The Chanute times., 1909-04-09

very odd. At Belfast we found
much cleaner looking town than
Dublin, This city has some veIy
large linen mills. The York Mill,
which covers about block OF ground,
Is said to employ 5000 hands in the
manufacture of our fiue Irish linen.
There are hundreds of kalf-clad, half
fed, barefooted boys, men, wemen and
girls, and here in Belfast we saw
scores of boys between the ages OF
6 and Ia years who have 50 many holes
| In their trousers that dare say there
is not one in ten of them VINO, II they
took their trousers off, would be able
to put them on again as before. These
same boys were playing In the streets
and seemed to be happy so long as
their stomachs were full. We saw
more smiles covering poverty in Ire
land than any other place we were
ever in, and more barefoote6, bare
headed and ragged women IN Glas-
Cow than any other place. We also
took a look through the shipyards In
Belfast, which are immense. One
ship which they were building was
about 1000 feet long.
| Ireland is certainly most beauti-
full green country. The Inhabitants
seem to be happy-go-easy sort of
people, kind-hearted, and not one-half
so many police to keep them straight
as we expected to see, according to
reports we haYe heretofore heard.
To give the reader an idea of the
pr css of commodities, l quote: On
May Is, onions sold per stone IA lbs J,
at shilling 6 pense, or 36c; cannt d
aprlcots or pears Santa Clara Co.
pack, per car, lid, 22c; an S-ounce
prescription filled at drugstore, IL, sd
(36c); price of doctor's call in town,
2, Cd (6Oc); lemons, 10d per doz (2Oc);
one dozen 4x5 best dry plates for
camera, Is I'd (38c); haircut, Sd (6c);
shave, I'd (4); developing oae doz.
4x5 dry plates, 2s (4Scl. May 25th L
saw 2-year- old beef cattle sell in the
market on foot for eli "a elSH each'
and sheep sold at e1 lSs. May 26th
had a pair of soles sewed on my shoes
and heels built up, all for 3s (72cl.
May Both raid % each for Zone pound
loaves of bread. June 18th paid lC
bobs (s2.40) for ths use of one-horse
dog cart to carry four persons from
IL a. IN. to 8 D. M; paid I'd per quart
for glbben. July 10th bought four
mackerel for 10d. July 2lst bought
! railroad tickets from Liverpool t6
| London (about ESQ miles, for 16s Cd
each August 11th, in Dublin, porter
, house steaks sold for cd (12c) per To-.
sirloin, sd and mutton chops, 4d. On
August 10Th l saw the following
groceries on display at these prices Ia
grocery store at Liverpool: Small
peaches, SC each; Bartlett pears, g.
Bartlett pears, small &c; red plumbs,
per pound, Ice; green cages, per 10.
/ 16c; hot house grlpes, dried, per lb'
lSd; Museat raisins, per ID, I'D; large
French prunes. per To-, Sd; small rec
, apples, Sd each small tomatoes, g,
, each. In Ramsey tomatoes cost from
S to 81 per To-, and cherries aost thu
. same. An ordinary laborer gets
q bobs a day or his labor AID board
+ himself. An undertaken on the Isl'
q of Man charges e7 for funeral tha
q costs from SIS to 800 Ia Hollister. A
! shoemaker charges lSd for half-solinI
a pair of woman's shoes; sole leathe
costs 1sd per To-; mems clothing mad
= to order costs about one-half as mucl
/ as IL does here; you pay frOm 2h TO
. shillings for cleaning watch an
y main spring put in costs the sane
= Goal delivered and put 10 your Goa
: house costs about 16 bobs ton for til
4 best; wood is very scarce article oI
a the islands. A Singer sewing ma
chine costs s45. A Al foot mowinI
a machine, Champion, Osborn or DeeI
lug, costs SIS. Flour is sold in bag
4 OF 10 and 20 stones (l40 and 2S0 lbs.l.
I On the 19th Of August We left tn
= Isle Of Man for Liverpool and the mex
\ day took the steamer Canada OF tn
a Dominion Line for Montreal, Canada
The distance is 2773 miles, and W
4 made the trip In I days and l5i
: hours. After staying a few days 4
4 Montreal, we took the Naw Yor