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BOORBONNAL~ Gi
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A.· H. PIKE
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Ottoman Cahvey Company
.TEWELLER, KANK AKEE, ILLINOIS.
STU DEN':F-S and TEACHERS. Attention! The Pa n t,ag r·>li>b~,9rn;J.mf>ntall'<>nd l TABLF.TS WILL J 'LEA~E ~OU; a <k for them a.t your Htat.ionery :->tore kept at the CO LLEGE BOOK STORE. The Pa.ntagr :J.ph Est. J . T. lWNEY, Manager.
Chicago, ILL.
ENTIRELY NEW
C. R. E. KOCH, l'ros.
A. E. GILBEUT, Secty.
Dealers In
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No. 52
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mrd present, ·with t he g reatest accuracy, the results of t he lat.est in vesPREP A RATION OF COFFEE t igations and explorations. They have been drawn after ~ong and patient study an·d comparison of the best authorities, Known as statisti cal, descripti ve and cartographical. OTTOMAN CAH VEY. The nam es on all the maps are collect-ed in an alphabetically arranged index, in which is indicated, not only the map, but the precise place on t.he map in wh ich each name c.'\n be found. This "Ready Referen ce lnuex" contains nearl y 10,000 Send for eircular eontaining nam es of cities and towns found on the maps. Text.-A large 1 cle:~r and di stinct testimonials from Catholic and other style of type .is usea. By the use of two sizes of type, a public Institutions throughout the longer and a sh01'ter course are indicated. N_~o;w,
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OF NATURAL PH ENOMENA. Although publiahed only recently they have been very favorably r ece1ved in Catholic Institution$ everywhere a nd am now In satisfactory use in St. Viateur's College. For circulars and terms address
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MA'J'HEl)tATI CAL and PHYSICAL GEOGRA·
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Acc·ur'l! te Map;~, shotcing lafRst D iscm;eries a.nd B otw daries, Omcise Deseriptive Text with ·a nifrrrm Tnpical .Arrangement, S uperb and Appropriate I llusf:rations. Maps.-THE MAPS ARE WH OLLY
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ECLECTIC GEOGRAPHIES, ECLECTlC ElEMENTARY GEOGRA-PHY. ECLECTIC COMP tETE GEOGRAPH\':
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TRAINS each way ,Rer day. 3andPASSENGElt betwaen Cincinnati, Indian apolis, St. Lou1s Chicago.
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TRAINS each way per day, . PASSENGElt 2Sheldon, between Cincinnati, Indian apohs, Lafayette, Peoria, Ill. and Keokuk , Ia.
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C. H. ERZINGERS Is the place to get choice Ice-Cream, Fruits, Nuts, Candies, Oysters, Cigars and Tobacco. The largest Ice-Cream and Confectionery Parlors in the city. Cor. Court St. & East Ave.
PASSENGER TRAINS each way per day, 2 between Cincinnati, Indh.1.napolis, Terre Haute & St. Louis. PASSENGER TRAINS each way per day, 2Kankakee, between Cincinnatil Indian;tpolis, Lafayette, Seneca ana Davenport, Ia.
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The ONLY LINE runnin"' Pullm an Sleeping Cars t-hrough without change '6etween Cincinnati 11.nd St. Louis, for the accommodation of trav el 'betwE>en these points. At St. Louis connections are made in Union Depot, with ~tlll!n es diverging.
KANKAKEE &SENECA ROUTE. The ONLY LINE running Elegant Iteclintng Chair Cars through without. ch ange between Cincinnati, Inc\i~tml.IJO!i s, Laf!l.yette & D~tvenport , Ia.
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Sofas, Commodious Reclining Chair C!trs run through without <'hange between Cincinnati, Indian apo&&& 1is, L11.fayette and Peoria, Ill. and Keokuk, I a. & Close connection for Bur lington , Ia. THROUGJ;I TICKETS & BAGGAGE CHECKS TO ALL PRINCIPAL POINTS, Can be obtained at ;1,ny Ticket 011\ce, C. I. St. L. & C. Ry. also via this lin l:l at all coupon Ticket Offices throughsmt the coun try. ~See Agents of thi s compa11y for Rate.s. Routes, &c., or \:VTite C. :->. La Foll ette, W. Pa. C. I . St. L. & C. Tty., Lafayette, Ind. No. 12 COUHT STREET, JOHN EGAN, Uen'l Pass. tllld Tkt. Agent, KANKAKEE, ILL. CINCINNATI , 0.
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CER,T4 PROl>EST, VAltlA DELEC'.rA'l'. Seneca.
COMlUENCE]UENT NVJ\IBER June, 1884.
BOORBQNNAIS GROVE. ILL. ,
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·with welcome greeting we s:.lute Your Grac~, On this our Exhibition day; Your presence here lights up each stud~;:nt's face ·with keener j oy than wor<ls c:.n sa,y. The richest greeting we c.m g ive, will l>e An offering pure of children's hearts; '\Ve feel there's more in them for thee, Th~n eloquence of song or speech irnp11.rt,s. Since last you st,ood withiu this .classic sh:t<le. At Roman altars you have knelt; b~ig11 we to hope whom Christ his Vic:tr m'tde Blessings to ns his children sent. Other lov'rl lands, no doubt, Your Grace snrvey'd For En rope is both long. and wide: One thi1ig we lmow~Yon felt yonr steps del:ty'd Until you reachccl Chicago's sitle 'Vhcre waters of lordly Michigan surge With fuithful people ctwelt yonr heart Duty over- Little could pleasure urge To stay your ~arly morning start. Back you came, belovecl and trusted g nict e To guard your flock in ways of truth Like hirn who over Genesareth sail'd On mission bent of love and ruth. Your arrival we read in "News" and "Times' ', From our hearts we welcomed you home: Our liear~s beat time witil "Garden City's" chime::~ The day you safe rcturn'd ii·om Rome. Deign now, gentle Sir, receive our greeting On this our Exhibition day; The joy that students feel at such a meeting, Gives keener zest than words can say.
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A FEAST. He:1rts beat with joy; Ji·Oin early dawn, the sleepless CJe" of two hundred hnppy y 01Hhs unroll by :mticipation the events of a day unique in its character, a day of separation ::md of reunion, of passing sorrows and o f la.sting joys, for a few, n, ctay of deteat, for mn.ny a dny of triumphs, sti ll for all a happy day. It would be next to impossible to recount the fears and the hopes of a stndent during tile few hours th11t precede the ri1stl'ibntion of Premiums and conferring of Honors. Early in the morning our ·wilmington Neighbors in full dre.ss, with ball and bats were struggling in vain for the home pln.te in a short friendly game with a ~enior College riine, but onr boys were in high spirits, they reached home in turns and defended the plate bravely. At eleven, the students headed by "Cadets" and "Band" were saluting His Grace the Archbishop who deigned to confer on us the honor of his "presence; followed dinner which wa.s partaken of with a collegiate appetite and after a short recess the entertainment opened with full orchestra. The College hall was thronged with Clergy, Parents of students, Friends of Edncntion. Most Rev. P. A. Feehan D. D. accompanied by Very Rev. P. J. Conway V. G. presided at the exercises. Among the clergy were noticed Rev. Fathers J. '\Val· drou Sr., Leconvreur, Paradis, McCartney, Chandonnet, Mehring, Dorney, Chouinard, O'Gara, McShane, Waldron ,Jr., :F ournier, Beaudoin, Lesage, Legris, Clancy, Gxiffin' and Ouimet. Among the Laity were Attorney Hynes and Lady, of Chicago, Hon. Quinn of Peoria, A ..J. Mosset and Daughter of Cincinnati, Mrs. Quinlan of Chicago, J. B. Lemoine of Chit-ago, Mrs. Kelley of Ottawa, M. Powers of Chicago, Miss McCann of Aurora, Ald. Walsh of Chicago, F. Bernhardt of ·w ilmington, Mrs. Harbour of Chicago, Miss Me:tgher of Valparaiso, A. J. McKnig-ht of 1\lanteno, E. Conley of Wilmington, C. P. Townsend, C. G. Ubellar, R. La very, 1\:L Caughlin , of Kankakee, and the 'Vilmington Base Ball Club . w·e ilere subjoin the programme.
