The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-19

IN the oatmeal Of Scotia. The oatmeal
was In Its infancy then, but IL
was getting popular, N u had been dis
covered that Its eating made u easier
to twist the tongue around the g%utterals
Of the original Gaelic. Gaelic ism Z
fashionable now, nor oatmeal either. We
might he better OF IL they both were.
Anyhow, Patrick, whose name WASH. Il
Patrick, but Cuccath, mot Surcotnsh),
got along all right until the age Of
sixteen when he went fishing one sun
day and was benevolently ~nssimilated
by n lot Of pirates. There are pirates
yet, a lot worse than those who figured
IN this incident. They are now called
by other names. but hat really don Z
make any difference with the facts in
the ease. These pirates were the Kind
that sailed on the sea, aud they wanted
the broth VI the boy to Ice handy aboard
IL he was true to the blood, be- lie Nod
every lad on board anywhere near be-.
age in the first two weeks. The cap
tain got tired of turning the hose IN
him and sold him 10 an lister chief
tain, tradition says for n bullock. Pat
rick was put TO herdmg sheep aud s'aid
/, at IL for two years. By that time h,
/. felt like taking a move. without wait
1 ing for the ghost tu walk. uc made q
/, quick skidduo over 10 France. and Irish
like Ia on his feet. Here the devil
. may.chrc part Ut him vanished. and b,
K became a monk, gaining great learning
I bt q great uHginatiuu, he saw vision
4 and was moved 20 convert the Irish. 9
= Job undertaken by NO one else hcfOr,
, or since. lie adhered tu this purpu-,
. and was finally ordained a bishop But
A given tue Papal benedictiau, This wa
! az the age of ~. about the right poinI
= for him To be worth something His r.
A turn TO Ireland was vastly difiercn'
I from his leaving. lie left a half saNag,
a slip II a boy and came back a. u maiuf,
< and learned man. filed with n burniul
r zeal and blessed with q wonderful clio
40 uucnce. II he hadn' Z had en-. h'
would never have cut any Celtic lee
II or suatched amy brands from 'hc burn
ing. lie did both. and the way h,
il stirred up things was u caution IN III
sight OF the world. lie founded oNr
3Gu churches, II there had been an
more the historians would have sal,
ID so-aud baptized over 10000 person
%. which is open 90 the same quHlihcs
tom. His see was established 1T NJ
= mngh in 80, after having pcrtormc
Il many miracles for the conviction 81
io those who had 10 be shown, Of whni
there were many in those days. q
mr. course running the SNAKES out was hi
1T most famous job, though some of IA
ot impious say that there was uouc Their,
II and II there were, they just dice ot
~ don I believe any such stuff. An
al man who could take "A healthy lrisl
~ man and argue him out ui the fat
nd Of his fathers. would have enough pow
er 10 tampsc all the snakes IN Christian
~. dom. believe lac did It. ~ a pun
is illustration Of his gifts. Anyhow, son
nd , mighty good historians have agreed d
the point that at this late hay II is !
All more reasonable 10 doubt that he 4
re-. than TO try 10 figure what the vote ,
I'm the constitution would have been
ii New Mexico. Nor was that all. II
Iai healing of Shamus, his blessing II q
he waters, ms gift Of beauty 90 the clri
IA hearted, and the symbolic incident
,er the shamrock. are enough 10 satisfy AN
he body who wants To be satisfied. aud
nv isn Z worth fooling with anybody wi
il. doesn I. II was a wonderful story
for through his thirty.nine years OF life
of Armagh 10 his death IN ig3, aud his
%fluencc ON Irish poetry, the sweetest
the centuries between, J. enough. !
nm blessed the Irish. aud the Irish ha'
il blessed tie world.
he IN view Of these facts. aud they a
~ facts, II is no more THAI a recognize
-ly Of the golden hearted %lri,hman, Of II
uv influence Of the race, ~ the create
DE priest aud evangelist, that all of us, ov,
nj all the world, should wear q bit ,
'ot the green uu ~. Patrick :, day.
Of = =
"a The Author or Ben IIur
A. There H. a whole lot of thought h
". ,pired by placing the bust of Generi
ng Lew Wallace, q former governor ,
~. New Mrxiro, in the Hall Of Fame q
Washington, Ia which Dut WI Delegai
Andrews had a hand. Morali,i, all oy,
be- the country are drawing some pictur,
BIS Of the old warrior that are calculate
be tu make one who new him smile. Tha
40 - all un account Of his book. Bc
y llur, - for which he will ever bee rcmeu
i bered. rather than the fact that he VII
at governor Of New Mexico, aud fought u
= I,a.l..r al tH.v.uVh Muuv g.npl