Show t ON THE SOD Two Iwo Good Stories That Came Come From i the Emerald Isle In his Reminiscences of an Irish Land iLand Land Agent the author Sam Hussey Hussey Hus- Hus f sey tells of one of the earliest private private f vate carriages used in Kerry The err vehicle in question had just been purchased purchased purchased pur- pur chased by a certain Miss Mullins who regarded it on its arrival with almost sacred awe A dance in the neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood neigh neigh- seemed an appropriate opportunity opportunity opportunity for impressing the county with her newly acquired grandeur but the night proving wet she Insisted on r to a former mode of proon pro- pro Ica ion on and rode pillion behind her I coachman The result was that she sheI I caught a violent chill chip which turned to pneumonia When her relatives were assembled round her deathbed the old lady exclaimed between her last gasps for breath Thank God I never took out the carriage that wet r night Another tale goes back to the year 1815 when Napoleon escaped from j Elba Mr Hussey says In Kerry the farmers had been an extra long longtime longtime time fattening up their pigs After the peace that followed Napoleons Napoleon's defeat and exile I 1 prices all fell and though the farmers were reluctant they had to f yield to circumstances One day the dealers were buying at extremely low rates in Tralee market when the postman postman postman post post- man brought the news news that Napoleon had bad escaped from Elba Instantly all allt t the the farmers broke off their bargains and proceeded to start homeward L' L with their swine shouting Hurrah for Boney that rose the pigs |