Show RICH RIOH IRISH BOGS Beyond Portarlington we got ot our first glimpses of tho the bo bogs s of which we wo are arc told sixth one-sixth of the tho surface of Ireland is covered cred an area of not less les than acres BO Bogs 5 are arc popularly supposed to be duo riuo to the depravity ty of 01 the tho natives who are too lazy Jazy to drain them and have allowed tho the good oo land Ian to run to waste and become covered with water ater and m rotten vegetation but this theory was effectively disposed ed of by science Jon long a ago o Everybody E should know that the bo bogs s of Ireland are arC no not only duo to tie te natural growth of s n spongy moss called sphagnum but hut are arci the tho source of the fuel supply of the people nn and have o a value much greater than that of the drier and higher land I was wag reading the other an day the report of a bo bogs boga s commission ion in which these swamps wore rore described bed as the tho true gold mines mined of Ireland and estimated cst esti estimated esti- esti mated n as infinitely more moro valuable than an inexhaustible supply of the tho precious pre cious dous metal Letter from Ireland I Chicago Record |