The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-12

France. When my spirit shall have
joined those bands of martyred heroes
who have shed blood on the scaffold
and in the field in defense of their
country, this is my hope, that my
| memory and name may serve to ami
| mate those who survive me. While
| the destruction Of that government
which upholds it's dominion by i'm
piety against the Most High, which
displays it's power over man as over
the beasts of the field, which sets
| man upon his brother, and lifts his
hands in religions name against the
throat of the fellow who believes a
little more or a little less than the
government standard, which reigns
amidst the cries of the widows and Or
phans it has made
Rev. Richard F. Moore, LII. D., pas
tor Of the Sacred Heart church, was
chairman and introducing the speaker
he paid a glowing tribute to Irish pa
triots and the cause of Erin. AL
though necessarily brief, Father
llMoore's remarks were touched with
eloquence appropriate to the occasion.
In part he said:
THE Irish are the Oldest nation in
the world today except the Chinese
Ireland was carrying the torch Of CIV
ilization before Greece and other an
Gent countries had arisen from bar
I'barian states and before England
knew her letters. In the sixth CEN
furry when the ibarbarians came down
Europe and blotted out civilization and
Christianity, Ireland opened the doors
of her universities and institutions to
the peoples OF all devastated coun-
tries. Through her learning and the
the efforts Of her scholarly missiona-
ries the torch Of civilization was kept
burning and the seeds Of Christianity
sowed anew in continental Europe
mo nation in the worlds history
has suffered and endured 80 much of
wrong and oppression and lived
through it. The valiant deeds Of her
sturdy sons reso1I1d in every quarter
Of the globe but her culture has been
the sustaining influence which has en-
abled her to live through such suffer-
ings as have never in the worlds his
tory been inflicted upon one civilized
nation by another.
Irish culture-yoU may smile when
it Is mentioned-is not a culture that
has to do with material things, but it
is a culture that deals with the spir-
it1tal, stretching out and lifting up the
ideals of the race and ever directed
for the betterment Of humanity
Maloney's orchestra began the mu-
steal program with 'strains From Kill
larney' and "Bits of the Old Sod. y
Charles 3. Cornell played a cornet
solo, ''The Minstrel Boy" The sing
ers and their songs were: Miss Mary
". Sullivan, "W11en sanlon Sang Ma
] y<.11y. W. FL.
Smiling; John L. Hughes, Some
where a. Voice is Calling and '"Too-
Ra- Loo Ra-Loo-Ral'; Miss Katherine
Marie Lombard, "A1i Erin IS Calling
Mavourneen' and 1.-The Old Refrain:
Mrs. Florence Legere Hayes, "Kath-
leen Mhvourneen" and "Der7not AS
tore: Albert P. Lapke. 'sOn the Road
to TpperaryP and "Dennys Daugh-
ter; Miss Loretta Cecilia O'Connor.
You'll Soon Forget Kathleen and
Erin, the Tear and the Smile of
Thine Eye
John J. McDonough, "Just a Little
Bit OF Heaven and "Irishman's
Dream" The program closed with
the singing Of 1.-THE Star Spangled
Banner" by the audience.
! The committee was:
John j. O'Neil, chairman; James
III. Rooney, secretary; Timothy J.
Murphy, William Clifford, James
Rawley Reception committee
| John Fl. McMurray, Thomas McDon-
nell. William B. Luddy, James Far
nan, Daniel E. Walker, John O'Con-
nell, Frederick G. Mullins, John J.
Broderick, Michael McFadden, John
r. King, John A. Murray, Denis r.
Keller, Thomas Barkey, John Far
re1l, Martin Butte, Patrick J. Nc
CURE. Christopher Richard, Thomas
c. Coughlin, James Conery, John
Murren, James Mulligan, John Guilt
nan, Jr., Patrick D. Lee, Stephen
Meaney, William p. Corr. Bernard r.
Cooney, Thomas O'Brien. John A.
| Hurley, Patrick Deyine. Thomas F..
O'Brien, James Whalen, James D.
Grady and Daniel B. Walsh.