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j Uaemais Uaderiis,
I ODD INCIDENTS OK POKBION TKAVCL AND
OBbUIiVATION.
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London, April 34, 1893 I'or the
purposo of illustration there I as little
difference between the Irish fair and the
Irish market day, as there could be
found betw een "a rate drop of the right
sort" and "a drop of the rale light
tort," which from time Immemorial has
been Inseparable from the proper con
duct of either. The actual difference Is
this.The Irish falr,hcther held at the lit
tle village In Donegal or Kerry, or alien
ded by thousands, as at Dalhnasloe, Ath
lone.Cotk, llelfast or Dublin Is an affair
lorthe display ondsale of animals onl
horses, cattle, asses, pigs, sheep, goats,
and occasionally poultry. Icrhips
eighty Irish towns and cities hold from
one to four fairs each) ear. borne are
for the sale of one class of animals only,
of hogs as at Limerick or Athlone, or
cittle, as at Billlnasloe, of horses, as at
probably the greatest annual horse fair
In the world, that of Dublin, or as at
at Cushcndun, lor the exclusive (ale of
the noted Cushcndal ponies bred on the
heathery mountains of Antrim, over
looking the weird and stormy Irish Sea
But at most of the Irish fain all animals
bred in Ireland are exposed for sale, at
many others farm products miy be
found, while the great butter fairs of
Cork would almost give one the notion
that half the world s butter Is made In
the sunny vales of Ireland a south
The market day, on the other hand, is
universal and interminable nflalr.
Hardly a day passed in my nearly n
year's wandering in Ireland when I did
not come upon some town or village
where the fair or the market was In lull
progress The area of Ireland Is aj las
square miles less than that of the State
of Illinois, yet Ireland boasts of a66
market towns where market days are
held from one to three times every
week in the year All this is pictur
esque and Interesting to the traveler,
but my observation leads me to believe
that there Is vastly too much market of
the sort, and vastly too little to market,
of any sort. In Ireland The shopkeep
ers, petty traders, and "shebeen" men
like It well enough, for It brings lli
people together for trlmm rg at loth ent's
of the yardstick, but the tenant system
behind It naturally renders this very
custom a necessity to the peasantry.
The tenant farmer, particularly one
with a tiny holding, must hive, because
his condition Is never else than precar
ious, a handy means of ready money.
The market harpies discern with uner
ring scent all who are pressed for rent or
Interest money, and they Instantly com
bine against his need and dependency
with matchless cunning and blarney.
Thus those most needing fair return for
the pitiable trifles they are forced to sell
are Invariably plucked at both ends of
their need by the constant necessity of
providing rent money for the Landlord,
and, at the small market towns by the
bums who, just ns fortune telling
Gipsies, lenrn :!! the closet ghosts ol
half a county before they begin opera
tions, knowing that tills one ur that one
from this place or tint, dare not return
home without money, contrite In send
him back "o'er on alsy roal for the
lightness that s In hit pocket "
Mill another reason makes the Irish
mirket day popular, though ihsistrouj
to the acquisition of means among the
masses of the pcoplr.lf belter opporlunl
ly forte urine comfoit and competency
were possible The stranger to Ircltnd
cm hardly conceive of the barrenrc-sof
diversion or incident In the lives of the
Irish easanlrv. I ducitlon and books
there arc not, save In ftvorcd regions.
Something must occupy the hum-in
mind aside from the scoutlngs of every
ihy toll. The market dt), in lis
exchange of countryside greetings,
Information, forgivable gosslpings, sim
ple excitements and general burly burly,
with this primitive lolk stands entirely
in the stead of the weekly paper of our
own remoter country districts. Indeed
it Is far more
The telegraph and the railway pene
Irate nearly every country of 1 ngland
and America. In more than one half of
Ireland, there are country folk who
have never seen a rillway car. 1'ho
market village Is still the ultimate uf
their horizon The little holding on tho
mountain side or In the valley, the
little chapel where they ,ilricr for Sun
day mass, the little vilhgc where
market day brings them alt together, the
rustic ilinco or wed ling with iheirrude
and boisterous convivialities, the wake
which most powerful prltsl or prelate
cannot prlvcnt by direst sacerdotal
thunderlngs, and finally the tittle grive
yard where all must eventually come'
provide the farthest metes and bounds
of their humble lives
One may wish It different, but It is
Idle to discuss It all save on the exact
ilne of their uneventful lives, and
because the warm Irish heart occasion
ally yearns for something more ' heart
some" than It knows in Its scanty cabin
surroundings, I do not want the regird
of that better conditioned man who
would deny every soul environed as
these, every hour of diversion and
llghtsomcncss that can be got from
either fair, wedding or wake, even If
the poor souls return to their dreiry
homes ' a thriile hearty and soft" for the
dav s or night's ' dlvirslon "
Whatever trllle the tenant family may
have for disposal on market or fair day,
the entire lamlly accompanies it. I ho
old mountain but of a cart is got out
and sparingly greased the night before,
the ragged donkey or illy kept horse, Is
given an extra portion of food and
ailditlonll combings and scraping, that
his old bones may gain new luster, and
long before day break, from mountain
borecn and mist hidden valley clutter
ing groups begin moving towards the
villase.
