Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-23

This form of argument, 1t must be ad-
mitted. is great advance over the
past, when murder and bloodshed was
quite common, and other injury that
cannot be repaired by money or by the
judgment of the court was inflicted. 1t
was a habitual jest to speak of the
CLOSED season for landlords.
Joke on the Tail Of a Cow.
The Irish never overlook humor in a
situation, and at a cattle drive which
took place not long ago at Tuam, which
is place of considerable ecclesiastical
Importance, being the residence of the
Most Rev. John Healey, one of the ablest
and most influential Roman Catholic
bishops in Ireland, the, following lines
were pinned to the tail of one of the
cows:
GOD SAVE IRELAND.
Leave the way. for we are coming.
And on my soul We got drumming;
They cleared us out mighty quick
And faith they used their hazel stick
Well. now. Paddy. Of you we implore.
Don't put M through Coomagh any more;
For you do you're bound to die:
And we have the powder fresh and dry.
God bless the Cattle Drivers.
AS 1 have already said, the taxpayers
are compelled to pay damages for all
ness in boycotting and for other claims
growing out Of such outrages. Usually
the courts assess Ell per head for
cattle where no harm is done. go
per head where an animal is In
jured, and about one-third as much for
sheep.
People who understand these things
better than strangers tell me that most
of the cattle driving and bOycotting Is
committed by irresponsible young men who
are led by mischef-makers with private
grudges, and they never reason for them
selves. 1t goes without saying that the
love of fighting Is one of the most con-
spfcuous traits of the Irish character. The
history Of Ireland from the foggiest pc
riod of the past is a tale of continuous
warfare. In the early days fighting was
the chief end and aim of men, and women
fought beside their fathers and husbands
and brothers until st. Patrick forbade
them to do so. And they thought vedy
little of the consequences.
The case was well stated in little
poem from an American paper that was
shown me by friend the other day:
Who says that the Irish are fighters by birth
Faith. there's not a more peaceable race on t
earth
II ye Fave them alone"
Another Joke, But Costly
But sometimes they won't be let alone
Only few days ago there was a riot In
the town of Thurles and a mob did lot
Of damage in order to show their dis
approval Of legal proceedings that had
been taken against a fellow-townsman,
Richard Burke, who was licensed to
sell spirits not to be consumed on the
premises" was unable to meet his obli-
cations and went into bankruptcy. The
sheriff took charge Of the establishment
under the orders of the court and the
license. good will and stock in hand
were offered for sale to the highest bid
der. But the bids did not come up to
the valuation of the court and were all re-
jected. A few days later a private offer
was accepted from Mr.. Cody, who had
been competing with Mr.. Burke to quench
the thirst of Thurles for several years,
to take the entire place for E2,OOO.
Mr. Burke. who has been in the habit
Of consuming too much of his own mer-
chandise for the good of his business,
became very indignant because his old
enemy was going to step into his place;
SO he gathered together few sympa-
thetic friends. raided his own establish
heads of the barrels, and invited the
whole town to help themselves, which
they did with an energy that '.!ould have
been cOmmendable in another cause. Then,
when almost every citizen of the town.
young and old. was drunk. they started
up the street. smashing their own win
dows and doors and doing what is esti-
their own property. besides $1,000 worth
of destruction in Mr.. Cody's place.
Although Cody had signed the papers.
he had not paid for Mr.. Burke's former
stock, and naturally he now refuses to
do SO. since it does not exist; so that
entire loss of his own raid and hospi-
tality and the taxpayers Ct TLurles have
been assessed to pay for the other fool
ishness.