ANECDOTES OF THE LATE LORD LETTRIM.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 53, 5 October 1878, Page 3

ANECDOTES OF THE LATE LORD LETTRIM.

*~ Poor Lord Lcitrim! with nil the hatred entertained for him by his tenantry, he was occasionally and erratically generous. Many people think that the servant who came up too lute was "conveniently behind." There are present in my mind two anecdotes which speak of arbitrary tyranny of his nature. On one occasion, when then; was a severe frost, a fine piece of water in tin; grounds was invaded hy a host of his tenantry, who i..! to.slidi.ix •"'" skating galore. ' That evening a party of servants were dispatched with [iic!cs to break up the ico, but the frost was too severe for any impression to be mode on the skatinggroiuid without great trouble ; however, not to be done, my lord had several cartloads of gravel sprinkled on the surface, and the discomfiture of- the tenants was c uuplet". <hi a second occasion, when :■' '■'.■ perver.- :lv hot ami a - e.i! bough! came upon the land, there ■ i turf avai all e, •■'■: :e]it on a largo bog in tii!' Lcitrim estate, and, to prevent the tenants from utilising it, it was all cut up and spoiled. 1 doubt much it' tie rewardof C 10,000,50 munificently ottered bv th- present Karl, will k-ad to* the discovery of the scoundrels who slew the old patrician in the autumu <■( his lit-. But it is to be hoped that the efforts of the police may he successful.—The World T!:i- i> perfectly true al>out the late Lord Luitrim. One of his tenants, a fc>cutehumn, spent a deal of time and m iney draining and hedging his holding. His landlord happened to pa*s by one day. and immediately turned in on the land when he saw the improvements. "Had you my orders for doing this?'' "No, my lord.'" - Very well. " This is Saturday. If you have not got these drains tilled up and those hedges pulled down on Monday, out you go." Not a very long, but a very pithy conversation. The man was in despairand went for advice to the priest. " All right, rav bov," said his reverence ; " I'll make it all right for sou, I'll go bail. Come to mass tomorrow and see what I'll do for you.'' A very short service was the result, and then the priest led the way to the Scotchman's holding, followed by the wholo congregation armed with picks, spades, ; and shovels ; and, by Monday morning, not a vestige remained of the improvements. When Lord Leitrim arrived ho was utterly amazed, but not more amazed than delighted. His whim was an expensive one, for he paid out of his own pocket to have every single thing remade ' which had by his orders been demolished. —Truth.