'The chlldre dear" ore stowed away
alongside the pigs, ducks, chickens or
vegetables, for the common excitement
has kept them awake all night anil now
over the stoniest of Irish roads they arc
'stipln rings Around their swale
selves," thu youths may be trudging
hopefully ntoncslde, but the ' ould
woman ' and 'ould man' nre ever
found lovingly humped together upon
the only scat tho cart alfords, often
agteeably exchanging puds from the
same comfortable pipe
Hut step with me here beside the way
near the town, and seethe motley crew
constantly augmented In number from
cveryb) way lane nn I Intersecting road
What a queer, kindly lot they arc!
Here nre tho byes idglng nlong in
concentric groups, settling questions of
neighborhood moment in tremendous
but friendly harangue and dispute
1 very manner of cart drawn by every
manner of animal, but chlelly by
reUllious donkevs, and all piled with
ever) manner of Irish produce and
humans, clatter and rattle through the
misty morning -carts with sheep bleat
ing piteousl), with geese craning their
necks in viciously hissed Interrogation,
with goats and kids lamenting In
pathetic alios and trebles, with pigs
springing on nil fours from side to tide
while snorting violent protests and sur
prise, and sou will notice as you must
all over Irclan I, that the Irish pig
boasts a pink In color that vies Willi
the most radiant Hush of the rarest sea
shell
All nlong the way are old men, hump
ed and severe, admitting and protesting
in rthlcs and politics with other calm old
men who argue, n priori. In the blandest
and most convincing tones There nre
maidens, too, straight as a Croagh
Patrick fir, glancing with those entranc
ing Irish eyes, milling with thole ruby
Irish lips, an I kelllug the lads wild with
that most delicious ol allrhodomontade,
I lie lovable blame) of the musical Irish
tongue, while the great pickages of
yam they carry without effort would
break an American woman's back com
plete!). Not far from them ever ore the
old. old women with braldcen covered
baskets on (heir backs
These contain a few cones of butter,
a brace of fowls, may ben dox-n or so
of iggs, or any o her product of the
holding or their labor that may ' bring a
few pence the day," but old or young,
they are knitting away vigorously in
line to step and gossip, and all still, old
or young, with their shoes slung across
their shoulders, or hidden in the naskcts,
for they nre saving them until the edge
of the village Is reached where n brusli
from a whlsp of dewy grass will make
Ihcm shine Irom their iate greasing, and
their owners will walk proudly Into the
I sir with their shapely leet hidden from
the gate of men, in brogans Ihat
Wud harm an hisullcr,
Ur bate n deal table,
With muitlierln' power
U I lie their owners wor able!