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To close the exercises, His Grnce the Archbi shop achlressetl the au dience and graduates in terms most fl atteri ng to the Institution, congratulating thestttdents on the su ccess of the entet·taimnent in tlle mean time urg ing tlwm onwnrd to t he cultu re of their mincls antl he'l l't", the accomplishment of' which would eff'cet t hat A mcrican Manhood treated in the discourse of the day. H is Grace unfolclc•l to us the glories of tbc mcrican Chnrch anti poiutcll out tlw duties ol Uw Catholic American Citizen. His palriutil" all\l f.hthcrly word s are ong•·avecl Llcep in om hearts, they will be the lJeac• mul om lite. Tlwnks to yon, Most Hev. Archbbhop tin· the iuterPst you manifest to youth, m:1y we bl' lhvorl'tl with your prc:'nnec un ncxl counnenuement
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The ::;u hjcct to which your attention i rci'JWdlhlly invited is entitled ·'Amcriean I nnhootl." Tho ll'll'>'tion mny nppcnt· to you, on fir ·t aunounct•ment, t1•0 broacl nud too general perhnps to he ti'CRtcd intelligently in the short spnce of time at onr disposal. But ns your patience nml kindly dispo ition nre guanmtce1l iu arlvnnce Ly your prt>senee on this ()('casion and it is und erstood t.hnt, e very une 1\ttenrling C'oll~ge and ' ' ~ 'eliot;! t•omnwn<.'Omonts puts himself or hct·self fit the menoy of the ;;penkers nrui ~rrn• lu ates-t· > 1\ limitt>d men~ure t•f ('tllll'St'-WC wi II try to mnkl' Amt>riean
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one's tnste, and though we may no* win your spplau , yet, we tru ·t, not to shock your jUdgment, uor, trespn too much upon your go01l nature. Now whnt is me:mt by American Manboorl? F'rom the moml tanrl point at whidt we cunceiv(' it, Ameriea.n M anhoorl mny be uitaLly defined: T be grQwth or ctevelopmC'nt at maturity of an ilfdividunl born or cdncnted in the Americnn Union. As our argttmPnt,;, Le it observed wiH .have uo ·concern with the physie II snperim·ity of the American race over that of any other country or nationi\Jity,-tbougb availing om-selves fiJr our type of moral IJ}anhood of whatever i- fonnrl materially g<>(•rl in the world-the scope of our definition mu!'t not Lc confounrlerl, nor adjndgecl one sided. O ur purpose imply i to show you th:~t right herf•, in thl' country ia which we live-
without m tking inviduou distinctions-a rao~ of men hns nlready existed- a rl\Ce of men m11y still flouri b and he educatefl-tbe peer of the lx-st in the world nay-for gooU. reasons, superior to any t.be world ha yet supported. W e will briefly prove our proposition. Your appreciative attention, we venture to pr~ume, will coincide with the accuracy or our st:ttement. To-llay, L'Hlies and Gentlemen, we st:m•t, in poiflt or :~ge, the youngest among the nations of the e trth. Though but little more tll:1n a centur·y ohl, yet no one will deny the fhct thnt, we h·tve gt-own to ghnt pt·oportions, intellectually and materially -and with souw. tbouah sorry to rehte, not with the -•une dt•gree or truth, nor in proportion to our nnLed:d we dth null intluenee-it 111'\,\' he ;ttlinned tint, wu lnve m \<l~ s<lllh' soli(! growth, soei:dly and l'l•ligiou:ly. If iu tr:wiul{ our year~. the g-rowth of our manhood is R.l ·o unmi:<takably outlitwtl. who :<hr1ll say th•tt om· tlwme docs not ,;tand on unerring proof', cle:~r a tl1c d ay, open as yon l>e;uning eountcmutces laughing nt the tmth th:tt va<ntiou h:t' be<.-omo a J'CII lity. W hen we bcg:m our career as 1\ nation. the ol•f worhl wn~ nlruo::;t in the tl1r . •es or revolution nnd l>el'ore the ringing war <'t'Y ot' Coneorci antl Lexingtun ha<l tillll' to t't'aeh llrOlllld the worlrl, the continent of Europe. llllll FratH·e in rr•rtil"nll\1', })(X,"flffiC the SCt'OC vf on"' of the must sanguinary eonfliets. or wbid) Hi w•·.r mnkt>s tneution. AILstria, lt:dy, Pru:'Sh\ sod equnll,\' R us!'i'' en,gllgl.'d in strif(.>, the nations sometimes fighting for cxi:tl.'nee, omctimes fur ma tery. During ull this tinH>, whilst a eontinent wns being torn to its t.-entr<·, whilst erowned beadf> oottletl fur petty }';mtlires; three t hou..:md miles IU1"0S8 the A tlantie, in t.bi western hemhil"plwre, 1\ )'outhfhl people, a <'Oiony from old England was trnggling into lifb. Tbey ctE't t>rm irwd to hnve JHithing to tlo with ~·n~u·st · \1\'<'r
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tb.(' se:tS. They gwe all their energies to be happily free from King and Ka.iser. 'l'hcy resolver! with a holj s:tnctifiecl aTUbition to s~t up a goverment for themsel ves, a model republic whose constitn t ion and laws bRsed upon Right and Truth, upon rel ig ions freedom, would guarantee to all me1~ liberty and peace -and in as much as e:n·Lh cou ld fn).' nish it - n. me..'lsure of that justiee <>f wh:ich God in Heaven is the Father, tlle .Etero:ll Fo~ndation. GHO WTII.
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were the cl!ief reasons tlnt helped into existence tlte y oung Rep ubli c of Am erica anrl lrti<l t l.te foundation of tlnt Americ'\n 1\f·mhood to whicl.t it is our pritle to look back to-cl:ty . Onr fttl!ere were true m en, tlley were honest, dri11erl in stmdy frauk1tess; they h:td a conscientions Rom'tn-like love fur the m:t.intetn ,ill:e of vi rt ne and principl e wltich stq,mpe:l tl.tem with tl!e proof-seal of the, u.eEt mnn!Jc,od in the wo rld. One thi ng mu ~t not be forg \ltte n in connection with on r s ubj ect. It wM contaiuect in the explanation of our rlefi.nitiOI•. It is this: m:wy minds have entered :ts runny mincls now P-nter into the formation of those Americ:tn institutions wh ieh are, not onl.Y onr c reation bu t a part of the Am eri can manhoo1l ot which we bo:1st. Friends in England-we spe:t.k it in gratitude - proclaimed t hat Amer ica shou ld be free-so we became a. rlistinct people. T he wisdo m of France was consulted in the person of her great me'1. In time, th is wisdom C<)ll1~)0ll!ll1 c<1 itself into rules of government, fur tl.te people ofthese United-States. America borrowed nor clid she grutlge to borrow from the foreigner, no mn.tter what llis creed or n:tti on ~tli ty, t hat which she thought would best comluce to her interests. In cot1sequence she undertook t ·> build upon her own account to sui t herself. And this foreign help L ctdies c~nd Gentlemen, united and concurrent, though fi·mn opposite directions and under different di-;gnises you will find even to-chy contri buting by its force, its dive rsified ~gency, its potent magnetism, its concentrate<! effort--yon will find contributing its share to strenghtcn tlte whole f.'turic of American m:ml!ood. And how it ma.y be risket1? By symbolizing into one -hanuoniotts whole, the bermty, the vigor, the grace deriv eel from mrlny but united in one-forming in fine out of the excellence of many one reality, one essential Manhood upholding ns a shi eld what the nations have co me to know as t he Great American Union.
