To the Editor of the "Norra-Cuixa Datty News."
Sin,—The reason why St, George has been regarded as the patron of military men, is partly upon the score of his profession, and partly upon the credit of a relation of his appearing to the Christian army in the holy war, before the battle of Antioch. The success of this Dattle proving fortunate to the Christians, under Godfrey of Bouillon, made the name of St. George more famous in Europe, and disposed the This devotion was confirmed, as. is suid, by an apparition of St. George to our king, Richard I, in his expedition against the Saracen: which vision, being declared to the troops, was to them a great encouragement, and they soon after defeated the enemy.
St. George, is usually painted on horseback, afd tilting at a dragon, under his'feet; but this representa mn is. no more than an emblematic cal figure, purporting that by his faith and Christian "fortitude, he conquered the devil, called the dragon in the Apocalypse.
Tam, ete,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.