Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-08-11
COMPTROLLER RUSSELL HOME.
He Talks Interestingly Of His Trip to


Ireland and England.
Comptroller Md Russell and his
son John, bright 9-years-old boy, are
home after trip to Ireland. Mr. Rus
sell was in his office today and looked
much improved after the relaxation.
1t Is just five weeks ago since Mr.
Russell left for the old country. A
short time, one would say, and yet it
is surprising how much he saw and
travelled during that period. To a
Democrat reporter Mr. Russell said that
he didn't do a great deal of sight-see~
ing, but after talking a while with him
the reporter learned that the comptrol-
Ter didn't let the grass grow under his
feet while he was over there. He
spent some time in Dublin and toured
other places of interest in ireland, and
then crossed oyer to Merrie England
and spent a week or so there. While
talking to the clerk at the Hotel Cecil
in London Mr. Russell thought the gov
ernment had mistaken him for a con-
Spirator and sent an officer after him.
Some one stepped up from behind him
and told him that he was delighted to
see him, at the same time telling him
to come along with him and he'd put
him where he would be safe for the
balance of his life The comptroller
looked around in surprise and there
saw his old friend, the Hon Jean
Jackues of Waterbury, offering him the
glad hand. It was one of the pleasant
incidents of Mr. Russells trip abroad.
While in London Mr. Russell visited the
Tower and other places of interest. in
Guiding the house of commons, where
he heard Joe Chamberlain deliver his
II hn fr1tI1 aT en- ~.
land toward the Beers and also listened
to Harcourt's reply. He says Cham
berlain is fine speaker and rarely
uses sentence but what can be under \
stood by ordinary mortals. He doesn't
think that public speakers indulge in
flights of oratory to the same extent
men of that class do in this country.
He found the members of the house a
crowd of fellows who appeared to take
things rather easy. He thought by the
way they threw themselves into their
seats that they know how to enjoy
life
In ireland he learned that laboring
men are in big demand and those who
have to do with public affairs in all
parts of the country are very anxious
to have the young men and women re-
main at home, but for obvious reasons
they didn't seem to be very success
full, for the average youth of to-day in
that country has much the same ambi-
ton to dig out and try his luck in other
lands as characterized those of the
past, so that large share of boys and
girls leave there accordingly as they
grow up, with the result that help is
scarce and in consequence wages are
high compared with what they used to
be some years ago. He visited the
Cork exposition and was somewhat
surprised to see that they had such
magnificent display of almost every
thing one could mention, especially an
cient Irish manufactures The object
of these is to demonstrate what the
country is capable of doing in this line
if the laws were not so framed that
manufacturing of certain kind is
practically prohibited there. He con-
siders Cork an up-to-date city and says
it is worth a trip over there to have
sail on the river Lee and hear the
proud notes of Shandon bells in the
old structure made famous by Rev
Francis Mahony's poem entitled
"Shandon Bells" the opening lines Of
which run something in this fashion,;
''With deep affection
And recollection
often think of those Shandon bells,
Whose sound so wild would
In days of childhood
Fling round my cradle their magic
spells"
The Galtees, Mr. Russell says, still
preserve all their primitive grandeur
and have the same charm for the tour
lists of to-day that they held for the
chieftains and clans who made them
their stamping ground In the dim dis
tant past They rear their massive
heads high above the Glen OF Aher1ow
and the surrounding country and will
stand sentine1s to guard forever the
last resting place of many brave war
rior who fought his last fight on and
about that old historic spot. He
brought back a few souvenirs but as
he knows he will not have enough to
go around he is not saying who the fa-
vored ones will be. But the Democrat
reporter doesn't care how others fare.
He got Danes pipe, and that's sutfi-
"ient to satisfy him