Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-03-17
'ST. PATR|CK's DAY
OBSERVED THROUGH
OUT THE LAND
Faithful Sons of Ireland Wear
the Green Today in Honor
of Great Saint Who Con-
verted Ireland and Per-
formed Many Miracles


Now NoNi,o and boo Nlbupu'rqu". the
green .s uoua worm Ia memory of
ST. ratjipk. tJ, venerable stiut who
converted 'n, IRISH people 60 Chris
uouit. aud performed many miracles
T.,f, I- tp odd stor,. which has
been embodied ia 10 bit 1T r"lilr Ninu
lrsE verse. that 81 Patrick made hia
cutrpu,, INTO the world Just at mid
night ou she Nth dag "i March. ana
that owing To- the variation iu the
clocks of the village 1ud th, ,nuiu-
sion naturally attendant up"n tH"
hirtU p' $50 great and good 90 man.
@ a. quite aros" as tn WHETHER the
natal duN OF the gnud saint was March
NtH o. March gth. This dlsput, grow
100 bitterness until it badc Gaia to di.
SD. 900 ireland int" t,n hostile face
tpus. And Says the poem, "Somt
blamed TIA" baby and some blamed
th, clock for thu unfortunate stat,
of affairs which Threatened such ,pro
diNINiun among ~, devoted SONS of
thr green isl,. 40 this iuunufc. how.
r,,r. a good priest came forward, and
exercising tnat rare tact and dipluH
a,, which is the horitarr oi uieh.
Uru through an thu axes. s.iraostod -
Dompruinisc which reunited tho face
tuuH brought dll good lri~hmsn Geo..
E'th"r ANA restored harmony forever.
Let those, Hid The good father vino
insisted upon TIA, N,h as 81 pttrick'F
birthday abandon their contention.
Too those Who held ont tor the gth de-
The spmc. NJ tho same time let them
combine their contentious. add eight
and nine together and celebrate the
J ,tN of March as - Patrick b day
Each side felt that II was gaining 90
point without making ans substantial
sacrifice. the agreement WAS effected
and peace ruled once more what
could hc more simple"
This of course. Be- merely an ANUS
ing story born ct the Imagination of
the story teller A. % matter of fact.
There pr' few historical events so wide
~ celebrated as 81 Patrick day
up"n which Their, b. so littlc accurate
information among those vino cclc-
brdtr It, This. of course. H. Iaru,Iv
an" 4" the dim miSts of antipuItt
which surround the period of - Pat
ricks lifr ana the rnct that much ot
The historical Information which az
lists regarding that poriud rests large
Is " not entirely on legend uu,h of
which ls rendered worthless D., the
dnrh superstition co. th, age.
WITH the ,Xccption of those who
nave given SoWc study TO- iho. suh- !
Jcrt me HyrrJg, man viii hr ae .ut
prisrd ui fhe assertion hut saint
Patrick Nas not natiN. freshman a>
ne would be- ,n hear that Robert EN-
nett was an Italian coz John H. Suu
van a Spuniard \ud II Is q matter of
equal surpris" 10 ho told that the. IHy !
celebrated tine world over as 81 rat
ricEs day is not the 1nnivcisar, o' .
his birth but ut his DEATH
Yet both of these Statements ar.
tri" Tin" ,NI.t year OF the birth ot
ir"ldud's patron saint is NOT known /
II Ie believed that h, was born about
the Nrar 5000. Formerly it WA. Lr-
ioN'd That A. HaS q native oi Gaul
hut tht generally accepted version /
noN b. that Doe UJs born al Dunbar.
ton, upon Cd, CINd.. tn Scotland Atf
an carly axe DR., Na~ carried to ireland
Too thtnutt,Ung rud. ana hraant,
ia" slave OF rrut rhiof,aip. who
SCI him 20 Hrrdiur sheep upun tho
~lrWHh mountains u nas la th,
loneliness and solitude OF these wears
Chat ttus" traits of character were
developed Wilton mad, hm after
reaching manhood one Of th. pront-
est ma ssiunari,S and one uf Oh, most !
powerful moral force, that The vurll /
has ever known
How this wonderful man succeeded /
in oy'.npmug Ga, trrm. ndoue ob-u- .
Cd b..
tho firmly lmhrdd,l superstition. OF
semi harHuir p"opl, aud converted ]
Hn entire nation 90 tho christian
faith. trv subjects which ,h, historian
'as made familiar. To-day Wherever
Ola, sun Shines. vuu viii upd lrishm,r
q N"ariu. co. the green Go pummem.
crate tho achievements col thr good
SAINT patruk Fur M. freshman
h"''t'r far hc mut wander. and
Whatever lana ho mas max. th. homie
OF hi~ adoption. ever hoops gr,,D
within him tn m-moy of th, .oui1
sod
Tho l'g'nd OF thr manner In which
So puirI.k druy, the snakes ur.n
ireland worth rrpcating h,r. Tho
s'rNrnia. according to one son of Erin
'WJi eu tht.k am over the svat. i4I.
aud that f"u couldn't 81 YOUR rlt down
"id"ut tuudn ou Nar ap their tails
The STORY runs that mo good saint
Invited ali ~, toads ou the island tu
the hill of H"wth. and when th.
came invited "a, s,rpouts also. Tho
Snakes at am the tr1d- up and then
began ON each other until the last
one had eaten an his fellows. when
ho was dispatched
Hut, despite uil the legends aud folk
tales. - Patrick converted 60 Chris
uuniN an thr IRISH people ~, CAV,
thDm i'ith that remained with
th'm even during hundreds of vpnr.
of persecution. famine aud constant
warfare An this h, did without %
single missionary suffering mart,.-
dom