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ST. VIATEUR'S

COLLEGE JOURNAL.

LECT;IO CERTA PRODEST, VARIA DELECTAT. Seneca. .

VOL. IV

BOURBONNAIS GROVE. ILL. SATURDAY, March 12. 1887.

ST. VIATEURjS COLLEGE JOURNAL. PUBLISHE.D SEMI-MONTHLY,

BY THE STUDENTS.

EDITORS.

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MR. A. GRANGER ...................... . '87.

1\IR. P. WILSTACH ...................... '89.

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EDITORIALS.

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O ·W ING to n.n unfore~een and unusual pressvre Of matter ann Lbe "right of wa_y " courteously accorded our l:<'renc h Supp lemei1 t, our space, we perceive at this late bour, is so entirely tak·en up as to allow neither exchanges nor Cat.h ~Jic notes; and the book notices anct rou~ical notes ann other interes t,ing bits (not to mention a premature spring poem) mu~t al l alas! be relegated to the waste basket. We beg oue readers' indu lgence for the disappointment we may occasion them trusting they may find themselves more than repaid by the solidity and interest of the sketches which fill this issue.

** * "QUINQUENNITES'' is .a new wod coined lately for the baptising of a new organization whose main purpose is the assero bling " here and in five years'' of the members leagued together for that a im. The idea is of the students' own suggestion, racy of the nampus, and apparently uppermost in the minds of t.he collegians at this hour. It is to be hoped that old Father Time will dl"al gently with what would at first sight appear the airy fabrics of boyish fervor, a splendid ethereal palac-e floating on high hopes and brilliantly illumined with a thousand pleasant fancies. The laudable object of the

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Of sufficient interest, however, to ins me their success even against the all destroying tide of years: It is the sincere wish of the .JOURNAL that time may on ly the more harden the Ctlment of that staunch friendship which prompted t he rearing o1 this society.

In some fature and less crowded issue we mean to give a lengthi er account of this interesting "Fellowship;" to give minutes of its several meetings, showing its roll of members, its officers, principal regulations, etc.

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** VERY ENCOURAGING is the following paragraph from our esteeme<l exchange the Catholic American: "The re is great ability, high literary finish, and much promise disp layed in our Catholic college jo urnals. They do honor to the institutions which they represent.'' We h<.pe it is not conceit on our part to thank our visitor for his kind words to llien of the college craft.

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THE GOOD WILL displayed by the participants in the dl·ama n(•W preparing fOI' St. Patrick's chy is something really worthy of commendation. With readiness such [•S this it is even comforting to st!'aiu · our utrno~t netve in our attempts to surmount the difficulties surging iu wild, rapid success ion and threatening to envel0pe, enpsize, sink, engu lf our level-headed little crew.

If St. Patrick's entertainment prove success, as we may still hope it will, well may we then congratulate ourselves and thank our friends who so bighlytaxthemsel ves to help bring about the clesir.c d "brilliant soiree.''

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AN INTERESTING manuscript exhibiting the Holy Name School "Roll of Honor'' is the last to enter 0 ur Sanctum; and, while we glaclly accu:;e its recel)tion and sincerely applaud each bearer of au honor-telling ciphher, we are sorry to find ourselves obliged to lay tlJ.e list aside £or another fortnight as it is u tterly impos:;ible to make any room for the honorary mention of our deserving young Chicago friend s. Our own usu:tl class averages and conduct notes ar e left out iu this issue. We trust that this first llesapppointment wi ll not prove too crushing for the boys' high and just hopes of seeing them~ selves in print.

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S'r .. VIATEUR'S COLLKGE JOUll,NAL.

TO :;AINT JOSEPH.

. NINE .

YEARS' EXPERTENC~ AS A MlLIT.AS.Y CHAPLAIN. PART IJ.

Dear Saint .Joseph! Foster-Futher Of our !:3aviour! list while we Kneeling ttt thy feet, petition That thou keep us ever free From temta.tions ·that beset us In \his weary world of 8in And we know if thou wilt aid us \Ve will surely H~aven win.

FRANCO- GEt~M.\.N wAR. BBFORE AND Al' TER Se-DAN.

The scene here opens in 1870, a most unaus.piciou& year in the annals of French history: the territory is invaded _ oy 800,000 Gr.rman soldiers; Marshal McMah on with 30,000 men is attacked by 9_0 ,000 R u sians commanded by Prince Frederic Charles 9-nd after an 8 hour fight, routed. D uring this engagement McMahon disaulecl over 2 5,000 of the enemies, hut also, ~acrificed his own gallant brigade of cuirassiers whose heroic charge on a body of 25 ,000 men backed by a formidable artilllery Never was it known that client has become legendary. Mc~vfabon is howe~er enabled W ho invoked thee at the hour to retreat to Chalons unmolested.

When he needed thy assistance Three weeks later, llaving recruited his forces to t he Was denied it, and thy power number of 120,000 men, he wal' once att.•teked by Gen. Is so great we. ever marveled Moltke's formidable army whil e attempting to form a At the deeds that thou hast done union with Gen. B:1zaine near Sedan. .l\1cMnhon was Since all the favors thon dost ask ctisabled in the beg inning of th e fight by the explosion Gt·anted are by tby dear Sou. of a shell, the army thus left without its general, ancl surrounJe<l hy 300,000 Germans shelling shot froi11 the most effect,i ve artill ery ever secu on a t>at.tle-field, wns As He bent into sweet submiss ion To thy will when here-helow obligerl to capi t ulate, and 80,000 men, thr flower ofFra nSo he heeds th ee now in Heaven CE<'s br:west y oung m:mhood, were tal;;en prisoners 10 Germ am'.

Graces at thy instnnce flow On these souls I crave protection Shortly after the Se.! bn.rl isaster a revolu tion in Pal'is At tby hands wheu o'er them fall bad plac<>d the governm ent of France iu th e hands of a Griefs d3l'k clouds and Care's dar!;. shadows few lawyers who, owing to tlteir revolntion " ry and When Sin o'er them ca~ts her pallunchristian principles were far from in!lpiri:lg the nation with that confidence so nece ss~rr at such a crisis. However the characteri~Lic patrioiism ofall true Frenchmen 'Vhen tbou se11dest down those graces si lenced all eli ·corclant voices ; all politicn I preferences Causing grief and car'es to flee were laid aside. ·witlt an admirable and enthusin.~tic uThou, by loosing sin ·s strung sllackles nanimity all cl::sses of soeioty answered the call; riel, From its honclage sets souls free and poor, nobl es an!l peasants, young ttn<i olu asketi for So I ask that thou wilt keep us crosses anrl rusheu to t!JE, seYeral camps opeuerl to reFrom sin's taint that we may grow ceive them. Fiv e weeks a fter tbe cnll an army oflOO.OOO Pure and holy e'en as thou wert men ranging from tl:e youngster of 1& to the old wlli leIn thy life when hero below. haire l man of GO or 'iO, had g:'-there<l below Orleans and were cammanoed by d' Aurelle de Palladin, a general then 75 year;; old who was organizing the army of"La If through life you grant protection Loire.'' It was there that I j oined the division of which To thy children- at its end I had been appointed cha plain and which was almost Through thy love for us assist us exclusively composed of Britons. The Zouaves of CbarBe thou near us-he Olll' friendrette, dismissed by Pins IX after Vi ctor Emmanuel 's Since thou al't the special patron cowardly invasion of Rome, had volunteered their serOf good deaths list to our prayer vices to the cause of F rance and were a part of (lUI. Guide us safe throu gh Dea t-h's dark valley di dsion, but they llad their pnrticular rhapln in.

To our Ht.tiVCidy Hom e so fair.

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BATTLE OF PATAY. .their teens and others -old men, mostofthein all bhr~ng This campaign was gloriously opened toward, the end : . the most arsstocratic names of·France, presented their of October by the ;.out ~f the . Gen~~ans at Coulmiers gallant breast as a target to the g·u nnets of Frederic 11enr Orlean~, au<l .tbe reoccupation of tbnt to.wn which Charles .and, unconcerned, without firing a shot, a_dvantor a ti>rtuight lind been in th e han <ls of the enemy. But . ced towards the thundering battery and appareluly n()t 1 he ct is rnisinl hy Gampetta of the .glorious conqueror of noticing the gaps :that lively death i.nade -in their ranks. ·.

Coulmicrs on account of his refusing to aCC(\pt the stra- What a terrible but at the same time what an imposing tegic schemes de vised by lawy_ers' heads in a lawyer's : sight. .. . · ' Follow them a few hundred feet from t.heir starting office, imposed on the army a ,temporary immobility.

