The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-03-17
81. PATRICK.

| " little learning is dangerous
thing" said somebody who doubtless
thought he knew grea, deal. But we
are not quite clear as to the entire
meaning Of this old saw although. We,
in common with The bulk of the rest OF
| mankind have hitherto, as we must
confess, accepted it as truth If, as it
might be construed to mean, il implies
the assertion that it is more dangerous
| to know lirlle than TO know nothing,
we beg leave to differ with its import.
A hasry and prejudiced Hibernian mi ght
Jump at the conclusion that ty this
about to make an attack from the rs ~
parts of 4" the wigwnm' upon Inc
celebrity whose name appears above ;
but such apprehen si0ns will he '3isSapa
ted upon parient pernsal Of what we
have to say and what we propose TO
another article which appears in this
days Appeal to illustrate the value of
a handy cvclopedia ; and by way of
being frank and candid with our
readers, we will tell them that a good
deal of the " learning" that they find
celebrating the columns of certain daily
prints is not indigenous $50 asto speak
with the editorial rnndi,s who ven'ilare
the same. These vo5'av teachers of the
public, in their zeal to impart knOwl
edge often forget to credit the hand
hooks and cyclopedias TO which they
address their researches, with the in
formation therefrom obtained and for
that reason they sometimes get the
reputation of being persons Of rar-
erudition. when. in point of fact, they
are simply industrious book crubs
proving with rapacity upon the lahors
of compilers. who, in their turn. took
The liberty of rnhbing their predecessors
il the literary line, and nppropriaring
their l-urels and lahors. But what has
all This to DO with 81. Patrick. some
body asks. Simply this, We spalpeen-
we have been reminded that this is !
% St. Patrick dav in the mornin''
and being so reminded, we propose 10 !
enlighten you all, FeniAns, Sons oil
Erin. and what-else. with regard to who |
and what the Patron Saint of Ireland |
was, Diving fearessly into the bowels |
Of our cyclopedia, and looking down
under the head OF - Pat" we come to
the following brief history:
PATRICK. Sr.-The Apostle or Patron
Saint ofIreland, is supposed by some to have
been a native of Cornwall. whose zeal |
him TO cross the Channel for the
of the pagan Irish. BY others.
however, he is said 10 have been native Of
on the CLYDE; and that his name
was Saccuthus. until changed by Pope
Others again assert. that he was
born in Brittany, and carried nv some free
1noters to Ireland where he was first employ
ID in keeping sheep. But this as it may. it
IS allowed nv all that his endeavOrs were
crowned with great success, and that he
established there a number Of schools and
Various miracl
are attributed to him. particularly the oft re-
,eated assertion Of the absence of all VEN
,m0ns reptiles from ireland. cansed bv his
lnlv beneGiction. The latter years
Vt his life were devoted to piety. and he died,
1t an advanced age, about the year 1893.
In so far as the blsggard that wrote
hat cyclopedia tries to make it appear
st. Patrick was not an Irishman a: all,
,ut a Cornishnaan or a Freedman, we
discard us statements. We prefer to
believe the good old song which begins
With
St. Patrick was gintleman.
And came from dacent people;
in Dublin-town he built church,
And on it put steeple.
Anyhow this is the day fixed upon by
;se and prudent compromise as the
univ ersary of his birth and we wish
very Others son of an Irishman all
he fun be can get ont OF it.
SUPPOSED CASE OF POISONING IN ORE
oS-The Por. land Daily Oregonian al
ldes to mysterir US case as follows: