The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-20

STtlu MF. f1tiicSSE. "hde 'oO
1:tntin' with a pike?
"yeIl need wan ye'ersilf befure
long" said Mr.. Dooley. If yere goin
by tn clan rooms on ye'er way nome
plays dhrop In an look IN tn closet
an see if there amt Il few old vans
left. III pay fr s~harpenin' an Drlghl-
enin' EN- up. What'n we do with thin,
sGys ye? Ye'd betther be readin IN
Why, befur Pathrick's day
it's a sure thing yen get a writin
firm JaWn Redmond himsilf orderln
We to report FIR jooty In Dublin 10
PROTECT tn authority " tn crown
again the seditious uprisin IN IN
north. Ye wudden't go IF amy such
purpose. says ye? Well, thin. III put
il more to ye'er ikin' He'll be calm
on We to report fr jooty to knock the
heads off iv a lot " Orangemcn n a
ar-re thryin' to prevint Ireland firm
gcttin' home rule. Aha. l anew thatd
get We. Now will ye go fetch tn pixies?
l was sure We W'ud.
II wisht me Uncle Mike was alive.
How he'd inJye il. He'd be over there
now dhrillin' tn boys. He always said
he got more good out is tightin' an
Crangeman thin wan " tn right sort,
because he niver felt sorry fr 1t tn
day aftier. TIL only regret he'd nave
about tn priSint ruCtiOn IS that he'd
have tn polls on his side. He wudden,t
like that much, an it might make him
lukewarn. But l dom mine it at all.
FIR five h%undherd years, more or less,
ye an ne. Hinnissy, nave had tn
mcrcinary polls an sojcrs takin a
hand again us in our neighborly rows,
an now thin splindid bodies Nv men
ARE goin' to be with us. Think Nv
1t, me boyi We won't rely on THIN
Entirely. dye mind, We're goin' to
have some fun out Is this triumph
oftbo- Sx,a n;rohrtoo iu nnnriC1nn
Twill DO with US as It was with
thin whin they had tn right. First
throw tn rock an thin say: Off
Ger, in tn name iv tn king it
may choke me. but I'll say it II it's
only TT tn pleasanthry- officer. In
the name Nv tn king. arrest that
man! His father dropped q monkey
wrench On me uncle's head in tn year
forty-two. Won't he go quietly? I'll
help we. Come me good fellow. Ye
won't? Thin, Sanderson. take that. an
that. an also these 1t makes me a
young man again to think iv it.
"Th' way tn g~r--eatest joke that
has liver happened In tn Wurruld
come about was this way. I needn't
be tellin' ye how long we've beer
sthrugglin' to get home rule. We
thried ivry ind ~ persuasion frir
talkin' gently to tn English govern
mint to putin a charge OF Joyn
powdher undher their chairs. TIL las
argynnint was tn best. but English
men ARE awful unapproachable !
thyVe got something we want, SO /
wasn't often aisy to get near enough
to thry to convince thin this way
But wan day afther an illCtiOn tn
British prime EoiniSther took out
pencil an pa-aper an figured out hoy
NANNY votes in parlyrnint he had 70
him an how NANNY he had agai1
h;,r, n-' ~ we No 81. Sip,oniT. 80. Inrn
h" says. if tn Irish don't vote wit
us woll all lose our jobs he says. S
nc sinds fr lawn Redmond an say
he: lawn he says, 1 intind TO shar
tn fruits IL u gloryous yicthry wit
ye,' he says. our Eloryous yicthry
says lawn Redmond. Go on he say!
Yes says tn prime ministher. 'Tl
Iib'ral party is disposed to be sin
rous with it's loyal allies he say
I've prepared a program that thin
viii suit We. Listen to this! a large
navy, restoration " tn statue
oliver Cromwell. repairs on Cantel
hury cathedral, army increase, an
HniiN free passes fr all Irish men
bers 20 Tn British museem.' 'Ye't
EinroSity overpowerS me- says Jaw
Redmond. 'l!ut. ye see. mesilf an n
frinds AFRO strangers over here a
have no insuiar prejudices about VIII;
party we belong 10. Bein' able to pic
an ttioOo', VI NS OtClOCu ina [
Terry party looks tn most tasty |
says. -th.' says tn prime min!sthe
there's another thing | f'rgot. IIo
wud - like like home rule?' says h
Well says Jawn. now that ye mi
ton it tn suhjeck has crossed +
mind. Eut whin"' he say How w
nineteen hundherd an sixty sthri
yt"' says the prime lninisther. Re
fectly,' says Jawn Redmond. But
must excuse me. | have an nga
ment at Tory headquarters at tv
an it's now Wan-forty-ive,' he Sa
II that's tn case say the pril
ministher, lets shed u coats n
an get down to business. What d
WANT he says.
so we're Eoin' TO have what TT
cali a measure iv home rule. I do
know how big a measure it'll
lawn has lived SO long in Lond
that he may not know how MI
freedom tn Irish can stand. We
got pretty good heads fr this h