Tint our fathers succeeded, L·HlicR :1ncl Gentlemen we who sit here to-c\ay unrler th is h:dmy sky , in this western st-tte, in olrl Illinois, almost an empire in itself; thn.t they succeeded- we a re, by the blessings we enj oy a living proof. But how, it mn.y perhaps be pertinently rlskecl here, did they succeed? Many events - more than we need now mention, came to their ::tid. But one thing we will state ~tnct singuh.rly enough, though it is reg:1.rrled as a p·>IVCrt'u l ftc.:~or t •l-d ty - oae tiling help e:'l our ftthers a.u<l llelpu<l them too - by its very ~tbsence - t h:tt is t he ~ b ence · of the p'Jlitical party as a · ~ id•Jl a nrl a ta.sk 1naster. I n tl.te e'l.rlier stn.ges of our nat.iunal ex istcncP, politi cn l parties were scarcely known. Men in those d:lys [lS now, it is t,~;ne, were ambitions. l\Icn always wi ll be nml the Fn.thers inlwriterl this in commom with those who prece<lccl them and j nst :1s we tbci r r:h ilrlren inherit tl.te q un 1ity. \V ' th th em however, a noble ri vnlry, springing from n : ~tur: d c:wses, fo1mcl vent in open, generous contention, WtS c•>ltf1nc:l pretty g e ne r:dly to legitimate means to p:·nm<)te their en rb, an rl opposition ce·1sed when the people 11 t:l solem:lly spu:,e :t anrl <1echt·e<l their choice. Jn oltl en tirnes, th 3 p<;litic:tl c mCLB with its din anrl noise, wit.h its mad bedl!lmitc h!lnmgi ng-th is political ca ucus w,ts 11. thing unh eard ot: Conventions as we know them now-a-days, political gatheri ngs especia lly ward politiOUR l ~ESOUHCES. ci:ms, with an eye only to place an <l p0wcr, heedless of \Vc l ca~e to carping critics to find out, wh'l.t intimate principle, looking only to canrlitlates and f:ttoffi ces-all t.ltis was nnknown or if known, certainly not in the connection there is "between American manhood and form of to-clay . Sh::tms anrl politic tl tri cks ters-if there in crerlse o f wenlth and territory. Fortified by the were any (aml wbo dou hts it )-were left on t in tlte hi:;tory of naticms we reacl in the ~cqui~ition and cold and quietly ignored. Integrity, virt 11e, moral not rlevelopment of natuml and artifi cial reso urces, in the nHmey wor th, t:~ithflll public servi ces, devotion to opening of new fields of discovery, in increase of principle-all these were known to our torcththers · Jlational cloniain and power-we rea<'! entreprise, -these were constituent parts of American mrlnhoocl a industry, perse vemnce-in one word all those qualities ce11tnry ago; these were the agents sllaping the begin- of heart and head that have made nations great and ning and destinies of the nation of which we are to-clay stamped them with an enviable manhooct. Now if this p:wt ~tnd parceL The example of these virtues, the be true in regard to the older peoples of the world aml in corner stone of true manhood, was the legacy bequea- more recent times in regard to Fran ce and England and ta.tely _Pru ssia, why may it not in the same sense be thed us by the men of '76, of '89 n.ncl '93. trne of our people. So in imitation of those who have Steadfast adherence to duty and unsulliecl Jove of gon e before, we point with priclC' Lo the matenal g r()w tlt God ancl of country the:;e first of all and before all ,
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uf our country and nscr il.Jc to Amer ican mn.nhooc1 the merit acquired by snell increase. And trnly in this respect our ad vn.nc_e has been wonderful. Contemplate it for a moment. At the close of the Revoluti on there were thirteen colonies, or pt•operly spe:t.k ing in the year 1783 when the Indcpeucbnce of tho Union was formn.lly aclmowledgrc1 by Gre:~t Britnin, th ere were 13 stat es with a populntion of 3,000,000 of so ul s; 815,G 15 qnn.r e miles of t erritory aud a line ut sea con st co mp ~n·a tively limited in extent. But now, wha t are tbe fig ures? Inste•.td uf 13 we hav e 38 States and 11 well organized T erritories. W e h ~we 3,000,000 sq ufl. re mi les of territory . ·we have G8,0 00 miles of rnilro:td, more t han sufnc ient to rofLcl.l three and a halftim es 'ro und the globe; t he nnuu n.l prod uctions of onr country r ea<;h · tile sum of $~,5 00, 000 ,000. W e have gold miues capabl e of producing $70,000,000 n. year; we h:we a coast line extending on the A t lantic from the Bay of Fundy to tile southern extreme of T exas in t he Gulf of Mex ico; whilst on tile Pacific, we touch, on one side, the British possessions, Rnd Centra.] Am ericn, on the other; in all more than 3,000 mihis of coast and in t he opinion o f an eminent Frenchm an, "no nation possesses v aster , deeper or more safe ports for commer ce tl1an we do." A population of 50,000,000 di stributed over this vast ar<la of t erritory proclaims with one accord-at least we have been so tn.ught Ladies and Gentlemcn,- th:tt the prob lem of Republican ideas, Republican instituti ons on Am erican soil at least , has been successfully wronght out, has so fin through the agency of American Manhood , answered its purpose ·and expectations. The prophecy of the old wise acres of Europe hungering and tb irsting tor Republican life themscl ves, but g rudging ns, foretel!i:1g our early decline, has not been fulfilled . Neither, we tmst, shall it ever be fulfill ed , for by the hlessing of Hetwcn, ifthis rising generation but em\1lat e the ex:1m ple of the fathers; ifthe wisdom that has signalled itself so far in the mo(leration of this people, socially , r eligio nsly nnd politically, continue, American In stitutions and Amcri. can Manhoou will liv e to witness still g reat er glory , still greater progress. c o~nmHCE.
H av e we time to say a word of eommcrce? Y cs, for commerce surely will proclaim what sort of men we have been, what sort of men we are. Well! it nee.cl be only said that within fifty , n.ye, within thirty years commerce has increased a thousand fold. In the enrly dnys, homely, slow going as they were, om fathers were satisfied with wooden ships, left ev ery th ing to wind and sails, waiting days aml weeks for fhvorable weather. Now we their goodly children ru sh along on steel rails, propelled by steam and cross the sea incaserl in met n,l
phttes and the i~t s ter we go-'"the bettl')r. Little care we for wind and weather, toi· by the advancewehave made in science, with a code of national .signals rund old Probabi li t ies kee ping his temper at Washington~we have the went])er we need always prepared. The old world and iltenew nr e in c·onstant, :~:r. pid comm u11icati on not only ov er but e ven tlllrler tllC sea and some idea may be had of tbe v:tst incre:tse of our conntry's wenftil a nd commerce when it is stated that daily co mmnnicatior~ t;JJ1d this m ultipli e1l too, takes place b etween Europe and Ameri ca. In commercial inventions-useful-time saving, labor-srt ving, ing·j llions invention s, once tri ed, deemed ever ttftcr inclispensabl r-, we not o»ly equal the best bnt Sltrpass all other nation s. The few important citi es of the olden time, easy enoug h to coun t on one's fin gers' ends have been sncceeded by the hundreds ot well built, well rc•g nlatec1 cities of to-dny. Where long ngo was wa ste, and wilderness now stands. the stat ely mansion , tl;)e forest turned to park anu gardon j_Dist1.nce itself somehow-you know by whose thought- by whose means- distance itself in this nge of ours is as ua ng ht and it does not now take two weeks in bren-kback coach or ox cart to reach Cl!ict:~g o town; for people to-day sum up their hours of travel by decaclet; and ilnnclreds of miles, speed ing along with utmost comfort, reclining i n Pullmn.n cars or luxurious palace steamers, their every wish g ratified, whilst, hy carefnl forethought and the electric wire, business takes care of itself at home, "and all goes merry AS a marri:1 ge bell. " The flying hasty moment is seized, becoming ns q uickl y the ready speech of man to man, ofnfLtion to nation by m e'l.ns of the electric telegraph. A ll this and mu ch more that might be adcl crl shows in some mefl snrc , what progress bA s been macl e-rnn,de too, right here in the co untry in whid1 we live, mad e here first before v entnri11g Abroad to ben<:'fit mankind. To ask you to say to wilnt must all this be asr:ribed-to whose genius, to whose power of organization, would be to wound your pride, yonr intelligence. Your looks, yonr l\ind attention have already answered and the scnsiti veness yon feel, honors wbn.t we cherish most, after God-our Americn.n Manhood. , Here, Ladi es a ~1d Gentlemen, we feel we might becomingly conclu de. The picture we have d rawn of om· country, outlines sufficiently the energy and the genius that have been at work. The monuments we see Rround us hav e· been reared first, by the blessh1g of Heaven, in bestowing upon us such a country and cren.ting us in such an age as the present; and secondarily, by the medium of American Manhood, whether native of the soil, or, so closely allied to it, by adoption, by community of principle and interest, that it may , in truth, be called identical with the best that is i nd igeno ns.
