The constant use of the word "boycott" does nol always connote an accurate appreciation Of its origin and significance.. Nor perhaps is venerally known that Captain Charles Cun-bingham Boycott, whose ordeal at the hands of the Irish Nationalists in 1880 gave rise to the word, died as recently us 1897. The agent to the Eurl of Ee, Captain Boycott was the rst victim of the campaign which was intended to rive the landlords out of Ireland and which was eventually dealt with under the Crimes Act of 3887, when the late Earl of Balfour his fern administration og Trish Secretary, earned the uncomplimentary title of "bloody." Captain Boyeolt with his wife was forced to take refuge a oft for pressure was brought to bear on servants and his neighbours to cut him off from. all amenities of life. His fences were destroyed, he was hooted and mobbed and his egy was hanged and burnt. The Government Sent a force of 000, soldiers to protect an emerency. labour corps. which gathered his crops. He weathered the storm and eventually secured another appointment as land agent in Flixton, Suffolk, to Sir Hugh Adair. In that quieter atmosphere Captain Boycott lived the life of a simple country gentleman. He was much beloved for his quiet directness and unassuming' stood. Actually anti-Semitism does not trouble
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