The Irish standard., 1908-05-23

PAPER making from peat was made
some years ago at Celbridge, in Ire
land. but it made little headway, writes
the Limerick Chronicle. and it is only
recently, in the United States, that
the machinery has been perfected
which enables the bog cutter to fill
his wagon with the virgin bog. and see
it come out at the other end of the
factory as a finished product in two
hours. The first paper mill was es-
tablished near Capac. on the eastern
edge of an immense bog. A long, wide
shed, 300 yards long, was put up. At
one end of it the peat is thrown into
cars by the bog cutters, and two hours
afterwards the same peat is loaded at
the other end into cars in the shape of
raper. dried and packed for delivery.
The "drier," a machine with Al hot
rolls of huge dimensions, dries out the
paper within a period OF twenty min
utes. Owing to the oil that is in the
peat the paper is said to be water
proof. 1t is also said to be mothproof,
and furs and wooden articles that are
stored in boxes made of peat paper are
never attacked by moths. When the
chemists have succeeded in entirely
removing the dark peat, we shall
have white paper from peat. At
present it is all brown.
During the coming months the Linn
erck Industrial Association have de-
cided to hold open air meeting in the
various districts surrounding Liner
lex, for the purpose of bringing before
the rural population the aims and OBJ
jects Of the industrial movement. The
meetings will be addressed by speak,
crs competent to deal with all phases
of the question. and the Association
intends cooperating with all public
bodies. clergymen and others, ire
spective of politics or religion, who
will assist in organizing the moves
ment.
louth.
In the Drogheda Priory there re-
mains an interesting relic of the past
1t is the chair allotted to Daniel O'Con-
nell, the Liberator, during the period
of his incarceration in Richmond
prison in 1914 The chair is mounted
with a silver harp with the inscription
of Richmond prison inscribed. During
his Imprisonment the great Irish Tri-
bune received spiritual consolation
from his beloved friend. the late F'r.
Meade. O. p, who was located in
Dlogheda during the founding of the
new church of the Dominican Order at
Linen Hail. The governor of Rich
nond prison was also personal friend
of Father Meade, who secured the
treasured relic, which is still jealously
retained and preserved by the Fathers
of the Dominican Order in Drogheda.
Meath.
The County Meath Branch of the
Women's National Health Association,
founded by Mrs. Col. Everard, has
started on a determined campaign to
check the spread Of tuberculosis. and
it will not be the fault of those admir-
able ladies who constitute the member
ship if the public are not thoroughly
as to the methods to be
adopted to guard against this dreaded
disease. Mrs. Jameson, of Deylin
Lodge. district secretary, organized a
successful meeting at the Stamullen
National school house, when a lecture
was given by DR.. Ash. on "Trbercu-
losis. In connection with the Asso
citation meeting will be held e.. the
Yellow Furze school house. when Miss
Fletcher. daughter of Mr. G. F. Fletch.
en- will give the women of the locality
the benefit of her experience on "sani.
tation and Ventilation" 1t is salts
factory to note that the movement is
not one confined to talk alone, but
that wherever the attention of the
committee is required their energies
are used towards helping the afflicted.
and disinfecting the homes and sur
roundings of those affected by the
bacilli.
Tipperary.
The news Of the death Of Miss 1;,ias
Nugent. eldest daughter of Sir John
and Lady Nugent. which occurred at
Pau on April 9th. has been received in
Tipperary. where she was we'll known
and much beloved, with feelings of the
deepest regret and the greatest svm.
pathy is felt by the many friends of
the family in the irreparable loss thew
have sustained.
The Beautiful Somewhere.
Somewhere the sun is shining.
Snn1ewharo h1