The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-03-14
4 TRUE .=NOBLEMAN
Traits In the Character OF
Daniel j. Hennessy.
The Deeds Of This Good Man
Impressed All.

They buried a man out in Butte,
Y Montana, last week who was one of
\ Gods real noblsmen, says the Boston
i Republic.
You hear of Butte frequently, and for
4 various reasons. This week they were
4jubilant in Butte because the mines
which have been idle for some time
were reopened, giving means Of sus-
tenance to thousands of men. The pa
pers said much about that; they said
nessey who was laid under twentyodd
square feet of clay a few days ago.
And yet Daniel Hennessey, in life, was
the inspiration and the benefactor of
these same men who are jubilant now
because they will be given an oppor-
tunity to work. and indeed he him
/ self was largely responsible for the
mines continuing in operation as long
as they did.
A writer in the Transcript paid Just
( tribute to the departed Hennessey last
but she could not sympathlze with the
humanities of this great man, and
hence her story, admirable az it is, is
I,umanely insufficient.
Just as it is. however, We reprint
Miss Shakleford's Transcript story,
and we may judge from it how touch
ingly the deeds Of this good man i'm
pressed all when one Of her evident
training finds such admirable qualities
In it.; she. whose experiences, too, as
q writer. has thrown every description
Of man and of condition into her ken
& Of experience. t.. 81.
.5 One afternoon in Butte when I was
out with u Very Little Boy, we came
upon man sitting quite still. If ]
noticed the man at all it was vaguely
TO remark to myself that he looked
rather tired and that his overcoat was
not especially becoming. But the Boy
ran UP to the man and offered his
hand, saying. "Good-bye Nice Mani"
Feeling the weight of these little
manners upon me. corrected the
child. Say 'How-do-you-do' Dicky-
not goodbye" But instead of obeying
me. the Very Little Boy walked back
1tp the man who was sitting quite still,
antI put his baby arms around his neck
4 and kissed hifn-;l thing have never
known him to do upon meeting any
stranger beforehand again, almost
With stubbornness mixed in with his
laretty, childish sweetness. he repeated
With9a significance he was innocent of,
say goodbye. Nice Man"
The next day when this man was on
bis way to an early service at his
church. he dropped dead on the side
walk, and I found out that we had
spoken with the biggest man in tho
state, and that we had, without know
Ing what we did, said "Good-bye, Nico
Mani" to Daniel j. Hennessey.
Before coming to Butte thought
/ had become familiar with its cele-
brittes, all of them. had heard Of
Senator Clark. I had feeling of hav-
ing heard somebody saying something,
in passing, about a person named
Heinze. and I was very sure indeed
that 1 had heard of one Mary Mac
Lane. But until arrived at Butte. I
had never heard OF Daniel ]. Hennes-
sey.
e Some years ago young man with
exactly fifty cents in his pocket, the
glowing love of humanity in his soul,
and the necessity Of making his own
living and making it quickly struck
q crude, smoky, brutal mining camp.
which consisted Of cabins, saloons,
and mine dumps thrown all over a
4 cluster Of hills. Mr.: Hennessey had
come where he belonged, he had come
to Butte, where he was destined to be
n the very heart of the people and the
q mainstay Of the Industrial, social, po-
llitical and Christian life OF one of the
most picturesque places in the United
States. He walked up the main street
OF the camp, looking for something to
eat that he could afford to buy. Pres
emily he saw fruit vender whose
apples appealed to him, and he Sc
Il lected two. supposing. of course, that
the price would be Ave or ten cents
But things in this camp were different
81 from what he was accustomed to. and
to his establishment, the Italian said
If twenty five cents apiece. The humo1
sSof the situation delighted the young
& man, and looking around, he saw a
child standing alone on the corner
He handed the little person one apple
d and ate the other himself. And this
is the keynote Of remarkable char.
Il acter.
Several kinds Of geniuses have beer
produced in Butte-for instance, Sen.