The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-03-31

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brought down the house. Mr.. Fitz
patrick filed the role Of the old mar
almost to perfection, and had gooc
helpmate in (Mrs. Maynard) Miss Hall
A. 7. Rock as :, scheming villain was
success Miss Liebe as country girl
and e.. u. Flynn as country boy per-
formed the love making scene as if
they had much experience, and in the
other scenes judging from the applause
came up to the expectation of the
audience. r. A. Randall made coon
.'sartin sure.' Mrs. Spencer made a
Charity Goodall in all her requirements
and made many bold adventures which
were warmly appiauded. Matt Kelly
doomed up in the role of the discarded
lover as fresh as buttercup, by saying
Il don't care lOm.' ?. Towey the
successful lover acted natural as life,
and Maggie Richardson pulled the love
strings to her beaus as aptly as an ex-
pc rienced coQnette. Messrs. Rock,
Shaughnessy, Dougherty and the musk
els cannot be given too much credit
for their share of the success. A quar-.
tette consisting of Messrs. Ryan and
Minck and Messrs, Tracy and Kirch
favored the audience with several an.
propriate and appreciated songs. The
central orchestra played many Irish
airs. The boys won reputation for
themselves for doing so we'll on suc!,
short notice. The entertainment was
grand success and all who participa.
ted in the programme feel satisfied
that st. Patrick's Day aided materially
in their success. The children of the
Sisters school celebrated Rev. Father
Cotter's names day very appropriately.
and presented ,he Rev. Father with a
purse gathered among themselves as q
token of their esteem. Messrs. Hebron,
Kelly and Spencer came from Roche,.
ter to see "Past Redemption" 1t is
rumored that Bishop Ireland has p,sr-
chased the st. Mary's Academy and is
to have it remodeled into a hospital
GEORGE FLYNN.
MANKATO.
Special to The Irisi Standard.
The ladies OF St. Johns Catholic
church provided and served a. mos sub
stantial supper at the Opera House,
after which the following programme
was rendered to the satisfaction Of q
very large audience:
Oyerture.".........,.. Gernanis Band
Sole Sj;;' Wien Birds in Dreaoalanq .>
;:: va s$;
s ssitafon Se s old, I'D Story Ha2!s {sse
sStPo2!;' Fl Sss " ppe aa
5olo-;M Iis5s n, Mnlligan's Home n. p.om,> ;,
Potpeurri OF American aud Gel
tic airs .....,..,.............. Gernania Band
Mrs. Frank Root and Professor
Jaclic presided at the piano, aud to
them much credit is due for the SUCCESS
Of the concert.
GREEN ISLE, MUM.
Special to the Irish Standard.
The e.. q. IL. organization crowned
Itself with glory ON st. Parricks Day
aid evening, 10y the becoming manner
in which it managed the celebration OF
that great event in Green Isle. In the
first place Providence seemed to assist
us, as it is seldom we have as good
roads and lire weather this season of
the year. Scarcely had the day dawnt d
when from cast and west aud north ard
south coult! be seen crowds coming,
zach person wearing the honored sham
rock or some other taken OF their an
cestral home upon their breast.
Mass was celebrated at 8 a. N. by
Rev Father Hand, and was atten del
by the A. Q. H., who marched in d
body from the hall to the Church. At
ter Mass they again formed line aud
through the principal streets
Of the town. AS this was the first time
the order had appeared III their Hlher.
MAN suits, many were The compliments
they received. Dinner Was served Ill
hall, after which our orators,
consisting OF some Of the most talented
and eloquent speakers i'll. SiDley county,
namely: Jas. Kane, County euperin-
dent of schools; H. j. Brown, OF the
frm Of Brown Il Flynn, and last, but
not least, Peter A. Cossroye, held the
crowd almost sppllbound By their elo
quence for more than two hours, after
which horse racing and all sorts Of
amusement were INDUCED in all the
afternoon. At S p. NJ. our musical en-
tertsinment commenced and lasted un
til III o'clock, when an elegant supper
was served to hundreds Of people. The
society is truly grateful to the young
ladies who SO faithfully assisted us in
our labors throughout The 4. O. III.
Of Green Isle will not soon forget them
for the helping hand 30 heartily ex
tended to us. We also desire to extend
our thanks to the public for their libar-