Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-07-05
PeaSe and Potatoes"
"SiN Boyle" Talks INTERESTINGLY
on That Topic at Olga
Convention,
MAKE A DESIRABLE DISH
He Enew,nes The Lily and the
Shamrock in q Wreath of
Goodfellowship.
MAKE A DESIRABLE DISH

M ttss|aeat, Rswasad ClerHy, Ladies
and GeaSiemeN;--
Until this momen, I have never
attempted to address apublio assem-,
bly,. That l should tremhlc in aris.
ing before you is only natural when
we consider the influential, intelli.
gent sea of faces which greets my
eye NJ l look about on this occasion.
Aud rs this is my maiden effort to
exercise my tongue in public you
being Intelligent must also be so
generous aud charitable that you will
overlook the many faults of expires.
sion which my very meagre cduca-
tioais incapable guarding against.
l have not words adequate to express
the honor which feel has been con.
ferred upon mo by your worthy
president, Father Pouliot, in his ask.
ing me to address the French. Cana
dian convention. On his notifying
me of his good intentions in this
particular our reverend friend gave
me to understand that l should con-
Rne my remarks solely to "pease"
and "potatoes," and endcavor to
prove beyond question that these
products of vegetation "can make u
very desirable dish in this country"
Thus my Scotch, Dutch, Norsk and
other friends will not oonstruo my
words as meaning that the French
and Irish arc tho axis round which
tho earth rotatos. And if l boast
that l am native of tho United
States all of you may claim citizen
ship here just the same, while you
who first saw tho light of day in
other lands may crow over us, say.
ing that you entered this country
with clothes on your backs. The
great majority Of you are wholly
unacquainted with ME. l am the
enlargement of n "kid" who was
born at Crown Point, New York,
one day in my early childhood;
Therefore in the legal phrascology
of this county I may be called q
natural born citizen" Two years
after my birth another "potato
grinder joined theO'Reilly firm and
the fifth parental smile illumined
my papa's countenance when my be-
loved mother honsrod him with IN
introduction to my brother Luke.
Now Luke was destined to be a far
seeing, adventurous lad and when
only two months old, without ask
ing advice of his older brother Bill,
he induced our parents TO break
camp and cross the Canadian border.
The family motto was, "L'Union
Fait la Force" for when Luke said:
E'Forward, march" our respected
father and mother obeyed and all
the little Paddles followed in the
rear. Whether our trip to the land
of the Canucks was made u la Coxcy
or not / cannot distinctly remember.
But that ] have spent many happy
years among the frogs and mosqui-
toes, oats, pea vines, potato blossoms
and maple leaves is still clear in my
mind. Az my father put down his
stake in the county Of GIengarry on
the north bank Of the noble river st.
Lawrence, he turned to the right
and left to behold the yellow flowers
Of the tubcr mingled with the varic-
gated petals Of the pea vine, both
side by side with the stalwart oat
plant and all procIaimipg to man.
kind the fertility OF the soil and the
hospitality Of the people in the local.
jty which father chose as a bcftting
place to bring up his children in the
way they ought to go. ! have lived
with French Canadians in Canada
for twenty,onc years, nine years OF
which their children were my play
mates at school. As ! take retro.
,pectiyc glance at early life among