After three <bys ofnegotiat.ion Ollanzy accepted the sue- point and you ,see the· brave de Sonnis · fall, shouting cession of rl' Aurelle_de Pala.diue as generaliss ~mo, on. "Vive Ia France!" A well aimed' bullet has cut off one condition however that be should be ind~pend~nt in his of his legs. Almost ~imultaneously the bursting of a command as well as .iu his movements. General de Sonnis Shell kills Charette's horse and inflicts a severe wound a.s brave~ soldier as he was a good Catholic, took .the . on !Jis knee. Young marquis de Bouillez, the brearer of place of Chan.r.y at -·t he hea.d _of army corps to which our the banner on which an image of the Sacr(\d Heart·is eni- ' division wa.s attached. And ~e ·again started on our broidered 1 fa.lls mortally wounded, shouting to his 'commarch townrd Paris thEm besieged by king Wil.l iam of rades: "Sav.e our Standard!'' De Vcrtham:on who has lett ·Prussia. , behind a .beloved young wife and two children and But Prince Frederic Charles left free ,by th.e humil- princely resideuce~:S, advances. seize a hvldof it next, and · iating and 'treacherous capitulation .of Bazaine 1 wa.s has- also falls mortally wounded. N·ow 'tis a young Parisian, tening by forced marches tooppose our progress toward oi plebebn --extraction, Louis Denneux. by name, 15 Paris; he met us near Patay. Chanzy, however, who in- years old, a. new Zouave recruit but 'already a hero- . tended 1.<> cbo6se his own. battle ground and did not in- _he catches the flag and w-ill soon ·have the honor of tend to expose _his men to be beaten down by an im- hoisting it on the conquered ·-beights of Patay and aftermensa superiority in numoer, refused to give battle, · wards of carrying it back to his chief, safe but gloria.nd resolved to retreat towards Le Mans where another ously blackened.by powder and sanctified in the blood army was in process of formation. P t:ince Frederic of its heroic defenders.·' '· Charles shrewrfly suspecting his scheme ranged on the · · In .fact vr:e can now perceive amongst -the Pruss ian heights ofPatay a ft>imidP:ble battery ofliis Krup can- ranks u~mi:.takable sigU8 of panic and confusion, vainly wa.s~9,liged .to ~ke ~he field without being -sufficit>ntly

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A.handtul G>[JlltlJ+Qo\dly+~t.~cjcJJ}g >~ndllf'Drc~< •kumiliatingJdisasters arrd her ' fl&lts, I am p~oU:d (>fber! frrg out 'of ,its .~!most.• iJ??Pr~g.~Ql4h(pq.5i~~l);;rf.\ !w.ftole ·' 'l'BE FQR'lY' " D .U l;! ~tTREAT: . . . divisioo,ptote.c ted by,.a,,$'qug, -~FY-J ~t~,o.t .• ~nly.ri~ '' l'lha.ve·.booll'·tre5passing too l~ng ~pon your khi~ ..at- . posslb)e:~J~e .9rde,•:a ~r.~, gl )'i~~- ~li\HrJ-l?IIOJJ;l-PtlY. •· Qbe~e<L! · uten tionr ;Yet, ·' ean :I · stop · ·"!'i tbbn t spe~kiiig of tne last but th~ ,guqn,e.r& aJ;ld, c~vd P,cto,r~r~ uqt ).gi-ven·1t.iimel ~ • -~•str q~mls- of the· army· M Obanzy ; of that glorious ~Prea.t hitch tb~ir, bqrse~ . 'to tb~ .• ca~~ Wf~~~; tb~.shbnts , Nn (orty:~days b.efQre -an enemy more than doilble qur "Vi v~ . 1~ Ft;ance': ann<m'l\c.es .. f..h~ f..>De~s. .of,-. tb~ . ,u~~ .-·muQ ber-s: l)n=d •baekedl by an admirable artillery ~rovid_ed daun~t~~ iO\.lll;V.e~ G.oQ]j,~ to,·.~lle }l91~saie,n, , 0:t th~ : bat- · . ~,wit!) Krup'Sl-guns; the best then exist~ng _in the world; tery ;,_w ith ~:heir pay,Qq~~s ~P,ey, ,&.@J:9aAPe~t;h .,.-rol.d! ~e.Rr~~ -"~ltile'"'em~ •Wa.S IIU'med with old cannons' for a lc;m~ "t ime amongs~ gunn~l'!! an.d .!M:u,·seM tb~~ 'fQG ca.nnQ.t ,!i~JMU'e · ;;·hou~ed as <l'ubbish tn 'some corners of our arse,nals. Howkille<t.A~ar tbeit; gjlns and.,so,~.n ~e,.qarmer..o£ tber&ored- .. ,e:v.tn;, Jor. the --sake ·of · brevity, I · pass o~er the· 'daily H~ar~ .unit~d to the njlt~Qnal , r!i<l~wh~t~.-~nd-..blue-- was,' -'- iskinn.isbing, the· long ·cold nigbt.s not 'seldo.m . passed boiste,d on, the c9~,q_n~•:e~ ·ba.J:.tery. ,,, •.wi'thout fire ·f or the purpose .of preventing our ~emies The objep.t. of Cbaor;y .w as ,at,taiq.OO .. Capt!Un ,de '! F.er.i ·,fi:o~- seeing <the places of our bivouac~. · ron, tpe. Of1ly 1 uni,~iQI'e<:\ ..o,ffic~liA( ·Jibe . hailltaUoD;.seei.ng ' 09e eveningthat this preca ution had· been dispensed that the Prussianst . ~~a-l.iflipg .the.,.~~lL ·J-1;\Unber, •Of tb~ · •"With, the- soldiers; tinld by a· long march, were gathered stor.~iP.g party wer~ ·rr~p~J;ipg . a -~QU!lter;.atlta.ck, .. com~ · ..ar.nmd-the: fkes,-joliing as generally cto' French soldiers mands 'the retr-E:at•. T,h~ to~ty~fi:ye Z;~u:w.el!, .;the u4i>Uly te>~ " arid watching anx:iou'sly the progress Of the cooking of mains of t,be;Wu,ol~. l:la.~talipn, .pr<>tld,l y . ~unf~lliling c~their :.a succulent<pottage composed of potatoes and bi10on colors 1 t}~g\11 , a,t ~ . slow, pace, -thell1 . ~tl'~atnwbich-theyl · ·b<tllil!g in the pot. During thoae day.; a pottage was a accomplis.hed t}nmo}es.te<_l .l;>y ,th~ ..,Ep.UJ;$~ans~,who . ·could . ra.re da.inty. I was close to one of these groups listening not he}p/ pa,yipg that tdbute of.:.. aQ,tmrll'tioJlJ to; the. bold ••00-<theit' &toi•ies when sudrlenly the well-know wbizzing and patJ·i~tic q~urage . of.th;tt paofl,f.~ ,ofrbt';t;Ves. .i ··ofa shell in the air and an almost universal beu:arel , ~EROJC f!ENI:lJ!l,Ji;NTs OR 14 -Ml}TJJER. , .eaus~d every oue around to fall flat on the ground. Soon Shall.~ .now;,sp,eAk of .t~at ,·.fJ\V<I\ .,nig)llr. ·pASSed..on·the · .howeve11 a joyful peel of laughter announced that the battle-.~~14 .o~;Pat~y amopgst••~ q_ea~.~nd' Jihe<W.ound ~ dau:ger-was over. ·The shell lighting in the m;dclle of ed lyi~g 119atter~d on ..the.;sn~w ..W,J;lw .nll<IDbel'.!OL· !!~Wer4 ' ,;the-pot had scattered round about the savoriug di h. al hundr~ds.? ~):ut.H I . no~ 1e!L;y:Q~ tbe,'!,J,lO.ble, s~ntimentso : Immedi-ately · the order came to extinguish the fires. of thos~ yq11•'g ~roe~ ;GJwel't \ll)l:y ,~ffe<l)ing • .t heit blood. ~Tbat ~vening the hungry stomachs of the soldiers of and th~idiyes :for. the:: -~l.v~tiOJHlf <\heir. country ?:One : that qompany' had to b e satisfied with the fine flnvor of oftheni handed me a letter prepared in advance, in pre. ·.· their dispersed · pottage antl one of those biscuits, 15 vision o~ his being .~illcd . in .'w\liph . rhe announced big or 16 ye:rrs old, · a l'peci men of which I )J~t<i had the own dt::~th. to.-his wotqer~ .•~nifpsLillg · me:wijh- the care. good f('rtune to be gratified wit h one day for my allowof send\tjg -it, be ,. r~qqet?t.ed ,i tj)at,fl ls-heuJd · add a few an~e. Thrrt famous biscuit bore on its surface a certif;ioa.te words tO. it voqc!ling fPLl 1bis..d;V.ing:. ~b.Elrdeaih nof..a tr-ue " ofits ; origin which showed 'that it bad been mnde in French , ~::a~riatian, &qlQler,.tb,a~ \1\i~ ; ~other.J migbt..be .enll · : Toulon in 'the ye..'\r 1853-we were then in 1_8 ;'0! Had I couraged, to .sen _, b.i~ ,yQunger ~PIIQti!&J: •,k>-·, take J hia pla.ee ' ·not· be.en- pressed by hunger, I would hve preserved -it in the aTlf1Y· fll . .ff\Gt:,.~n -A!Q'S'i 1 l$r . ~ha·t !Wuly h<~roie · to-rejoice one 6f those monomaniM collectionists. by mother, whQ .Jlligbt .h\1-~l,l ,l;le~n! ~Q.!Jli.H"ed ilto ;the. mother . · presenting' him with it. It would no1; have been t-he. Jess of the M~.qhal.lees. ,of , ~~ •. ,,~v,aa , ~Q · \lt~~WP"Pl'esenoting ; interesting of his antiquities. to Char~i!W~ I,I., ,P)Iight. bpy, Pf!l4 y~llrfS"t;~f,Jlge_, entreating BATTLE OF ~MaNS the bra¥e, geu.e;t;a,Lio ~n:ljst ~hc!'t C.Pild. .in, ~be ranksJOf:.his · ''N0w do not expect from me a description of the batglorious ,ZputWf!S. ~tJ , ha.J e ~~dy.•.Mcnificed to Goct · tle of :U•·l \tans: I will only say that Chanzy 'Qeing re-enmy two ,:eldest son& ~or}~~enf!lll at..i~ll: IOf Frll>nce:::if-God ·'· forced pythe 't)O,OOO B ritons gn.thererl . nt ,tbe ~~p of is please<,i t~ . flPC~pt do.lsor.:t~e.-riSlr~Uiee oUbi&younges-t = ' Cenlie ,w as waiting for the enem1 on the table-land of and onlJf ., re1nt\iPiHg ql)ild, ,.l .- AJDUthflrl>Y ' U.. <dtfe1·it td · ·Amour near Le Mans, where 'Prin~e frereriok Cbarles Him." A_od.-ller l!)st, ~'!l';)lps ~o~~~HI!)U ,Wtftll~ •tQ this--.effect . . · "'"t!OOn · nt~-a:cked bim:·The battle lasted three days. For two "Remell_lp.ep .the_ .ijf~~ ~nd. tth~ ·dellit.h GliyourtlOlt'h~ll -broth. flays the Frencl:t held th eir posi~ions 11nd slept on the e~ An!i ~fll!k!> IMe! tbtlt•won~)ly;,; BeDc.O~.ao . heroid ·' battle-field. On tbe 3rd d,a y till2 o'clock ill the afternoon mother was killed at the battle of Le Mans;. ! ·had ltht>· ' the triumph of Charizy seemed . certain. Everywhere consolatiou.~£,<~t\Jlg: H~tw in ;.~siallce61-*hi~h I · the Pr-qssians were lo&~g ,gr9pnd: :~ba cqp~_ P't·tlle

