ! will give you
what is better than gold. and here is one
guinea for travelling expenses. Now, said
he, never take short cut, but keep IN the
middle ofthe road, never sleep IN a house
where au old man Is married TO a young
woman, and remember that honesty is the
best policy Here are two cakes which, on
your arrival at home you can divide with
your wife and children
Poor Pat started for Ireland. and ON the
road fell iu with two peddlers The three
men came TO byc.road and the two peddlers
decided to travel by the short cut Pat re.
fused and was laughed at Pat reached a
wayside inn and having RECALLED himself he
was taking au evening smoke before retiring;
when he discovered that the old landlord
bad a young wife. He therefore was pre-
pairing to leave when the two pedders ar
rived bleeding and battered. They had
been wayllid and beaten and robbed When
Pat informed them that he was leaving the
inn, they again laughed at him and au-
nouuced their intention to stay all night.
Pat slept iu au adjoining coach house and
during the uightwas awakened by the voices
Of man and woman whom he heard plot
ting TO Kin the old landlord.
Before sunrise Pat was up and ON the road
TO the nest town twelve miles distant.
When he arrived there the town was all
| excitement over the murder of the landlord
and the arrest Of the two peddlers ON whose
/ clothes blood spots we're found Pat
walked back the twelve miles 20 assist
/ the innocent and unfortunate pcddlers