Show LIKE THE OLD HOME IN ERIN wealthy pittsburg man has a fine reproduction in his yard of he the ancient family house in ireland the finest replication of an irish bouse imse in america says the pittsburg chronicle heleg aph stands in the yard ot of james R mellon corner of north negley aid a id rippey streets east end it has b en erected regardless of cost and Is an exact duplicate of the ancestral h me in ireland where judge thomas mellon now in his year was born in 1813 it Is built of I 1 i tone has small light windows is thatched the annex covered with antwerp tile we the house ie to covered with ning roses and the building is a veritable thing of beauty the home in I 1 eland stood near the banks of lough foyle at camp hill cottage lower castleton parish of Cup paugh county tyrone it was built by judge mellon s grandfather and occupied by the judge judges s father andrew mellon who came to america in 1818 landing at baltimore with hie his large fam family ily it required three weeks to cross the mo in a conestoga wagon to greenb arg squire rol e t M graham of ligo nier says that he can remember when hie relatives the mellone mellons came down the slopes of the laurel hill into the beautiful Ligon Li gonier ler valley the family came near settling at where the father had been negotiating for a farm but had decided to bur near turtle creek when james R mellon visited theold home in ireland a couple of year years ago he brought home with min the cornerstone of the old house with the letters A M and 1790 carved upon it and this stone now has a place in the house he has built lust just over the old fashioned open fireplace the andirons and some other relic relics are also from the old house in ireland it is a quaint sight and it touches sentimental chords to enter the east end house through the ancient style door the upper half opening separately to tread the stone floor see the spinning wheel in the corner of the room the old time cupboard chair and tables and crane in the wide open fireplace |