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BOURBONNAIS, ILL. Samedi, 12 Mars. 1887.

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A u R Ev. P. F. X . C. 0 le b~l anniversa ire!

A par eil jour, 0 bo :~ heur!

Tu devins l'oint du ~eigneur , L'ange de son snnctuaire! t~u'il revienne ce grand jour En ta mémoire ravie Et btêo des fois que ta vie En f ète le doux r etour!

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Pui~sPnt tons cc nx r;ui t'entourent Voir ce glo rieux déclin ~:t qu'à ce soir Ils acconrcnt Comme au plus riaut matin!

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MM. On vous a dit les bie•tfaits que lPs orrlres religieux ont opérés en filVenr de l'hum:ttité; on n surtout appuyé su r l' in:fiueuce qui ils ont exercé s ur le corps et l'esprit, sor l'agriculture et les lettres; mai s les moines ~ont allés au deh\; ils ont atteint jusqu 'au plus intime de l'être; il ~ ont pénétré ju~qu e rhns le s~netu · tire du cœur; ils sont nrrivés jusqu'à l'âme! Et ils y sont parvenus en offrant à ]a terre lP. spectacle des plus admirables v~rLus, mais surtout de la charité. 0 charité 1 rico ne résiste à ton sou.flle puissant, tu indines les <·œurs et les volontés comme l'ouragan ab:• isse les cimes les plus orgueilleuses!

La charité, la charité seule, pouvait triompuer de la barbare fierté de ces nations qui av11.ient renv ersé lasociété ancienne. La pitié leur était inconnue ; ils allaient du Nord au Sud couvrant tout de ruin.e s et d e sang pour subvenir à leur imprévoyante oisiveté, pour satisfaire leur insatiable cruauté. Mais quand ils virent ces phalanges inuombrnbles de rrligieux dont plusieurs avaient commandé leurs armés, dont le front avait ceint la

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couronne, upporter les humiliations les plus éto nnante~, embrasser lts sacrifices de tous geures, accomplir les œ uvres surhumaines d e la cllarité, ces üroncllest ces intlom pta,bles barbares se sentirent subjugués, vaincus!

En effet comment, s'il leu r rrstait encore quélque chose d'humain, auraient pu résister aux exemples cle d évuuem~nt qne leur donnaient ces Religieux, qu i partout où ils paraissaient élevaient des asiles à tous les maux, à toutes les doule urs? L1. France seule a compté ju ~qu'à vingt mille hopitaux ! C'est grâce à l'action de leu r inépui;:able charité que l'orphelin a trouv é des anges pour l' ai mer co m m~. nnrait fa.it sa mère, que Je vieillard a r endu son dernier soupir dans des mains nmies' que le p:lllvre a reçu Je pain rle cbaque jour. qne le ma lad e a senti un adoucissement à ses so utfnmces, qu e le captif sur la terre étrangèJe n vu briser ses chaîn es. On peut dire qu'il n'est pas 1me misère qui n'ait été secouru e, pas ul!e pl:tie qui n'ait ~té p:tn~ ée, pas un e brme qui n'ait été essuy ée!

Et dans cette lutte,d :llls cet é lanrna guanimed~:: l'amour, l'homme et la femme ont rÏ\'alisé d' abnégation et sont allés juHpt'à la folie, cette folie qui sauva le monde s ur le bois sanglant de la croix et qui devait <lans la suite le doter de l'incornpal':tble civilbation chr é li ~ n­ nc. On a vu clis·ie, sous l'empire d e cette folie , dès rdigieuses-de faibles femmes !-voler sur les dtam de Lataill e~ au milieu elu feu et de la mitraille po ur prodi <TUCr les derniers soins aux guerriers moura n ts! .. On a b ' vu des reli ge ux, un St. R1ymond se donner en ûtage pour briser les chaînes de quelques esclaves et qni ne cesse de leur faire entendre des paroles de consolation que lorsqu'il a les lèvres percées par le fen, la bouche close pnr un énorme fer! On a vu un St. Pi<'rre rendre !cl liberté à d es C.'tptifs aux dépens de la sienne et qui, incapable de payer ln ran çon promise, reste t~ lrangl é pendant six jours et s'il r.e meurt pas, c'est qu e le ciel veut montrer, dans sa personue brisée par ce t atfr·cux supplice, le trophée d e la chr.rité, un monument du martyre et de l'héroïsme 1 Nonseulement les ordre<; monastiqlles triomphèrent de la barbarie réussirent tl. spiritualiser ces masses de peuples passionn és et charnels. L eur influ ence se fit en core sentir cle plusieurs autres mnni ères snr les mœurs et contTibua le plus puissamment à affermir la civilisa ti on europ?.cune encore à so:a a urore. Avec la soeiété

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LE CERCLE FRANf'A.IS. rOm3Jin e étaien t di sparus to us vest iges du pouvoir pub lic, il n'<>n rest11it qu e l'ombre. P~:~ nd a nt cette cri se effroyable, alors que menn.çn,it de so mbrer les prin cipes les plus élémentaires d u d roit et de l'a utori té, q ue la lég islation c:i vil e était ù pe in e for mul ée, les ord res religietlx prom ulgaient des ·règlements pleins de sagesse, des con~tit u tio n s ré uni ssant le> éléments les plus parfaits de ln. monarchie et de la république, consti t ut ions ndm ir:-tbles qui serv ire nt cl e .:.wdèles aux in stitut ion s pol i tiques des peu pies modern es et furent le berceau de le ur civi lisation.

