The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-16


his bondage. and commenced to preach the
Gospel TO the unregenerate Irish. In .he fourth
obstructed in his Christianizlns iabors MOI
only by the Unborn obstinscy OF the peopje
opposition OF the priests Of the old praIse
ical sups psrstition. These Druids, being min.
lsters OF Ialse faith, necessarily dealt i'm
magic mystery, and mirscles; and they direoted
tnelr nominations against the bishop with 40
a, much =, zeal al and success that he was forced TO
resort 70 the same manner OF warfare, Bshop
Patrick therefore cursed the fertile lands of his
ssnt,sgonists. s,g and they became barren; he cursed
tnelr teem1ng rivers, and the Dish deserted than,.
ne cursed the pots in which they concocted
their witchipg broth, and thenceforth boiling
was impossible In them; and at last, having
exhausted both patience and charity, he cursed
the very Druids themselves, when the earth
Having disposed OF his Druidioal ad dversarIes
IN this summary way. the bishop was careful
TO retain his reputation for miracle. working
by performing frequent wonders
Thus, happening with his followers one cold
morning to oe in a mountainous locality. with
out fire wherewith TO warm his lin,bS ana
COOK DIS breakfast the good bishop collected a
. ,Hnneo Inem into q blaze. A neat way of get
But the greatest achievement OF RIahon
lauIcK IN tDe miraculous way was his famous
crusade against the snakes and other venom.
Gus reptiles which at that time Infested tue
dunn, upon which he thumped away with smoh
hearty zeal that reptiles of all kinds and siz zss
rusheu irantically into the sea. But before ne
nsd entirely driven out these pests bv an nm
fortunate @ stroke hole was made in the instru-
,.',epo " anu Ills TASK WOuiu nave been INCOMPLETE
ns1 mao. not an angel opportunely appeared aud
nIeseryad sSeu ~ p6e dsrm patch and all, was long
Denlverer l OF Ireland from the pestilence OF
snakes snakes While engaged In this laudable un.
dsrtaklng g 1t Is said that Bishop Patrick
cnelbe mOnstrous serpent in the Lough Dill
Veen, one OF the seven lakes of the Gaultie
mountains; bidding him there rem ain Til
the neighborhood, the serpent still Continues in
bondage at the bottom Of the lake, but every
nonusy Wlthout fail he lifts up his voice and
says, TITS long Monday PatrfckU
Bisnop Patrick continued his labors for the
with tneeess 81 iTeand ae fora Long time and
l7sh Of March a: p les being then in the % one eae
place Of his burial is involved in quite as much
ob1s,curtty 1,ct as that of his birth. It is gene.
DownpatricK, and that side by side with his
remains are those of 81. Bridget and Saint
family residing in the ' neigSbornooa es @ a%0te of
Belfast have had in their possession
evidently Of great o's antiSuity embossed wbSS AND
is enclosed the jaw.bone of the Bishop Not
many years ago there were five teeth attached
given to members Of the family who were
about emigrstiDg to this country. while
leprth was deposited under the altar OF the
ChaSc>ll nf Derriaghy, on the occasion OF its re.
building not long soc The fifth tooth still
remains attached to the jaw. bone. Ilis relic
certain Kinds Of Sickness hess pfV, Of oounteractiss
the wicked conjurings OF witches, and averting
formerly called into:reauisiiion when % M; person
accused of q crime wished to establish his limo.
cepee: the people beliyirg that declaration
had placed his right hand upon the relic, would
reno er him liable to the most frightful torture,
as combined punishment for his guilt and
sacriege.
To. morrow being the 18th OF March, It will
pc observed by our fellow-citizens of Irish
birth and descent ia q manner becoming the
anniversary of the death of Irelands patron
saint: Solemn Pontih al Mass will be sung in
late pastor OF that congregation. Rt. Rev. Bishop
OHsra; OF scranton. The panegyric of the
Charleston, S, 6. In the evening. The Rev Dr.
O'Connor, formerly Bishop of Pittsburg, leo
lures l st TS Concert rto Hall; subject. "sogssrth
the benefit Of the House of the Good shepherd
The annual banquet of the Hibernia Society
will take place at the Continental Hotel, and
the Celtic Association will honor the day az
their rooms at Gartland's Hall.
ahers Y be coSh a aRs s
under the auspices OF the Fenian brotherhood.
The citing is expected to be the largest ever
able speak ers will address the meeting.
There has long been current apreteuded be-
| of March was q wonder not to be Thought of
| Whether the decentralization of the elements
to the fact @ that the ghost Of the gsod bshop
| who departed this life so many years ago is on
that day in the habit Of revisiting this mum.
| dane sphere, or whether 1t is caused by the In
| fernai rejoicIpgs of the Druids snakes, and
| toads which he SO remorselessly exercised
| white in the flesh, we are not at present in.
| formed.
| Judging from the heavens this morning and
basing our prediction upon the direction Of the
wind we would say, however, to our great sor-
! row. that to morrow will, in all probability, be
On exception 10 the rule But then, you know,
| the exception proves the rule, 30 that though II
| be clear Tomorrow we can still believe and
| confidently believe, that all st. Patrick's Days
hereafter WILL be rainy. SO mote 1t be!
DIED OF HYDRoPHoBIA.-Mr. Meyer Brell,
| residing on Franklin street, above Spring Gar
| den street, was bit in the hand by q pet dog
| aboet four weeks ago No attention was paid
| to the circumstance, and about week since
| Mr.. Brell was attacked with evident symptoms
| of hydrophobia. ConvulSion after CONFUSION
but their efforts to save life were hopeless, and
at seven O'Clock last evening Mr.. Brell expired.
| Deceased carried on business at the southwest
| corner of Ninth and Market streets.
FUGITIVE FROM JusTIoE.-Chauncey Stout
| Hare streets by Sergeant Atkinson. upon the
| charge of being O fugitive from Justice. De-
| fend8nt and two companions were taken into
| custody, a few days since, on the line OF Lne
| Reading Railroad, for breaFing into baggage
| cars and stealing property therefrom. The
pris oners, while being estorted to the lookup,
| broke away from the officers and escaped.
| Stout was seen yesterday and arrested as above
| stated. He was committed by Alderman Fan
| coast.
CouNTERFEITING TRADE MARKs.-The ooun-
| terfelting of trad marks is becoming regular
busines ss In this country, and unless the evil is
| soon check ed, serious Will be the consequences
| Recently counterfeiters have turned their at
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