The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-25
SENATOR soUIRE's MASCOT.
Ring Older Than st. Patrick-Alwayi
Brings Luck to the Owner.

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Brings Luck to the Owner.
Puyallup Commerce.
Notwithstanding the rush and push OF the
present age, the American people do not forget
many of the little habits OF their ancestors, and
the carrying of treasured pocket-pieces and
simple charms is still much in vogue When
such things bring the possessor good luck 1t is a
matter of congratulation, and when they don't
it is all right anyway.
During the last two senatorial elections Sena-
tor Squire has worn on one of his fingers a ring
OF very peculiar construction. 1t would be
singled out as a remarkable ring were it located
In the center township of a jewelers. tray,
among acre of political rings, or anywhere
else. 1t is a ring by itself, and no other ring
like it ever existed
And it has a history 1t 1914 it was dug up
from under the ruins of an ancient castle near
Ballinasloe, in historic Ireland. None of the
neighbors knew how old that castle was, but
tradition told that 1t existed long before the
discovery of St. Patrick.
The man who found the ring readily recog-
nized it as lucky thing, and although poor he
refused to sell it at any price, saying that its
charm would be broken the moment it was sold.
But he freely gave it to an honored neighbor,
Sir John MeCarty, who was running for a high
office, and he was elected
MeCarty gave ii to a soI, who was afterwards
noted for fighting the queens officials, and al
success to the lucky influence thrown about
him by the old ring.
When the London exposition opened, in 1857,
Mr.. Squire was governor of Washington terri
tory, and he appointed Colonel Frank J. Parker,
of the Wala Walla Statesman, to represent the
territory there. This he did very ereditably
After the fair he took trip through Ireland.
One day he went to the big human rights meet
ing in Mitchelstown, where all the home rule
men spoke for human liberty. Everybody took
along blackthorn stick to fend off the attacks
OF the hungry English sparrows when lunch
was spread in the park. Either the sparrows or
something else bearing the royal coat of arms
started a ruction, and the famous Mitchelstown
riots ensued.
As a representative of the Far West Colonel
Parker began to tell the people of their rights
and very soon the police had him singled ont as
an American who needed suppressing Then
the conflict ragged. Three British police sur
rounded Colonel Parker. But he had more than
once fought bigger Injins than them, and he
laid them all low. A large detachment started
to gather him in, but the crowd took his part,
surged around the police and beat them back
With but few shingles of his head partly
cracked Colonel Parker was elbowed of into the
crowd, strangers hat was placed upon him
and he was protected from the British bastile
staring him in the face for daring to defend him.
self against the swelled-up soldiery OF the En-
glish crown.
A. McCarty, of McCartyville, was so tiekled
over Parker's yalor that he took off the historic
ring of his ancestors, placed it on Colonel Park
er's finger, and wished him good luck forever
more. And his new brick buildings at Walla
Walla, his big ranches at Yaguina, his rich mines
in the Seven Devils, and his growing family of
six sturdy sons all show that the old ring has
showered good luck upon him. And previous
TO these two senatorial elections, Colonel Parker
has sent the ring to Senator Squire, who has
worn il, and who has no reason to grieve over
the result luck or no luck