C'est au se in de ces g rant:I es famill es reli gieuses qne furent au s~ i mises en pratiqu e les di vines leçonti <le l'E vangile, les seules vraies notions d'ég:dité et de frater: n i1 é l .Là, le ser f n'était pns pl u!' q ue le maître, t ous les t itres étaient conrond us, toutes les distin ct ious mondaines s'évanouissaient rla.ns les embrassements cle la charité fraternelle! Cette élévation de to us a ux pl11s hantes charges monastiq nes et aux pins sublim es dignités sacerdotales porta un co up OJ ortel à la ser vit ud e, ce tte hon te des civi lisations ant iq ues!

Après avoir contrib ué autant qu e t ous autres, sinon pl us, à é lever l'édi fice g rand iose de la société chrétienne, ils ont su la défendre à toute he ure et a u péril d e leurs j ours q uand des mains perverses ont osé l'attaqner.

Ils l' ont dt!fe nd ue par la création des orclres mili taires, contre les enva bisse ment:s de l'Islami sme qui menaçaient d'agenouiller l'Europe rl evait le O ro i ~sa nt!

Il s l'ont cléfevdue par l'éloquenoe d'un St. Dominiq ue dont la pnrole entlamm6e annéanli t l'hérésie naissante des Albi geois, aussi t erri ble et mortelle q ue le mohométi ~ m e même !

IIH l'ont. d éfendue par le zèle dévorant d' un St. I gnace don t les en fa nts , in vincibles b>Ltallions d e l' Eglise, ont com battu l'erre ur so us t ou tes les fo rm e:> et ont porté l'étendard v ictorieux du Christ jusqu'aux extrémités ùn mond e !

Et ils la d éfend ent encore auj ourd'hui sans j amais se lasser con!re le monstre de l'incrédulité qui dresse S<\ tête menaçante aux regards des natinns effrayées et prêtes à apostnsier ceLte foi q ui les a rendus supéri em·es aux sociétés p:tyennos et asiatiques! @et te foi qui les fera grand es et fortes.a nx heures du péril et saura les préserver cle la barbarie, cle la corru pUon et de la mor t !

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Il n'est pas nécessaire d 'appnyer plus longtemps snr un e qu esti on dont Je mérite vous est conn u. Ce que nons avons elit est ]JI us q ue su ffisa nt pour prouver q ue les ordres religieux existent pour l'a van tage des sociétés, qu' ils n'ont p:-~s forfa- it ;\ leurs devoirs et q u' ils o nt une infi nité cte titres à la gr.2titude et à la vénération des peuples. , Sont- ils les ennemi s do la civilisation ceux qui lu t t è-

rent si vail lamment cp n in~ la bavh~,~i.e ,et l'individualisme et firent tant pour baser l' ord re p nhlî c sur les infaillibl es principes de la v érité et de la •j usti ce ?

Sont-il> les ennemis d u t ravail ceux qui défl'i chèrent 1'-En rope, la fécond èrent ct e leurs sueurs et qui en six cents ans centupl èren t sa v1tl eur Rgric< le?

• Sont-ils les .enn emis .d e la libe.rté, ceux qui se plièrent les premiers so us la règle de l'égaJit.é univ erselLe et ne se1cl onnen t d'autres t itres, nient -ils été prince& ou rois, qu e celui si cl oux de frères?

Sont-ils les ennem is des pauvres et ct es souffrants ceux qui <mt fon dé pour les recueillir dès mi ll iers d'hopit atlx , vrais p:-t.lais d e la chari té où se trouvent d n pain pour les affamés et u n ba ume adoucissant à t ou tes les douleurs? ~ ont- il s les ennemi s <~ e la science ce ux qui sauvèrent les lettres des armées dévas ta tri ces des B:trbares et nous transmirent, com me un glorieux héritage, ]t,s immortels chefs-d'œ u vre de Rome et de la Grèce?

Sont-ils les enn emis de leurs patries ceux qui , le cru cifix à la main , en traînaient lesjsoldats de l'Espagne aux barricades pour repo usser ce uo nq uérant devant qui s'étaient ouv e· tes toutes lespo rtes rl es Capitales Européenn es ?

Sont-ils les enn emis · de leur patrie ceux qui, Rprès av oi r accom png né les arm ées de l' Al lemngne sur to us les champs de batailles, ont été déCorés cle h croix des braves ct q ue la P ru sse auj ourd'hui, ô honte! ô iugrat itucl e! bnn nit d u sol natal eu rnm e tr:1îtres t\ leur pays et à leur roi?

Non ! Non ! Mill e fois non!! !

Les ennem is, les v m is ennemis de la patri e, <le la liberté, de la science et de la civilisat ion, ce sont ces exécrab les impogte urs q ni fr nppent de co11 fiscntion de t ouLes sort es ces homm es :1uxq uels l'ant iqu ité reconnaissnnte eût élevé des a utels !

Voyez ce qu ' ils ont fait pou r l'Angleterre, la Prusse et l'Italie. ces perséc uteurs acbam és des oro res Reli gieux .

Le Protestantis m<>, par b suppressio n des monastères et des hopitaux, a donné n rri s~an ce au paupérisme, à ce ca ncer h ideux q ui s'at tache au cœ ur de la ri c!Je Angleterre et :r tarit po m· ses info r t un és enfants les sources de la vi e. l3 ismark par l'expu lsion des J ésuites, qu e lt=: grand Frécl eric en des j ours orageux avaient recueillis, prive la studieuse All emagne de maîtres illu stres qui fhisaient so n org ueil. Lecarhonari sme, en s' emparant des propriétés monast iques, loin de combler Je dMéc it. des fi nance!' du Roy aume-U ni ne fait q ue creuser le gouffre où menace ct e s'englou tir la grande ur et le rê ve de l'uni té itali enn<>.

Ab ! sachez Je, les ennemis de:; ordres religieux , quelqu'i ls soient, ce son t les ennemis de notre impérissable religion. Ils ~e fon t persécuteurs parce qu'ils voient dans ces fils dévoués de la foi, com me l'a reconn u lui-m ême l'illustre Pie I X, le bras droit de la papauté, la colonne a vancée de l'armeé chrétienne.

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;i\ja:ts:qu0.tqo'ill? fa~s.en:t, lc;>.s oi'<ilre& rélLgi~tlx ne sauOUIBI L LET:E.S . . i'i~i~(f~t p&Hl\ .ils solit trop uéGess~ires à l'état actuel èle lu . s®~:ié'llé. l)ans ces tem !>S oD. l'human.i té sem~le être jetée - crest le Ca!'ême-! ë@m'ni!e 1\!l:le proie à t'égoïsm.e,.- oiil::î fo-ule }tveU;g,le n'a~ Bientôt P~que~. do.re, <'l.îl'è les sens, otii le torrent de larévofution emporte .._,.. Mr. Bartas est convalescent. tes inst.ittrtions des siè<Ùes, i.l.f,mt. des hommes qui sa· ~Eugène Harbom est àrrîvé avec tarnhou.r, sinon cliènt rei10neeraux rlches~es,. etauxhounéursd.e la terre, ti·om pette. Il est g~ti comme pi uçon. f.m.i'j!f<:iJê:t là ofuâi.t e~. les. plaisit•s, ohéirà l'autor-ité légitimE: - Rév. P. Poulin est retolltné an Canada. Les vœux bhHiiille à Dieü rùême, et c'est ce ·que ~nnL les religieux, de SèS nombretlX at:nis t'accompagnent. ·en emJgrassaile 1es vœux de religion, ·lés van1x de pau- Rév. J. LPgris a pris une petite vacancé depuis là VJ'été,. dé .e hasteté et d'•obéiss::ruce. semaine dernière. EspArons que éé repos bien mérité C'epemd;'l-nL s?il se reucont.rai-t cles peuptes assez ennesera :Kworable à sa ~anté. l'l'l'is de leurs propres intérêts :poqr chasser elu milieu - Alex. fait une classe extra de français à MM. J. d'•eax les ordt'es monastiqnes, o ma patrie, o généreuse Bennett et EhriGb- Eravo! c'est ainsi qu'il faut faire Jté.pu'QLique, toi qui es déjà ouverte à tant d'intorttmes, pour se rendre maître d'une langne. a·t:cue.rne& ·e'Ncore êes nobles exilés, ces. malheureuses ~ Le F. Champagne, <lont la santé inspire des crain' v.iç;thnes dé 1a tyrann1e! Qnr ôait? Ce sera peut-êt.re p~r . tes est l'M.te d,u Rév. P. Bélanger. Nous serons heureux leu1: interl'l'lédiaire que t:ù en)èvems. mi vieux lJJ.Oncle le de revoir ce vieil OrégonierU · seep:tre dw la science et tles beaux arts qu'il a porté - Les azaléas, qui ont été achetés pour la chapelle, Jl!!s·ql'!'à cejour avec tant de gloire? produisent un .s uperbe effet sur l'autel de St. Joseph.

