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It is not only the centre of a rich agricultural country and the abode of an improving landlord, Sir George St. John Colthurst, of Ardrum, but the seat of an important manufacture of woollens, a rare and curious industry in Munster. The Blarney mills make a great "turn over" of tweed, and employ five hundred and fifty men, women, and girls.
Webb to give him his direct assurance in writing that nothing which fell from him was intended to apply either to Mr. Brown or his family. To W. WEBB, Esq., Ardrum. Mr. Webb was at home when the servant arrived, and, only detaining him two minutes, sent him back with the following answer: Ardrum, Monday Morning. Mr. Webb presents his compliments to Mr. Brown. Mr.
After a considerable quantity of squabbling among this family party it was at last decided that a civil note should be sent to Ardrum, in which Mr. Webb should be desired to state that he had made no allusion to Brown Hall; accordingly a servant on horseback was dispatched on the Monday morning with the following missive: Brown Hall, Sunday Evening. Mr. Brown presents his compliments to Mr.
I have a yarn or two on the subject of drink which may be appropriately related here. Old David Burus, the steward at Ardrum, County Cork, was a great character who had got inextricably confused between the Council of Trent and the Trant family in the vicinity, and no amount of explanation could ever enlighten him. Directly he had begun to be jovial, he used to say:
John Colthurst, of Ardrum, whose father laid out an immense sum in reclaiming a portion of the 25,000 acres, which bring him in about 5,000l. per annum. There are other landlords in the counties of Cork and Kerry who, like Mr. Bence Jones, have done well by their land; but there is no occasion to multiply experiences of a similar character.
This had the effect of immediately bringing him over to Brown Hall, and on the Tuesday morning he was dispatched to Ardrum, to make what arrangements he pleased with Mr. Webb. To give Major Longsword his due, Mr.
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