| Show ST PATRICK S DAY today is the of ireland and our friends almost to aan m ore are recognizing it in one way or at ai other not only they but many who are not irish and not even descendants of the irish are lending somewhat of a helping hand band in order that the measure of respect which the day calls for arm fr va the sons none of erin may not be curtailed many are the green ribbons and artificial shamrocks sham rocks to be seen been upon the streets and elsewhere and many are the expressions of loyalty to the land in which the man in honor bonor of whose memory it to is all ail done acquired his bis eminence patricius birthplace is a matt matter erot ot i some controversy one thing has been settled for some time however and that is that he was not a native irish man at all but a native scotchman with perhaps irish antecedents the authorities with substantial unanimity agree that he be was born in the year A 0 his young life was an eventful and stormy one but finally he be decided upon entering the missionary field selecting ireland as the scene ot of his labors he had previously visited france then gaul and italy and prepared himself mentally and spiritually for his work eventually be ing ordained a bishop of the cath lio IIo church inSco in bootland Boo cland civilization was at a very low ebb in both ireland and england at the time pen jaen were little it if any better than savages many of them living nomadically and ant dressing in skins akim so it may readily be understood that bishop patricius Patrio ius had abundant material of the toughest charac character teron on which to exercise his genial power he began in and his efforts were instantly and constantly successful be paused not in his career until the entire population POP of the island were convert ed to christianity tradition credit shim with having on this day of the month and several years after the time lost last above named taken up his crosier and waving it over land the banished every venomous creature from ireland he is credited with having written the book of confession at a very old age but this to is not well authenticated st patrick as the name has been modernized to died about as nearly as can be determined having lived not far from ninety two years his life was an upright moral und and gentle one and for it alone apart from the extraordinary tra ordinary achievement attributed to him his name is entitled to the respect it receives |
