Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-19
"THE WEARING or THE GREEN
Picnic Of the Hibsrnian Mutual Benefit
Society.

The Hibernian Mutual Benefit Society
sterday enjoyed what seems &c be the
passion of the season. picnic-st %
Park. They were Joined on the occasion
by their countrymen and women TO an
extent that made the uninitated stare TO
think there were so many natives of the
Emerald Isle in Shelby county. It is not
too much 20 say that our Irish fellow citi-
zens acquitted themselves handsomely,
and that in every respect they were the
equals of all others who have this year
given picnics. Their personnel bespoke
the green isle, and in all their movements
they were characterized by the bonhom-
mie and spirit that is the prominent trait
Of their race.
THE PROCESSION.
The line formed at the corner Of Adams
and Main, as follows:
i. SOdality Band Tin summer uniform
black coat, white pants and Panama hatsl.
2. Emmett Guards with green banner,
on which was inscribed, "Who fears to
speak of '98?' 1--WE hail the and of our
birth, and protect that of our adoption" ~
3. Triumphal ear, drawn by six horses.
This was the grand center Of attraction,
mt the admiring gaze of the thousands
who lined the streets to see the process
sion pass. It consisted of a platform some
twenty feet in diameter, built upon the
body Of a large band wagon. This plat
form was surrounded by three others,
rising in pyramidal form, each tier some
four feet less in diameter than the one on
which it rested, thus affOrding three rows
| of seats, two feet wide, sixteen, twelve and
eight feet in diameter. The whole was
surmounted by a canopy, or pavilion. The
base and risers were draped in alternate
bands, white and green, and over the can
opy red, white, blue and green were most
/ arffGffna7nu aud faafafulfu fnfErf uvinad
The whole was profusely festOOned with
flowers and evergreens. n Id the cam
Opy sat the Maid of Erin Miss Jennie
Bolandl, and the Goddess of Liberty Miss
Mary Ellen Horan). The former was at
tired in An elegant green dress, lOoped up
over a red underskirt, trimmed with
green. Her hair was loose, and her brOws
we're crowned with a wreath of ivy. She
occupied the front of the pavilion, and
before her TODD a harp of the most beau
tifuI and costly workmanship, upon
which her hands rested as If about tC
strike it." as OF yore the maids Of Erin
oft were wont to do" The Goddess Of
Liberty sat back to back with the Maid OF
Erin, her face turned toward the rear
Of the line. She was dressed in a trailing
white dress, trimmed with golden fringes.
On her mead was the sua tiara, n she
bore on her LETT arm a q. $. shield, with
the usual stars and stripes. In her right
hand was a bunch of flowers, and a sash
of red, white and blue ribbon passed I'VE
her right shoulder and was gathered in
knot on her LETT side.
Around these were seated in three tiers
thirty-two little misses, representing the
thirty-two counties of Ireland. Their
names are as follows: Misses Margaret
Downey, Hettie Hanson, S. A. Smith, NJ,
X. Daneri, Lizzie Ray, Annie Martin, Bar
bara Ray, Katie Martin, Maggie Carker,
Ellen Burns. Letitia Whelan, Mary Fitz-
patrick, Kate Nelson, Katie Kelley,
Annie League, B. Turner, Hanley, Fer
ran, Kennedy, Corbett, Cunningham
Corbit, Brannon, Sullivan, O,DonneIl,
/ HallOran. Meehan, Chambers, O'HallOran-
Breen, Griffin, Murphy and Ferran.
Jaunting car, with the officers of the
Rbernians, etc.
-. H~ibernians, some fifty in number,
Hheaded by the United States flag and
their own banner tan eagle bearing in its
claws a harp, over a sheet Of water; II
the foreground a dogs head. The legend
is, " Your cause is ours, for we have
adopted yours The body of the banner
is OF white satin, about five feet by six II
size.)
