The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-21
ST. ANDREWS DAY TO-DAY
SHORT SKETCH OF SCOTLAND'S
 PATRON SAINT.

Dance-Program of Proceedings at War
 ner Hall.
 The old chronlcler records that in the "Zeire of God sewn thunder Lxi ye relikis of sanct Androw ye apostle com in Scotland. The relikis were in Greece and consisted of an arm bone, three of the fingers and three toes of the apos- tie which the custodian, one Regulus, was warned by vision in the night to take to a far distant island in the western sea. Regulus with some com to the unknown land. They were eX- posed to innumerable privations as they coasted along the shores of the Medl- terranean through the Straits of Gib- raltar around the coasts of Spain and France, through the English Channel into the German ocean till finally after a voyage of over two years they were wrecked on the east coast of Scotland. The vessel was dashed to pieces and it was with difficulty they saved them selves and their precious charge. When the relics arrived Angus Mac Fergus, the king (of the Picts) was sorely beset by his enemies. King Angus looms up in this misty period of Scottish history more as successful warrior than as @ churchman and we have it on the authority of Bede that he was a san guinary tyrant of the most cruel ac- tions," but nevertheless it was this same sanguinary tyrant who kindly re- ceived the wandering Regulus and did full honor to the "relikir of Sanct An drow.". Yet the story casts shadow over the purity of the kings disinter- estedness. Angus acquired and reta1n- ed the sovereignty of the Picts by the sword and his aggressiveness embroiled him in war with his neighbors, the Angles, the Britons and the Scots.
 It was while engaged in this unequal contest that the "relkis com in Scot land.2 The Pictish army surrounded by the people of almost the whole island" who gathered to destroy them was on the plain of Merse and King Angus walking with his seven "comItes' was encompassed by divine light ana a voice purporting to proceed rom St. Andrew promises him success over his enemies if he will dedicate tenth of his possessions to God and St. An drew.
 The prudent Pict evidently accepted the terms for three days, After Wards he utterly overthrow his enemies and was returning home victorious, pondering which part of his dominions to dedicate to St. Andrew when he was met at Kilbrymont by Regulus with the sacred relics and there gave the place and city to God and St. Andrew, to be the head and mother of all the churches in the kingdom of the Picts." We may take the stories of the visions for what we deem them worth but certain 1t is that sometime during his reign, 731-761, Angus MacFergus adopted An drew as the patron saint of the king dom and founded a church in honor of the relics at Kilbrymont. The name Kilbrymont gradually and utterly gave May to that of St. Andrews, but the church founded by Angus became and remained for centuries what might be called the metropolitan see of Scotland and is still represented by a venerable university,
 St. Nivian, who first introduced Christianity, has become In Scotland M yp achievements of St. Columbia are real ized only by the studous, but the ven- eraton for St. Andrew Is general and has come down to the present unim- \ paired through all the vicissitudes of T Scotlands turbulant history, and there are few days more regularly observed N by the Scot. home and abroad than # the 30th of November--St. Andrews day. The New Haven celebration is under the auspices of Clan Mcleod, # the local branch of the Order of Scot < tish clans, and will take place in the form of a concert and dance in Warner N hall tomorrow night, when the pathet- ic ballads of Scotland will be done full 4 justice to by a company of artists of q unusual merit.
 4 TOMORROW NIGHTS PROCEED St. Andrews day will be duly cele- Z brated by the Scots of New Haven at Warner hall tomorrow F'riday) night, when grand concert and ball will be given under the auspices of Clan Me- Leod No. 31, Order of Scottish Clans The proceedings will begin at o'clock
 
 gram below is enough to show that the reputation gained by the members of the clan for the high class nature of ! their entertainments in the past will be fully sustained tomorrow might Amongst the artists who will appear are Mrs. S. S. Thompson of this city, whose \ reputation alone should be sufficient to crowd Warner hall to the door. Miss 5 May Barrows, who has gained laurels for herself as mezzo soprano, will make her first appearance before New Haven audience. F. H. Whitlaw, the great Scotch comic and champion Highland dancer will also make his ! first appearance here. Messrs. Fulton and Taggart have both appeared be- fore New Haven audiences with success; both gentlemen are late principals of the famous Balmoral choir of Glasgow, Scotland. Miss Gertrude Sanford of this city, whose reputation as an ac- companist is spread far and wide, will occupy that important part of the pro- gram Immediately after the concert a dance will take place, music for which will be supplied by the Philharmonic orchestra, under the direction of MT.