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AN GAODHAL.
Déiseach pays AODH BEG a nice com¬
pliment on account of his good advice
in the last issue of the Gael.
Nov 10. 1884.
Chun AOIDH BHIG.
Bo breágh liom duan eile d'fhághailt uait
féin,
Mar 'ta blasdacht ad' chaínt a's mil¬
seacht ad' mhéin;
Agus 'ta brigh agus éifeacht agus ciall,
Ann gach focal do thagann ó do béal.
Do léighas do dhán le móran saínt'
'S 'ta olla na charthanacht, go fíor, ad'
chaímt;
Sláinte chúgat agus fad air do shaoghal,
'S tabhair comhairle eile dhúinn mar
siúd 'sa nGaodhal.
DÉISEACH.
Mr. Beecher declared that 66 per cent of the ad¬
ult population of the state of New York were im¬
moral libertines. The returns show that he erred,
but we presume that he based his assertion on the
circle in which he himself moves, forgetting that a
considerable percentage of the people is composed
of that element whose morality and virtue the poet
portrays in the following song ;
"Rich and rare were the gems she wore,
And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore.
But oh! her beauty was far beyond
Her sparkling gems or snow-white wand.
"Lady ! dost thou not fear to stray,
So lone and so lovely along this bleak way?
Are Erin's sons so good or so cold
As not to be tempted by woman or gold?"
"Sir Knight ! I feel not the least alarm.
No son of Erin will offer me harm, —
For though they love woman and golden store,
Sir Knight ! they love honor and virtue more."
On she went, and her maiden smile
In safety lighted her round the Green Isle.
And blest forever is she who relied
Upon Erin's honor and Erin's pride.
We announced that all the Dollar subscribers to
the Gael would get a copy of Father Nolan's pray¬
er-book. We have ordered a copy for every such
subscriber, — and if we cannot get them we shall
send to such subscribers some other Gaelic book
of equal value, or at the option of the subscriber,
let the price stand to his credit on his subscription
to this volume. We expect the prayer books in a
few days, also, all the other books which have
been ordered.
"BOODLE."
The newspaper reader must have observed fre¬
quent use made of the word "boodle” during the
late campaign.
What is a boodle? Our idea of a “boodle" is a
cash consideration for services rendered or believed
to be rendered to a certain party. For instance,
the editor of a newspaper will declare that his op¬
posite fellow-member of the quill is receiving a
“boodle for advoting the claims of his party. The
party accused strikes back with similar weapons.
But the reader may as well understand in time that
nearly all these newspaper men get a "boodle"
from their respective parties. In the late campaign
the only daily papers in New York which did not
get a boodle are the Tribune, the Sun and the
Star.
The boodle is given in this way — The party
whose candidate a certain newspaper supports will
order so many copies at full price, and these cop¬
ies are generally distributed by mail or otherwise,
the local "workers" supplying a list of the names
of those, who, in their opinion, might be influenced
by them. Some of our correspondents say they
got the Irish World without ordering it. We have
no doubt but the Blaine Campaign Committee
bought and distributed it among the Irish voters
as the Cleveland Committee bought the Irish Am¬
erican and the United Irishman for a similar pur¬
pose, and though our friends of these papers may
not acknowledge that they got a boodle, we can as¬
sure the reader that we saw bags full of them in
the Cleveland headquarters in Jefferson Hall. But
one thing is certain : no one saw the Gael used as
a campaign document, because the presidency
could not induce it to curb the freedom of its actions
The Herald, The Times &c. at such times make a
fortune. When the reader sees a paper "standing
on the ditch" and then make a sudden plunge he
may rest assured that it has secured the “boodle.
We would direct special attention to the Record
of the Catholic Benevolent Legion, published and
edited by Counsellor J. R. Kuhn, 26 Court St.
Brooklyn. It is the organ of the Benevolent Le¬
gion, a mutual benevolent association to which ev¬
ery man with a family should attach himself.
From his precarious wages the mechanic can hard¬
ly make a provision for his family, and by paying
a little into this benevolent association while he is
in health and strength, in case of his death, he
would have secured for his family something to en¬
able them to start in the world.
Those who do not already belong to the Legion
should lose no time in communicating with Mr.
Kuhn, or the President. Counsellor John C.
McGuire.
We have quite a number of subscribers in the
vicinity of Hartford Conn., one of whom tells us that
our friend Richard D. Norris contributed in no
small degree to the success of the Democratic can¬
didate in that city. We presume our friend Nor¬
ris is satisfied.
