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Show ?r 'cATiiomo aui'EBS'm'ibx; ;Tk. following 'dialogue' Is'ono ol it T seric wTiidi Unjaulhor hus kept for ma yeaW.ti it spetimen of the prevailing-;d prevailing-;d pcrstftfotis in some of tlie "old countrie c, T!k iitjnut Working 'mimclrf, seeing ;d sion.o, hstjng convcre"'with thti .Kpii '0 worlds beirig' .tithed, Vcueratiiig the hct e of the church; not to mention tho tnn ig mcty-of mitres, gowns, surplices; litargi bcadr, crupirixc,'8anlnl, Imtr-ropo bau lc saekeloth, candles, and cowls; which tn to nuke np u man-made system of r 31 tjiou;-aml yon will not wohdcr'at-1 e" rude, unlettered superstition of ihc I lowing marvelous category, which fH!-' e eels Baron Muiichnnsen and Dotl Qntxoti us - Did yon ever hear of Saint Patrh re Jaekr "Never." Ton my $dnl, if li" I-knows what to make Of yens. You do "jevcn know your own countrymen.' I troth, I m'ld'iit wonder at your ignorat 'i of hcdtchly things; Had 1 knoWn' l ; j before, I wnUld'nt - have been nftir Jpc! ,rjitig my prcelons breath t.iching yens tho gredt rclwIiiQii. Whrt man, Sai i Patrick Wai the buly good mn, so ,r Teddy MHcshanc, your heathenish' cou.nl i8 ' conltl over boast of; nn' ho too wa$ T" Irishmnli by his mother's side ot the hon iej.'Whydtd they leave S;othuiiir' Wli ,e i becnuio Saint Patrick nnd Trddy song " by miracles and. prayers to taehfc them t . true religion, the barbarians limited tin n." out of their own country, when they fl rj for refuge to Ireland "How did tt i? get nway;. when every persou was ngaii J them, did you say?" , By a miracle, to aJ, suret Thvy sailed oyer fhe Hea, on I rt j back pf' grcatfw'l(alc. flAns hn'rj jslblel" Why, you ignorant, goslin; :iymi deny Wh Holy Bible! Did j l" r never read of Jonasf If you have, tli ? never contradict mc, Tfhen you knows uam speaking according to ncriptti p, ; Could' thoy nut have followed them "j ; tvater, as well as on land? "Who doy "t j mean? is it the barbarians, or tho ,li ; dovilr'that was iu themf" Now, Ja i don't be after trylug to njincar more fo st ish th&nydlt7eally pre, winch God kno d is quite enough. Vs for tho devil th c-jWejc in your countrymen, they had is' stay with them: There's another great doctrine of f it holy Trinity, which j'du hare no kuowjed, a of at all, at all, (Holy Bridget, moth re of Saint Dennis, give me putiencenud t 11 cardinal virtue, to exidain to this cv it , begotten child of darkuess, tlmtruths ai g ' mysteries of our boly religion!) T i-1 rail spiritual devils, Jack, ,never con stoDd lhe water. Dont Jou ktibw of tl jmighty dclugtfhu'iin'tv itHiWinso the g , was up other way they could bo destroys li t IIuTen't you read of the hord.of switio-:o switio-:o j bow, when tho devils were cast out.of tl s, j man, gotlutq theni and run dowQ.a grc i ItA III I'll II T"i ia ibly steep totS ino' sea,Miiid Were drowi f ni thktt. is .theFretisOir why-niio' CAti tr,- Chiroh'spfinklcs wftti holy-wkle'r, 1 '( llhg sccratedr wftter,-Jakj which the'-'di lied, does'nt like' more; tatt' they "did thft 'C Wg Ift Alio dayiofiNoai" '--"- ir. . 'jWhahai.nU JhattodowitU.sS pf PstrJc'drtljousayl? Why,nothin ic, nllj. but l,haro shown yeas how, igtio icil, yob are cousarnlog the spiritual world Idst. tlm, ylrftio of, .ffliraclcs,,and ,beknio Cad laughed about, htm sailing .over the tci ;lon rthe back of je, whale.,' But that wis mid! tiling ,td whit he,did'a J,rttandjandr rbr, tobctokeii; tli6 IruiTcf'thai'samcrnlri the Bfdn't ibtir cbtintrjmen call tlie plac (ho startcd frbmTqH(rairickf "BotUc'rn elf- to' youf.' unbelif f haven't t Mtia i njyselr,l;andf1n ith;mtwn 'bie are yci'tho mark qT iho whale's tiiif on his, point' of the'' rOcky where it pushed" il ria; off with Its prtcioos. cargo, arid si idy VightawayforDonnhadee, whlchmeaf Irislt "the. saint's lautluig-plaCo.1? mt, eeo what it is; to bo acquujlited -With1 15; gnnges, Jock., It gives, yon a mighti ing sight" thq. lrttormcanlng.'ot his itti Be(lnd,if, tho Ignorant Scotch hcull fry had ,!j;)ly kuo'wu the powers of I'al ot Teddy; ;ajtboy vulgarly calledi theu t,'j those "jdnys they, vvooldu't havoi.chi ("Of .thetn nway row a placet they rep Sr; much-.in itetd.bf.j When, Saiutl'at dq ca'mo to County Down, tho whole rp lids arinfested vrJUj vermin. "Whatsoi lJt Vpiu 'i'Xothing'bfwhatyou m md job ,lo(tsy. devd bul.tl sttrpeuts,i ber and "pwonbusreptilcs. not (ospcaj cti, mad rfogS ,drom,e'darica nnd, large