P 0 ur IWns, étudiants de eett.e. maison, que nous sotn- · L'orchestre et la fanfare préparent des inoi·c.e aux ,l!Pes heareu.X, que uous som mes h()no:rés de po~séder, de choix pour la fête àe St. Patrice. <;e s0ir, a-u milieu cle nous, uh des représentantsdl') - l\1. L'abbé F. Ouimet remplace à l'église de St. (lés comrl'luH:aUtés qui furent persécutées par l'odieüsè John, Chicago, Ie Rév. P. O'Briell qui est présentement Cc:>nHnuné dan~ l:t J>ersonne vénérée <ln d·igne Visiteur en Floride pour sa eanté. <tes .Gleres. de St. Viatenr: VeHlllez bien, Très Révérend - Jaspar Brosseau nous a quittés pour entrer comme P<1re, ngr&er l'hom muge de nos proft·>!Hles sympathies en commis d(ez Mr. Kerr. Il est à une honne école et nul même ~c•uùs qne l'e;x['ression rle notre sincère reconnais- âou te qu'il ne réussisse dans l\'l monde de la finance. ~ a'·l.c e. J<~t ~ oy t 7, pcrsu::dj qne plus t:nd, ·l orsque nous - Rév. J. LPsage, curé de St. Georges, alll_10IJçait ~<ero lft> eH L'Ut e : ul>: qrnges de la vie,, nous défendrons de dernièrement à sa p:troisse qu'elle,n'avait plus de dette. toutes nos f<>!' CPS ees '.lévoués religieux à qui nous de- C'est nn succès dont tous doivent être fiers. Il, faut re. v ons notre édllc::ttion, notre avenir! connaî' re aussi que le 'Pasteur et les ouailles :ont lutté de zèle et de générosité.

• - :\Ir. J oseph St. Louis'SOet ivrr. Mathieu '82 viennent d'ouvrir un magnifique magasin, à Kankakee. Ces deux L'ORDRE. Jeunes Mes~ ieurs ont bien fait leur chemin à venir jusqu'ici et nul <loute que leur nouvelle entreprise ne i:!Oit n estici-bas un ordre parfait. couronnée d'un plein succès.

Oh! qaelle harmonie entrr. toute chose! _W. Caron '85 est employé comme commis chez Chaque être a sa fin, un but qu'' il connaît: 'I'erme de sa vie, éternelle pause.

Mr. Bonûeld, Kankaokee et paraît se plaire à merveille < au milietl des drogues. Succès. !

La fraîcheur de l'ombre est à la forêt, ~ 68 d~grés cle éhaleur aujou>dhui! Il fil:ut ouvrir La chanson au nid où l'oiseau se pose, les fenêtres.

LIJ divin sourire aux lèvres de rose, __.: Les abe illas entrent dnns la boucbe. de .John Bell At1X perles des. me~s le brillant reilet. comme élans celle de St. Ambro:ise, avec cette seule différence que c'est pour le piquer.

An bleu firmament l'éclat de l'ét.oile, - Mme. Marie-Anne Ulrich, née Hantberg d'Anjoùter, Aux vierges de Dien l'oml>re dè leur voile, Le parfum aux ftelirs, l'encens à l'autel. dépa1:tementdu Haut-Rhin, France, a ftlit ca<leau à l'égl:ise, canadienne de R(lcbester d'une magnifique propriété Le rayon de joie au ftont de l'enfance évaluée à $20,000. On pourrait dire de cette noble Le regret au.cœur où meu tt.l'espérance·, donatrice que ces œuvrés lui survivront et les généraLe ca.d:avre ·à la tombe, à l'âme le ciel! ti0ns futures qui devront le bienfait inappréciable d'une éducati0n catholique et soignée, béni·i'Ont sa mélil!\{)Îre.

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:LE CERCLE FltANCAIS. P uisse cet exemple encourager la générosité cle ceux que Dieu a f:Lvorisés des biens <l e la fortune. -" Le Nati onal" de P lattsburg, N. Y .

- Rev. Chs. Goulet, a ncien m11ître cle discipline, est mai nLenant curé de E ~tst Const ab le, New Y o"rk. Nous espérons qu e les occtl pations du· Ré vérend Mons ieur lni perm et tro nt bientôt d e venir nous voir.

- P hil. Lesage est en vi site cbe:z son be tu-frère, P. I~éto ttrn ea n M. D. à Chippe wa Fall s.

- I l y a act uellem ent, a u bas mot,- dans ï es Etats cle New York, Connectic ut., elu Massaeh usrtts, cl u Rhocl eIslar, cl, du ;yfaine, <lu N e w H:nn pshire, du Vermont, 334, 775 Canadiens Catlwliqtws, 134 prêtres canadiens, e t 30 couvents dirigés par d es Comrn nnantés ca t~:td ienn es .

Ces el.liifres sont pl utôt au-dessou s du chi ffre réel qu'a udesslis.

On a nn_o nce la mort de Paul Fé~Rl, eél èbre romancier.

Ir naquit à Rennes et se fi t remarquer par i'ab~ndance de se.-; p roductions li ttérairns. Pendant les deux A~nées ~ 1858 et 1859, soix:otnte-<li::t-huit volunîes parl!re;t sous son nom. Il excelle à créer les intrigues et néglige quelque :flJis le sLy le pour ne songer q u'à l' itwention. Cependant que lqnes uns de ses ouvra u-es se distinguent 0 ' par ben ucoup rl e g râce et de fraîcheur; ses rlia logues so nt très rapides et d ' un nat urel exquis.

Dans L es étapes cl'1me c:Jnvers{on, il a raconte clans qu elles ci rconstanc es D ie u lui,.fit trouver le "chemin de Dmn[ts." On i'avnit chargé d' écrire un ouvrage contre les J rés nites, mais les documen ts q11'on lui avait fournis lé d écidèrent à publier un ounage en leur favem. Depu is son retour ù la fo i, il ré visa tous ses r omans qtü peu vent être ain si placés eu tre les mains de t<)DS lecteurs.

MEDITATION. La mRtin ée était serein e, un léger nu nge fuy ait furti vem ent à l'hor izo n nuré. Le ciel étnit limpide, un rayon dn soleil ràcli eux effleurait la ci me des grands arbres, et se ca<: haît d ans les fe ni lhges verdoyants.

Dans ces o mbrflges mystérieux, l'< ·i seau bCLLi ssait son nid, et chantait ses am ours. Un e colombe rouco ula it gai ement, stu le bord pittorc ..:;que d'un beau lac, etplon g e"it son bec rose dan s l'oncl e pure.

Des breb is crraien t da ns les sentiers rocailleux · et lltissaient fLUX tai ll is des lambeau x · de leurs lain es.

L:L ll:Ltnre, <:e vaste paysnge, ét:Lit le 1 erceau où som me:J b it mon âm e contempbtive. L'arti ste es t rê veur e n reg:Œthtnt un p:111 <l e l' bori zon em pou rpré, un tro nc d'arb re enso l e iil ~ , ou une fleur épanoui e. Clwqae site lu i r évèle la gmnclenr cle Dir-:u ; son pi nceau esq nisse un fragment d e la nil.tlln', pen dant q ue s ~t pe nsée s'agenoui lle d ans cette ~oli L ud e embaum ée en priant l'Eternel.

J e me so nl'iens rl c m'être ap pu y ée snr nn vi eux pont rust ique ; l'l.lerbe croissait, arrosée pa r les vag ues ; et su r le ri vage lan g ui ~s aient. d es fenilles j am ti cs.

L'm·uge avait bri sé des bra nches, r ecou vertes de m o u ~se, qui t r:1.Î naient s ut· le g~zo n , OLl b :l.l:w (1a icllt les dern iers cl éuri s d'un nid . L 'hirond elle s'e nfu yfli t dans (l'a utres climats, et mon r ega rd attentif s uivait le p:tpillon q ui di sp:w::ti ssait d ans l'azur.

L e mnrmnre d e l'o!: <l e, le br ui sse ment d e la feui ll ée, Je ramage th' l'oiseau, rempli ssaient l'espace d'une do uce .m ûlodi c. L'e t, fa nt jouait E< Ur la ver te pel o use, et. m êlnit ses èTiE< d e joie nu brn i t my stérieux rl e la nat m e é veill ée.

Dans les buissons et les prés fl eur is j\tirne à r êver en contempl:tut le ciel <1. t ravers les branches pa rfu mées, et j'ai esquissé un paysage, qni me rap pell e tonjOll rS l'e nivr ement, le bonheur de cette 1womcn ~•de ~~ la ca Ill pagne.

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Le c irniti ère est un lieu où viennent se cacher dans la poussière toutes les ambitions hnm Rine:;: le savant

r epose pr.;:s de l'ig noranL; le riche près elu pauvre ; l'ltomm e d e lettres près 'cl e 1'a rtisnn. T ous gise nt en un même lieu, to ns o nt la m l:me terre pom dem eure. Mais to us n'ont pas Clllpor té les m ê me~ r egrets; cllac un n 'a pas laissé rl erri ère !n i les mêmes sonv en irs.