It Is catch as catch can at an Irish
market or fair. The first upon the
ground Is best served as In location At
Ihe village matkcl there is no attempt
at sislcm or arrangement, and the
market place itself is never n covered
structure, but simply a large walled
enclosure nlong the principal street,
with gates like a castic, with walls of
inormous height and thickness ns
though attacks Irom battering arms
were apprehended, and usually it Is
surrounded, at least on three sides, by
the quaintest structures, village homes,
inns, groceries and shops, furnishing
as 1 Ictuicsque scenes as the excited
groups within the enclosure
I rom the market gates thcro extend
In every direction temporary avenues
by carts ranged side by bide with their
t neks to the way.and the constant crow -Is
com ng and cowing with the lirite nun'
her belonging to e sell a" " engaged
In heated arguments over values, make
much goodnaturcd squccii g nnu
pushing u matter or tie csslly. There
are seldom Inner enclo tires Latlle are
herded ogainst the w 11 1 ol one point
nsscs at another, pits oil foot, kept
(.cntly moving In circles by the skllllu
use of Ihclr drivers long a li p Kes will
be massed nt another point, koajs anil
sheep, botli extraordinarily combative
by tho enforced ossoe atlon, at all Inn
othcri while all manner of lollipop
sellers nnd brave voiced market amuse
ment purveyors ore hud lied together In
any extra space that ma) be found
I or the first hour or tno of the mom
Ing the sale of the small truik.sucli ns
butter, egg, poullryand vegetables pre
cceds merrily nouh but the ollllude or
buer nnd seller of whole cartloads of
potatoes nnd of nil animal is amusing
Indeed Ilceles ol bu)eis for the Dunlin
nnd London markits mui ol gigantic
stature with red, ptilfy f cc , nnd great
coats hanging over top- jots to their
heels, each lurrying a whip of tremen
dous length will saunter in take n
liasl) run about the 'ace, r-hritgclng
their shoulders as If nothing worth their
nllcnllon had been seen, nnd finally
nastily depart. Ihe while the Irish
yeomen, with folded arms, and nose In
air expressive of fine sunn, bid Ihcm
all n cheerful defi n e In ludicrous
attempts to appear unconscious of their
presence
These double pretenses may proceed
until noon with now an I then n bargain
stiuck 011 tho sly, but the entire popu
lacu nt ihe market arc on the alert for
the seductive wiles of the buer, and to
protect each other vallintly from being
carried nwny for fleecing singly to the
enticing groggeries near Ihlsmctap
horlcat throw ing of tin t in each others'
eves Is carried on during the Ilelfast fair
dajs on the first Wednesday of each
month, with greater finess and contempt
between buyer and seller, than I have
seen hi any other portion of Ireland
This Is particularly Hue between the
factors, or II tx buyers from thcnulls and
the hard headed peasantry hi charge of
their cart loadj uf flax
Scores of factors will make their
appearance, surround the cuts, handle
the silken "stone" bundles as though It
were a pity to bring such stud to the
attention of men whoie time was val
uable, and condescendingly clap n coun
terfoil prfco and order lor payment on
their respective houses In the sellers'
hands, as If n disagreeable charily had
been performed, whereupon the sellers
toss them back disdainfully or light their
pipes wllli them In fine scorn I hen tho
factors disappear Hut that Is not the
last of them. Ono by one or In little
groups they return These stubborn
people must be somehow saved from
their fatal Ignorance Then follow pro
testation and rejoinder, blarney and
blackguarding, as silvery and fine as
ever human cars overheard. It is of no
avail Away they all contain ' Ihe
b,cs ' calmly resume their pipes nnd
their ' gotthcrlng ' with the old women
and young. Tho next aviault by these
sleek and rudd Ilelfitt factors, who are
undoubtedly the canniest buyers in the
world, is on the confidential line. It Is
gelling late in the day They come in
droves With military precision tho
sellers arc herded In squids Palaver,
concession, sacrifice and deference (for
price plunder anil division are nlrcady
un) Icldingly ngrecd upon) effect pur
chases with marvelous rapidity, and In
half an hour the entire great market is
completely cleared of llax tho sime,
old games having been played In pre
cis' ly the same manner for tho past
hundred years
In the average village market along
towards noon billing is likely to begin
In wlial might seem to a stranger as an
alarming not The b g trailers will
make aii onslaught upon a wilting sub
ject. Ilravely he appirenlly resists thetr
efforts to bully ur deceive him If b)
main strength he is liken from among
his firiends they will rally and set upon
Ihe triders nnd rescue him borne
rough tussling may follow, but nobody
Is alarmed nt this It is n way they hive
of impinging upon formalit). The Ice
once broken, buying begins in earnest,
and higher and higher rise shrill voices,
often aided In pitch nnd Intensity by
John llatleycorn, who Is ever the real
master of ceremonies here, until one
would think murder must follow the
excited dickering) Hovers thrash the
air with their wnlps, and pour fearful
otjurgailons on the pour animals and
their owners, while the tatter aided by
valiant wives pav back the fierce
blackguarding with rich Interest, Ihe
' lucky pennj," which goes with each
single beast or group of nnhnals sold Is
shrieked over as though it were the
value nil the market holds Ilibcl has
begun The lesser sellers cruwd
around and "rise their voices ' lugu
briously I very person has drunk
cnuujh to be interested In every per
son s affairs
bales arc now rapidly made, "dinting
the bastes ' sold, ur luhblng mud on
their haunches to so distinguish them,
nnd driving Ihcm Irom the (-rounds
ere lies constant commotion, cart loads
of pigs are dumped, amid deafening
porkers' shrieks, Irom the farmers' earn
into carts cf the buicri whose donkevs
nre pounded and rushed through the
crowds vociferously, an escaping hog
diivcs through the forest of legs madly,
ollen giving oh' ladies and young en
forced aerial experiences amid shouts of
laughter, the hurdy gurdies blare,
candy sellers roar, pipers odd to the
universal din, the young people crowd
the dincing spaces and licit the turf or
improvised floors amid whoops nnd
yells.
