Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-28

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BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The: Star and the
Chicago Record-Herald.
WEXFORD, Ireland. July 80. 1908.
A deputation Of farmers which APP
peared before Mr.. Russell, secretary of
agriculture of Dublin, the other day, as
serted that Wexford is 1.-The most agri-
cultural county in Ireland" For that
reason they asked that school of agri-
culture be established here to teach their
sons and grandsons how to get the most
out of the soil with the least expenditure
of money and labor. I understand such
an institution is to be given them. Agri-
cultural colleges are new to Ireland
Technical training of every sort has been
neglected and the people have been
farming "by ear rather than by note"
Sir Horace Hunkett, who has done more
for the good of the farmers Of Ireland
and the working people generally than
any other man Of his generation, or for
several generations. inaugurated a move
ment that has led to the establishment
Of schools of agriculture and technology
Throughout the island, so that a young
man may learn the technical side OF
farming and any of the trades from ex-
perts without serving long apprentice
habits of the careless men he works with.
This will do great deal for Ireland.
The next generation of farmers and me-
chanics will be much better qualified to
serve themselves and their country than
those who have been puttering along In
the past with wasteful methods and in
different to the most important maxims of
the economies.
Wexford Prosperous.
There is every appearance of prosperity
about Wexford. The people are well
dressed. the cattle are sleek. the horses
are the best we have seen, and we are
quite prepared to believe the assertion
that this is the Garden Of Ireland"
There is good deal of commerce at
Wexford, going out as we'll as coming in
from a fine harbor, formed by an estuary
of the sea at the entrance to the Irish
channel. There is a long breakwater to
protect the ships against storms, and
quays, 5000 feet long, with double lines
of railway track and modern machinery
for loading and unloading vessels. There
are steamship lines to Liverpool, Bristol
and other markets in that hated and
despised territory called England. Several
sailing ships are now tied up at the
dock, which bring over coal and take
back barley to make the British beer, for
this is the headquarters of the barley
trade in Ireland.
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Wexford has been the scene of much
political disturbance. The people are in
tense in their hatred of England and
every baby in the cradle is a violent home
ruler. Perhaps this unanimous sentiment
is In a measure due to the influence of
the Redmond family. which belongs here.
On the site of an ancient bull ring is a
bronze figure of young man In bellig-
OFT {f,tda with nil To t.
called THE Insurgent." and the figures
"179S'' are on the pedestal-nothing more
Its one Of the patriots of 49," said
the jaunting car driver They are put
ting up statues like that everywhere In
Ireland now to keep the events of the past
in the memory of the people,.
There is great deal of significance In
that statue, and even more in the photo
for sale in the windows of every stationer.
newsstand and cigar shop. Under the
picture is printed in plain letters the words
WHO Fears to Speak of '9S?''
The Twin Churches.
What are called 1.-The twin churches"
are two fine Roman Catholic houses of
worshp-exact duplfcates-within two or
three blocks of each other. with beautiful
spires go feet high. They cost $3.50 600
each and were paid for by the congrega-
tons of tlAs city. The people of Ireland
do not seem toS count the money they
spend upon their religion and its homes.
1t may be said also that all Of the Roman
Catholic churches are crowded Sundays
early and late.
Not only the churches. but the jails, the
poorhouses and the insane aSylums In Ire
land are always kept in repair. While
those particular buildings are always no.
ticeable for their size and their good con-
dition. others look quite as prosperous.
If. perchance, the poorhouse Is crowded,
the Jail is usually empty. There is only
one prisoner in the enormous Jail of WEEK
ford today and fifty-nine vacant cells All
the rest of the prisoners are out in the
country engaged on public works.
Abbey Of the Holy Sepulchre.
At ST. Sellskar Church, belonging to the
Church of Ireland, we met an old lady
who told us OF an ancient custom Of dis
tributing twenty-five loaves Of bread
every Friday afternoon to the poor wild
ows of the parish. She said there are now
only four applicants for this bounty in
Wexford. There Is another legacy from
a man named Tate. who died a hundred
years ago or more. under which Z shil-
lings a week is distributed by the arch
deacon to poor families, and there are few
applicants for that charity.
ST. Sellskar's Church is built on the
foundation of the Abbey Of the Holy
Sepulchre. which was established here a
thousand years ago. Within 1t was signed
the first treaty ever made between the
English and Irish races. This was signed
in 1859 by Dermot MacMurrough, King of