Show MINSTRELS HUMOR witty of nn an Irk lorian who neier ith at lady the minstrels of ireland are not ill gone from the highways and bawal of erin sas in exchange the mournful harp and pipe may have given ghen way to the breezy banjo and crooning violin but the songs which these accompany are the songs of ire land still down by the r t en ell clad dagh wharves of old galway town I 1 came upon a rapt audience aud audi lenci enc says a ell known tra traveler eler enthralled by the dulcet notes of tim III ennan the w wandering an minstrel of tipperary one of the swee tet 1 singers I 1 ever eer heard and one who would mould hive been great were it not for his love lose of the andt lii in it as they aptly term the v a qt of ireland mountain de dew I 1 had bad se re tim many times before in ireland air 0 ir tram trappings pings had bro brought ight us into the ime sime s relations of artist ind responsive auditor so many times that as its ho he tipped me a comforting wink wini of recount tion I 1 noticed that his violin had bad been replaced by the temp temporary ortry though emple makeshift of a banjo wrought from the head of an ancient irish churn in the pause fol following loIng his ballad I 1 felt emboldened to tosa tosi him back hie his wink with mith the queri quer and tim m wb b dian t you bring tho th 4 hurn with its heid filth yer hon or he replied in 1 i I flash and with a winsome smile holding the churn head banjo aloft alo so all could see faith gneier I 1 never argue wid wit a lady an ver er honor a boul boull I 1 irish woman stud at a the other in 11 |