The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-17

900 years she has beheld floating from
her tulrets the banners of an ai' race.
she is still unsubdued. still is 90 ant
of hope for the future.
The Irish are the fighting race Of the
world and they are the optimists Of the
world. Hope is the star which has guided
them through the darkness Of the CEN
turies. and its light Is still shining in the
Irish Ornament. Its luster has remained
undimmed. and 1t will Yet blaze the way
TO the realization of the aspirations OF
the race.
In all his trials and troubles and sor-
rows the Irishmsn is ever optimistic. He
sees silver lining in every cloud, and
his sunny temper discovers a ray of light
i'm the thickest darkness, fIe never bids
the devil good morning" until he meets
him His wit is ever eftervescing and
his humor ever bubbling over In the
one he browns his cares and with the
other he covers his sorrows.
1t may be said that the trishman by his
wit and humor has lightened the burden
a debt Of gratitude, lie has made us
laugh, and laughter is good both for soul
and body.
The man who lightens by an ounce the
weight OF the load of human misery can
he truly said 10 have served purpose
In life The Irishman has lightened it,
not by ounces. but by hundredweights. so
he has contributed much to the happiness
| of mankind
CARLYLE says, He who wants humor, he
his powers what they may. has only half
| a mind Iumor is the golden key
which unlocks all hearts. the magic wand
| which charms away dullness and mslan-
] cboly the talisman which enables us To
| succeed where no other quality would
! avail
vii deals with ideas humor with emo
! tions Wit is conscience. humor mere
| happening; the former is cold, spark
| ling mercurIa thing; the latter is genial.
| juicy. unconscious. impersonal.
| 1t is In the alchemy Of humor that the
Irshman turns misfortune into good luck
! and from every bane extracts a blessing
Only death Itself can stem the current
| Of his cXubcrant spirit and even then
! threshold Of eternity,
a peasant lay dying I'm a Dublin hos
! pital and clergyman was called in to
afford the conoslations of religion. This
minister had n national reputation as n
fox hunter and was generally the FIRST
in the field when the hounds seized upon
their quarry AS soon as he entered
the ward the dying hpaticnt greeted him
with, All your reverence. knew you
would come: YOU were always sure 10 be
in at the death"
Pat turns sorrows into joys, crosses
into crowns no difficulty is too hard for
him to overcome. no question too lnlrl-
cate for him 10 solve.
Phil Masces wife died six months ar
ter their marriage and Phl was disconso-
late. \ nclghhor tried TO soolho his
woes. but Phil was inconsolable. ''Who
would have thought he whimpered. Il
would he so sorrowful after another
mans daughter2'
Tut sorrow Is evaucscent with the Irish,
tho sunniness of their temper dispes ii
like morning mists. and chccrtulncss
takes it's place. though no people on earth
have more cause for complaining Even
hunger (aud many Il time the peasantry
are hungry cannot dampcn the ardor OF
their spirits or dun the keen edge OF
their wit They never rcpinc, though the
grim spectre OF want may pass the thrcsh-
old and take scat by the cold hrcslde
A countryman phlosophtcally remarked
4 ''What The eye never sees the heart never
erjeves for
\ When the crops fail and the rent be-
comes due the lrishman finds himself in {
4 tight place. Eviction starcs him and his
Il family In the face and there is left him
4 one of TWO resources either America u
j tho poorhouse, which is a choice between
Scylia and Charybdis. II requires mOnel
TO reach the former. and he can scarcely
4 sCrapc enough 10 keep body and soul to-
geLher: while as TO the latter death OF
the bleak hilsidea is preferable. What !:
4 he to do? His only hope lies in tho elem
n cucy of his landlord so he must sue 70
time even on bcndcd knees. though by ma
II turc the Irishmau is sycophant, hu
necessity knows no law.
Ned Nolan and Con Casey were neigh
. bors and, by u strange tuln Of nature