The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-18
LACK OF SNAKES
TIM MORIARITY'S JNTESTIGATTONS
INTO 4 WEIGHPY SVBJECE.
Narrow Escape From Violence When He
Tried to Convince His Father That st.
Patrick Didn't Drive Them Out
Tins Excursion to Columbia College.

ove, Il, R,o,L,rr as,onisbed his po and his
nj, aud hi. ,,,., Mary Ellen ard n ,er ~
The poiybbo,s With The onnounc,men, that
4, v,. sinr o,a ,,ol,sb ,o beusv. TIM, 6, p.,,;cl
,hs r.,,on soir, ., I,s,ard had drysp sp,lss
M, ~, thu, land Old MIR Morstity. Who WAS
Il, ,,,i,ing g., , rro,..r celebration ~ G, Pat
KICKS Dav. strongly resented such here,ic,l ,sa,h-
inp Of his son. md il needed all Of The wisdom and
DIPLOMACY and sbrswd s,n,leness Of Mrs Mo
,i,r,v IN keen Ar Norisri,v fton, clicking
do vligh, ont ot rim
"rher, never WAS a hereto in Our family. IN
have Won know. vo,nr IAN " old Tim cried
II v,S sunnosAd that tbr Noriar,tys had heard
,hs las, n, the disnuts,on Of 81 Patrick and
the snake, I'm, thew hadn't II was no, long
until Mrs Nornr,v noticed ,hn, yuurr
Tim seemed ohsorhed and STRUGGLING with
some w,irh,y matter A few weeks Of obserya
lion forced her IN ask him what ID WAS that, WAS
ON his mind
-Shure II is not Mary Catherine your think
i'm of akin 10 have yo' aud money scarce as il
IS now" Mrs Mornnty basbfnlly remarked.
her face a rosy crimson
"Or. hang Mary Catherine" Young Tim
reullpd. his fscc all ahlaze with fury ITS that
snake story about 81. Patrick tina, I am trying
10 solve. Sav. nam, II I only had the COLI ,eral
I'd 20 over ,o Ireland and settle that once for all.
I'd grow snakesin Ireland or die I'm the struggle.
Nv ell, don, let your father hear you say any.
hing as TO them snakes" Mrs. MoriaIi,y
cautioned her son. 1T would Jus, work
him w into a rage, and you know he is
not as young as he was once and can't stand
excitement, now like he used TO My advice
10 you is 10 let the matter rest Dive Il out Of
yer head Think Of something else"
IFS dead easy for We, nam, tnsay drop IT, but
| cant, I've rot to bust that old yam wide open
or II never again rest easy III my mind. Such
a lot OF nonsense never was pprpeirated on q
decent, simVlc.mindea pccpl. such us the Irish
are. No snakes in Ireland because st Patrick
,ani,hed them Well. nam. the Irish have got
crli. If putting blame on peo,lefor making game
- them. but never heard any o them tina, kicked
over this snake story. and yet it's the worst libel
that could he rerpctra,ed ON decent, self re-
Specung, Law abiding, yet simple prople. The
man thsti responsible for that story is no friend
Of St Patrick or the Irish. Why. mann. he'd
blackeu the memory OF his old father wherever
he is, If he ever had one It's such a silly non
sepsical lie, too. ShuGe, ST Patrick would not
Danish any thing out Of Ireland let alone snakes
lie did not wan, 10. either
I've heetn tell NV father God rest his SOM.
say that ST Patrick WAS the greatest man in
all he world % mt In Mrs Nori,yitv ",nt every.
hody tina, haar talk slou, ST Patrick. he PRIESTS
and The vis, men. and the books max. him on,
n yety smsr, man. and one ina, WAS 4 very NOUS
one. WHY, | read once in a life Of s, Patrick
that he made The blind to see. lhe dead 10 will.
and performed a whole lot Of other miracles, more
wonderful that mad any other mail And SURE.
Tin. II +, WAS NOT so ,hs books would not say
so. Now. Tim, do bc easy. and take my advice.
and don't bother about St Patrick and the snakes
Shurr. what matters II TO YOU, avick, whether he
did " did not Danish the snakes ont ~ Ireland
Diyil u haporth you'll Won get out Of itkThere
nren I any there. are the re-
TIM turned q simple look Of pity uuon h,s
simple. minded honest mother. and walked sy.v.
muslnp
"Oh. # had the collateral I'd iust 90 right over
and :, al. unca for all that boary- headed he. Id
pull the whiskcrs OF. YOU may bet. Wonder
why such a fo,lIsh thing was gotten I'D, anyway.
Snakes in Ireland, Why If snakes don't grow
there, and live there, il must b. for some other
cause than tina, St Patnck drove them out. That
old Jucelin, tn, CistcruHn monk, is csponsiblc
for it all. II he didn't think To make out 81 Pat
hck the most wonderful men u all the ages, why
St Patrick End snakes would never be- coupled
in the wNv they are. And yet ! know ,Jocelin,
who really hal the most wonderful respect, AZ
times amounting TO nwr for 81 Patrick, says
nothing about snakes. lts demons he telks Of
rs HIS story. however, that ~ built upon and
banded back and forth uLnl even old Jocrlin
hius.,f vo,ll,,, krnv I, Tb.,, "a n, R,sbn,
P
~ o$'arN' DAVID Nothe' VINO taK"S a CRACK ~ W
and notwithstanding the plain statement Of Old
.I,ccli n n. uill mako !, on, thni snsLcs u,re drver
out ny ot fh'n'k' ana refers me inquirlng
mind 10 the Ninctie,h Psalm for proof Of HIS state.
r,nr, r., nj, >, ~, c,,-o. p, all .,,,r, A.. a.,
reverend person however and | search the Nine
n,rv a men,l,n ,pvvhe,. ao I And ,s ., snakes
800 '
! gong over anu consult IN" Dia'K ie''er zones
some more and see II some sort Of ligh, wont be
let in upon tha suhi-t"
49,"
Ana 50 10 the hbfhfy' Which mas been a resort
Of bis lately. goes young Tim. lie astouishes
tho at,andon,s he bis s,rn..tnaes and his ,aoI fl,
!" n. Is =" 10
s'unNlne over the hack letter tones fouf hft'r
The attendants cluster around him curiouslv
I..H.- ,',.-h ,n
Wv NV u''lh5 "''>'uf' h'u
Say" Tim says one afternoon. you people
may have got on 10 M. Am irving To find ont
So -. - ~ ""I w.
snakes, Here, this l72d'nlracle in old Jocelln
nakas II ont hint il wns demons no was wiring
IT,, -
a""u'' wv you See '"HluieH'a'o'S hnAc II "Ht
"'Thr -noi,onal annals record and IN. LAIN
.,nors L,c,a,, IN ,hi. do t,r,,,,n and rarrna
"h"r> ue''ni' ,h WIS VI" Iu''s" anu Ha"''S
concur, ana IN tins do also the modern confirm