The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15
thing UNLAWFUL" and when parlia-

year, O'Connell made one Of his pow.
erful speeches, showing the iniquity
of the tithe system and demanding re.
dress. He tried to impress upon the
government, too, the fact that Ireland
was dangerously near the shedding of
blood, and that in consequence an Or
der should be sent out to stay the col.
lection Of that harvest's -tithes until a
royal commission, which had been ap-
pointed, should have reported upon
the 1.-THE system. The reply of the
government to O'Connell's speech was
an immediate order to the authorities
in Ireland to proceed with the collec-
ton of tithes!
At Carrickshock, in South Kilkenny,
the 1.-THE proctor, guarded by an army
OF policemen, set out on bright, har.
vest morning to serve notices. Imme-
diately the little army with the 1.-THE
proctor was under way, the big chapel
ben In Knocktopher began booming;
shortly after, that of Hugginstown an
sWered 1t, and then other chapel bells
took up the strain. The people, snatch
ing up whatever weapons came near
est to their hand, scythe, pitchfork,
nall and canaan, hurried forth, and
converged upon Carrickshock. The
1.-THE proctor had just served one no.
t1ce in Kilcasey, close by, when, the
crowd assuming great proportions, the
officer in charge of the police ordered
his party to turn and proceed home
ward. AS the little army entered a
boreen (lane) in Carrickshock on it's
return journey, the people closed
around, and a man named Power,
leaping into the boreen, caught the
officers horse and demanded that the
1.-THE proctor be handed over to the
people. The oficer-certainly brave
man-drew his pistol and instantly
shot Power dead. Then the police, see.
ing themselves surrounded by an ex.
cited crowd, lost their heads and be-
gan firing in every direction. The
people, instead of being deferred by
this, furiously leaped upon the police
and the melee began. In very short
time the little army was completely
routed, leavin;' it's dead and wounded
in the boreen.
Eleven dead policemen were carried
to the house of a neighboring Protes
tant - Tennyson of Rockhall and
there walked and from there buried
At least three of the people, Power
Tracey and Whelan, were killed. Their
bodies were carefully concealed from
the authorities, and they were buried
at dead of night. The wounded either
fled the country, or lurked from house
to house, or from ditch to ditch under
cover of night, for months after. Regi
ments of police and soldiers were
poured into the locality, a reign Of
terror instituted, great bands of PEG
pie seized and hurried to prison-al
of them having their freedom won fo1
them by O'Connell at the Kilkenny as
sizes six months later.
By that coup on that harvest morn
ing in the little boreen at Carrick
| shock, this little band of earnest men
suddenly summoned, had done for Ire
land what the great imperial parlia
ment scornfully refused to do. The
process served by the proctor at Kill
casey that harvest morning was the
last 1.-THE process ever served in Ire
land. And for this, all honor to Pow
er, Tracey, Whelan, and their brother:
at Carrickshock.
When l reached the country village
of Hugginstown where l found the US
ual couple of policemen supportin,
| with their shoulders the usual polio,
barrack, l sought for particular direc
lions with regard to the battleplace
which I knew was close by. l spared
the policemen the refined cruelty O
asking them to show me to the place
| but of two young men whom fount
| chatting at the mouth of by-road
enquired. These young men were,
saw at a glance, direct opposites i,
character. One, who had a bit of
SLOUGH, carried his hands in pocket
had hound at his heels, and was,
saw, an imaginative individual, and
humorist, too, with an irresistibly mer
ry twinkle under the lazy lids of hi
half shut gray eyes. The other was
pure materialist
Are you for fghtin'?" said the hu
morist, Then I enQuired for the battl
ground.
I'm for fghtin'," said I. If there
any fghtin' to do
''Troth, an you're the lad we want,
said the humorist, "for we're blue
moulded for want of a baitin', here
abouts"
When they had told me the exac
way to Carrickshock, suggested t
them that they should come along an,
show me the spot, and tell me al
about it. Come" said the humoris
to the materialist, Come along!-
Faith" he added, turning to me, wei
go with you with a heart and hall
if it's only to rob ye."
Pale faced and merry eyed, h.
slouched forward with hound limpin,
close at his heels, and he crackin,
jokes as he went, and putting to M
bantering questions which l did m,
best to reply to in kind.
my grandfather killed three there,
he said with sudden gravity tina
might have meant seriousness an,
truthfulness, or might have meant tn
climax of his humor-I could not sa
which You will see there" he said
"the blood-stains on the flag that new
| er could be washed OUT
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