THE COUNTY SYSTEM.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXI, Issue 3186, 31 October 1878, Page 4

THE COUNTY SYSTEM.

[to the editor.] < : Siß,— Walking to-day along the road in the outskirts of this little township, I . came, upon the enclosed production very much soiled and crimpled, and having a ' strong' odour of tobacco. Being a total '.. ..stranger here, I am not acquainted with ; 7 pf, the; persons named, and, as all ..-.•; my, inquiries have, failed to discover the ; ■r<-,-v owner of the letter, I have been at a loss what to do with it. Laboring hard to decipher the contents (which you will agree with me is no easy task), I have come to' the conclusion that the matter of it has reference more to the public than private affairs, and have therefore Bent it to you; ' ; ; lam, &c, J.B.P. Kumata, October 24, 1878. J),,i '.. ,'V. : Nehon Creek 2 Oat. 1878. for Misther M. Reilly, Koomarra ■ '.'.• -.■: myDear mike ■'■■■ . : i was' ayer. at the' tirrace. biyant the aveniii^ before - lasht, & i met wid your ould mate-phi}., he tills me You were clane Duffered buti at the koomarra, & that you had; a /mind, ; to. lave for Millborne. i ; Hope.yez' wont go just yet but come up' herej& ; have;a- look Round a 'shpill. ■ the coasht-is'gitten awful bad thatßsartin, & hadlwenot hid' a kounty counsel ay the tK6 right sbrt ! ay mm its my belief ahape ay us wud' be 'shtarving at this minnit. meself '"& some,' others from the ould sad have this JashV' winter had some purty ai'sy 1 yti\\ pade, jabs from the Council.' gad.,bliss thim';' ■ Kounty counsils -is the bisht c shtyle ay govirrmint that. ha 9 yet been invinted far new Zayland & we war extramely firtunate in gettin in dacent mm at the lasht elickshun. the mosht bar avthd money thejr have ' spint has found ■Y'y its *way : ' into the pockets ay oursilves & Bedad the way it is done is f ushtret. take c'< onatice.av! the specifications aw works for n;. oWhich. tenders is called all is unsartinty > y --• ■ sd^tnutih; bein' lift to vthe aption' ay the * i! 'V 6vkrsair~a mahafther our ownkind— that ?■'•' others "aro cpmplately'shcarred S& pre!>l "'vlht'ed 1 from tmdeifing f& thin we ay it all our own way. ' Do :ybu mind nbw---ifc is ' not now amy more— -"no ierish nade aplie" but . none but lerish nade aplie." let us shtick, together; Mike &plase gad we will yet have a shmallßepu blick ay pur :own/an ; the'wisht Coasht'wid the hanarabel v Misther Shayhan,as hid, cinter. but shtay, i hear that gintleman praiches new dacthrin.for.catholicß— he says that all the ' 7 ~ slitorys ay our rangs ih the ould country handed down from father to sun and carefully nursed & pfapagated by the sl f.j clargy :for many generations shud all he 7=Vt:fprgotten : in-this new, land. & that -all mm *r, tXLoms&tex ay .what nashon or crade shud i r Ji joinhandsdn fellowship '..,'& live in paceij& -ij^harmdny. havingalobk ii-.■ «7 &v gjoba since but purty ' soon af ther i ' Had ay me own that showed wk m& it" tiud riot be piitihtb practice ;it was this way— a few avus boys had- niit at'the township '&' had a few nabblers & were trating" piiriilves 'to r ,a little, divarshon. what wid the company the musick & the whishkyri.filt so jpHy ]& at 'pace wid aIF mm so says i tp>.tjbje Boy. who. squazing musick out ay a; fiddle in the corner »rrah now mate can yez play-boyn Water. Yes says he its mesilf thait can do that same thin says i play it aisy til i see How i can shtand' it.' <he shtarted ■ but purty" soon my failings gat top 1 shtrOng intirely so i sung but' shtap^! shtap !or i}l brake tbe bloady fiddle, ' but what i intended to shtate was th'ait' you'mucht nawt an awny account think' of laying, before the elichshon but' come up ..here &, we'll make a shtrang effort to, put in bur pain, if we^ sniksade what good things , are in shtore for us w.e can only gess ,by w.hat we have already gat; . j to , tell-/ yez - even a few of thim good thing 6 that shave ; fallen to this dißhtrict wud' surprise &plaseyer: there was a swate thousand or bo to protict the Canvint grounds / at ,; the Ahowra but. shtrange that in shpite ay the goodness ay the' object the praists blissin & the bisht of . Enginairrie shkill the work wint down the rivir & but to say Wid the ; fusht flood, in a second, atimp they sncksaided in, giving it a better hould .& have made a jab that , is a credit to all con--sarned. thin ;there is the ohlises that have privately been got from the .County plum pudding a goodminny ay the numbers'thiinsilvs have "shared farly in the shpoil. -the chairman for his sarvicea. gets a good round sum & all the mimbers are will paid far there. attindan'ce besides their chance,, ,' Drinrian ' here has/got his f arram. dhrained jn ' fusht class shtyle all; widbui cashtinghim a pint & i im tould his rpad, con tract is "'paying him will, he gets hapes ay extras building i, culver ts..& bridges &, if/they, dont pay ; '|,;will sure it,is his own fait as he, is sartinly his own bass. Bin Gaff is doing , will to he . :ygat:his proteckshpn for the firry renewed •i; &the Council pramisedhim compensashon ' ( - • whinhe lasht 'the traffick; ■ You may have ' V seen' in a"', paper i : pbshted to yez a mane ' ■ ' '■ Bh'J ; iritect rashcal her e .blackgardin Bin for ••■ ft, CHsirgitfg. ; for' 7a ! corpse 'ffi ' funeral ' procißshori prbcayb.ing'.tp the symitri. Bin is no bad/sart, ',,& he does I 'not charge ' all corpses ,& procisshons that crash the firry,.for i, have followed siviral miself which passed free, but thin they beianged to the thrue faith. ... in. shart .. the Cpunsel has .been a complate God-sind to us poor shtarving devils hera. af ther what i've said; if yez- are still abshtinate and will go, plaße to call wid my respicts pn ( Pat Hogan, shpencer shtrate, aposite '"the shtashon. Pat & mesilf were ould schoolmates at warn ay the bisht , ackadamys in lerland; kept by Misther dapjel, Q'halioran in the swate little town j-j ay! Bally .bungoli Co tipperary that land , .\avßaints &rskalarß! patrriots & hairos. : /jfrom!yours Mosht sinsairly y..,:, • , .•;.'•' ' :[: yJj"' l '. ! ; : R.:,'M.- o'Dowd.