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La nuit descend s1rr Ia terre. Un bandeau d~ pourpre et d'or A l'horlson !lotte encor. Heure pleine de myst&c! La lune au front argent~\ D~roulc sur cbaqne chose, Commc un voile de beaut6. Un souffle aux cleu:'t empruntc! Plus parfnmc! que Ia rose, Fait tout fr('mir de plalsir. Qul.'lle splenrlrur c!c'lamntcl
Tout semble ici dans l'attcnte: Qui done va venlr ? ] rf (I Oii!'S In ~IJ(JlfC
Plenrent leurs larmes d'amour. .!< u loin, d~ 1'11) n•ne du jour
Menrt Ia pi euse cadence. L'oiseau, par l c frale z~phyr Berc~. dort dans Ia rrn!ce, Et Ia vague de saphyr Etonfic son donx soupir- · t\nr Ia rive caress~e. Pas nn bruit nc vll'nt f.rouhler Cl'tte 1\UIC.IIllClle VCIIII', l ~'\ terre llliite I 'orcille : Qui done va parlcr? Partout q1wls supremes charm~s! I ncomparable donccur Qui pc!netre jnsqu'au crettr Et met dans les yenx d es larm c~! L'amc gonte le repos, Deaume de sa 1!\.'lsltudc, Vral songe <lu etc! 1\clos Hnr Ia terre des tom beaux! D1ett t n 'est-cc pas le prt\lud c Qui m'lnvl\e A me mii!Pr
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elle tous trouves dans l'attente et non point endormis de ce ommeil qn'hier encore nous trouvions trop avare? Pourquoi le chant des oiseaux, le souffle de la brise, les fremissements des feuilles et touE~ ces vn.gues soupirs de la nature ont-ils rt>joui nos oreilles comme une harmonic du cid? P ourquoi nos poitriues battent-elles sons le poirls d'emotions inconnues et nos creurs, comme des vases trop pleins, s'epanchent-ils en sourires de bonheur? Ah ! c'est que pour l'ecolier bientOt va sonner une heure fortnnee, une heure depuis si longtemps attendue, une hem·e qui va combler Jes desirs et les espoirs de son arne l Encore quelques heures et no us pourrons nons jeter dans les bras caressa.nts de nos Parents, nous llSSeoir au foyer paternel, gof\ter les ivresses de la r eunion! Il fait si bon apres une longue abscence, de revoir nn P ere, ·nne Mere ! Apres nne annee de traveaux, de constante application, il est si doux d'errer en liberte rlans ces lieu x ot't nos yeux s'onvrirent a la lumiere, Ot) s'essayerent nos pns chancelants, de s'abrittr eacore une foi s sons les vertes tentes de feuillage qui ombragerent nos premiers jeux, de reveiller ces echos qui repeterent au matin de notre vie nos cris et nos rires bruyants !. .. II est vrai qu'ici, dans ce temple de !'education chn3tienne des ma.itres affectueux prennent soin de nons, torment nos cmurs A la. vertu, tonrnent nos pensees vers le ciel, mais C€S d evouements, ces sacrifices penvent-ils jamais nons faire onblier les tr€:sors d'amour et de tenclresse que renferme pour nous le crour d'une mere~"
Bien sonvent dans nos reves, il nons a semble voir nppamitre, couronnees d'une pure lumiere., une image qu' nn (·clat de douceur et de bonte embellissait a mesure qu'elle s'npprochait, et sous le chnrme d'un souvenir toujours palpitant, plus d' un parmi nous, s'est A YOS fetes etPrnelles? Anges, pr iitez-mol vos allcs, surpris ll. s' ecrier au milieu du calme des nuits: "rna Je vcux m'cnvolcr! mere ! Ah~ oui c'est rna mere!" l\1** Oh ! bien tot nous ne serons plus sous l'cmpire de donees illusions, ce que nou s avons reve, bientOt nons Dl COIJRS PR NO CE PAR MR. A. GELINEAU. le verrons. Le pri.J1temps a rendu au buisson ses rOtl<*, la vacance renrll'cnfant [\sa mere! 0 delicieuse rcnconl"ourquoi ce matin l'aurore nons a-t-elle paru, il nous tre! Doux cmbrassements ! Qui n'a pns senti lcs joies du JGun elevcs, Ct-incelante de joie et In cloche nons a-t- retour au site t•it s'(·coula son enfhnce? Qui n'a p!tS
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entendu le chant plus gai du rossignol qui revoit son me la tourterelle qni clcmande son en(ant, nne voh nid de feuillnge? 0 sites clu berceau, vous &t es l'Ecl en chl-ri e nons ~tppell e, nh! rn.mcnez-nous sons le ciel de de la vie. Le serpent clu mal n 'a pn.s encore p6nctre nos Len.u x jours I Rend ez-n ous les canest:es de 110s so ns vos frnis ombr:1grs. Vous t·tes la virginit6 de p(·res et lcs Laiscrs de nos meres!--l'ame. Von s a vez encore l:t fraich e ur <lc Itt prcmi 0rc -~c~ -- ....c>-<>--:turore ct tonte 1:~ l>c:mtu de !' inn ocence! LES CA~ADIENS DE L'OU.EST . Connne n·;s cmurs volent t01\t enti ers ver::; toi o peti t co in de terre ou reposcnt nos plus ('.hers souv en irs. · Quelquc bome que soit ton Cl"pnee, il lions semb le immense, tnnt il conti ent pom nous de ehoses et de l\1 escl:1 m es et l\f e~B i curs : De mQmc qu'on uc peut prononcer le nom •le !'Amem0moires- 11 u'y a p11 s un appa.rtement, nn caclre, un mcnble sons ce toit, pns un arLre, nne fle nr, une riqu e saus revciller celui llu Catholicisme qui t:cl:tir{l. t;:t mousse <le ee jardin qui ne so it in erm;tf s dan s notre decouverte com me nn e rwn •re glori ense, . ninsi on ne (imc comme s' ils en fai saient parti e! Tout iei preJl(l cles peut au sti i prononcer le nom d e !'Ouest sn.ns r nppeler traits con n us e t aim{s-Tout no us p:nle et eveille les celui de nos ancGtres qui fnrent lcs pionniers de ce plus tendres reminisee nccs - Comm e je me sonvicns continent. Ouvre;r, l'hi stoire dn Nouveau Monde, et av ec Lonheur de ees re veils clu matin ou le souvenir de v ous y voyez sur Ia premi ere p:tge Ie nom de C..uwdiens n otre mere nons apparaissait ; plus doux que la lnmiere Pranyais! Vons voy ez ces explorateurs infatigables dn jour, qnand nons tomLions a ses genonx qui de ve- j)Jnutrer j llsqn'<LUX r0g ions ghc-' es du P0le, ese:tlader les . naient notre autel et qne nons offrions nos jcunes camrs ha ute urs escaqJ ~·es des Montagnes R ocheHses, explorer les vastcs contrl-es dn Mexique et venir plantt>r leurs !l Dieu dont b b onte nou s aeeord:dt une joumee de tentes dans les plaines fertiles de l'One:;t. pi us pour l'ai mer ! Que j'aime a me mppeler ces courses sans fin dans les lls ne songerent j nm:tis, ces braves pi onni ers, :l. reculer champs a la recherche de mille riens qui s uflbai ent 1\ devant les rlangers qui se clr ess~ i ent devant eux , oes notre bonhcur et nos fray eurs enfitntines au premier spectres alfreux n ~ les ont jamais f:•it trem bler, mais a n gronclcm ent du tonnerre ou it !'apparition d'un etranger, , contraire nc semL!aient qu'exciter I'nrdeur qui les nni1i·nycurs qu'un mot de notre m(Te cli ~~>ipnit. Qu'avions- : mait! li s ont pareonru en to us sens Ia. vaste L~ ten<'l n e rl e-oe nons a cra.indre aupr.:.:s d'elle l'enfhnt chns les bras · con tinent; marqu:-t.ut la pl:tce ou ils s' 6t.aient arrC;t .;s, clans maternels n'est-ce pas In fraiehe goutte de rossee dans la leur course aventuriere, dn scean cl ' nu nom frau c;ni>'. corolle sans tllche du lis? avec qnelles deliees je ne me C'est ainsi. que naquirent les villes Detroit., St. Loui s, reporte ases soins si ealmes qui ramenai ent uu p ere a notre La No uv elle Orleans, et tnnt d'autres qui r11ppelerout amour et fermait nos panpieres a u chant de celle dont • touj ours que qtJoiqu e cette terre soit pa~s :· e :l d'autres la pri ure nppelait les anges pour vei1ler sur I>OS l>er- . mn ins, elle !'ut tout d ':ll.lOrd nne terre fr:m9nise! ceaux. Nous ponvons done dire ~1. juste tjtre qu e no ns l\Iais ou m 'entralnent l':mxi<St e d e mon ilmc et l':ucle ur somm es chez nous iei, snr cette terre que nos peres de mes desirs! II nons tarde t:mt d e gouter ces plaisirs ont explorce! Oui! elle est deux foi s r\ no us cette dont la pe11see senle gonfle nos crours de joie et met de terre!,\ no us, <l titr.e d.C decouv erte ct j'oserais dire:\ titre si donees larmes dans nos yt-ux! de conquete, car lorsque l' ep-: e d e vVa~>hington se leva Amis pourquoi retarder notre bonheur par ccs dis- pour eonq11erir . l'ind ependn.nce, celle de la France Lrilcom·s et ces ch11nts? Est-il eloquence on mnsique plus Ia dans la main de Lathyette, et le sang des fra n<;.ll is, }e belle que cclle qui parle ou murmure sons le toiL sang de nos peres, rougit lescll:•mps de batailles a.jamn.is paterneli' On nons dit que laj ennes. e pas~e l>i en vite, memoraLies de l\Ionmouth, de Georgetown et de qu'il n'est point cle fleurs des champs qui ne percle le Brnndyv in e ! .... plus promptement ses parfnms et ses riantes couleurs, II y a deux sicd es nos missionnires s'avn.nqain.t sans point' d e papillons qui ne laisse plus nifement les rubi s cr:1inte cln.ns les sombres et vastcs forets du nouveau et l'or de ses ailes aux doigts d e la r e:tlite . . ..... . mond e nfin de porter, clans ces tenebrenses retraites du Nos fronts aujourd 'hui si riants se eouvriront done · fils des bois, le fiambenu de Ia verite! lis tn.isa.ient sentir de som bres rides, les roses de nos jones s' effeu illeron t :\' l'indigEme fCroce le eharme du livre saere ct lui faisons la main glacee du temps. Tel est le destin des saient enterrer son fhtal tomahawk. Nos soldats dompfelicites .hnmain e s-L~ nuit succede a l'aube matina.le, t:ticnt 'Ia ferocite de l'Indien et frayaient le chem in aux l'hiver des ans au printemps cl e Ia jenn essecolons hm·dis qni venaient tracer nn sillon sons la fl echc Mais pour nous qui 80 mm e~ :\ l'entr?e de Ia vie, qui hosti le du Sauvage. Nos traitems, hom rn es anssi avid es n'avons pas encore ete bn.nni de ce p trnclis rl e Ia terre, de gnin que d'aventures, se hasard aient diiJ1S les proionissons du bonhenr sans mehng<J de notre i.lg.e. Com- fou <leurs de l'ex trf me nord oil ils fonll txeut de n om-
