The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-12-18
THE THREE EMBLEMs.
The Rose Of ofEngland-The Thistle Of Scot
land,and the Shamrock Of ireland.
ruE ROSE or ENe1ANn

TIE ROSE OF ENGLAND.
In the early part of the reign Of Henry
VI, about the year 1850, few noblemen
and gentlemen were discussing who was
the rightful heir to the English crown.
After time they adjourned to the Temple
Gardens, thinking they would be more free
from interruption. Scarcely, however, had
they arrived, when they saw Richard Plan.
tagenet approaching. Unwilling to con-
tinue the conversation in his presence, a
great silence ensued. lie, however, asked
them what they had been SO anxiously
talking about when he had joined them,
and whether they espoused the case of his
party, OF that of the usurper, Henry of
Lancaster, who had filed the throne. A
false and absurd politeness prevented their
making any reply, he added: "Sinoe you
are SO reluctant to tell your opinion by
words, tell mo by signs, and let him that is
an adherent to the house of York pull a
white rose as l do" Then said the Earl of
Somerset, "Let him who hates fattery,
and dares to maintain our rightful king,
even in the presence of his enemies, pull
red rose with me.o When Henry VII.
married Elizabeth Of York, the rival houses
were blended, and the rose became the
emblem of England.
THISTLE OF SCOTLAND.
In the reign of Malcolm l., in the year
1910, Scotland was invaded by the Danes,
who made descent on Aberdeenshire,
intending to take by storm Staines Castle,
fortress Of Importance. The still hour of
midnight was the time selected for COM
mencing the attack. When all was ready,
and there was reasonable hope that all
the inmates of the castle were asleep they
commenced their march. They advanced
cautiously, taking off their shoes to prevent
their footsteps being heard. They ap-
preached the lofty tower, their hearts hearts
beating in joyous anticipations of victory.
Not sound is heard from within. They
can scarcely refrain from exclamations of
delight, for they have but to swim across
the moat and place scaling ladders, and the
castle is theirs! But in another moment a
cry from themselves rouses the inmates to
sense of their danger, the guards fly to
their posts, and pursue the now trembling
Danes, who fly before them. Whence
arose this sudden change of affairs From
a very simple cause. 1t appears that the
moat, instead of being filled with water,
was in reality dried up and overgrown with
thistles, which pierced the unprotected feet
of the assailants, who tortured with pain,
forgot their cautious silence and uttered
the cry which had alarmed the sleeping
inmates of the castle.
SHAMROCK OF IRELAND.
One day St. Patrick was preaching at
Tara. He was anxious to explain the
doctrines of the Holy Trinity. The people
failed to understand and refused to believe
that there could be three persons and yet
but one God. The holy man paused a
moment, absorbed in thought, and seeing
a shamrock peeping from the green turf,
exclaimed: 'Do you not see in this simple
little wild flower how three leaves are
united to one Stalk ?" His audience under
stood without difficulty this simple .,yssett ystt
delight of St. Patrick. From that day the
shamrock became the national emblem of
Ireland