the emlro place until the evening
comes is n wild conglomerate of com
million courtship, laughter, yelling an I
tilde but j,ood nalured injo) mcnl, w hlch
for unrestrained heirtiness and unquali
fied decency is something delicious and
wonderful to behold Irish literature is
full uf the Irish shclclegh and broken
heads It Is untrue of these people ns I
Inveseen them, for at over 150 fairs and
m uket day scenes I have visited, I
never yet saw a human being lurmcd
save by whtskc) , and Ihat Is Hie "heart
some sthroke ' no true born son of I rin
ever feared
Edgar i Wakkiivn
DIM STOIKIIOMI LETrElt.
The IVnplt's ICIktil ig IIJnrnsrni If
peal to the Democracy or Sweden.
Stockholm, April , 1891 The
People's Ulksdag or Parliament, which
recently convened nt Stockholm,
Sweden, was one of considerable Im
portance, and may bo said to fairly
inaugurate an agitation of much moment
to the People of Sweden, and Indirectly
also bearing upon her relations to
jooooo men of Sweden
-. .lsooqc of whom already vole the
Parliament met for the express purpose
of voicing a demand for universal
suffrage
The Parliament was n representative
bojy representing most fully those
numerous classes of llicbwedis'i people
now left without a voice In the govern,
ment of the country. Tint Its deliber
ations where dignified nnd worthy of
the occasion is hardly necessar) to ray
Tho well known conservatism of the
Swedes would vuuch for that.
In spite ul all this, however, the Pen
I le's Parliament was treated by the
government and the authorities as It
had been a mob.
The premier, walled upon by n limited
number ol members delegated for tint
purpose to nsk if lie would receive 11
deputation, curtly replied that he knew
no representatives of the bivcdlsh peo
ple, except those elected in accordance
with existing laws, nnd refused to hold
nny further communication with tho
Parliament.
The king, to whom thereupon nslmllar
request was prclcrrcd, also declined,
the upper house of the regular Klcksd ig
was no more to jrlcotn.t te only courtesy
extended being by inutvidual members
ol the second chamber
The Impression made upon the
peoples I'ailumnt by this treatment
may be surmised
It shows conclusively that the powers
that he, will )ield nuthliiz to the demand
for equal civil rights, nnd the first result
of this conviction was the cill for
another people's larhatncnt tlueo jcars
hence. In other words, the disfriu
chlsed people arc Just about waking up,
and front tills on stirring times liny bo
expected In Sweden
The other result Is no less sign ficanl
The Norwegian Storthing just then had
passed the order of the ell) declaring
the consular question n matter to lie
settled by Norway alone, independently
of Sweden
Ilepljlng to this byway of thanking
Notwcgian societies and political clubs
for their cxprc slons of good will
towards the Parliament, this body piss
ed n restitutio 1 authorizing Its executive
committee to call a special session
should the inter stitc conflict ' threaten
to be solved lua more or less violent
manner "
This resolution will go fir towards
strengthening Ihe hands of the Norweg
ians, hut more Interesting still Is the fact,
also expressed hi the preamble, that the
democracy of Sweden ns a political
organization wilt brook no policy
ol adventure that may endanger Its
demand for equal rights and privileges
The idyllic peace which so long has
characterised internal nlfnrs In Sweden
cvidenll) Is at the end Ihe. masses of
the Swedish people, heretofore almost
untouched b uhi)cal ngllatlom, urc
real ring their condition an 1 will soon
be in a mood lo formulate their desires
willi telling effect and in n m inner which
must command attention
H Hiornson mikes an appeal to the
democracy of Svedcn to support the
Liberals of Norway npalnst tho Conser
