Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1902 — Long-Headed Pat. [ARTICLE]

Long-Headed Pat.

A returning tourist says that when In Ireland on one occasion he met an Irish drover with a number of cattle proceeding to a fair in the south, and stopped him. “Where are you going to?” he asked. “To Waterford fair, yer banner.'’ “Indeed! How much do you expect to get for your cattle?” said the inquisitive tourist. “Share, an’ av I get eight pounds the head I shall not do so badly,” replied “Ah, that’s a sample of your country,” said the visitor. “Now take these heifers to England, and you could average fourteen pounds a head.” “Just so, yer banner, an’ av yez were to take the Lakes of Killarney to purgathery yez would get a guinea a dhrop.”