The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-17
ST. PATRECks DAY.
The 1903 Anniversary.

Inc IOO3 n u nfEershry.
1t has been the hayward destiny ofthe
Irish people, that want and oppression
IN Ireland, should have forced thousands
of them to seek in foreign lands the homes
and freedom which misfortune and
tyranny had denied them in their own,
until to-day there is not land, savage
or civilized, but offers shelter
20 one or more of Erin's
sons. But wherever they may have gone
and whatever fortune is theirs, they have
carried with them and fostcrcd with
jealous care, deep, INDUCING love for
the land of their birth, for that old home
whose green mountains and moss covered
hills, whose bright, laughing rivers and
storied lakes have ever been dearcr far
than the brightest scenes elsewhere and
now there is scarce a habltsbe spot on
the globe where some lrishman does not
throw up his hat to-day and salute the
glorious memory of st. Patrick, the apoS-
tie and evangelizer of his nation.
There is, therefore, in the celebration
of St. Patrick'S Day, universally, such
as is possessed by no other holiday on
earth. and there is about it q certain char
acteristic such as is not perCeivable in
the feast days of any other clime IN the
world. 1t is feast which from the
strong religious feelings of the Irish race,
blends in beautiful harmony, the ele-
ments of sacred and civil observances; it
is both religious and national holiday,
vet without any of the dualism which such
apparent incongruity might be supposed
to create. To any who are acquainted with
the life of st. Patrick it is easy to recon-
ellie the seeming discordancc of his feast
for if he was the Apostle of Ireland, he
was likewise its teacher; if he converted
the Irish from paganism, he brought
them also to civilization, and if he i'm
planted within them the seeds of Christi
anity so deep that centuries Of persecu-
ton could not uprOOt them. He also
planted so well the germ of enlightment
and science that for ages the scholars o.
the world came to Ireland to be taught.
PARADE TO-DAY.
The anniversary will be celebrated in
Wheeling this year by the usual PARADE
address, &c. The following societies will
participate:
St. Patrick's Society, of Wheeling, Jno.
Nolan, Head Marshal; Ancient Order of
Hibernlans, lst division Of Wheeling, T.
Larkin, Head Marshal, NJ. j. OKane,
John Farrell and Lawrence Clarke, AS
sistant Marshals; Cd division, from Ben
wood, John Healey, Head Marshal; Sd
division, Andrew King Head Marshal;
st. Johns Society, of .Bellaire, and st.
Johns Society of Bcnwood. Following
these the Holy Angels Sodality, consist
ing of $50 or 200 boys will be marshaled
by Charles Miller, assisted by John
Myles and Michael Tracy.
The procession will form in front OF the
Catholic Institute Hall, on 18th street, at
| o'clock this afternoon, and from there
will proceed up Fourteenth street to the
Cathedral, thence to Twelfth street, down
Twelfth to Market, up Market to Fifth
street, down Fifth to Main, up Main to
the hospital, then down Main to Twenty
fourth street, thence to Market Should
the weather prove fair and the streets
good for marching, the column will con-
tinue down Market to the lower end of
the city, if not, they will return to lnsti-
tute Hall and disperse.