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LE CERCLE i<'RA"NCAJS. b11euse:s eompa.gnie8 de trafic. Mais ln. p:tge l!t plns '. l' unissou uu hymue ~\ l'h.o nuenr de la ioi de Clovis ct de l'histoire de eette epoqne e,st c;ert::tinement de St. Louis: l\Iais, helas! tout fut perdu pflr l'inson' ,¢ell.e q.ui redit les nombre.uses d econ vertes de nos ciance d ' un Roi form J :l. !'ecole des courtisans et des intrcpi des explorateurs l C'est enl':mnee 167 3 que briHa philowphes l llll napPe etincclante du majestueux Mississippi fl UX Les eprenves Cfle nos p·}res em·cnt a cudurer, lors d e yeux etmmes du. pere Marquette ! ~on fr0le et solitnire h conqncite, n'arreterent P'l.S !'elan qui les entrn.inait esqnif bottdiss:tit s ur les flots enjo u.]s dll p0re des fleu- · vers<le:> r<~g ions inconnn es. A peine Ia poudre des derves! Son oreille ecoutait la grand iose h:t rrn ouie de ses niers comb:tts et·tit..e!le dissip.Je qu'il:.~ allaien t :\ Ia Jor~cs et de scs vngues qui redisent encore :l la brise rechei-che de no uv elles d ecouv ertes! Ainsi snr ce conprtrfu mce le nom immortel de leur d.Jconvreur . Mar- tinent, h chai ne des homm es aux chtmLCteres intrepides qnette! M u·quette ~ Qnelle ne d \tt pas etre Ia fi ere ne fut jnmnis brisee : depuis le p-3re Marqqette j nsqu'aux emotion de ton cmur l Qnelle joie ::ecrCte ue du.t pas • illnstres Eveqnes Blanchette, depnis LtL Salle jusqu':'\. . inuonder ton il.me, lorsqne tes p:~s solitaires s'n.rretaient Ch:trles de L:1.nghd e, The Father of Wisconsin, ainsi sur les l>o'r ds pitoresques du vienx Meschn.cebe l Non- que l'appellent les Americains, c'est totijours le meme veai.l Moise! tes regards entrev irent les splenclenrs ct'une conrnge indompt..'l.u!e, le meme devou~ent sublime. nouvelle terre promise; queUe noble conqu2te p0{u· le • En remontn.nt le cours <lu temps, nons voyons de nouroi de Fmnce ! quelle riche moisson d' ame pour ton velln:x ext)!Orateurs jeter le:; bases des vi lies les plus Dieu! .... La d ecouverte du Mississippi fit une si importm~tes de l'Onest. Le voyageur qui aujourd'hui gr;mcle sens:ttion au Can:~.da qtte L~ t s~tlle, j eune apm·.;oit la jeune cite de St. Paul as~ise sur la rive enhomme. h:u-d i et couragenx conc;u t l'icL!e de descendre chanteresse d u Grand Fleuve, se demau<le quel pionnier le gt'and fleuve jnsqu'a Ia mer; tache ardne il est ingenieux a fond e e.n un site aussi pitorcsque cette ville • vmi, mnis d'autant plu s cligne de l'enthonsinsme et de si pleine cl'avenir? Mille voix lui r 6ponclent qu'e!le ne l'activit0 devorante de ce j eune homm e e:xplorn.teur. reconna1t d'autre perc que Vital G uerin qui vit se H s'em:barqna auss itot, pret a braver toru; les dangers grouper au tour de lui un noyeau de . colons entrepreet i\: reneontrer l'ennemi; il descend it t\ travers mille na'nts dont les efforts combines valurent a cette ville 6cueuils le conrs precipite du Mississippi jusqn':i. ce que , naissante le titre de Capitale du Minnf'sota-Descendez l'coc{i.'l.n •' Se' deploynt majestnensement a ses regards 1\ la !e Mississippi et vous trouverez encore sur les bords de :fi>is etonu:s et· satisfitits. Il s'atTeta, et, levant Ia main la ville aux riches mines d e plomb, fondee par un de ' vers l!t vnste plaine qui se derou!ait a ses pieds, prit nos eompatriotes, Julien Du ~uq u e, et devenue depuis possession de cette region enchnnteresse, au nom du !ongtemps la plus importante de tout l'Iowa. roi de Ft·&nce et lui donna le donx nom de Louisiime. l\faintenant si vous rlirigez vos regards vers les grands C'est dans ce riche etnt que quelques nn nees plus tard lacs, vous y voyez s' elever de distance en distance de lbei·ville fondait l'opnknte ville de Ia Nouvelle Orleans, superbes cites qui comme des phares altiers . illuminent Ia capitale actuelle de la Louisiane. Ia surface onduleuse de ces vastes plain~s liquicles. 1\f::t.is les pns d% Canadiens ne pouvaient s'nrretcr 1:\. Entre autreR, la florissante cite de Milwaukee attir(c: V oye~ un Pierre de Vareimes, a vide de decouvertes et !'attention du na vigateur qui vienL de lire sur le granit de gloire, pn,rcourir les plaines immenses dn Nord- le nom de son illustre fondateur, Salomon Juneau, dont Onest, traverser les Montagnes Rocheuses et pousser sa Ia hardiesse et le desinteressement lui out merite un course infatignble jusqn'aux rivages du Pacifique ! C'est monument qui transmettra son nom a Ia posterite. On ainsi que nos peres parconraient, il y a deux siecles, ne pent s'empecher d'admirer le · site remarquable-les l'immensite cle ce continent et qn'ils revenaient tiers de mllgnifiques edifices, les tours elancees et l' activite placer leurs d eco uvertes aux piecls du Grn.nd Roi!. .. · bruyanLe de ce grand centre commercial. Qnand nons voyons cette poignee de heros accomplir A continuer. d es fftits si briilants, nons comprenons ce qu'ils auraient pn faire s'i l~ :,:tvaient ete secondes par la vaillante epee de Ia mere patrie ! Comment illeur aumit ete facile de EN ROUTE POUR LE CANADA. doter Ia !<'ranee d'un nouvel empire qui aurait grandi • sotts ses drapeanx au lieu de passer sous les couleurs :Britaniques~ qui aurait perpetue sur ce continent ses Notre reve si careEse, un voyage au Canada, est enfin glorieuses traditions. Aujourd'hui les bords des grands devcnn une realite. Nons sommes six de notre bande lacs et les rives du Mississippi mi.umurcraient e.teor e !es -c'est }\ peine si nous pouvons jeter nn clernier regard accents de la langue harmonieuse cle Louis XIV, et les sur Ia terre natale, admirer ses grands lacs et ~es immen• sanctuaires de milliers de temples entonneraient tons :\ ~dllante
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LE CERCLE FRANQAIS. ses prairies, tant la vapeur nons emporte av ec vitesse. Mai s elle ne vole pas plus ·r apide que nos degit·s; n o us l1llons voir la t erre ou nos peres ont vu le jour, la terre qu' il nons ont appri s a aim er comme notre patri ~. Vole, vole, 1<2gGre vapeur, et que cl emain, nons non s (;veillions mt Canada l Il est sept heures : C'est le temps de son pe t·. On s'attab le. Chac nn sort se.~ provisions. Exeept0 l e Rev. P: 1\:I. qui n'es t p:1s bien, tons mangent n.y,ec un nppC:tit inconnn. Mr. 1'. se phint q ue son poulet ait fait plusieurs campagnes, mais il n'est pas bomme a se laisser v ainet:e pat· si pen, et bientot l'ennemi est tcrrnsse; quelques ossements . senl,; rappellent le Lipe<l e aile qui pins cl'une f'ois rev int victorie ux des combats les pins sanghmtf'. Les !its eoift pr&ts : mnis il n9ns fa nt grimver ponr y p:nvenir. Quelle chaleur l on etouffe. A . L. fond en suenr au pres de son compagnon commeanpr0s d'une bouilloire on ferme l'reil cependant quand tout-i\-coup un cri de mort reteniit au . milieu de Ia nuit; tout le moncle est sur ceans-c'cst Mr. P. qui en se retournant 6crase son voi sin et le broie presque sons son poids. On s' e veille :\ 5 hem·es, a u moment ou le train traverse de Detroit a Windsor. L'engin et les Wflgons sont })laces sur un bateau et nons voi!:\ . d u cote Canadien mais ce n'est pas encore le Canada pour nons, on ne parle pas le franqais. . Aune heurc et demie,nousarrivons1t la chuteNiagara II pleut ~\, plein ciel, ce n'cst pomtant qu'unc oncl t:Jc.La pluie cesse, le solei! perce le nuage ct dcconvre a nos yeux ravis et etonnes Ia plus grande ~crveille de Ia nature. Nons visitons d 'aborrl lc rcmous (whirpool) qni sc trouvc a n pied de la chute et procluit par l'ex ig uite clu lit de la rivierc Ni:lgara. L'eau a 225 pieds de profondeur en cet enclroit et fait 25 miles a l'heurc. C'est au milieu de ccs vagues qui sc dresseni devant nons, blanches cl'ecnme, et s'cnfui ent, folies de terreur, qne perit l' infortun e Capitaine Wrbb. Nons longeons la cote dont les rocb ers tailles par la main rles siecles, pnjsentent des tours collossales, des pyramides ,qni surpas~ent en gran< leur celles de l'Egyp1JB. Encore quelques pas ct nous sommes r cndns !t l'etaLlissement. L'on rev et lc costum e rle rig neur pom c1escendrc sons Ia chute. So ns ces longs habits d e toile ciree, avec capuchon, on se prendrait vraim cnt pour des capncins ou des trappistes, mais ce n'est pas !)O ur n ons !'habit de Ia pt:nitent ·e c'est celui qui va nons procurer peut-etre la plus grande joniss:tncc de n0t1·e vie. Nons clescendons en tonrnoyant-l'esca li er semble nc devoir jamais :finir. Allons-nons a nx enfcrs? .... Non, nous sommes en face de l'ablme. La com·be du Ff!'l· li cheval clc~ro nl e sa nappe immense vc rte comme
