. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . inions,he enjoys the good-will and esteem ofhis fellow-c i ti ze nsand countrymenwithout distinctionof creed, and islooked upon as oneof the best andtruest types of hisrace and Donahoe isseventy-seven yearsold, having beenborn in Mummery,parish of Kilmore,County Ca\an, Ire-land, March 17,1815. ^\hen a ladhe came to Boston,and learned thetype-setting businessin the office of theColumbian after he tookcharge, in conjunc-tion with M
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . inions,he enjoys the good-will and esteem ofhis fellow-c i ti ze nsand countrymenwithout distinctionof creed, and islooked upon as oneof the best andtruest types of hisrace and Donahoe isseventy-seven yearsold, having beenborn in Mummery,parish of Kilmore,County Ca\an, Ire-land, March 17,1815. ^\hen a ladhe came to Boston,and learned thetype-setting businessin the office of theColumbian after he tookcharge, in conjunc-tion with Mr. Deve-reaux, of a papercalled the yesuit,which had been pub lished for a short time by Bishop Fenwick, and changedits name to the Literary ami Caf/iolic .Sciitiiicl. Lateron, in 1836, Messrs. Donahoe and Devereaux estab-lished the Pilot, which after more than half a centuryof existence, is still the great exponent of Catholicdoctrines in New England. By Mr. Donahoes exer-tions the Pilot was made an extraordinary success, andso it remained up to the disastrous fire of 1872, whenMr. Donahoes splendid building and i)rinting materials. PATRICK DONAHOE were destroyed a second time, resulting in a loss to himof §300,000. Soon after he was burned out a thirdtime. The panic followed, and the friends who hadloaned him money were compelled, reluctantly, to with-draw their assistance from him. But with sublime faithin the goodness of Providence, he placed his propertyat the disposal of his creditors, although it had so depre-ciated in value that it did not realize anything near itsproper value. Archbishop Williams and John Boyle OReilly, however,purchased the entireplant of the Pilot,between them, andMr. Donahoescreditors were paidoff in yearly instal-ments. The nationalfame of the Pilotwas maintained, andits circulationincreased, under theeditorship of thelamented OReilly,until, on his death, itonce more passedinto the hands ofthe man who hadfounded it, and isto-day conducted byhim wi
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