The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-04-29

U1dNO6TS5 journal gives the origin Oh
the national emblems as follows:
THE ROSE OF ENGLAND.
In the early part of the reign of Henry
VI, about the year 1850, few noblemen
and gentlemen were discussing who was
the rightful' heir to the English crown.
After time they adjourned to the Tenn
pie Gardens, thinking they would be
more free from interruption Scarcely
however, had they entered, when they
perceived Richard Plantagent approach
ing. Unwilling to continue the converse
ton in his preseneea great silence ensued
He, however, asked them what they had
been SO anxiously talking when he Joined
them, and whether they espoused the
cause. of his party or that of the usurper,
Henry Lancaster, who chad filed the
throne "A false and absurd politeness
prevented their making any reply. -
"Since you are SO reluctant to tell your
opinion by words, tell me by signs, and
let him who is an adherent of the house
of York pull white rose, as / do" 't
Then said the Earl Of Somerset:
Let him who hates f1attery, and dares
to maintain our rightful king in the pres
ence of his enemies, pull red rose with
me-" "a o. 2i]H3Tas to raag9#,e
When Henry VII. married Elizabeth OF
York, the rival houses were blended, and
the rose became the emblem OF England.
~ THISTLE OF SCOTLAND. ~ lisl.
In the reign of Malcolm l., in the year
1910, Scotland was invaded by the Danes,
who made a descent upon Aberdeenshire,
intending totake by storm Staines Castle,
fortress of importance The still hour
of midnight was selected as the time for
commencing the attack. When all was
ready, and there was a reasonable hope
that the inmates of the castle were asleep,
they commenced their march. They adj
vanced cautiously, taking off their shoes
to prevent their footsteps being heard.
They approached the lofty tower, their
hearts beating in Joyous anticipation Of
victory. Not a sound is heard Within.
They can scarcely refrain from exclama-
tions of delight, for they had but to swim
across the moat and place scaling ladders,
land the castle is theirs! But in another
moment a cry from themselves rouses the
inmates to q sense Of their danger, the
guards fly to their posts and pursde the
now trembling Danes, who fly before
them. Whence arose this sudden change
of affairs? From very simple cause It
appears. that the meat instead OF being
| filled with water, was in reality dried up
and overgrown with thistles, which pierre
ed the unprotected feet Of the assailants,
who, stirred with pain, forgot their eau
ti6us silence, and uttered the cry which
had aroused the sleeping inmates Of the
castle. g .i..'A' ""3
E,i'z SHAMROCK OF IRELAND.
One day st. Patrick was preaching at
Tara. He was anxious to explain the doc
trine of the Holy Trinity. The people
failed to understand and refused to be-
lieve that there could be three persons
and yet but one God. The holy man
paused a moment, absorbed in thought,
and seeing a shamrock peeping through
the green turf, exclaimed:
-" Do you not see IN this simple little
wild flower, how three leaves are united
into one stalk p a'.I
His audience understood without dill
Guilty this simple yet striking illustration,
4 to the inexpressible delight Of ST. Patrick.
From that day the shamrock became the
national emblem Of Ireland.