Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-30
A TRIP TO IRELAND.
Waterbury Man Tells of His Visit to +ba NorI- ExnoSition

the Cork Exposition.
 -rszlfrett Sayers, clerk at David Since heys Baldwin street cafe, is home af- ter q short vacation spent with rela- tiyes in Ireland. MT Sayers left here on May and returned Saturday night
 Ut is sixteen years since was ovel there before,'' said Mir Savers this morning to a Democrat reporter, "and it is surprising how things have changed in that country during the in terval At that time it was hard fol a common laboring man to get any thing like fair return in exchange foI his labor, but it is different now. All all around farming hand finds no trouble in commanding twenty pounds 1ra year with board and washing. Such men are well treated, get four meals day and their employers rarely ever interfere with them. Good men are scarce and in consequence those who have them are not likely to run any risk of losing them The same thing is true with reference to girls, some of whom receive as high as eighteen
 ounds year and it is hard to get them even at that. The bulk of the working people leave there young and kas a result the demand for help is in
 lcess of the supply.
 "The crops are very promising.
 When I was leaving farmers were busy cutting and saving hay. Pota- toes and corn looked we'll and unless something happens to Interfere with them the people will have an abun- dant harvest. It rains great deal in Ireland and on this account some duff 1 ficulty is experienced at times in say ing crops. The people, so far as l no- ticed. are very contented, though of course there is the ever constant yearn- ing on the part of the young folks to try their luck in other lands, but don't think this feeling is shared to the same extent at the present time as it was twenty or thirty years ago. The good results of agitation for better government are apparent everywhere and while some people might not think so, still it must be plain to those who have watched the wonderful changes that have taken place there within the memory of comparatively young men that the country is making rapid strides towards home rule
 '1 visited the Cork exposition and was very much pleased with the whole affair. It is something similar to the Pan-American exhibition held at Buff i falO last year. Specimens of practi- cally everything manufactured in Ire land, which unfortunately is too little, are on exhibition: also some magnifi- cent exhibits from other parts of the world. One of the greatest features of interest in connection with the ex- hibitiOn is the show of the natural products of Ireland, but, more than all, of industries now unknown in the country, but which it may be possible to establish and develop on profitable lines. To this exhibit the department of agriculture and technical instruc- tion for Ireland is deYOting all it's en- ergieS with the view of making it one of a unique educational kind, and they appear to be eminently successful, for it is something which is sure to arrest ] the attention of every person who calls at the grounds, and cannot fail to cause considerable inquiry into the his tory of manufactures carried on in Ire land in the past and set people to talking as to why such industries dc not exist there now. I suppose this is one purpose which the committee had in mind when they conceived the idea of attaching so much importance to this matter
 Ut costs a shilling to go in. If you want to go out of the grounds any time before 6 o'clock in the evening, you can do so and get a pass; after that time you have to pay again, pro- yided you wish to enter. The exhibi- ton is attracting large crowds from \ all parts of the country and groups of people from continental Europe and also from America can be seen almost anywhere you turn your head. In or der to get chance to look at all the exhibits you would have to spend about two days on the grounds. The exhibition is big thing for Cork. but 1t is regarded as a serious detriment to adjoining towns, notably Queens town, on other occasions a popular re- sort. but almost deserted since the opening of the exhibit.
 T made the return trip on the Gel tic She brought us over in a little over seven days. Among the articles l brought back were blackthorn stick for Sheriff Mcdonald and a gray linnet for Thomas F. Dillon, the bar Der. The stick was cut near the Gap of Dunloe, a spot enshrined in song and story, and the linnet is one of brood whose family have piped their tuneful songs in that country u since time immemorial One of the most enchanting charms of the Irish landscape is the music abounding in it, the almost unceasing singing pof it's many feathered song birds. Among these the linnet plays no in- conspicuous part. Indeed, there are those who claim that it's voice is the sweetest heard in the woodland choir.
 "I have nothing to say for the stick. Ut will speak for itself. When the sheriff dons his blue shirt and takes the blackthorn in his hand I think all opponents will step out of his way.'
 Mir Savers feels much improved in health after the short vacation. He was pleased with the trip, still he thinks Waterbury a good place to live in and is glad to be back among his old friends once more.
 FIRST VACATION IN 33 YEARS.