6. Carriages trimmed with evergreens,
bearing young ladies', and Others.
Z. Citizens generally.
THE LINE OF
was up Adams to Second, up Second t.
Jackson, down Jackson to Main, dowr
Main TO Beale, up Beale TO DeSeto, down
DeSotO to Vance, out Vance to
THE PARK.
On arriving on the grounds the frs
thing to do, of course, was to take a rest
which was much needed, not only
by those who marched out, but by those
who rode, for the road is long n dusty
and the heal of the sun almost lntolera
bic.
When sufficiently recuperated, after
the band had played a lively air as a pre-
Jude, the audience arranged themselves
in the arena, and the Maid of Erin, tuning
her harp, sang with a sweet voice that
exquisite ballad of Ton Moore
THE harp that once thro' Tara's halls"
After the music had died away the God
dess of Liberty, approaching the Maid o
Erin, addressed her thus:
"Maid of Erin, hall 1 rejoice that thOI
art still so beautiful despite the thraldon
of centuries and the exile of thy kindred
From beyond the waters of the broad At.
lantic thou art welcome. Long have
been absent from the shores of your beau
tifuI land, and the sacred fires on thu
affairs of Liberty lave nowhere beer
lighted there, save in the deep glens, darl
caves, or out on the lonely plains undei
cover of night. But call forth the splen
dor of thy queenly beauty, for the dawI
of Erin's freedom already glimmers OF
the far horizon. The day star of Erin'i
liberty is breaking through the darkness
and the sunrise of a glorious destiny viii
soon light up the fair hills of your nov
gloOm-encircled country. The n o
thy mournfully silent harp shall awake
and resound through the fairest land OF
earth, once more rich, prosperous a.
free. Then, my sister, shall the Goddess
Of Liberty have her throne on the match
less domains of the Maid of Erin" Zap
plause.l
The Maid thus addressed replied to tn
Goddess in the following words:
"Au hail, bright goddess! 1 accept thy
words as a happy omen. Often nave
gaZed long and a~nxiOusly through tn
thick gloom that for ages has enshroudel
Erin, to see a rift in the clouds away II
the far horizon, but, except a struggling
beam that died away as soon as IL ap
peared. there was no sign of morning
Our beautiful valleys have been desc
lated, and the very rivers have run rec
with the life-blOod of patriots; but tn
fires of liberty have never been %quenchei
in the brave hearts of noble Erin, ant
to-day they burn fiercer and brighte
than ever. Soon, o, goddess, | expect q
see the mystic s~unburst, that beams OF
bDb UhlIbIS u NY tOunbAJ8 AAoO ui
grandly and proudly on the green hill
and beauteOus wales of NV island home
The sadness of my fair maidens shal
then vanish, the tears of the past shal
Weld a rich harvest of rare jewels, ant
the fair brOws of my maidens b grow
more beautiful than ever. Already tn
sound of the coming jubilee rises through
the wailiDg of my agOnized land, and
though now stepped in ten-fold darkness
the end of its misery is near. Whel
smiling on the brow of the waters, tn
matchl5ss isle is bathed in the sunrise o
freedom, shining in all the beauties o
fair morning, then shall the Goddess o
Liberty nave a home there, uudisputeI
and undisturbed forever"
After these pleasant little ceremonies
the company dispersed themselves arounI
the Park, the band struck up, and dancinI
became the order of the day. 1t was con
tinued until late in the evening, whel
everybody returned home, tired, but de
lighted with the pleasures of the day.
May the Hibernians nave many a simi
lar delightful reunion, and may b So
ciety ever flourish like a green bay tree.
THE skeleton corset, FOR summer wear
Something new at SEESSEL'S.
THAT fine residence property at the col
ner of Manassas street and Bass avenue
three squares south ofthe terminus of tn
Poplar street railroad, is to be sold thi
afternoon at four o'clock, upon the prem
ises, at public saleA by Messrs. Roystel
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