The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-22

| Ine 1r1sn 100 Honest TO Gef hfcn.
The Major Invited TO Lecture on
Prohibition In the City OF Dublin
and Accepts the Invitation.
Dublin, ireland, April 19, 1903.
Correspondence Of The Caucasian
Enterprise.
am now in the heart ov old Ire
land, an old Ireland liz in my heart,
fer my ancestors on one side wuZ
frum Ireland and the other side wuz
frum old England. Hit IL wrong fer
me ter say hit, / guess. but | can't
hold in-the English an the Irish air
the best stock that the wurld heZ yet
produced. If you don't believe what
| say, write ter the King ov England
or Preserdent Taft.
Ov couse Ireland liz now a part oy
England an the Irish air English
just az much SO az the Scotch air
English. But the "brogue" IL differ
ent, that liz aUl.
Ireland liz a small but thickly set
tied country. Some years ergo, when
Irish peddlers," az they wuz called.
an they wuZ not miscalled, were Of
ten met with in the United States,
especially in the South, used ter en-
joy hearin' them tawlk, an when one
would come erlong I'd awlways look
at hiZ goods, even If / bought moth
in, though I often made small pur-
chase. fer they wuZ good fellers. The
boys an girls ov ter-day know moth
in ov the genuine Irish peddlers.
They wuz real Irishmen who had
drifted ter the United States when
quite youngfi They awlways carried
heavy valise or pack" that would
break the average mule down to car
ry 1t one day. This pack wuz filled
with Irish linnen, such az banker
chiefs, towels; also combe, raZors an
other goods, nearly awlways ov guide
quality. The first razor | ever owned
wuz purchased from an Irish ped
dler. | hev used it regularly fer
more than twenty years, an l would
not exchange it fer any razor in the
country now, fer hit IL a real razor.
I think I paid the peddler $1.25 for
hit.
But while | WuZ glad ter patroniZe
my former countrymen, | really en-
joyed hearing them tawlk, an Ii ever
one came ter my home anywhere near
dinner time he stayed fer dinner, or,
better still, if one came late In the
afternoon he usually spent the mite.
n ulxxro
hev had dozens an dozens ov guide
laffs at their quaint jokes an witty
stories. I regret even now that the
Legislature taxed them out ov buzz
ness, fer they wuZ guide lot ov fell
lers. an their comm an goin' wuz
a bright little oasis in the desert oy
lonesome country life. We still hey
many Irishmen in the United States
But they air not peddlin' They all
awlways in useful occupations, how
ever. fer the average Irishman il gen
orally Industrious.
Now an then two or more Irish
peddlers would travel tergether fer 6
= time One would try ter make sales
4 at one house an the other would take
y try at the next, and so on.
One ov the stories I remember yet
WuZ that one Irishman related a sac
story ter the effeckt that hiz poor
old father had been hung fer some
real or fancied insult ter the gov
ernment," fer at one time the Irisf
wuz nearly awlways "agin" the gov
. ernment. After he had told hit aw
= in a very serious manner the othel
Irishman began ter cry vigorously.
why air you cryin', Mike?" SCI
r the other one; "my poor father IL a
e rest an he died like a man"
Hit IL not that" sed Pat; 'T'n
cryin' because you wuz not hung a
the same time, fer hit IL the only wa
l. you'll meet justis."
5, Dublin liz the only city in Irelan'
II that amounts ter much so far az siz
goes, an hit liz very nice town. TIL
population IL Irish, English, ar
II Scotch, virtually one people. Blu
- each has its own dialect, peculiar Gus
le toms, local pride an prejudices. TIL
strictly English air buziness frum .
ter z. The Scotch sometimes run In
to poetry an air fond ov Ticker al
d other amusements. The drink know
le az Hot Scotch" wuz invented
s Glasgow, Scotland. But the Scotc
air a sturdy, Industrious, brave pet
t. pie. They air CRATE sheep-raisers al
L. love ter dance. At one time th
Scotch awlmost had a monopoly G
g the writin' ov poetry an really pr
ID duced erbout awl ov the real poet1
It an some ov the best literature tt
r.. world hez had. But I hev never fe
given the Scotch fer inventin' Il
"Bagpipe," a miserable poor excu:
in the way ov a musical instrumen
ag The Irish air not much when b
IS comes ter poetry an book-writir
In though they hev done somethin' e
:, long that line. But when hit com
- ter potatoes, they lead the world.
" awlways feel like shoutin' the prais
les ov Ireland every time I git in fro
IS, ov a nice dish oy Irish potatoes
m that great people does nothin' els
they hev won first prize by invent
the best potato ever grown.
ah The average Irishman il poor
ds this worlds goods, an the princip
, : reason IL bekase he il too honest t
no 1T rich Another reason liz that
..IE6. not care ter be rich, hit bel
toe ScE@h trouble. He does not ca
10 ter W over things that eann
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