The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-15
FATHER MATTHEW.

FATHER MATTHEW.
Tenth Annual Anniversary Last Night
Addresses by Bishop Ireland, Dillon
O'Brien, Father Stanley and Otner.--
Good Work of the Organization.
Daily Globe 18th.
The tenth annual entertainment of the
Father Matthew Temperance society was giyc,s
last evening at Pfeifer's Hall, large audience.
being present.
The hall was tastefully festooned with Rass
and bunting, and the really excellent nm
gramme OF the evening was executed in a man
ner that could not help but please the most fas-
tldlcus. the only conceivable drawback being
the limited seating capacity of the hall which
was altogether too small for the immense unrn
Der in attendance.
The exercises of the evening were opened by
Mr.. James Dillon, who congratulated the So
clety upon the Large number present, following
when the cathedral choir rendered one of their
lnlmltable choruses, which was received with
fattering applause
Bishop Ireland was then introduced. anG.
commenced his address by saying that the pres
Gnu was an occasion on which he could feel
thoroughly at home. IL did him good to glance
over the many familiar faces in the hall and,
observe thereon the indications of total absti-
nence.
Those present had been called to celebrate
the tenth anniversary of the society's foundar
tlon. The present epoch in the history of the
soci . might be called the tin wedding period
Az the end OF the next decade would be the
silver wedding period, and in looking forward
10 Inc long years of the future he could i'm
aglne the celebration of the golden wedding
PERIOD OF It's existence, time without nnmber,
Inc local history OF the society, from its in
cepIion to the present time. was briefly out
inca by the reverend speaker, who said that
from paltry membership of seven the socie4v
had been multiplied until there was 100 hranei,,
societies throughout the different parishes Of
The amount of good accom- plished during
the past ten years by the society WEE
almost uncomfortable. The total abztf-
nence movement had resulted in the
prevention Of hundreds of crime.-
Its admirable mission had gladdened the bearss
OF score upon score of families, whose fathers
and sons would have otherwise gone down 10
dlgraceful and ignomiuous graves. There vs-r,.
few moments Of which the speaker was Justly
proud or, and none We're regarded as being more
sacred than the hour when the society first came
into existence. The curse of internperancf.
could only be abated by example. Preaching
and teaching were Of no avail and. the mar
who relied iupon such devises for iha
eradication would only be scoffed at for hia
pains.
1t was only by large battalions pour; ng upo1s
the enemy that victory could be attained -
Ihe same was also true of societies. The emer--
gency that would be insuperabie to one man,
was accomplished with ease by the united eff
forts of many.
The society wanted the active assis lance of
every man, woman and child in St. Paul. This
city was the heart of the entire movem ent. and
Gne success OF the cause throughout the diocese
depended largely upon the impetus Civ en- it In.
st. Paul.
Miss Minnie Monahan was called upon for a
song to which she responed by singing Ely
Machree," the artistic rendering Of which Was
delight.
Mr.. Dillon OBrien then arose and said rrs=s.
In looking over the past ten years he had much
to regret. Father Ireland had compared the.
anniversary OF the society to tin wedding.
but ne wanted to remind his reverence togetE-
er Win those present. that among the origina,
tors OF the movement there were no tinlserss-
The speaker said that ten years ago be was;
afraid to let an Irishman have horse 500
buggy for the reason that there were three pos
s,bllltles always Staring him in the face viz
the possibility of drunk, the possibility OF r
race. and the possibility of a smash-up re
was happy to say that at present the facts WERE
Tar different. and he could safely say that TIC
| percentage or Irish saloon-keepers and drink
ers In st. Paul was lower than in any other c;tf
| An acquaintance of the speaker had sail, y7hsE,
| speaking about temperance few days since,
! that he could either take drink or lesFe-
| it alone. He had conjured that man for sE.e
love OF God to let it alone. In his early voEsss
| he had had an ambition for the pomp and esIr-
cumstance OF war-minus the danger bnt he
would assure those present that to com rat sbee
hosts OF lntemperarce required as much couy-
age as to enter a battle. The speaker then ze-
viewed the history of the society," the entire
address being lnterspersed with character g,sis
anecdotes. which were productive OF intense
merriment.
After more music c. B. STANLEY responded
to an invitation to speak by saying that al
though he was not fortunate in being one of
the immortal nine who originated the society,
he was happy to be able to say that in reeent
years he had not been altogether Indifferent to
the progress and welfare of its weil-be;ng. He
thought the limited number of Irish saloon.
keepers in this town was due to this society.
Capt. M. J. OConnor was called upon for an
address, and expressed his pleasure and appve-
citation of the high character of the eI1tersaizs-
ment that had been afforded to all in attend
ance.
Music and an address by Father Gallagher
followed. and the Rev. Father Shaulev made
the concluding remarks.
The reverend gentleman said that be ex-
perienced great pleasure, and he hoped par
donable pride, in being able to appear before
such a magnificent organization, particularly
as he came before them in the capacity of their
spiritual director. The society which the
church fostered would resist the Vaccinations
of the arch 6end himself. The reverend speak,
er concluded his eloquent remarks by extend.
ing an invitation to all who desired
to join the movement to manifest 4heir.
intention by standing up whereupss, sic en-
tire assembly rose to their feet and auGiiJy
subscribed to the pledge. The exercises were,
concluded with song by the cathedral choir.
following which the audience was dismissed.