I ci, un e femme en hnbits de d euil est age nouillée sur la froid e pi erre d'un (o mbean, ses lè vres murmurent un e [H'i 0re et de ses y e ux s' échappent d es larmes : c'est, lù qn e repose so n en f:1 nt ch éri, w n amom, Sil. g loire, le seu l espoir en levé ù so n orgu eil matern el. La morL l'a ravi avil. nt qn' il rut approclté les lè vres du C>di ce rl•~ la vie, ct, eette mère a vu tons ses rêves cl'or s'évanouir dans un tombea u . .. .

Lil, c'es t nn e j enne fill e incli née s ur un e tombe chérie.

Ell e jo int c,ntv u], iv emeut les mai ns, ses yeux son t tournés ve rs le c iel eunnne pou r y ch e rcher l'ange q 11 i y a pri s so n esso r. F leu r t o ute frnkhe et toute pure orn ée encore de lit perle cle l ' ~ur o re, elle r egrette sa sœ ur qu' un soleil trop ~tnie n t a d éj .\ fl é tr ie. P ourqu oila mort · ~• -t- ell e en levé su r le seuil de la v ie une existence si chère!

A quelques pas plus loin s'élè vent un e mocles te croix ct e boi s. So us ce t e ~t· e fr:·tÎchemen t remu é repose un e mère hi en-aim ée. Nu l ornement pour son tombeau, sin on un e fl enr nouv elle d éposée c hHque jour par ses enf:tnts. P auvres enf:tnts, ils ig norent ce que c'est que la vi e, et ils n'ont pm; l'a il e d'nne m ère pour s'abritet· quan d vi endra l'orage. J eun e,; bontons de rose, comm ent pourront-ils éclore sa n!> l'aicle d ' u n rameau bienf.<tisant qui vi enne les protéger! Pleurez, pau v res orphelins, pleurez et pei ez: les lannes soulage nt et la prière soutient.

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E\:ench, t lre b0ldbayonetchatg~s6ftheir infa.n'try, ina~e up not much time .to consid,e r the qetails:· of such.a scene. forth~ iwdisputifble supel"iority Of the German Artillery.. .They are busy answering the heart-rending calls o£ the Unfortunately about this tim~ Prince Frederick Cba.t:{es dying. wounded. makes; a·· desperate attack on a pbi:nt called the Tuilleries It is while going on-such ~n , errand along the wide which, -eritru~ted as it was to "' division of Britten track &tll!mp.e d wit)) h~o9d 1}-.D,d death by· the heroic .colSoldiel's •a-ppeared . -entirely i'mpreghable. Suqdenly ·the umn of ~hi~h I was spi}aking,ll: whiJe ago, that I was shout ''Tr-eason" rises from their· tanks. Trying to use called -by a Captain of Pont ifi.cal Zou~-ves who, badly the muskets they ba1:l been given that same morning ,wound&(l, appeared ..to 1pe ;to, be at his ,la«t. I . was about they miss fire and orr Close inspection find out that mo.st to seat myllelf.neat: him ...when, . pointing to one of his of them ha~e - unbored· r ippies. SuspeCting that they are yo~ng soldiers Jy.ing b1;1t.a few steps fr,0 m him amongst the v•ictims M· an iiffern·a:t '· plot of the revolutionary three orfoJlr dead. frussians, .he told . me to go first to government these brave men aband~n everytbing and thatl boy who seemed to sink rapidly. "HE IS . A , HERO" seek for' safety in flight. The officers·try to stop the flight he said to me; "he has received many wotmds, but by and ev-er;t shoot· a: few o£ the~ dead 'to prevent a general those .cm:pses ar.ound him you· will see that he ·ctid good disbanding, ·hut all in vain: They have lost aU confi- worl} before falling."

I hastened to the boy in whom I recognized tblJ.t dence and will not hear anything. Panic is conta:gious.

Unable tu divilre tlle ·chuse of the fli_ght of the Brittoi1s 14 years old Zouave, . ~he .brother of. that · };lero. I had whose .bravery fs proverbial, the other troo~Js im~gine anointed on the sorrow£ul.night of P a,tay, who exclaimthat the Prus~ians must be :forcing the rear. Xn fact the ed on seeing me: I was expect.ing that you would. .col!le Germans availing themselVes 6f thi's confusion, regain to assist me ~. you did my l)rother at Pa,tay : . I tbank their lost ·groLmd, arid Chunzy prudently commands. the you, I pe;:~,rd hi& confession. Then he asked me .to 9pen retreat. T o complete the misfortune a Ptussian Battery his kf~:apsack and .t o ta\•e a letter, ,wr.itten ·in adv.a,nce to on the !wights :ot:Amour sw~:-eps the railroarl bridge from his motber, and entrusting I!le· w;ith .t he care of fonyat~d­ the river aud thus cheeks their only issue. General ing i~ he asked me to inform her that -. he ·:W:!-S dying Gourgeaud, the successor of Sonnis, addressing the Zou- happy, conscious of hav,ing accompl-ished. his duty ·· and aves, mkes their leact. This example fires two battalions, followed the example of his brothers.

- After ~hat I hastened to the Ca_pt~in, and while I was Chasseuq·s a pied; they form together 'a thi ck column of 1,500 men aHd ad va11ce at a donbl~-quick pace to the hearing hi s confession, holding his bleeding bead on my thundering L.•tLery, making with t heir bny onets wide arm, one of those dead, . plundering Prussians I had alh l oorly. ·g:tp~ .in Lh e· lines of the l'nemy, and finally silence ready noticed, seeing a gold chain on the chest· of the the l.m~tery itse lf. Three fourths of their numliler were mR.n I was :1ttending, \ldvanced . to take it. Tbat was more tThan I could pear with. Springing ·\lp I gave him lying QI:l tl~e field / hut they bad saved the army. a pnsh that caused him to fall violently .on a b.eap of THE D EAD ' ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE. The si-g ht of an engagetnent is truly terr ible a~1d dis- corps<>s near by. Thinking that this would satisfy him tressing. Bu~ what must we sa.y of t ~ te aspect of a battle- and that he would depart, I was ;c.oming b,~ck. to the dy. field after the struggle. For my part I can not think of ing captain. I had . nut time to· kneel when the 1;1,1ffian anything more drsmally painful than such a scene. I rushing wildly upon me, struck me in the chest wtth. hi~ cannot without shuddering recn.ll that long night pass- bayonet before I had hat I time to seize ,the revolver ed on the battle-field of Le Mans. In the si lence of which the Captain held out to me. Falling back I heard night, by a clea r moon of Jnn nary, in an atmosphere a pistol report and saw my aggressor sinkheavUy on tpe yet impregnated with the vapor and EilJ.ell of powder, ground. My young hero of 14 years, whom I .!:)ad conimagine· 50,000 or 60,000 men lying dean or wounded fessed a minute before, seeing the cowardly . at~empt .of ou the bare ground .. A. gloomy silence interrupted but the phm(lerer, had . muster.e d sufficient cour~ge to · t::tke by the groans of the dying, and t_h emoansofthe wound- his rev,olver from his belt and shoot the assassin before ed succeeds t.he thunder of cannons and cries of bugle. he could escape. As I was thanking him Jor the act, .he Here and-t here a chaplain hearin gacoi'lfession, some men breathf;lrl his last with a smile of conten,tment.

I then finished the confession of the Captain who di,e d searching among the corpses for a brother or a friend; every where the busy brancaTdiers ot both armies fri!')nd- one or t:wo minutes after receiviQg ~bsol,t;ttion. Noticing ly helping •one another in their merciful office of pick- that I was losing a_great. deal of .b lood I hast-ened to ing up 't he · wounded and carrying them to the tent the field hospital. The dvctor loo!l:i1;1g at my wound hospitals in their'bloody barrows. Here arid there again exclaimed! '' It is a merE),scptch,.lJ. fine. button-hole, one the disgusting sight vf a thieving soldier plundering the and a half in.ch long; you have had a narrow ·escape dead and sometimes. the wounded yet living. You may the bayonet struck a rib and slid along it: one-eighth easily understand that in srrch moments chaplains have inch deviation and you were dead!" And taking a

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needle and silk he made a hasty suture. Mounting my -The "Lecture on Rome" wil-t"no.t be dehv,e-re:d on horse I again hurried away to the dying and wounded account of the ~-!>ick~ess ~nd depa·tt~re.