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lc crystal; la vapeur monte en m~ages jusqn'au c'iel, enccns~l c 1:1 nature ala divinite, Nous avanc;ons et nons voih\ sons la ch:'t te elle-mernc . . . . Qu el!e;; colonnes d'eau ! c'est bien celles du deluge, comm~ dit Chate:1ubriand. Qnel bruit, c'.e st Lien oeh1i du tonuerre echt~mt a n 'milieu de la tcmpete. L:t parole mauqne pour pcinclre ce spectacle sublim e : ~n est ecrnse par ta.ni de lorce ct tlc graucl<:mr. Est1~ee l'infini qui se re velo lt no us? . . . . Cc n'est p=1s sa ns regret qu'on s'arracbe ;\ la rnerv£: illc qui s'cmj)nre de toutes les pui ssances de 110tre 8tre ct qn'on reprend 110ti·e route vcrs Montreal. Nons saluons l-hmilton, !::elle petite v ille, m;sise sur le bord du lac Ontario. A 7 bc urcs, on change cl e train, :\ T oronto pour Kingston, no ns prenons une bouch.je tt Ia h1tc et aprl!s six heurzs de mnrche nons pouvons non s rcposer Eit sommeiller dans le lit d'un hOtel. Ce n'est qu'un sommc. On nons eveHle pour nons rcndre au b:ttean. Le Co1·sican nous attend, il est vasic, bien menble: avec plaisir, on l'echange pour les chars. Lc signal cln depart est donne, la rn.de de Kingston se deroule ;l nos r cg:trds a vee ses nombreux elochers ct · ses fortifications d 'un autre age. Notre bateau cinglc It tra vers les l\lille-Isles, comme a travers antant d'ecl cns fiotta nt sur lcs onrles; no ns traversons les htes de St. Franc;ois et de St. Regis; nons sautons les rapirlcs. Le pont Victoria arrondit son arche irnmcnse snr lc· flcn ve; les tom'S de Notre Dame s'el<Jvent m~jestn e n se m e nt dan·s le lointain; le Mont Roy al touche de l:t tete les cicux: c' est la Villa Maria, c'cst pour nons lc Cn,nacla ! U n elGve tonriste.
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- Vacancc! - Ad ien livrcs ct c<~hiers! - A nons lcs champs, !'air, Ia libm't ~! - Ed. Caron a laisse sa pharmacic pom recevoir ses cliplomes dn conrs Commercifl l. Rien nc lui manqu e main tenant. E n avant, Erlonard ! - 1\ir. Arthur Desjan1ins d e la maison de Marshall & }'ield nous a ihit visite, lors des examens. T out lu i renssi l it mervcille ; il n'a pas mt me besoin de prendr~ 1m habit 1Xtr la j enGtre. - :Nos tou ristes ont eu le plai:;ir de r encontrcr MM. Libert et GelinMn, a n S0m in ai~·c de St. Sulpice. Nos deux anciens sont en bonne sante et prendront leur vol ponr les Illinois le 26 du courant. - Mr. Libert ne vielli t pas; U a £'L it cela, lorsqu'il et:dt an Coll ege. n r::~jeunit maintenant. - Arthur Gelineau a gmndi cons,i derablement, ce n'cst plu s lc petit Arthur, c'est un j eun e homm c, mai& en.corc :tvec 1'1 gT:Lce de l'cnfhnce sur sa honnc fi g ure •
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Our picture howe ver with no word eonceruing the social and religious life of these United .States would be incomplete. We will simply tou ch the question and asking y0m· attention, not detain you loi1g. In regard t o our social standing i:n geneTal at home :mel :1 broad littlP neE:'d ·be said; Possibly it will bear favorable comparison with any in the world. But remE:'mber our definition calls for excellence in American Man hood especially, at nwturity. In private, and among ourselves it is a llowabl e to talk it over, if not to criticize it, be fore onr outside friends. Now what is it in truth? Reading ove'r the lives of men who fi~;ured conspicuou~ly and are our boast fm the last fifty, not to say one hundred years we must come to the conclusion that they possessed more simplicity, more honesty of purpose, more genuine truthfulness than those of the pTesent generation. If they were a little less advanced, as we say, they were certainly, in all things, more careful than their gmnd-ohildren- less hasty and in the end, from getting all they could by prudent, but, slow plodding- more happy, because they grasped at only that wh~ch they knew would do them , nor envied their more lucky neighbors for possessing more. Socially speaking young America is very different from old Ame~.;i qa and >Ye rloubt whether its manhood is as excellent.. F acts are stubborn things and history makes tllem inclispntable arguments. We have no doubt a g reat many would say, if a vote were taken on the qne:;tion to-<la.y that, socially speaking, there wns a good deal of old fogyism, nmong even our models, among the men nnd women of fifty, _yes, :mel thirty ye::1rs ngo. It rrwy be n.ll very well, snys some youngster of to-d11y for 011r fhthers to llave llad p~ttriotism, reverence for God, for old age, r e<pcct ior parents- ad herence to principle, love of trutli tllese were very good things in .their way- justice, square dealin g in business, di sinterestedness, officin.l station to do good to one's country, not for sake of money but for glory- all these again may h~tve been excell ent things-but now exehims the same youth, all is changerl mid the welfare of the nation and our progressive manhood demand t he change. We could not li ve as our ththers did. Our temperamc,nt is different, our horizon is wider, we neecl more latitude w·e ate educated, rich, nnd change we needs must have. -. Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, the times have changed So unfortunately, have the men and the means, but the question is-has our manhood improved? Will a close inspection show that we are socially better, more advanced than those whose standard of life we challenge to be surpassed in excellence in the world. Socially spea.k:ing, we may turu backward, and contrary to the
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usu n.l resu lt, we sh:1.ll fincl th11t by imita.tion of our :!h.tilers we shall go forward in the r;ght direction. The ohl pagan historian gave good advice to tile Romans. He bflde them beware of extravflg:mee in dress ; to look to the proper administration of justice in their comts of law; to stu<ly their amusements and their theatres-and had he lived to-dr,y, though he might have blessed the printing press for its manifolrl benefits, he, no doubt, would bnve cantioned;his people against the fat~tl deluge of too ruany unhealthy, too many rotten, crawling publications of sin ancl immorality. Ladi es and gentlemem, we owe much to the Rom ans- we owe more to Rom e-and the voi ce of an immortal Roman Capta.in Leo XIII h;ts more than once uttE:'red the excellent warning of the pagan historian of 2000 years ago. Socially speaking, to continue our prosperity, to uphold the lust.re of genuine American Manhood a return to first principles is essential. A more determined love uf honesty and truth must prevail; a less reckless expenditure of m011ey must characterize om dealings- a decent regard for the laws of God and our neighbor mu st be maintained a becoming order in the carrying em of business - No Grant and ·ward contmcts no bogus Fish mm·g ins-then failing up to satisfy our creditors when the real object is to get rich and help ourselves to the tune of 75 and 80 per cent. All this is the real ~hange needed. Then we ~hall be great not only in tile material sense, but great at home, at the fireside where so much happiness may be found, great in the counting room, in every business department, great too where there is much need for improvern en~in the pol itical arena .. CONCLUSION.
And now, Ladies an d Gentlemen we conclude. vVe h:we shown yo u in American Manhood what we con sider a title of a glory worth possessing by any people. As :t:'tr as we, at least arc concerned, we thank God, our manhood has known its crowning glory in the blessings of the r eligion ::mel church to which we belong, and all we ask is that, no one will be offended, if we sn.y that we are willing to share our knowledge and our happiness with all our fellow citizens. The history of our church and her progress in these United States is an open letter. She has . ~njoyed American freedom and she has paid back a thousand fold of benefit in school, in church, in every business enterprise, on every field of battle fi·om 76 to recent 65 and so she will continue to do, progressing,-advancing with the foremost in all that is truth, in all that is good, in all thflt is honorable, in all tlmt is for the welfare of the Republic, because slle is Catholic she has charity and with her charity, she ennobles what she loves in her subjects, what she cultivates in ller adherents here in
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t his land of fr eedom, pointing upwnrd to the skies where she t ells them, thcl'e is a m odd n,ncl a rewar(l fur noble, generous Am eric:m , but Ch ief of n!l-(:hristi:w Cntbolic 1\fttnhoocl. F. J. Quinn.
