Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-29
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An Old At. Patriots Day-

| Inc Hrs; celebfsll)1 OF ST. Patrick's Ds7 ia
this ely. March II, 1916. was ioap urated bv
the SCHOLARS of the R:v. imes L. Hull, the
founder of what wss known then a. Hul's
Academy, which was located cn the corner OF
Caoal a1d Bourbon streets. One of the pupils
or that lnsti'ulop, our venerable and distin-
golshed fellow citizens, Gen. John L. Lewis.
has related to Us some Of toe cr.unstancrs of
thls celebration which VS. rebesrse as Interest,"
iDg and appropriate at this ii ue
ihe RsV. MIR. Hull WAS 90 lrishmsn By birth,
aoo came 10 Amerc, after the dcfea; st Vlre-
gar Hi! Of the "United Irishman." Hls
adVant 10 New Orleans was 10 1914 ,sa mem.
Der OF the stsff (chaplaiu) Of Gtu. Jackson. 10
which capacity D. &c ed duriug the memorable
| e!mpaIgu of 1874 and Is At the termination
OF the war with Great Bftsiu be settled 10 his
| CITY. ard touuded bio celebrated school, o.
the I'm OF March, 1916. the fist suuiversary
| arr to- opsnlof Of tDe schooll of ST. Pat
TICK day. his boys resolved 10 have holiday
| 10 orcer TO duly observe the ua al DAY of the
| patron Saint OF the couotry of heir loved and
Venersted tesoher. They held meetlog and
orgsnizad for tie 'urpose, appointed spokes-
man a1d 10 boy called Oh MS 4 vereDce and
demanded hold ~ ou the OCCASION. at first
prlVliege, observag hat it Hss not customary 10
NeW D lesos 30 ebrste that d.y. tha. he being
a6 L. lshman ADD new cJmer here, he pareuts
OF II pupils aud others might taks exception
10 such &C ion on his part AID that also there
WeTr ai1ea y holidays enough besi les 81. Pat.
! TICKS Day. TIE boys would not surtt nd r,
however. but a. oncJ adopted energetic mcssr
ur,s to compel the good cid gentleman to
9 naoge lis mind and yield 10 their implriuai-
tbs. Leaving bis pre- tsenca, they assembled 90
the open common on the upper side OF Canal
street. where there Wss Of that time bu' few
| scattering houses. This Common was Covered
With green clover, wi b which. in lieu of
Shamrock. "chosen leaf of taod aod ch,f,"
they ornameued their hats and persons. gath
red qusn'itles of The same aud reWsd the
Ior Of Ih' s,hoo; took d1wo bis bstoD OF
thority, which hung conveniently near his
| desk-a stiff. coed siz3d rat;an-struog Itish
potatoes and clover over it. and in body
| marched to tbs presence OF th ,ir teacher. aud
| through their leader presented him viii his
decorated &C. c.ntre, at the same time and iD the
Dame OF 81. P,trlck demanding. nulens volens,
q holiday. Inc Warm-hesrted old man, 6udlug
that there was no way OF getting out Of it, good
nsturedly exclaimed: II $50. boys. you will
| have your own way; 80 get out IF my school,
you young vagsbonds, snd may holy St. Pat
RICK take you under his charge and keep you
out of mischief" Pargon Hulps boys had
high rollckiDg and gay time on that st. Pat.
rick's day in the morning, and then and there
insugursted the celebration Of the day in New
| Orleans.
There are few Of that lively tea party in
New Orleans to-day. still alive and Kicking
| except one or two OF them, owing to gout or
| rhtu nstisn, cannot kick much. Of these there
are General J. l.. Lewis, Commodore w.
| w Hunter, Professor Alexander Dimitry. lex
Minister to Central America Messrs John U.
| Lsyiebeuve, Theodore LAWS Frederick Eu.
rive. Sheldon Cl.rk, sr., Michael Musson,
| Joseph Csvilier, LuceD Herman. (now in Cali
| fornis)-all prominent and highly respected
Citizens Two or three Of these are octogens
rlsns, and the others are verging on that green
| old sge.
Ofthose dead there are: Charles M. Conrad
| (ex-Secreiary of War. Howard Ourive James
and Tho IN IS Hesrsey, Edward Forstall, Gabriel
De Ferriet, Hi ary Bond Peter Conas Aibsrt
Hos James A. Sterrett jos M. Kennedy,
William and Peter s. 3. Duplessis, Alfred
Lewis, Charles Msa'ienier, John Cu!bsrtson,
and others whose m 's un cannot Of this time
recall.-N. O. Daily States March l6.
a BALL IN His FLESH FOR SEVENTEEN
YEARS The Richmond Wing says: "At the
battle of Whites Tavern, in 1868 Mr.. Robert
Piddy. gentleman DOW living in Manchester,
| nas ouoI W tbo ielt iek, J1st huofo tue huee'
The ball penetrated some di5taIce 10 the e esh
and has never been extracted. MIR. Pfiddy,
has since suffered very much from his wound,
and for the past three weeks has been quite 10
well Last Tuesday, while dressicg the wound,
he discovered piece OF the psntaloons. sbou.
the siz! of five ceot pisce. Which he wore dur
log the fight, inbeddsd 10 bis fash. The ball
forc ID it into the leg; after puch ci6culty the
cloth was taken OUT, and Mr.. P.iddy a. last
tcc ,uuts vas much better. L. had fresh sp
pesrsoc", and though haviog bsen imbedded 10
huuan fesn for more than seventeen years.
locked as II it had tuE recently beeu cut out Of
pslr Of new raotslooDs. Gen. j. Il C6nm-
oils sud Mr.. Pnddy ". re near each otner 10 the
fight AID were shot about the same Time. the
former being killed"
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