'P.!!~e · of ·On the field. · Mr. Finn. ·1·, _,., I have finished. You cannot expect, that I would be - Resignations are now in order; two have tall::en ef,· •,\ able to expose the last struggles of my unfortunate dying feet in the Thespian !tnd two in.., St. Patrick's Sooiety,. -_, d ,, country, not· only against •the merciless exigencies of an - Being the feast of St.. Cy:riJ w~ epjoye(l a ,ple.~tsa:n·t · · -. implacable victorious enemy, but also against the ma- ' day. ol' recreation on t.be ~8th . .ult. .

-. ' -~ · tricidal strokes of some of her unwoi'thy children, the - The visitors of the last two . ~eeks were Fathers.

Communists ofParis. Thank you· for your kind attention Chouinard, Berard, Le~age a,ng Fo.umi~r. · · '· which makes me hope that if I have not inspired you - The Tonsorial Pa,rlors of Mr. K Grandpn~ hav;e with the love of my Bnhappy country, I may at least been refitted and he is nQw prep!l'red. to receive aU his have gained for ·Frantle the esteem and respect she cer- friends.

-~ tainly deserves.

- L9st Thursrlay the "Quinquennites" visited ·the photographic parlors of Mr. C. Kno.wlton . and h;:t:d .pictures taken. The group numbers ::.ixteen and makes a.n imposing appearance.

LOCALS. - ''St. Viateur's college c~p always be depended t]pon - Eleglllnt badges! to furnish pleasant and profitable entertammert·t on - "'What is a desk to the whole ht>me"!''

- "Ski ppcd by the light of the Sun,"· Griffin, Barry every holiday. On Wednesday evening next, the eve of St. Patriek's day, the Thespian ~ociety will give the aud Parker.

-We regret to announce that owing to sickness our thrilling Irish drama "The Duke,'' to conclude with classmate, Jrohn Golden, will be obliged to discontinue the grand chorus, '~Hail,. Glorivus: Apostle .." his stadies. Although we regret much to lose sueh an Kankakee Gazette agreeabl!'l. companion we wish him success in any unAll onr friends are corrlially invited. dertaki:d: · ; e ~ay ebgage in.

-We are very glad to hear that Messrs. Joseph Bt. - Dtfffy ~~s he is going to paint those wisk"'rs green Louis and George Matllieu have started hus_iness:. together. They are located where the faJPoqs shoe store o.f for St.. ;J?~~1iidk's I>ay.

- Tire T·bes·p ian's rehearsings announce that St. Pat- Drolet Bros. us~.:.d to be ~ Our best wishes -to the two o.td rick's day is not far. students of St. Viateur's.

- The Band has a fine medley for W o::dnesday even- Last week we were honored. by the visit of Col. Stanhope, of Waldroll, Ills., who was introduced to tile ing, St. Patrick's 'eve.

- A delega:tfon of 20 from the Holy Name School is students by Mr. A. Kerr, of E:ankakee. After- being coming •t o sptnd St. Patrick's day with us. They are shown through the building the .gentlemen we!·e conducted to the Music Hall where the Band saluted. them most welcome. ,__ The "Select O.Jlhestra" is rapidly getting under with one of their choice :;erenades. The Colonel in: a. its control the d iffi..::'dft music for the next drama. neat address tlianked the sturlents foF tile lively plea-The "Hand-Ball Allies'' have ' been repaired and sure·t-heir courtesy ca.used him and encouraged them in now the old-time sport has bee111renewed. their pursuits after knowledge-We !:)ope to be favored - On account of "throat troubles" ·M;r. Wi!stach has With frequent Calls from the genial anU alWiLJS WelCOme been obliged to give up his part in the play. visitor.

- Bro. Gignac is becoming a first class artist and his last prorluction, a crayon portrait of Father Roy, is really a work of art. . .A. TA.LK GN WASHINGTON. -Mr. Bernard Flood is the latest arr1val among the Seminarians .

The excellent eulogy which y0u have already l;Jeard ..:...:. "Mike Conlan, give .me a match please.''

- Mr. Grano pre is now recorded as one of the mem- pronounced upon Washingto~, is evidently OJ1!l to which I can add nothing. · In fact, I feel myself v.ery bers of the ·orchestra. sm~ll indeed, when I rise to praise W11-shington aftel· · -The national game, Base ball; · was inaugurated having heard wh3;t Wll caq almost call the immortal last Thursday for the season of 'R1. The · •'willor-wieldtribute of. Grey. But as virtue, valor, and genius · aFe· ers" anticrpate this season to be one of unusual life~ - Among the departures since our last issue are ever worthy of our admiration, anq as ~t is always Thomas Murray, Thomas Whalen and Micnael Pren- permitted to the lowe:?t to offer lai'l rr.i.te of prais!') tQ th!'l. '. great and deserving, perhaps, on thjs account, IQ.Y, (~~ dergast.

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. ; simplewbr<is will not be entirely out of pt~ce, or wh()li-y _·· But. be loyed his country, and was willing, if needs oe, voict of int'ei'est. . t9 sacrifice for her his life and his fortune j so, nothing ·' Coming then to the subject propr.r, I would say that dau~ted, he hq.rried to the field, · aud with the judgeit. is natural to man to pre~;erve long a11d reverently the ment of a:ph'ilosopher and the foresight of a prophet led remem.bran·ce of.grea,t ilall;les. We iBst.iilctivelyand with · forward his hni.ve l.ittle band-now Oll the roaring Del1en!lcity cling to t4e ·. memory of the il!ustrious: ct•ead, aware a)l'lid. the darknf'ss and cold of a stormy Christma'l and in QU!' seoret. SOtll ~ record' of all that is good and '' night; nOW shivering, hungty and naked during th~t great in them rema•i.ns, long after they have quit the long cruel winter Of 1777-78 at Yalley Forge, and stage of life and th.eir spirits gone to rest. finally, after five years of toil, exulting and vic~orious Now ifthis be tn1e of all great and good men, with on the field of Yorktown, where the last solemn scene of how much stronger reason is it true of him-the father the war was enacted, where was struck the last blow of his country-him whos·e advent into this world we which felled the tyrant to the earth, and secured forevcotnmemorate.to-night, and with whose natpe i~ associat- er the Independence of America. Swift through tbe land ed all that is ~ear and dear to us in this blesse<J land of the glad news was carried and Waobington's name was liberty-the Hln,s trious George Washington, Let us on every lip. From Maine to Georgia, the whole nation pr(?p·o unce tiis nnme r~vevently for he is dear to us rose up and with one grand accord proclaimed him in!;le'ecl-'~(lea'r >l:S . the father to . whom we owe ·o ur life. "Father of his Country." ( C0ld and Iow t0-day, near hlsown Mount Vernon home, ( Eight years at the head of the infant Republic, Lard by the . maJestic Potomac, · and not far frolli th'e proved that his wisdow in peace was as great and as nation's Capitol, the nati-on's heart, his bones lie sbum- far-reaching as in war; and that his ability, as a statesbering in · peace; · but his memory lives.f:.it lfves to~ man, was in no way inferior to his genius as a soldier. night and, like an electric tla.sb, it fires our feeling.s and When his great work was finished, and he was satisfied t fills our souls with sentiments of love Rnd reverenee-) that the ship of state whose keel he laid and whose ribs The great man, we ma.ysay, lives in his works-in the of steel he wrought, required no longer his directing hand, "'-. goorl he has done, ~n the victories he has achieved. The the hero in battle, and the shrewd genius in council, m~nsnre of his genius he fashions with his liwn ha11d, aml ; like Cincim1atus of old, bade farewell to public life, ' when we wi.sh to lmow. the man we turn instincti\' ely to and, retired to his plain but happy Virginia home, (),i;; wc;rks. Adopting this stnnd'ard of judgement, we there to pass in quietness and tranquility the remainder c:1.n welt pb;~ Washington high on 't'he list ofthe of his days. Bih the gratitude of the nation followed 'rorlrl'r; most illustrious. ' Of his achievements lliistory him, and when he closed his dying eyes forever on the furui :hes few eq u nl ~ . ·-1;-Ie was the prime mover of that land of his love, viewing for the last time amid 't eats greatest and grandes ~ r evolution which the ·modern of j oy the bright vision of his own dear Repu·blic peerworld has witnessed, its ruling for<;e, its directing hand.! · less and matchless among the nations of the earth, wll;~n B:e was· the fir.-;t to sound- tlw alm·m when our sacred he closr.n his tear-stained eyes for the lasttime .onJh:!s rights wer:e v.iobted, · the first to u11sheathe the sword bright vision, and when that great heart which throbbed when our grievances were . not redressed, and the first so long ·and true with the purest love for dear Ameriin bloody bil>ttl•e )lntil the enemy was crushed, and the ca, had ceased to beat, a shudder, like an ekctric thrill, liberty of Am·edea established ft•rever. passed through the land, men looked mutely at one an( In the .brilliant COt\SteUation of genin ses which shone other, tears filled every eye, and deep in the grave o~t in that wild night of storm and trial, 'Vashington where Washington's bones were J;>uried, the undying love was unquestionably the central star. _When placed ~s and veneration of the American people were buried commander-in-chief at the head of tlJf' army, the res- too. ponsibilities of a nation, the hopes. and fears of a whqle Few m'en enjoy, indeed,' the enviable fame ·of Washing_ people, rested in his hands. His soldiers were few, raw, ton. Few could have conducted that long and arduous undisciplined, withoutmusketorcannon. The enemywas war with the same success as he, and fewer still could .a powerful., flourishing country, tull of resources, With have done, it like him, without a stain upon his chnrac. large well equipped fleets and armies; and stung more~ ter, without a·blot upon his resplendent manhood. To his over to the quick at t.he idea of Col0nial independence gre.a t praise be it said, that whatever he did, he did for was dete~:mined_ ~ron a swift and merciless subjugation_) his country's good. He had no selfish motives, no ambi, Of all this, Washington was fully aware. He was aware, tious designs. When he was advised to declare hilnself . too, of his . own u~stable authority, of the only half- king, be spurned the idea. This entire disinterest.e(iness is:. organized state of the new government; and of the the brightest jewel in the crown that decks his brow. It is constant danger of disruption or disunion, which would the shining quality of his character, the one which raises bring ruin to the cause 'and swift death to his own door. him far above the level. of a mere soldier of fortune >

