The Irish standard., 1892-12-31
West Duluth Ripples.

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West Duluth Ripples.
Special to The Irish Standard.
James Carey lies very low with COM
plication of typhoid and pneumonia.
Louis Healy is also reported sick with
typhoid fever.
Christmas was celebrated with the
usual ceremonies and with q Christmas
tree in the church in the evening for
the Sunday school children by Rev.
Father Walsh.
Div. No. 4, A. O. H., of West Duluth,
gave an open meeting and entertainment
at Hoit's hall, December 70. The Right
Rev. Bishop McGolrick, Rev. Father
Walsh, of West Duluth, Rev. Father
>Corbett, of Pro-Cathedral, and Rev.
Father Georgeyof West End, were pres
emit. Division No. /, A. O. H., of Duluth,
was present, and as many West Duluth
people as could get in the hall. MIR.
Charles Mandert. the Misses Car
roll and Bourbon as we'll as Mrs. Tena B.
Ryan deserves much credit for the COM
petent way in which they performed
their part IN the singing. The recita-
tions by Harry Carroll and Mrs Tena B.
Ryan could not be excelled. After being
introduced to the audience by President
c. M. Murphy, Rt. Rev. Bishop McGol-
rick spoke at some length on what the
A. O. Fl, must and must not be. Among
other things he said the time had come
when it was necessary for all classes of
men to form societies to better their con-
dition in the world, and the A. O. FL. as
such was society organized to assist
each other through life, in sickness and
distress, and to aid and console the be-
reft ones in cases of death. with as
much secrecy connected with the society
as is necessary to guard against impost-
ors. That they must be of Irish descent
or Irish. themselves, that they must be
CATHOLICS not only in theory but in prac-
tice, and that they must be men who
will not frequent saloons, or be seen
drunk on the streets, or in any way bring
ing dishonor on themselves or anyone
else. That they existed by and with the
consent of the Church, and when they,
as body, did anything not in accord
ance with the spirit Of the Church, that
day would mark their destruction. That
they must be good and faithful citizens
of the state and that they, as citizens of
this republic, need not feel any obliga-
tions to anyone for the blessings of free
dom they possess, from the fact that
their forefathors spilled their blood and
did more to establish this republic than
any other nationality on the face of the
earth. That they we're not men banded
together and sworn to cast their votes
against certain gentleman because he
was not a Catholic or because he be-
longed TO any other religion. That they
were not men to invite some outcast
Protestant preacher to come in their
midst to ridicule or blackguard his
church and that they were not men to
stand on street corners and order their
brethren not to deal in certain store
because the merchant is a Methodist,
Baptist or Presbyterian as men were
doing at present in Detroit, because GER
tain business men are Catholics.
Rev. Father Corbett responded to the
call of the chair. After deafening
applause he in few we'll chosen words
showed that the Irish were better citi-
zens than the would-be defenders OF
American institutions from over the
border, many of whom have not got out
their citizen papers.
Rev. Father George responded in
few appropriate words as did also Presi-
dent Callahan of Division No. l and Hon.
@. p. Maginnis. C.P.
Mankato Cuttings.
Special to The Irish Standard.
Thomas Coughlan left this morning