Deseret Evening News | 1906-10-22 | Page 4 | Irish in America

IRISH rn IN I Philadelphia No pate page In history reveals a 3 ion 11 as that of oC the tho Irish to The figures are astonishing From 1140 to 1860 not fewer than Ihan IrIsh Immigrants crossed the ocean to settle In n the United from Cram IStO to 1580 all an addition 10 made a afresh fresh treah tart start In life lite In the great lIe over oer the seas and from 1880 to the tho present time another 1000 was lR added to our popUlation S 1180 1160 the hat has been bren a decade The U 12 agrIcultural state by Ohio Indians Michi I wan an Illinois Iowa Minnesota Kansa Nebraska North orth and nd South erie fourth ot of the Ot Of tIm tho ron rOl lion settled tn in the tho north slates but are on but this tendency to crowd into Ino the tho towns disappears when the oro nrc agricultural ns a I is shown by the large larA vor 50 f those thoe wh 1111 have tak taken n to farming In III the tho 1 Z cultural abOve mentioned It Is Ii only because the bulk ot of the Irish In America ar not In the midst ot of farm Corm log Ing district lint ther are le less iJ an agri people thAn the tho oilier grant added dd d to the p pul ion They hone foun flun 1 nn an cuU outlet t for their wonderfulLy adaptive nature naturu have allowed thorn tn t up upon upon on the tho ot of tho lie JI among whom they were thrown