TilE A NNUA L PlCNJC. Tn order to <.;Omply wi ~ h :mold tr: l(l iLionn l observ:l.ilce of t he pl:we., we, through deference fot• our nneients, t hought it o nr duty to fo llo;v in t heir fvotstep under the same colon; nnd at the sonnds of t il e ~'<n.me stirring strains-Tll e pi cuic -it hacl been th e tn lk of cln.yf and weeks a mong lnrge rtnd sm:1ll ci relcs , as it rtlso gradn<tlly bec:tme the snhj ect of mnd1 action on tl10 p·trt of scver:tl of onr enterp rising youth~ who <lll.> ir u·l to m·Lim :l s a·;ce.% oftl tc wlt<>le il.rf1.ir. Tlte pLwc w.ts n, ppoi ltted: it w t.s a lo·.rely g1·cewprofu$ely shtcl ed by the wild ·fbrcst trees th:tt b0rd er the lroqnois. The '•l\1 i nni e Lilli e'' w:ts to be the h:tppy be:uer, not of C::es:tr, bnt or m:wy a n adm irer of the conq ueror of Ganl. At last th:tt long looked-for <hy <hwnecl bright n,nd clmtr.-E::trly in the morning, with ot1r Cadets en tjte, we heeled and toed it t o K K K. On ne:wing t he ci ty every o ne bnced up to w:tlk through the streets. 'Ve were soon there-ag>tin the banrl played aml inn. minute we were o n th e wl:urf' w:titing for t h ~ sigt t::tl-Ailnbo:n·d , ct•iecl t he Capt-tin. Ju st imag itt e how long it took' ns boy s to get there! ... Toot! Toot ! goes the whistle and off we wheel. ·w e leave to th e novelist the description of th e cl:trk fore5ts that border tbe Kankakee, the violets that wave on the shore, rtnd whilst the choms of "sweet violets" wn,s still echoeing from the m~jestic oaks we h.<td reaehed theougl1 the I roquois, the Picnic G ronm1s. Groups n.re formed , taules are set, one wonld imag inen, strawberry festival, neither did we forget t he icccream. Then recre::ttion! All sports a re eng tgeLl in snccessi vely; we are told even that some · of the boys smokerl n, cig:t r or two (don't t ell the prefect.) T hings so sweAt ctn d tim e so gny though nre 'Fl ick spent--:md soon the rallying cry ' ': tbeamus'' is heard r inging on the woodhnd breeze . Qttick we gather our remnants of pi<.;ni c: ware and off to the hnnlc vVe are ::dl there ancl-f:trewell to the picnic grounds, aw:ty we ar e, with mn s:c, sing ing nncl glee all the way-while flown, <lown the stream we hurry along until we see Krtnk·tkec again-Our journ ey is well nig h done. ArriveclatLhe li ttlecl ockwe ftkcl in r:mks and wend ed our way b:tek to onr college campus-vVe:try we s:1t i11 little g r011ps dispersed here rmcl there abont the y:ml. 'Ne unanum ously carne to the conclu sion that we had all a fine chy and agt·eed on a v ote of t h:lnks to Mr. Picnic- gave him a parting shak:'l nncl warmly ii )Vite<l him to cn,ll againA Fe llo w. FAREWELL TO COLLEGE LfFK When first a hoy leaves behind him f~l ther and mother, and home and fond friends of boyhood, and, taking sad farewell of all that is d e~r to him, sets off for college, he seems to have left a world of love and fri endship, an d to be en tering another where all is strange and narrow and cold. The very size and appear-
a Me of the college dishearten him. In imaginat.ion, he ·beholds the spectre, Disci pline, stalking abo ut long · corri<lors, striding through sv~eion s .balls . E:veLJ tbe g reat joy be witnesses among old stnde.nts n.t their meeting nft~r vncntion m:tk es him feel !on ely , for tbei r very cordi:l.lity stn mps him all the more ft s·t nmger, Th e directvr, it is true, n:my be :u1 ntfable m11n .; m::w end e.1.vor to make him feel li-t h0nlrlt; hnt so m t}h:o,w~ there is too nt\H lt of the idea {Jf mlnthority nn<l· i u.taLlectual ~ u peri< ri · y r1S8otd r~te<1 wiLb the nn~,IJe of ·collcg;eDirect or, to pen ni t hi :; being , un tlrst aeqnaintnnce, ·a very loval.)le persounge. Th e first <by of c l a~s nniveR. The b ell rings. In t];·e e~r of the new stud ent it nnmistnlmbly says, "now sir yon are nnder th e rn le for t en mon~4s~ten mont.hs of prison lite anrl hard work.'' With a sigh for the clays tb~.t arc gone, he ret-ig ns himself to his fhte. On taking up his books, however, to prepare . his first lessons, he find s the lessons not so very dif!;icult. He goes t o clnss, an<l is most agree:l.bly surprise<l to ascertain that his professors are not at all .t he severe old pedagogues he im:tgined. He goes out n,t recreation time, and is W@lcomed to kcl;:e p.1.rt in rJl the grtme:;. As the days pn.ss by he find s th:tt th e more he stnrlies, the more be feels a.t horne, th e more agreeable his snrpedors become.; t hen he begi ns to wonder if these br>ys m·1y not eventually become as good ft;iencl s to him as tlw!'e h.e>~h:ll d 1,1.t · hom ~. When the night of the " li st" com es round, he is delighted to he:tr his n<tm e mentioned among those who have <1istin a- ui sbecl the mselv es.- ·tn:l, shinin g oa his bretst, he c:t;~r ie3 off !lis first m:;d tl. With wit tt jo.f he se nds hom e t ile news of hi s tri n mph l From th:1t mom ent he is cln ngerl : n.mb ition h:1s sprnrtg np in h is bosom; the more he tllinks of tl 1c love• l one..:: at hotn o, the mo re is he nrgecl to lu rd W•Jr:c. ' Vhe:t th e e nd of t he ye:u- approw!1es, n.n rl competiti•m t;>r premi um .~ beo-ins, he st u(li es h:trder t lun ever in order to carry off..,a prize; not, indeeti, bee·.mse the prize is of intrin sic v;tlu e, but be;;n.usc it shows t h:tt he h<ts performed his dnty , h:ts remem bered his belovet l l).<trents, an<l cl one something to please them. As a consequ ence of hi s dili cre nce and g-oocl condu ct, he. lus beea su·:ce.ssfl1 l, an rl h:ls"'contracted a liking f<n· his n ew bome whi ch mn,kes him :tn '(iO tlS to ret nrn n,fter v:w tti on and recum mence his career of school-trium ph. This is generally th e w;ty with stnrlents who are in e:~rnest-this hn s been the cn.se with ns members of t he d :tss of '84. 'Vu f\~ l t t he w1.me di slikl;} in the beginning, but gradun,lly grew out of it ; we have borne ·off in boy ish pride our preminms at the Com m ~'nceme nt; and n.fter enjoy ing a well-e·trnecl vn.c:1.tion, have b een glad to return ().t the begi nn ing of every new Co!Iege y<!ar. Under the zealous direction of our Prefect of i:itnclies, we h:we acl vrtnced in lmowlerlge, nn<1 nnd er the wholesouletl teach ing and example of o ur Spiritn al D'irector we hav e been nnd c, at least t o love, if not copst antly to practice, virtue. Of course we do not claim to have bee n t.lte most exemp!ary stud ents. We have barl, it is true, occ·:ts ional misund erstandings with one another,
