The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-19
400 People After zig Event
Las ont
FIR. D. J. + SULLIVAN SPEAKER
A Banquet Was Served and at the Close
of the Literary Exercises There Was
Dancing-Whole Entertain
ment Big Success.

I A bountiful supper served at 6 O'Clock
/ fine and uplifting oratory and an enjoy
able dance which terminated at mid
night, marked the annual observance Of
st, Patrick's day by the Ancient Order
of Hibernians and the ladies' auxiliary
to the order in the knights OF Columbus
hall last evening. Over four hundred
loyal sons and daughters OF the "ould
sod gathered there in honor of Ireland's
patron saint. Tie hall was never mora
appropriately decorated for any occasion.
Back Of the speakers table. to the front,
the American flag and the Irish national
standard We're suggestiyely intertwined,
while hundreds of smaller Irish banners
were artistcally arranged about the
walls Green festoons of crepe paper
were strung from corner to corner and
little shamrock emblems found a place
in every lapel.
1t was truly an Irish night, and few
real Irish hearts could fail to respond
TO the unique celebration in honor Of
Ereland's national hero and the patron
saint Of the Celtic race. Irish airs were
played by Bartlett's orchestra during
the evening and the short program which
preceded the speech making. Immediately
after supper, was distinctively Irish.
Four hundred covers were laid by the
ladies and it was nearly s o'clock before
Chairman 7. 4. McNulty announced the
first number
Accompanied on the piano by Miss
Madeline Williams, Carl Nelson opened
bp hx-s 81 -
Erin He was obliged to respond to an
encore with "The Rosary" The chair
man next introduced Daniel ]. Sullivan.
county president of the Ancient Order o,
Hibernians Mr.. Sullivan paid a glowing
tribute to the memory Of St Patrick and
said that il was to him that Ireland
owed its conversion to Christianity. He
called attention TO the part which Hi
bernianism has so vigorously taken in
the work OF the Catholic church thas
has fallen to the laity. Not the least
noble of its purposes has been the pro-
lection Of the Irish immigrant girl said
Mr.. Sullivan, and right there he took the
opportunity 10 gracefully compliment
the ladies' auxiliary for its share in
many worthy undertakings. Both have
contributed to the cause of higher edu-
cation in the Catholic church he said
I'm closing, Mr. Sullivan spoke of the
three fold aim and object of the order
and its kindred organizations-fr
ship unity. and Christian charity.
In the interval which followed Mr.. Sui.
livan's remarks the chairman called upon
James Bennett for solo. He sang "The
Last Rose Of Summer" and was Obliged
to respond to an encore. Mrs. Bennett
accompanied him on the piano. Chair
man McNulty then introduced the prin-
cipll speaker of the evening, Rev. Father
D. !. O'Sulivan the irremovabe rector
Of St Mary's church in st. Albans.
Father O'Sullivan's fame as a clergy
man Of prominence in the diocese Of Bur-
Iington, as well as an orator of unusual
power and eloquence, really precludei
the necessity Of an Introduction. lie
was greeted with an ovation as he rose
10 speak Twenty-eight years ago. the
hen infant parish of st Monica's in this
,itv was under the guidance of the st
Albans priest for a time. and Father
1'Sullivan briefly alluded to his affection
or the church through this connection.
t was through his efforts that the
.hurch was dedicated in honor of st.
Monica. the mother of st. Augustine,
md it was through Father O'Sullivan
hat the bishop of Burlington came to
Barre for the first time, administering
irst communion to a class of children
Iuring his episcopal visit The speakers
owe Of Irish tradition as well as his
ideals of citizenship were con-
family emphasized in his speech, and
epeated rounds of applause were never
low in their manifestation. Father
l'Sullivan said in part:
Fifty years have witnessed a vast
hange in public sentiment with refer
nee to the Irish people and the observ-
nee of St. Patricb's day. Where only
handful of Irishmen met to commem-
rate the birth of St Patrick half a
enturv ago. millions of men to-day in
very cline and under every flag have
ssembled to honor his memory. The
wing embers of the No Nothing party,
18th all its bigotry and bitterness, wit.
essed the kindling of an Irish spirit,
he influence of which is to-day felt in
very community. The Irish race will
o well to realize its power in the civil
nj religious life of the nation.
"Probably more than any other one
ody in the Catholic laity, the Ancient
rider Of Hibernians has labored with
llling power in the cause of righteous.
ess and the preservation of morals. Il
as made the observance of the day ben
icial in that it endeayored to recall
ne reasons and motives for which the
.stival observance Of st. Patricks day
as ordained A nation may set apart
day to honor its greatest soldier, its
ost glorious victory or the natal day
its wisest statesman. But Ireland
one has presented to the world a M
onal hero who was vet a man of hOl
ass and whose record of achievement
IN alone rest on a magnificent infuenc,
II good"
Throughout his address. Father O'Suh
vans intense regard for Ireland's his
ric record asserted itself He touched
the part that Ireland has performed
propagating the faith and said that
-dav she stands as one of the bulwarks
Catholicism. And he let it be known
at his love OF Ireland did not estrange
m from his devotion to Vermont aud
; country. In either analysis il fosters
.triotism, he said
As be approached the end of his I'd
Continued on fourth psge.l