The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-03-19

| Whin he stops in front " me he
says: How do looko' .Ye look
fine says |. But pride eoeth befure
a fall. says !. Go on with ye,' says
ne. This charger cudden,t throw
me in Il ~hundEerd years. he SAYS.
Well, says /. I've r-read in tn good
book hat tn proud will be humbled
an thin that ride on Pathriek's day
Will walk TIL r-rest " tn week I
says.
Thin comes tn dhrum major with
4 bearskln cap on his head, an he
throws tn stick to tn top "
Finucane's hall an catches it on tn
end " his little finger. Is that pah-
LNh. says ye'er youngest. It is not
SAYS /. That mar is paid. an there
am money enough in tn wurru!d 10
pay y1,er father fr what he's eoin'
TO DO. says |. Hooray, There goes
IN band. It's a German band. iy
coorse- TIL pa-apers laugh at US
IT that. but, faith, | don't see tn
Joke. IL coorse. we've got to hire
Germans. What Irlsnman cud We get
TO blow q little pickeloo on a day
hke TINS. Tn on'y time iyer saw
an irish MUSICIAN III a Pathrick's
day band he'd volunteered 10 nlav
~ odss dhrum. An | wan to tell
ye that dhrum knew VINO was IN.
1nasther befure tn day was over.
Bat niver mind. They're playin'
IN Wearin " tn Green Hit it up.
me brave BaVaryans. More exercise
with that thrombone. Looev, Stop
coaxin that dhrum, Hans, D'ye
think Tn Wearin' ~ tn Green is
Z lullaby? Here they com~th'
louaVes. tn Hibernyan Rides. tn
ancien' ordher. Thin A fine bunch
j. kerrymen. Wei Zone Kerry,
Here G IN {'n~i-nn ~ -,
crowd " thin, Is anybody left
Dehlnd in Cork's own city? That's
llpp rary. ilurrah fr tn Tips. An
hllKennv /! all tn towns in Ire
!And, Kilkenny fr me- See tn dark
Mayo men Be tn blessed SUI, it's
royalty I'll sing thy praise, Mayo
An Wexford. Play "Th' Bows is Wex-
1ord ye Dutchmen. What's hat
noise up tn sthreet? Here thev
come. Here ar-re tn fellows fr,m
IN pest county in Ireland. See thin,
Will ye, with their martial thread an
lneir chlns IN tn air. They make all
IN rest ~ tn parade look like MO
niieS- isoscoInfnon, PoscommoD
river ave go is me, tell We.
viii march with thin. O. me moor
1eet. me threacherous, informer feet
an who's that out in 'front.'
LOOK. cnIidher. look, | tell We. There
ne IS. There's dada. An up We
come. Hinnissy. with tn big banner
bellyin' in tn wind above ve,er had
an 10 staff stuck SO deep into W
mat maybe twill take Dock OIearv
70 get lt out. Ye cant look ayather
% N right or left. Ye cant see
"heTe we're goin'. Ye'er ewes ARE
stnra1sht ahead. But if that banner
goes we're soin with it. Hang on.
- ir'nu. TACK, tack. Throw her
Oyer. Bring her around. That's it.
An 50 ye go by an | gather IN III,
ch;idhe: an take thin home 10 NIT
out IN slippers in front iv tn stove
an make III poultice fr We.
Welt. | didn't intind to get ex-t
ci1ed over his Pathrick's day. but
SosiehoW Or other ivry time it comes
aT-rounn | feel like goin' up on th.f
got an sinsin ODonnell Aboo' SO
All may near. | don't know why"
Maybe, said Mr.. Hennessy. it's.
because ye're Irish"
i hadn't thought iy that" said
Mr. Dooley. "Praps we're right. TIA
something ! niver have been ahl. n
get ever. be this time it's become
an incurble habit. Annyhow. ,tis =
good thing to be an Irishman. be-
cause people think tkat all an Irish
H'ah ooes IS TO laugh without a rea-
son an fight without an obiick Rut
ye an I. Hinnissy, know these things
are ony our diversions. It's a good
thins 70 have people size ye up
wrong. Whin they've got ye'er meas
ure -e're in danger"
Sometimes | think we boast too
much said Mr.. H~ennessy.
Well said Mr.. Dooiey. its on'y
on PathFick's day we can hire others
10 blow our horns rr us"
copyright, 1912. by Finley Peter
Dunne.)