The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-03-17
THE DAY OF ST. PATRICK.
Sketch Of the Career Of the Man Who
Lsbored for lrelsnd's Veal

lONdg every A3.tl |ilAcuAAdA Ntdl
attached to his coat three leaf clover.
the shamrock Of ireland, for Il Is St
Patrick's day. Green ribbons there are
plenty. and green neckties in endless
profusion and variety. and IL has be
come a custom descended from pasr
ages that he wears on this par
ticular day a yellow. or what is worse.
an orange tie. must wear in addition 20
it black. dark purple eyes. spread over
a large portion Of the human face. for
this is the DAY for the Irish and no
others need apply.
Happily. all seem to be Of one ac-
cord in Ardmore and the predominant.
ing color is green.
The day Is being spent harmoniously
and tonight the Elks will bring the
day to a close by giving a grand char.
ity ball.
Sketch Of ST. Patrick.
According 70 tradition and fragments
of actual history which have come
down from past generations. in one Of
the predatory excursions OF the Scots
and Picts upon the neighboring Roman
province south Of the wall Of serverus.
probably about the year All A. D..
boy OF about Is was captured. carried
across with many others from the
rugged hills near the source OF the
Solway to the Irish coast opposite and
sold into slavery in the territory Of
the Irish Picts. that wild tribe called
Dal Ariade
This boy was later to become St
Patrick. the patron saint Of the Irish
race.
This boy succat. or Patrick accord
ing to history. was Of noble birth. and
was the son Of Deacon Calpurnius, who
was the son OF Potitus. a priest.
In slavery he remained for six hard
years. tending the cattle Of his owner.
supposedly on the hills Of the county
Antrim, meanwhile exercising his wits
on means whereby he might escape.
and praying with enthusiasm
II appears from history that eventu-
ally he discovered a means Of escape
and applied 1t with success, hiding him
self in the caves OF the western coast
OF Ireland. the resort Of tne sea royers.
until an opportunity occurred for es-
cape into Britain.
After his escape he seems to have
devoted himself to an idea Of convert.
ing the Irish, and some biographers
state that he went to divers places of
learning to fit himself for the task.
With his mind filled with visions,
Patrick, ignoring the advice of those
who would restrain him from his pur
pose, he set sail for the place Of his
1ate slavery when about thirty years
Of age.
| He began his labors among the hall
wild tribesmen Of the country, which
was then oyerrun by divers clans, ap
preaching first with tact and caution
the chieftains, and through them the
clans beneath them, until before his
death his missionary work had Gov
cred much Of the entire country
The nature of the country and its
conditions have prevented much infor
nation coming down to this age con
cerning actual events, and in the wild
and dense obscurity Of the age refer
ence has been made TO not only one
but three Patricks-Succat or Pat
rick, the boy of the story; another
Patrick. who under the name Of Pallad
ius was sent to Ireland as a bishop by
Pope Celestine in the year 431, and a
third Patrick. who is mentioned by the
early Irish writer's as Sem Patriacc, OF
Old Patrick, the head of st. Patrick's
community.
SO confusing has the matter beer
made by conflicting names. dates and
records that some who have looked in
to the whole tangle OF history and ira
dition have refused to believe that
there was ever such a person as st
Patrick.
But these disbeleyers are not the
the loyal Irish. who wherever they
may be found. will observe the 17tt
day OF March, the date of the death
Of their patron saint who passed from
his labors, as nearly as can be comput
ed, in the year 369 A. D.
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