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Show j BUTTE, MONT. j Sev eVal interesting addresses were delivered at the regular monthly meeting meet-ing of the Gaelic league of Butte Tuesday Tues-day night. President J. P. Moriarty spoke at length iii Gaelic and English of the great work done by the Gaelic league in Ireland and America. Rev. Father O'Kennedy, chaplain of the league, also spoke in Gaelic. He referred to the attitude of some of the Irish colleges regarding Gaelic. Songs were sung by John Sullivan, whiT"rendered one of O'Reilly's famous compositions, and Peter Monahan, who sang in Gaelic. Mary Murphy, Maggie McCarthy,' Katie Murphy and Dora Barry danced the four-hand reel, and afterward sang in Gaelic. "The Harp That Once." Several violin selections were played by Miss Mabel Layden, accompanied ac-companied by Miss Margaret Layden. Songs were rendered by John Jfc McCarthy Mc-Carthy and Con Sullivan. Othe"rs who participated in the program pro-gram were: Miss Holland, song; Mrs. James Cronin, song; M. Sullivan, recitation; reci-tation; Mike Kelly, song; Tlex Mc-Mahon, Mc-Mahon, recitation; Thomas Cronin and Mrs. James Cronin, jig and reel; Kathleen Kath-leen Cronin, song; J. J. McCarthy, violin vio-lin selections. An Interesting and important meeting meet-ing was held by St. Joseph's Literary society Tuesday night, a feature of the session being the election of officers. Those chosen were: President, R. P. Kelly; vice president, Larry Duggan; secretary, M. A. Egan; treasurer, A. D. Kimball; spiritual director, Rev. Father Leitham. The new president was presented pre-sented by the retiring president. P. J. Gilligan, and Mr. Kelly accepted the office with a well-worded address. The annual report of the president was read, showing the society to be in excellent condition both financially and as regards membership. The appointment .of the various standing committees will be an order of business at the next meeting. |