The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-12

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a Cold, bustry weather has pre- vail ' ! L. 80
often In this part OF the world &o l :,
Patricks day that the time set sue lor
Fhonorlng that good saint has become pro,
iyerbinl &foriiits inclemency indeed, na ~
athera seems part and parcel OF the
4 day. @ Is n Ri 4 I55 h 4 4 FL E \. 5
8s5 Cold, 81 gray skies, splits Of snow, oc--ll
icnslonal A glimpses of slantlng sunshine,
biting winds, frownlng cloud banks sc ~!
ding across the heavens. the greer, Of inc
shamrock seen on every devout Il Cathlo-
ia, PROFESSIONS, bands play ing & I, Pat
rick's Day in the Morning, 's supperrs,
speeches, stoasts-this Is a picture, IN brief
of ST Patrick 81 Day. a al M .55 !, g 4.
t Says a Catholic writer, @' ''nmollg II the
sanity cohort Of Christian soldiers none
stand higher than st. Patrick the Apostle
b But tho tine and place Of birth q
are y IN dispute. Y Some an Client writer's
have averred that no was a native Of Of
SCOTLAND, but research, the most att 1ilt
stheiitic, generally comedies him to be
a native d Boulog1le- r-Mer FRA e noes
Henry Morle says he was born IN 400
and led in 4o3. making the age Of the
saint, when he died. IS years. Some writ
ers put ihst birth II the yearis1 some SON
in 81. His age at tho time OF his death
has been variously glvcn as s. and
even 100 years. He undoubtedly attained
\ q \ good y old ngo, n md was born, most
&probab1yn the latter part of the fourt ~
or the early part of the fifth century,
One writer declares he died In 465, but
from az Catholic source Tshave It that he
s"died peacefully on Wednesday n' ga Marca
18th, "A. ID. 465. a it
f5 ST. Patrick was the chief apostle of the
Irish and turned I hem from the worship
I OF spectres and idols. He was Tiled with
1 iboundless love q nd as a. distinguished
author has said n 8 Perhaps nothing Il hu7
man lad so large IN ilnfluen in the con-
version OF the Irish as the personal char ar
4actert Of her Apostle < }S z u q XII
$ Some ncidents& ln&the lfeaor ST Pat
rick may be OF general Interest at this
season OF the year. is 54 a
SJAt the age of s16, 5tsit. Pat ri ckf and two
sisters, were taken captive by " bandtttll
gor pirates and brought Ito Ireland from
Brittany, France K Here he served several
masters. BY one of his masters he was
@set to. tending sheep among the 3nour1-i
&tains. While zen So ged IN this occupation
prayers by day, and almost as many BY
might; Gthat he rose VI before day II to his
prayers, In the snow. in the frost, in,
the rain E5 s 9E Ia al 4.
d One Of Ills ,naste rs, whose name II canTTi
not recall, had y a vision one u nj ght In
which he saw st. Patrick on fire: u the
flames were about to seize his ma ster
$but@were repelled and communlcatedgto
hts two little daughters, who were burn
ed and their ashes tered over Ireland
on being requested to interpret the dream,
$ st, Patrick said i'the fire was the faith
with which he was illuminated and (which
lie would preach to him, but which he
would repel; but his daughters would be-
leve and their ashes would be ca rrled
over Ireland and give health to the In
firm 55 q tf8s SAT- ~
After SIX years a voice said to st. Pat
rick !" Behold a ship Is ready. for you. x"
He found the ship, escaped from Ire
land, and once more landed In Brittany
France, being made captive gain. s5 IA.
IA hermit who lived in an island in the
Mediterranean Sea presented him With q
staff of Jesus, or crozler.A .tsg Y.
| THE @HANISIIM11NT OF SN AI<ES.
He again landed in Ireland In 432, where
he encountered tho Drulds ut Tara. It
was while on Mount Eagle or Croagh-
Patrick that Nhe was assailed by demons
or vicious creatures. & 5
S Jocelyn says Ito this place he gather
cd together the several tribes OF SER
points and venomous creatures and drove
them lleadlong into the Western ocean,
and that from hencetorth proceeded the
exemption which ireland enjoys from oil
! poisonous reptiles. n li3 53
Heating, II, his History OF ireland, says
| theroI were no SVenomous serpents IN Tres
land ut tho time Of st. Patrick, and this
accounts for 1t, says n writer: Niul, the
son of Flnlus, the King OF Capacil'ont
| who married Scotia, daugllter6of tho King
\ 35pf5
Gaidhal, Moses, in his flight from Pharoah
3encamped near MUS and q friendship
| spprang up between them. "A serpent haY-
ing bit Gnidhal, Moses cured .im and
forotold that wherever his posterlty
should Qnhabit TO yenomous creature
would have any pow or and the lrish be-
ing descended from him y are free from
| the pests. ~ IN . NBst5
believe that 1t is claimed that SER
pents taken5t to ireland, very N soon die.
\ Thero are no molcs in Ireland, Il 1t is
said that Scottish gentlemen import irish
| earth to put In their gardens to- XIII
moles. Frogs, however, when brought
to Ireland, appear, I, to SGT along Very ,
we'll, * 4, n u s5 K I, L
places are, At Is said free from piles,
due to soil and climate.
Rothe says that while In Malta SER
1 pcnts and other yenomous reptiles retain
4 life and motion ana lose only their pois-
onolls powers, but IN Ireland they can
| neither hurt nor exist, inasmuch as
i not only the soil, but the climate and
atmosphere are unto them Instant denth.,..
rho legend is that St. Patrick freed
j ireland from serpents, and loads The
peasants at the Lake sof Killarney say
/ that when the labors OF ST. Patrick We're
drawing to a close, one big serpent re-
/ fused to emigrate, remaining to haunt
! the romantic shores Of Killarney; that
4 st. Patrick took q great oaken chest with
i bright morning to the lake, found the
, REGAL ctrant snake lying IN the sunlight,
i onticed his snakeshp into the box, which
he ayerred would BIO cozy shelter for
him, and shut down tho lid, The SER
pent begged to he released, but st, Pat