Show r 2 MINSTRELS HUMOR witty answer of an who never mover argued with a bady the minstrels of ireland are not all gone gOnO from the highways sad and byways of etin erin says an exchange the mournful harp and plaintive pipe may have given way to the breezy banjo and crooning violin but the songs which these accompany y are the songs of ireland still down by the rotten clad dagh wharves of old galway town I 1 came upon a rapt audience says a well known traveler enthralled by the dulcet notes of tim brennan Bren pan the wandering minstrel of tipperary one of the sweetest singers I 1 ever heard and oue one who would have been great were it not for his love of the cinder in it as they aptly term the west of ireland mountain dew I 1 had seen tim many times before in ireland our trappings tram pings bad brought us into the same relations of artist and responsive auditor so co many times that as he tipped me a comforting wink of recognition I 1 noticed that his violin had been replaced by the temporary though ample musical makeshift of a banjo wrought from the head of an ancient irish churn in the pause following his ballad I 1 felt emboldened to toss togs him back his wink with the query and tim why you bring the churn chum with its head bead faith yer ter honor he replied in a flash and with a winsome smile holding the churn head bead banjo aloft so all could see faith I 1 never argue wid a lady sn an yer honor a bould irish wooman stud at its ita other ind indr |