The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-21
ST. PATR1cK,s Day.
How the Occasion was Celebrated in
Fremont-Grand Banquet at Fre-
mont Opera Hall-Music, Speech
es, &c.

The celebration in memory of Irelands's
Patron Saint, at Fremont Opera Hall, on
Monday evening, under the nuspicies of ST.
Anne's Church, was an affair which did credit
to those who, after a lapse of fifteen centuries,
keep alive and green the memory of Ireland's
Apostle, by the recurrence of these annual
festivals. The elaborate programme prepared
for the evening exercises was carried out with
out the interference of any incident to mar
the enjoyment of those present. In the body
of the hall five long tables were arranged at
which three hundred persons could sit at a
time, while on the large stage two other
tables were arranged for speakers and others
participating in the exercises of the occasion.
The tables presented an inviting appearance
with their load of good things to please the
taste, while the abundance showed that gener-
Gus ladies had anticipated the crowd that the
occasion would call together. Among the
representatives of various Catholic Churches
were Rev. Father Bauer of this city, Rev
Father Carroll of Cleveland, Rev. Father
Haley of NorWalk, Rev. Father Mcmahon of
Alliance, Rev. Father Litters of Grsensburg
and Rev Father O'CaIlaghan Of St. Anne's
Church OF this city At eight o'clock nearly
six hundred people had assembled in tho hall
when supper was announced. The hour and
half spent at supper was enlivened with Vo-
cal and instrumental music under the direc-
ton of Miss Carroll, who presided at the piano.
At fifteen minutes to ten, supper being over,
Rev. Father O'Callaghan stepped to the front
Of the stage and addressed word of well
como TO those present, after which he an
nounced the first toast of the evening.
The day we celebrate. May its annual re-
turn ever find the children Of st. Patrick true
to the gospel he preached.
Responded to by Rev. Father Haley OF
NOrwalk, who answered by saying that it was
not his purpose to detain them with lengthy
discourse. Tho festival of Ireland's Patron
Saint suggested to his mind the question,
How comes it to pass that nation oppressed
beneath a CALLING yoke for cantries, suffer-
ing successive prosecutions, whose rights for
centuries have not been recognized, has made
history equal to that of any nation on earth,
has maintained its individuality and been true
to its religious frithP Why has not England
been able to unite Ireland with herself2 1t
has been tried but failed. Some say the Irish
as class are stubborn in their opinions and
obstinate in their relations with other nation
alities This is not true of them more than
of other people. Every loyal man will be true
to his country and defend her name and his
own convictions. The Irish do not more than
this. The speaker then dwelt at some length
on the two essential principles which exist in
man. The natural and supernatural. Man
must live in God and not IN himself clone, and
said that Ireland had been true to her relig-
ious faith, had preserved her individuality
through all these CENTRES Of persecution and
oppression, because Of the devotion of her peo-
pie to the supernatural principle of life. In
conclusion, he said, England will not last for
ever Her power shall one day be broken
and her heel removed from the neck of Ire
land. Night, which for SO long has settled
over this oppressed country, will not always
remain The time will come in history when
she shall burst her fetters, when light shall
beam upon her and dispel the clouds, and she
shall again be what she once was, The island
of saint and scholars, and the home of apros-
peEOus and happy people.
Second Toast. The United States of Amer
icl. The home Of the oppressed of all ma
tions. Answered by song, "My Country tits
of Thee" by class
Third Toast Ireland, My the sun of lib-
erty eTer shine upon her beautiful face. An
swered by song, beautiful IslO Of the Sea-"
by Miss Carroll.
Fourth Toast Pope Plus the Ninth. His
name shall yet emblazOn history as being
among The nobIest of Pontiffs aud the meek
est Of men.
Response by Rev. Father Carroll of cleve-
land, who was warmly greeted on coming for
ward, and in beginning expressed his pleasure
at meeting his friends on this suspicious dcca-
sion, and congratulated them on the sumptu-
ous feast which they had prepared and the
grand success which crowned tho pleasant
event Ho then referred to tho peculiar ap-
prOpriateness of tho sentiment just offered in
memory of the head, being assembled as they
were to celebrate the memory of the Saint.
And he felt that the toast was not offered
simply because of its appropriateness, but that
Erin's sons might keep alive these sacred
memories and preserve unimpaired these