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nnd invests bim wi t.h a di g ni t y a •1 d worth of which a nd in the great heart of the Am Emi9an p~opl e bit>.!'Pe$fe w conq uerors can l>oast. ' ory lives, and will <:~ver live fresh :arict green as the rfiow-I t has bee n sa irl of hi m, too, th at thou gh pl <tcerl at ~ ers that sum mer puts forth on his g rave. I n the heart ot tlle head of a R•wol uii(ll1 in w hich ::til wa~ cb aos, <lisorcl- t he nation ind eed he bas bnift bi mself a vronmJ).ent, cr a 1ul confusion, his ju <lge mcnt, e v en unrl cr these cir- which will stand as long as th e nation stands, and long c nmst:1nC<"s, wns so tr ue a nd f:t r-reacbing tha t he nevC,Jr aft·er the nation wi lt have passed away, .long aftur the hi led to obser ve t he p oss ible, and ye t always hounued earth will have been strewn with her rnins, ev·eQ. then,, h is a~pirati01 1 S by t he possi ble,; t h11t is , llis minc1 was so it will stn.nd, a nd kind lips will tenderly l!.nd reverently judil'i onsly t r ue, a nd sv see ming ly pro plletic thai in pronounce his na me. the m os t perpl e~"\:ing q uestio ns, wh ile other men, cn.rried He needs no tablr t of stone oi· marble, no si!j,tue or· nway by t he ex citem ent of t he moment , built up imftg- b~l s t to ptwpet uatte ld1is memoryd; bfor m ar.b le andbs tone 1 in:wy t h ~ories t hat co ul d neve r he realized, Wll shin g- w1. g row smoot 1 a n stn•t ue an ust Wl 11 crqm · ~e to. ton, c1lm anJ rctlec Li ve , alwn.y s p oint ed o ut clearl y , tn the earth, whereas his name is imm?rtal. The m.arble on co mmon lnngn:1ge, witltout fl ou ri sh of rh et oric, the uL_ whi ch his name is wri tte n is the la nd he has made free, most uoulh-1n.rieo wi tllin whi ch s uccess 1vas possible, and and t he statt te which refl ects his imf1ge is one wbi.c h his beyond wlli eb it was imposs ib le. own bands have f<Lshi onecl , it is th e American natiOJq, Ofltis $potl e ~ s integrity Bancroft says t hai a planet would t he peerless Am eri can R epublic, whi ch he himself ooncr h:we sh ot fro m he r sph e re t ha n he hav e d eparted mo ulderl, a nd into which be brea thed the breath of ti·om hi s UlJJ · ig h tne ~ s. T o ]l('rfect inLPgr i1y l1e add ed a life. mil dn ess aml plc!isn nt n e&sof temper, which wo n all; and This g ran d Rep ubli c "i th its spotless name and fame, a goo dn ess and gC'nen~it y of l1en rt, whi ch l•e carried its p ure un sulli ed bnnnner , its g low ing bist0ry and ~i th Lim t o tl1e c~: mp nnfl til e ea b iDP.t, aml whicli marknoble destin y , is the i mnge of its found er, is a reflection, ed hi m distinctly a mong th e m en of his tim e. In morals a tr ue and perfect refie 1!tion of the character find geniu~ · be ~ as stainlC'ss, ancl in r eligion , th oug h JJ Ot sa ng uin e ofWa shin gton . Ifthenyou wish to k now Washington, for nny particula r cr e e<~ , y et, w ns f<~ r all that, profo un d - study th e work of his !Ja nd , stur1y the bea'u ty ftD(l grand lY rel ig ious. Tll ro ug h the try ing sce n e ~ of th e R evol u- e m· ancl t be c>xcellen ce of the cou ntry for which, next tion lte carried o ut to t.l.1e letter t. be fkst max im of re- to Gofl , we nre ind ebted to him. It' you wish to perli g ious life, " ~e l f dis trust anJ t rust in G od ." He is said petuate bis mem ory, g nard j ea lonsly the stars fllld t o have one time, se verely reb uked his so ld ie r ~ for stripes, and see tb:ct no rude hancl sh•dl ever tear dow11, swear ing , rHl tling t bat t hey cou ld never hope to ga in shall in s1 1l t nr sul ly that fair b:1nner. v icto ries if tllcy cl a ily a nd hou rl y off'eml ed H im from And this Joyn.lty to our co nn try is indeed not a thing whom all .-ictories came. AI ways calm therr.fore and opti o n ~ ] , but rat he r a serious du ty . Was hington, like a iudiciuus, fear less in t!J e C:HJ Se Of ri ght, hon est, mn g na n- kiud fat her, g1.ve ll S on hi s dea,th -bed a prec iOUS m emor· imous, uuble in llis ends an d a irn s, he was a p r rfect ial. It is not a small ins ignili.c:tnt toke n of affection, type of Ame riea n man hoo d, a nd , we cau acl cl with the hut a treasure o f priceless value ; it is our country's lipoet, had " th e elements so mixed in h im that I?atnre berty nn r1 uni o n. T!1a t is th e mem<:'nto whi ch he has might ~ta nd up ami ~ ay to all the world , 'This 1m s a gi1'e n u ~ , nnd it is our clut.y, as goocl a ncl faithful chilclt·eo, to 11·atch over i t, a nd t o preser ve it as the ap ple man.' of our ey e. · T hese a re a few of the shining trai ts oftbat character Thank God, that treas m e toc hy is brig ht and fair. am1 g eniu s whioh wo n f,r· \V'ao bin gto n tllfl foremo~t Th ank Gocl , our country to-Cl ay enjoys peaC<l, happiness pl:lee a m ong f!J e so ldi er~ a nd st atesmen of Am eri cn, a nd nnd prosperity; may she ever co ntinue so. l\'Ifly she ever th~ foremost place in t h e Jo \fc ft nd v eneration of the A mount higher a nd higher the LJ.d, Jer of gre:~.tnes~, till on ils m eri can people ; which in oth er wonls sccm·ed for bi m topmost round she stands an enthron ed queen . Like the t hat beautifnl a n(l bigh ly d ese!· vecl titl e of, "first in wa r, fi rs t i n peace, and first in t he h<?.a r ts of hi s countrymen .'' sun she rose with bright effnl gence, spread ing her sweet Look ing tad(, th,cn , to-.night on the suffe rings and lig ht a broad over the nations; like .the su n, too, she bas privat ions whi cl, \Va~ hi n g ton e nd ured in th e g reat st rug- gradually risen higher ::tnd hi gher, illuminating a nd fruc. g le of tb e R evol utio n, upon tlle br ight integri ty, the tifying t he world flS she proceeded. 0 mp.y she. ever con tinue! may she ever, like the tiUn, go on dispensing J1Ll l'e d isi nt.eres tccl ness whi ch, throu g h th e troubled scenes of his wh ole li fe, he ev er displayed, anc1 at the her pure light to all peoples, and pursuipg un deviating same tim e glancing ar oun d us at the manifold blessings her brigl.!t pn.tb of splendor ,tnd glory, un til the zenith of human greatness is read.'led, until the dawN. of wl1ich we to-clay e njoy, an J which hav e cume tv us, in ft etem ity breaks forth and th e light of our country is great measur e, from ],is t oil a r:;d da nger, from his l1eart lost in ti1c e ther eal light of heaven. ) .

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