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Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5198, 14 September 1885, Page 2

Here is Archbishop Croke's description of his countrymen :—" O'Connell used to say of the Irish people that they were the finest peasantry in the world. He meant physically speaking, aDd he was right. Bat I go a step further, and I say that they are the most faithful, the most grateful, the moit gentle, the most generous, the most hospitable and pious people in the world. Englishmen are brave and resolute ; Scotchmen selfish, calculating, and cute; Frenchmen gay end gallant; Italians lively and artistic; Germans i thoughtful, strong, and sulky; Spaniards proud, and perhaps pedantic;, but Irish* men hare some of the best qualities of all these nationalities—they are brave, humorous, intelligent, fond of fun and friendship, and I might add, of a reason* able share of fight -grave and gay, as need may be, and withal supremely religious." An impossible feat for a female pedestrian is to walk 10Q0 miles in 1000 hours past IQOQ millinery establishments dis» playing the latest style of bats and bonoets,