be illy JemmTny .fatherj "what'n time Le ha )pe cleariug (.he country I "Hdirdid hlr dly, themawttj!j By-prayers, Ja'ck;- bj TC-i jnightjr power of faith, to bc'surer" for- i'Jnt( kt me'tdl yVu ofaUungbr'twi md donb, right whero' I lived In the dlocVsi . Cloughlercen,in thbltowtiland of Balfy ted leVi, J'fhereJatthattimcJrtasaTOad I tnr tbattore all before huh; ' "Ttia's pbtl rol- uucbninwn" for buIjsrdidyou sayf' on mab.nli you know1 ii&t a hitpertli what mod bulls' ai'tj In Ireland, along ily 'the 'Jiodrj skinny half-starved Scotch cs tie"' lI'olyTlrtdetyif '' yeas only- saW ad hofns 6f. the.'Tpirirbh'brccds, a'ti' the ion dwindled ''down to "nothing to what'l ra were once, you wouldn't mention i r. iu thfrsameduy, You spalpccii. you i fed laugh, but. their horns uro like trees rs, off In ihe.distance.. j. ion Jlut as 1 Was going Jto tvlf yeas, (I iti. waa bull run tip to tho. top of She trs Castle (which Was canted, after ,T,cdi nio and ,lept tight .Uqwji threo anartcr ' track pf Jla.fqpt ntfjnch deep on,tho Ihe of It, T(iere ngnto you're snicker Do you thinkl.ain pfur telling ycaa I icil "It looks, v,ory like ii? 'Pou.my s ch, it's astruq,as.a.nyt'iiiig pvo beei.. tel icd yeas. ',.;Al4nyX the. tirae-ljyo. walked ro ink tlut.S!rou s.tobe.pp my bare knees, d( pcuancc,' Jack; bckas,? of this virttn the stone, -and the mirncle rwrought that samu Occasion. "tCould'.thiit i away my sins?" To be'surc, It did. yens don't know what it-Is to slicrlrfcb. ' "n ileslil You' Protestants pretend !to'i my hut them's tho times yo eat most u- pntson n long face, that's; nsv"gcdd iS." plcklo to your "stonwck"st;for;'digesi Vi1 Bat tho sincere Catholic fasts in Cam fit- and wears the flesh off his bones In d( ids penance- If Salnfc" Patrick fasted nn- prayed three days and nights, with '?,' tasting ti morscl of nothing, do. yon tl ds, the patron ,snint of Ireland would' sn ke his true bclieviug 'people to foHb tli- example, and let them . twiiy, wjtli be 'granting what tho priest promised tl rol-' at confession'' '-x ."I am away Irom myibhlKslbry, am o, Well, as 1 was gojng to, tell yeas, bull was destroying all the country roi :k, an' he prayed (us I said) tlircb days I nights, that he might have power over n't bull to kill it; but it was not permit In that such n holy man should dirty ice lingers with such a tarnation Ijcast, mt hcprevallcd with a migtity,Phtistlne;(i td- came to Ireland with Lemuel O ulliycr, of great traveler, a greafmbnsteV pf an nit who could lift a church inhls twd hai Ve just ns easy as you could-'hand.Ie a bin iry of praties. Laugh away, Jacfe Bnt an tho gospel iu tradition, which "we. Cni sc. lics'b'elicvcj and wdcVcoufcWbd writ iy! betaso of unbelief In job'li'erjtics. W ;lit this Philistine met' tfie.'liull and s lie another fight never was befdrc'in the nt em of Ireland! Thu bull, in one of tils t led nljonts, caught Ttddy .Macshanc by icy slack of his brccehrs,nid tossed him at li ist as Bnllyshano castle, butMie fell ont be turf as.snsj and softly as' a jjoifed. pb'ta ho would on n ruchen of in'ofswct'd, n-j well was he sustained' by tlie prayer i do ! faith of St. Patrick. Jow, voti can ou the, virtue of penance, JJack" Ji Tei icii ! had been full of barley meal and but 1 milk, what n smash It would have madi re. Mii-t internals. "Did the Philistine Jilll on bulir Suro nu' he did that same; i on when he had dono It, he eat him std and rump, all but the bl bag, tho h :k, and the horns. But It a mig ol- great meal for him after all; for so o ws'come wus he, that he lay down on at ground, and rolled himself from Down to Armagh, o pained was ho before he 1 I relief fn his bowels. Bnt at last he he asleep and lay insensible for three wh ge days, and bis snoring, jemtoiny, 'twas I er , Loch Ncagb ii naiornil Tlie pcoplo ho thirty, miles d'htiiure couldn't get a moi il-'of rest fpr the noise be made; and wl id, wag jvorsd than that, every breath he drew into his nostras, he lucked In a chi Id tian, until Baint l'atrickbecanio so t err if lie ton accouut of the decreoso of the popu re tioo, that he turned .his prayer sgaii d? this monster of a man;, and after that I died, Teddy split his head open, nnd i lie; tho poor, creatures at liberty, who wi at all but suffocated with tln smell of fn eafceafjaajagajayajy uedf. mealt; .which they ; never, had been t Solid toracd to, without mountains of potr Con and rifers of, potccit v; Laud; " - -' .. . |