The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-03-22
THE CELEBRA. ION.
The irish People OF Morris. with Friends
and NeiRhbors. do honor 10
the Memory OF


AS Clty HOlSu AOl tuC JOY oVShOSH
of all the various grand celebrations
had within its boundaries. for the ar
dor of it's people in dong honor to all
to whom honor is due, for the public
spirit and zeal of its citizens in carry
ing to complete success whatever is
undertaken by them, the Hibernian
portion of Morris population, with
the assistance and cooperation of the
citizens generally, succeeded admira.
bly, in doing credit to the enviable
reputation Of this village in their eel.
ebration of st. Patricks Day. In was
an entire and unqualified success
throughout. The weather was agree
able and everything passed off pleas.
antly.
Among't the neighbors who took part
in the celebration were parties from
Clontarf. Benson and large delega-
ton of citizens from Hancock, who
arrived on the afternoon train, re.
turning to their respective homes at
midnight.
The proceedings were opened by
the celebration of high mass at As
sumption church at o'clock u. III.
at IL CLOCK an elaborate dinner, got
ten up by the members of the parish
under the auspices Of the /. A. Socl-
ety,was given at Agency hall and was
partaken of by at least three hun
dred people. Immediately after din
nera
PROGRAM OF TOASTS
was carried out. The toast ''St. Pat
rick" was responded to by Mr.. VIM.
Logue in neat and well wvrded ten
minutes talk. "The Country Editor
was the subject of An interesting
discourse by Mr.. E. w. Randall.
Mr.. S a. Flaherty responded to the
toast, "America" in d short, appro-
pirate and eloquent speech. TIE
toasts were concluded with Il well re.
ceived and instructive response to
"The A.O.H"by Mr.. Geo. NJ .Giltinan.
These were followed by an able tenn.
perance lecture by J. F. Mcclure, of
st. Paul. And the forcible eloquence
with which he dealt with the evil of
intemperance, this necessity of total
abstinence if we would be safe from
the dangers of the FLOWING bowl"
flor, argued Mr.. Mcguire, there is no
safe landing between the Lwo) made a
strong impression Oh the minds of
his hearers and made. Il few converts
to the cause. A ladies temperance
society Of over thirty members was
organized and thu pledge was admin
istered to few young men. Mr..
Mcclure showed himself to be master
of the subject,an IN the course of his
remarks the members of the w. c..
T. U. were complimented highly for
their good in the temperance cause.
Rev. Father Gaskell followed Mr.. Nc
CURE in few we'll chosen and time
ly remarks on the same subject. AZ
ter the speeches the crowd dispersed
for a couple of hours and supper was
then served at the hall. In the
evening the
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE COMPANY
appeared at Court house hall in "True
IRISH Hearts, under the auspices of
the A. O. H. OF all the splendid en-
tertainments already given in Morris
by the company they were at their
best in this. Every part was per-
fectly rendered. New and appro.
pirate scenery was In use. which
with the rich, gaudy costumes of the
company could not but have pleas.
ing effect on the immensely large
audience that witnessed the play.
Besides the regular program, in line
with the homogeneous we'll known
disposition to do every thing possible
to please, Mr.. Keene gave the audi.
ence treat in a few pieces, suited to
the occasion. in which he showed ex.
cellent ability as an elocutionist.
Miss Ada Howard, who is a beautiful
singer, entertained the audience with
few choice Irish national songs, and
was received with many rounds OF
applause. But to intimate that any
part was particularly we'll received
would be erroneous for the entertain
ment, in all its parts, was loudly anG
heartily applauded.
Overton Fife and Drum Corps fur
nished the music during the day, and
Watzke's Orchestra for the evening