The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-18

the green. Butte can justly beast of
the finest collection of physical hui
mainly to be found anywhere. Many
indeed We're the remarks of praise be-
slowed upon the men comprising di-
visions Nos l and , of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians. The first division
was in charge of Patrick Mitchell,
while No. was under the captaincy Of
Tim Callahan.
The procession proceeded to Center
vile, where the people of that borough
applauded the gallar;s. On up the slope
the pageant wendell its way, like an
army about to attack city beyond.
Walkerville was traversed and on DAILY
street the column Countermarched, re-
turning to Butte. The sun shone bright
ly as the uniformed men gracefully
marched down the slope towards the
awaiting thousands of friends who lined
Main street from Miners union hall to
Park street. The glistening tinsel and
polished steel, shimmcring piumage
and cleaning viscrs and trappings
flashed against the rays Of the brilliant
sun and produced a sight witnessed only
on St. Patrick days in Butte.
The column moved down Main to
Granite, east to Wyoming and down to
Park, west to the parochial school,
where brief halt was made. The
school house was beautifully decorated
with the national colprE, the trcolor
blending with beautiful harmony with
the Irish colors Draped on either side
and above the main entrance was a
prdfusion of flags Of this nation. d.
rectly beneath, entwired about the key
stone Of the grand arch was the silken
banner of Ireland cmhlazoned with the
harp. On the landing stood As little
boys and girls, repr n;ihg the states
and the Philippine. To the extreme
right and left resp ctiEely stood two
beautiful young ladies, the one on the
right representing the Goddess of Lib
erty. This was Miss IlJ Beffery, love-
" blonde. Miss Ma" Coffee, a charm
ing belle of the semi brunette type,
gracefully posed as Cho Maid Of Erin.
On the balcony OF the second floor
stood 80 little girls who, after the COM
mand to halt had been sivcn the march
ers, sang America" Then Edgar An
drieuX, 16-year-od student of the
parochial school. who will graduate
next June. stepped to the head of the
stairs leading to the main entrance and
delivered an Grafton. The young man
surprised the assembling which packed
the street for half a block. His delivery
was well nigh perfect his enunciation
and articulation clear and distinct. 1t
was altogether mastery effort for one
so young and at once stamped the boy
as an orator of high rank. He created
most favorable impression among his
hearers. He at once launched into his
subject and before he had uttered a
dozen sentences the remark, hes all
right was rapidly circulating through
the crowd. He spCke of the loyalty of
1rishmen to their country, the opp es-
sion of the race and its characteristics.
st Patrick" said he was a hero from
boyhood to the grave. He went to Ire
land to conquer it and his only weapons
were a master intellect and a shamrock,
and his battlefield was the souls of men.
Without shedding drop of blood he
finally succeeded in ringing the death
knell of paganism in Ireland. While
the early saints of England We're perse-
cuted beyond all measure of endurance
and while the sacred oaks of Germany
were Watered with the blood Of mar
tyrs, St. Patrick was welcomed in Ire
land, and being a great scholar was
a material factor in the intellectual de-
velopment of the country of his adDp-
ton, SO much so, indeed, that when
Rome was crumbling under the weight
of bigotry, Ireland was a cultured ma
ton. Washington once said that no SOL
der was more willing to carry the ae
of our country to victory than Was the