Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-22

ber the big wind, II carried the roof
OF my fathers house and set IL down
In bog about two miles away,
- was born IN the parish - Castle
Gregory County Kerry, which every
body knows 10 the best county IN Ire
land. Are thoro any CounU Limerick
men here about mo2 ia be AFRAID u
make any boast II there was Lin
erick OF a Mayo man IN the or va
u was speaking about the big " nd
II came IN from the Atlantic ocean
right at the heads Of Kerry, ana u
swept several counties, But there was
no one killed. II was Little Christ
mas night, and the candles we had
burning In honor Of S. stephen saved
the lives OF the people from The storm
Terranouns man, but II blew gale
Some parts OF Kerry were found the
next day In the county of Limerick
That's why some parts Of Liner
lck are an right TO this day
Heard Dan O'COnnell Speak.
rs II foollpg me you are, askins
me II ! ever heard Dan o'con ell
sneak? | did hear him more than
once ana IN never forget it. lie
died in iSi7, II | remember riFht
and II was several years before that
when | heard him az Castle Grogory.
Man alive, but he was great speak
erl Not a word ~ lie, there were
2500OO people 70 hear him spea AT
Castle Gregory. OConnell, YOU know,
was a Kerry man, All tho great Irish
orators como from Kerry, Are you
Laughing at me because | said $50, 600
people heard him speak, Read Irish
history and you'll see when 10000
people heard him once on Tara's hill
III God spares mo ill next year
I'm going back home 20 Ireland ana
one of the first places III visit VIII be
the grave Of O'connell. lie was Ire
lands llberator"
In answer TO what he attributed his
Longevity. Mr., Sullivan said
ITO temperance In everything--eal-
ing. drinking, sleeping and play Elsht
hours sleep has been ny motto an
through life, have never had a
pain or ache, For more than DO years
| have taken q cold bath every week.
Even In winter time when they are
cutting ice In Williams Bay ! Jump In
and have my swim, th,nk ia die
II didn't have my dip in the water
when the tee IL being cut along In
February.
Smoked for SiXty-fyc Years.
II never drank much liquor, maybe
gallon Of whisky in all my life But
| used TO he great smoker Thirty
years ago quit tobacco, after using
II for sixty-fve years.
"Tm tell you how 1 happened to
give up the pipe. one day, It was In
the fall Of the year and we had the
threshers with us. II was just after
dinner, and ] was going out TO the
barn. | was smoking my pipe, when
some Of the hot ashes flew and set
fire to small pile Of straw. We put
the fire out, but II was a narrow es-
cane. ! got thinking TO myself how
easy II would have been TO have been
burned out OF house and home, and 80
| threw the pipe away
81 remember hearing the folks In
Ireland tell about the battle Of Lake
Erie at Put-ln-Ray which was fought
nlnety-nlnc years ago next Tuesd y.
That's n long while ago. isn't It? or
course, we were glad TO hear Of Per
ry's victory. II was thlrty-four years
fter tho battle that ! first saw
America. ! came over In a smiling
vessel and landed In Boston l lived
In the east few years and then went
to Canada. There ! met q colleen
from the County Carlow and we were
married. She was II grand woman,
even II she didn't come from Kerry.
Went 10 Live In Wisconsin.
eve went to Wisconsin and raised
family. She died years ago, have
two sons and daughter. and | live
with the girl, who Is married
For the last four or five years I've
been taking life easy. All have to
do Is to fish. and ] don't have to dc
that unless ! want to- | caught one
this year that weighed thirty pounds,
but he got away."-Chicago Tribune.
BEATS HIGH COST OF LIVING.