The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-03-18

Efstn
ans differ not only to the day of his birrh
says tue Lancaster Intelligencer hut also ,s
TO the place OF his nativity His bar,tism,I
name WAS Succuth. but at the time of his or,,i
/ nation by st. Germain it was changed 10 M,
gonlas and il was not until his aDpoipt mon,
by the Pope to he bslopr.c OF ireland that Io
had conferred upon him the name of Patricins
I II appears from the most authentic records that
+ Patrick was born in Wales about the Iear
/ 3t2. The book of Lecan Says his mother was
/ Frank. She was sister of St. Martin BisLon
OF Tours. Patrick, with his father mother
brother and five sisters, embarked from Wales
! Tor Brittany, probably TO avoid the dangers
ana dIstresses winch country exposed to hos
/ tile lnVasions must e,e er be in The Irish
under Mall the Grand. soon after invaded
7 brittany, ana among the number of captjves
they made, was Patrick and two of his sisters
I his Invasion of Brittany happened 4 D. 3SS
: nj which time Patrick was sixteen ,eats old
lie lived III slavery seven years and after his
redemption and return to his friends he ayerred
that III vision he saw a man coming to him
. from Ireland with letters tie Leginuipc of
which was voX Hberngen sum and That
while peruSlug 1t, lac heard the natives call 10
' him Tor instruction. From this time forward
lie determined to cOnsecrate bis life TO the
Church, aud to convert the Irish. On the
death OF Palladius, tie first bishop of Ireland
Rope CeleStine, appointed Patrick to succeed
him His missionary success was WONDERFUL
/ lie converted and baptized the Kings of Mum
q. ster, Dublin and COnnaught, while their sub
jects almost en- masse forsook the faith of the
Druids and embraced Chri, tianity, 1t is re
! corded that during his mission of siXty-OUe
years N Ireland he cousecraled three hundred
and sixty five bishops, ana ordained three
thousand priests. He made Armagh the ri
macy of all Ireland and founded IL university
/ there which was the chief of all the Christian
Semi aries on the island, wEich rank it main
I tanned .Or ceHturies-having ut one time no
less than seven thousand students. Many mir
acies are recorded as having been wrought hr
. St. Patrick, one Of the most notable being the
banisamcnt of all venomous reptiles from the
island. lie died, according to O'HaEoIau IT
+ Down, in lister, i'll the year ABB, aged about
l2O wears
In explaining the doctrine Of the Trinity to
the Irish Druids, 1T is said that he pluck cd
from the ground leaf of the shamrock and
show Ell them how the three leaves were united
and yet were but one From his day TO the
present the shamrock has been An emblem of
Irish nationality ana Christianity. The genu-
lie union of the three leaves of the shamrock,
and the Unnatural union OF Eng and, Scotland
and Ireland, are thus cOntgusted Gy a fayoriJc
IRISH bard
Tho Shamrock, the Rose and the Thistle COM
/ Have long been emblems of union eutwined;
But Oh they regard not the emerald stem,
/ W no tear 1t from earth to cntwinc il with them.
For the Rose hath its thorn and the Thistle its
While nuught the Shamrock but gemtIencss
And their touch, when they meet, darts the
venom they bear,
/ 70 the life of The shamrock, that soon withcrs
there.
( The Rose and the Thistle together may cling.
And inpart to each other their thorn ana their
But say snail the Shamrock Of Erin be found
With their porcupInc pricilcs cturn'IIy bound:
oh, no. in full freshness uusuilicd twin blow
" hen round il no Roses nor Ihistlcs shall grow.
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growth;
Then Oh. may our island refuse bloom to both
TuE Ninth TowS CoUNCIL An election
for officers OF the borough OF Ebeusburg was
held ut tie Court House on the IU.h uuy OF
March, 1893. The record states that the
following named gentlemen we're elected. a.
follows Burgess, james Murray Town
Council. James Rhey, James Murray, Isaac
! eeter, Richard Lewis, j Johnston Moore Jas
Murray, burgess, resigned Councilman
and, April - h, Rowland Humphreys was
elected in his stead. The minor officers were
High and Town Constable, Charles Litzinger;
Town Clerk Muses. Clnan; Treasurer, David
/ II. Roberts: Street Commissioner, " IN. Davis:
/ lreeC Regulators, John Williams Robert
! Young, John Lloyd; Firemen, Owen McDou-
( aid John Ivory, " IN. Nhcrry: Superintendent
OF Hay Scales, Richard Lewis. May 2Ist
ON motion, ii was resolved that committee be
appointed Ito pr cure four ladders two TO be
=
White pine timber, y Ith vel. seasUHe !whtc o K
ruugs and ell painted with thee coats OF reu
lead. At the same meeting tie Street Com
missioHcrs directed To " have cut down all
the dead trees within the bounds OF the bur-
, Ough.'' August l2Jh, it was resolved that the
( burgess be directed 10 inform DOty & Black
man ''LhdC they are required to pay TO the
/ Treasurer OF the Borough the sum of s. per
dav for each day on which they have exhibited
their hyinL il rises" SJme other unimpurtaut
business was transacted. March ii, 1884, the
ninth Town Council turned down the corner
Of page 50 of the CfliciaF record, shut up the
book and then even round the corner 10 see
4 man. "a lIeghanian.
SAD AFFAIR-The body OF Frank 3.
lse:t was found Yesterday morning, TUESDAY, 5
about O'Clock lead in las bed at his boar,-
ing house, at the residence oI Simon Brother
line. Quite quantity OF blood WAS disco cred
and the suppJsItion lhdt he had blcd to
death from a hemOTrhage of the lungs. tut on
further eA tminatiOG Il small revolver was dis
covered beneath the cover, and what appears
to be Il bullet hole about the ruIuGle OF his
forehead. His death must have been almost
. instantaneous. Mr.. IsetJ returned from visit
to Carlisle on Thursday, and has been sick and
coufned TO his room part of tie time since,
and has shown evident signs Of insanity. lie
Il young man greatly respected in this
community, and was Tor number Of wears Il
/ member of the firm of McLanahan, Stone &
Isett in the foundry and machine business
Ill was aged about 30 Years, and his parents
reside at Spruce Greek, Huntingdon county.
: His sad death cast gloom over the whole
community.
An inquest is to be h ED this morning fTues