, 1864-03-17
ST. PATR!CK'S DAY.
History and LsbeTs Of tic Saint-Mythe-
Hon tie Eay will be Celebrated In
Chitas0.

The seventh Guth Gay Of M0fch hnR been Almoe
from time immemorial observed By the people f1rc-
land ns the day Of their patron SAINT Patrick, who
1t IL generally belicyed wns the apostle Of Christi
an1ty in Ireland, and planted the cross on it's soi
The history Of ST. Patrick and his 1.bors ere much
obscrrcl by the h1ze os tradition, which too often
froduees the man ofrea merit By the inscription to
hin Of qualities and actions which are incompat-
ble with trCe greatness, brt his generally accepted
history uav I've ekctched somewhat as follows:
st. Pattick was born-some say Of Roman pa
reinforcement tue present site Of Kipattaek KIT,
1he ancient Celtic name for cell os place. at
the mouth OF the Clyde in Scotland in the year A.
n. s7a At the age Of about sixteen he was carried
captiye to Ireland b5 baEd Of maranders, and vas
thcrc lot six months employed tending the focks
of h3s csptors the Celtic people being then IN the
the de1,the OF barbarian. At the end OF that INNS
he effected his escape and returned bone. Hefe
he began to Illuminate on the deploranle cono1uoa
of the Celte, and finally decided to devote hmeeN
N the task Of Cbristianixiug them. He was car
r5e7 off second time, and again escaped, after
having his nympathiee still more heightened by
anoiher sight Of their pagan obserEances. He en-
tered "A convent Of Augustine monks IN Scotland,
and stnd,ed there till his ordination. nc
snbseauent1y visited Gaul and Italy, and making
b1s vifbes Enowr, received from Pope Celestlne
The Hfehoutic Of Hibernia-then In pdT4ibMs tnf-
l,ezasuu-aud commission to preach the Gospel
there, He paseed over to his chosen field o! 1abor
sbont The <ear :s2. He landed among strangers
and enemies, and the rude savases treated h'tn
with every description Of insnlts pa1
nothing daunted he commenced to preacn+ ano Ms
laboss were blceecd 80 abundantly that fhe Whole
fsland was soon reecred from the darkness ol ~
rautsm he wac probably not the hrst 70 pfeaea tne
Gosne1 In Ireland bat bis influence Was saea that
he IL credited With the conversion Of the people,
He wae at last cal}ed 10 preach ee1ore ne r.
hle finrs and chiefs at Tara, and though Neil fhe
chef mouarch refused to be Influenced BY hls tcacn-
ines be baptized the kings Of Dublin ano Aensse1
nna n seven fo9S Of hs kes o. 81 Beaad ts
| Gs that be E1ed his Metropolitan See at Afma:n.
ue appointed several other Bishope with whom he
discipline in The Church. in his old age be wrote
y = ;1 which were Hahl!shed ln Lsan
9c III INC tpe age Of ct. htJ Jcight and WAS buried
| at Down, IN Ultle1. leaving Ireland chsist1anized
Many pleaeant acttous have been told concerning
preaching to the people on tho doct.lpe Of The
se p 1ss and
the earth md Immediately there sprung m the
shamrock uhree 1eaveti).a supernatural st1esta-
IL tue popular belief that the finder Of four leaved
[ shamrock is the poeseaeor OF = mario poEcr
whence the more ignorant among the peas.
u4ta9 AA*o p4A Eai4G1 60NG Aok1A 10 seek II amid
the cayes and dclle, always aucceeding abouf aa
well as did the boy who hunted for ths spot where
Tould thcre find q pot Of gold The fae, th1;
e1skes and toade are not indigenous to Ircland
hne slso been made the foundation OF story aboui
lis bothe11pe all tho yarnint, giving their nccEa
.t1ufsit.a end banishine them forever Mauy
other th}ner arc related OF him which need not IL
Ecre rcmated, they a5e chiefly yalHshle as shosint
among the lraeh people.