Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-03-16

and ] can state, on the authority OF
Mr.. Finn O'Brollgan, descendant of
an ancient Mllesan sept, that the
board and Mr. Blrrel are all wrong,
and that the eongested districts OF
Connaught are overlooking with
postal orders, pigs. and prosperity
Indeed, the trouble is that there are
too many pigs to please congress
Of sanitary engineers.
Mr. OBrolligan owned a congested
district That Is TO say, he inherited
the hereditary right to be shot at by
tenants who would not pay their rent
lie sold his properly-or rather the
mortgages did--to the tenants under
the WNndham act He is now a poor
man, making an uncertain living by
trading In horses, but an the Pat
Murphys who used to be his tenants
are rieh-rcher than the widest
Murphy over dreamt of in the check
cred history Of the Murphy family
Part Of this new Murphy money
comes from the English taxpayer and
part from the young Murphys who
are working In the towns and cities
of Great Britain ana America In
deed. so great is the stream of postal
orders that Mr. O'Brollgan assures
me the postmon are growing prema-
turoly old and bent by the weight
OF the malt they deliver every week.
Better Than Cattlc-Dri,ing.
Mr.. O'Brolligan assures me, too
that cattle-driving. which used to be
popular I'm those parts, has died out
because the people have no time for
it,
As he says, when Pat Murphy walks
10 mass on sunday ana walks TO the
postofflcc on Monday to cash a postal
order from young Pat in Paisley and
walks 20 the market on Tuesday to
sell his pig-pss are making great
prices in Cennaught now--und walks
20 the postofflce again ON Thurs
day to cash q postal order from Mary
Murphy IN Milwaukee. and goes tho
next day 90 draw the old age pen
sions for himself and his wife, he Is
reolly far too tired TO so hunting the
heiler at the weekend
Tho Pat Mmphys know a good
thing when thoy sec IL, and they iiXcd
on the old age pensions act as juicy
joint Of British beef from which they
proceeded f. emit large slices,
ono Fat Murphy that air, o'Brolii-
gan knows made dash FOR the pen
sion the first day, and got IT, He had
also accumulated large stock OF pos
tai orders from Chicago, and soon az
ter he was able 10 pay fi00 for a
farm. The authorities heard Of the
accession of wealth in the Murphy
family and took away the pension
But mere government official can.
not so easily best am astute Murphy
/ Pat simply assigned his farm 20 d
son, and then played ON the feelings
% Father Mulcahy with such tales
of his destitute condition that the
kindly parish priest persuaded the
authorities 10 restore his pension.
Tho Widow Mulligan,
Then there was the Widow Multi
gan. q shltuah person, who valnll
ch0scd prospective husbands and nc
knowledged "A0. hut the divil da,
more" when THO act came into fore
dim reedlleetions Of the famine n
lsi6 began % float across her agc'
brain. THESE gradually took shape
and She was able TO Keep the official
amused with q ylvacious account @
how Daniel O'Connell hmselt-"an
hhwat grand man his honor was
glory bo to God."-had patted he
hrad the last time he went 10 Gal
WAY Tho Widow Mulligan got he
In6nsloh, th0ugh everyone In the dis
itriet knows that she has az least fl0
I IA the Iubernian bank. But the Muir
phys are not going to tell That oh
reud between the Murphys and IN
Mulligans IS forgotten when the 500
work ct lay.ng hands on britis
money is In sight
Amid an his prosperity. Pat Muir
.phe has not been spoiled, and he
stiIl lmperslous TO outside influences
+ IN Dublin they have become dcadenI
land where they used 90 discuss IN
races they talk now about Ihscn an
the Abbey theater and Lady aregor
land the renaissance If Celtic htefa
itufe end Mr. George Russell's touch
ing ballet IN fairies But Pat Murph
does not believe in fairies lie doe
not care about Lady Gregory. and h
prefers the rustic OF a postal orde
&c g leaf of Mr. Yeats poems Murph
/ is "a maierlallst What ho wants