vatives of botli countries ' I turn to
the Swedish democracy, because that
policy which may possibly lead to war
between those who are united for the
sako ol peace is tho greatest nbomlna
lion to me I turn to the Swed s 1
democracy and nsk them if such n pos
sibility does not disgust them? I nsk
them If they do not understand that
whoever Is the victor, the democracy of
the north will be deflated? Without
support In Sweden the consctvallvis of
Sweden are a lost pari), nnd with Nor
way as the impregnable bulkwnrd of
libertys the present rulers ol bweden
can never prevail In the long lun. When
I hear members of Ihe Slurihlng speak
of the possibility or war between us
then 1 am ilumbfoiind-d ihe extra
appropriations In N ray list year in
view uf n possible attack by Sweden
nnd similar appropriations hi Sweden
followed by n repetition of tl c san
tactics this year to 1110 this Is mad es,
from the ngoul savagery When! see
Christian men threatening each uth-r
that way, 1 think tho rest of 11 1 ought tu
teach them what Christianity is "
WASHINO THC "BADV
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Its,, terrain sr,.,,lr
I lino now owiiitt mil operated con
tlnuously an Alpha Del aval No 5, coin
111011 1 j I nnwn nj ' Ilahj No i " for over
II months, mid av lieu I mi continuous!)
I mean It in the fullest nrrq (atlou o(
tho term, is never n day has elapsed
stnrlDr; llio tisllra iwrlod that It has not
twice each da) separated the inllkofM
row, thus nectMltatlii two wnshliigs
each dav
As soi n ns the tcparntlnrr Is over, I
turn the fcpnrnlir bowl with n,,,
disks In n Ho 1 1 r lainll tin pnu of
cluar, w urai (in t hot) water I hare n
stout, hempen corl nliunt n )nrd lonir,
.im it through tho I llu f lUsIss, an I
the) nroslnitijlIU beads on n string
I I ave ri id) in n dish pjn, u-.nl unli for
lids 1 union-, I10III11K hot vratcr in which
la imnll nmomit uf concentrated 1,
just en ugh to cut tho ,rno nnd not
enough to corrodo the tin. Tnklnrf hot 1
if rlthircnliif thoeorJ I roll mil ngl
tito the slinks on the string Willi liny
aro tiw-iiiirfhly ilertiiicil Iv this lime
the) nre real) for thodr)ingiroeoM
1 then t d in) 1 Irro 1 1 br 10m handle,
Mwcsl Just long dioui,li to rear li iuium
tho It ji of tho ein uol to sir) them on,
lift tin ilUks frsm tho water with the
t n Is of the flrins, Initrt tlm broom ban
din nut withdraw thu string lncu tht
h in Ho rtross tho top of the drj Ing pin
nnd pour n coujlc (f qnnrts if cloar,
b lllnjr w nter ov er Ihedlsks, ixmov 0 Troi 1
Ihotopof tho pan nil t let thcin drain
and dr), an 1 wiille thcynn. dr)linfwasli
ii) liowl mid tho csntrnl cj Under rnl
u ill Hit m Wlpodry mil nq Ineo tin
disks nn I cillnler No drylnif with n
cloth liticcewuir), ns tho heat from tin
lulling viator iraunil over them dries
them thorough!), Wnsli nnl nips tho
rubber ring and screw dm 11 tho top of
tin- liowl
I'nlltiKtliorcimiTIng portions of tho
ssiurator through tho snino t roots!
lakciswnrcelynn) inom tltno tlinn lva
taken to write this Itaunt nny timo
VTOkll llll 1 1 lit 111) MliriltUf III COIH Kto
order in ID mhiutra nn I thai, too, w Ith.
out an) nn luo hrskte II) tho two s f tho
string It obviates tho necessity uf han
dling ench s'Isk or 1 lato nepnrntily 1111 1
prevents tin poMllitlt) sif gttllng tho
munis Mint ted Slneo it is Irpi ruth 0
Hint tho j Utss should (,-o into the bowl
consocutivily oreonlin r t ) tho number
IiU this 1 In of atitngtiiK irixlnlesi tho
mll lacitu sr tho numbers -Mrs Knto
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At tho I lab rditlon 11 h)drniille en
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seison t ntiuuli 0 the lrrl-atlon S) ttoins
if tho ts rrlti rym tl to nl 1 tho farmers in
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