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1mrl With -t he o-ther. s~h-~1~~~ . Bnt who thinlrs of them thro wn by su mmer clourl s up011 bright and pleasing ·. now ?'" Th'ey only· made ns respect one another the landsc:1 pes in the month of Jnn e. more. We have sometimes, too, "<iiffered in ' opini on" As we g:1ze t o-e-by upon the bliss ful v ision o f onr wit\{ OUr Stl})ei-iors; ario, fo f" SOme re·ISOll th~t we COnld college-life with its lights and i LS sha rlo ws, ho w we never see cleariJ' ' have invariably come ont.....:-second wish it could be nlway s thns ; bn t an irrepressible feelpest: We have been 0bliged, moreover, in some cases ing of snou ess com es ovtr us \\'hen we think that we to settle the matter by what we consicleJ"eo a ·large nre g:~ zin g on thnt vision for th e l:l st time , thnt we hav e amo unt . of rather unne.c essary "writi ng." Bnt :1.fter all , p~ ~se<l through the flo wery fi elds of y o nth, ancl are now wh en we considered' that we had come here to ue ed n- on the -co nfines of manh oorl with th e fu t nre ve iled nnrl. cated,, that youth is liable t o m ~ke mi st.-1.kes, all(\ d o 8hroud erl from om sig ht. N o w thnt we have b ecome so imprurl;.e.Qt tllings; anti that our supe ri ors <:orrceted us nttnche<l to thi s plnce, how h:1rd is it to think of partin g. vYh en ever y roo m, when e very place abo ut, has o p~l.r, ;t:~-.~ ? ur , ?,;vg go?~; _,w e_ t~~rned :1t length to l ~ ve the ha nd that checkeCl whilst ste:tcly111g our f;tltermg become sflcred by associ:l.t ion ; wl1en our t e:tehers ha ve become rle:tr t o us !ts p:l.l'I!:J.ts; for the instruc tion t hey steps. t ,. ,' . We have gradually grown into the place, until now ha ve instill erl. into o nr m inds, for th e virtues th ey ha ve it s.e'ems ·almost necessary to our happiness to be nuder implanted in our he:trts; ann when we students have the~~ , g?~~ Religious, with these comp:mioils, amid 'u ecome attnched to one another uy li ving so long t othese· scen;es. ~he play gronno, where we have su often gether und ·3r the same roof, engngin g in the smne duti es, striv en in spork.tl1a . stu ely ~ ha ll an rl class-rooms, that anrl partnking o f the sam e eni oym ents : how hard is · ha'Ve l.Jeen the scenes of our hl•o rs; the society-rooms, it ..t_Ek te.w o nrselves a w:ty.-0 Alm 't 1\hter thou bas t wherE>, in otiniiock debates, we called up the shades of .Ucen a tenrl.er mother t.o us! Tho u bast inculcat e d in o ur minos. the5e sound doctri nes so well calcnlaterl t o )<?~g-depar~ed heroes, to pa~s judgment on their lives 'ai-id.:aeti ons ; whe-re we fi Ofvecl political problems-"·ith ena ble ns t o meet bra vely the stern r ealit ies of life; self-sufficient jurisprn rlence-the chapel where we have those principles that will inspire us t o bea,r np wi th · ~o o•ften lmelt f.ogetb er, and, with prayerful souls in- conmge ag:<inst misfortu11e a nd tria ls,_~nd ~truggl e ·w ith ·\·okcd 'the bles~ings of'He:wen upon our youth;,--ev en manly christhn fortitud e in the pa.th of d~1ty to which thi s sth ge, whi ch hns witnessed our sehool-boy tri- · Go·l may s nmmo1i ns. No w clear Alma Mat er we ar<·= t o bi<l y ou a long farewell, aild t empt t he .future alone. umphs -h ~.vc nll become familiar a nd dear to us. Wi th what wile! mr rrim ent hav e we gone, in winter, on D ear companions, we ha ve been thrown together here by Gorl to j ourney on in co mpany fo r perhaps the ·hap~ leigh-ri <l cs into the co untry ~ H o w o ften h:1ve we tramper! to tl)c c it.y, to the t'tir ; wh1.t g ·t.V o ld t.im ec: pi est periocl o f our lives ; n<•W we must sep arat e, and , we h:1ve lwd on Slimmer pi cnics nn<l <' x c nrs i o n~ . Ho w it may be, never mor e t o mee t within this v:ale Of tearsF ar ewell ye plE>asant s~enes abo ut our yDnthful hom e rmmy !l fter-ltOons have we enj oyed in boating on the ri-v-er, glid ing a long ~1th .the s wif't c urrent-stopping dear g rove of Bourbonnais, peopled with memories and no w and then ,to qnench o nr thirst at one of t he mnny association s to us so d ear and sweet l Fare well y e old springs. along the shore, or to gaze in admiration on g ray walls, silent witnesses of o ur college life. ·Farewell the beauty of the surrounding scene1y. How often hnve cl e:tr o lrl sturly -hall, where we tast ed first, then drank of we sat berie:l.th the shade of t he tress o n the b:mk an rl the salutary draughts of scie nce. F arewell homely pious t alked t he sultry aftei'llOOQ. 1 a way . H o w plensan t it wn s little ehapel, where we so o ften knelt and so often praytl.ten t o li st en to th e ed ..IOE'S stcnling bnek 1hlm t he ed t ogether. F arewell belov ed companions of our college conr~e, fri ends of happy years, fellows of o ur rrr~ves Qn the o pposite s c.,.;, id~;.-'1!0 "' pl easan t to ~ tand "i Lh 0 . ' c bared beacis and enj oy the cool nne! perfum ed b reezes yout hful sports. F arewell belov ed Di rec t or honored t hat came from far bey ono. llo w often h:we we threarl- superiors. Dear Alma Mat er l tho ugh we follow the ecl the p icturesqne ra vines, a nrl cl:un bererl up the r ocky fi nger of God to t he field where d uty calls yet it wrings sides to gather the first wild flowers o f spri.ng. With our hearts to say tbe wonl-Fare well- a long- a lnst what n1ing led feelings of awe and veneration hav e we F are well. Jno .•J. McCann. learned to loo~ upon that old b ell up there in the . steeple, which has for so many y ears rung the Angelus;. P E RSO NALS. which has f ung a:t so many births, . and t ollerl wi th At the T rinity ordi natio ns in B:tlt im ore Messrs. solemn ·voice at the departure of so many li ves-li ves of some most d ear to us. No w nll o ur little diffic ulti es, F ranuis N. P erry '81 and Th omns K e.<trney '83 both o f cllslippointments, sorrows and moments of despon<lency, Chiengo, 1ceceivecl .tonsure fro m A reb b ishop G ibb ons; when .compar ed with tb.e p_q re joys, t he successes, the on the sam e <l:l y Mr. F rancis O' Reilly '8 1 of P eol'i:t ye.<J.rs of true h nppiness, are like t he fl eeti ng s ha dows recei ved. su l.Jcleaconship from A rchbishop CoiTigan. ,~.,
ST. VlATEUR'S UU,LL~G~ .JUU HNA L.
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On FridPy l:1 st, Jnne 20t h. lkv. Th mrs Devrnry '81 of Peoria re(·eivecl tl ~ e s~C'H'd onl er of Priestbc.;od from Rt. Hev. J. L. S p ~tlding. Rev. Deveury pa id us a flying v i8it o n the fo ll ow ing rlay; yon have, Rev. Father, tl1e Lest wi ~ he s of' the ,TounNAL and ot your old Fri~·n d s of St. Vinteur's College. James Curnm, cl:1ss of '80 is run nin g a cnt1le rmwh in
Onlitorni~t.
J. A. LANCLAIS. nnnl<sC'llur H.ta.limwr <tll(l Wil1 u J\1 crchallt.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
LUMBER AND COAL .. I First Yard North nj Cow·t Street, ( Johnson's Gmin Jl(mse. f
1Opposite
I 7 7 Ht Jo,eph Htrcot, t;t. Itoch (Que bee) Propri etor of the celebl'ltte<) Fren ch C l a.s s i e~ l1y E. ROBERT , a.n(l a.lso of" A New Course of <:;ma.tl ia.Jl Penmanship" in 9 Nos. (Fre1Jcl1 an<l ft:ngli:;b ) $ 10.50 a g1;nss- of " lAt. SP.. llla.hle Sa.int~C' ,'' with music, 18o. fmlf bOtUlll. -~ 6.00 'ljldz.- of ·•Le P:troissicu uot.e," ISO full cloth : $10.80 rl)l dz; lmlf bOt\Ju.l .$12.00
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llanl Coa.l Dirc(jt l'rum Breaker at WHOLESALE AND RETAlL.
lliml Wooll Wagon Stotk
S.M.
it
S!lCCiitlty.
DAV~S,
KANKAKEE,
ILL.
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(
ALL TYPE CAST ON THE
AM~~i::c~~~~~~s~i TYPE oootES
'Ill
dz.
Has always ou hand. nne! a.t the lowest pfi ces. all kinds of French a nd Eng-li sh dassical go:lds.
Bl:{OPHY BROS. Publishers of BAND & ORC HESTRA lliUSIC
132& 134 Sonth 7 th. St.
MARDER, LUSE & CO. TYPE FOUNDERS,
Hurrah for Jim he'll sooi) be a b igger m!l'n than .his father!!! T om S.ulHvnr,, class of ·so is at pr<'seut retailinf, the Protoxide o! nitrogen, much to th,e gratification of the in!J ~t l1itm1ts of Dixon, I ll ino is, Soli d for Tom !:! Ton1 ~b i (;')ds, elMs of '~6 is canying un .quite an extensive bus iness in ·v {ilmington. Good lnck to ytn; Tom !!:
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S
cJtctt .!en~. GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. Hi~
Celebrated Numbers,
303...:_404- 170-604--332, and hit otlte!' Btytea may be had Qf all dealer• throughout the world. Joseph Gillott & Sonll. New Y~rk .
L. H. FOHMAN.
J . FOltMAN. Office of
13. E. COON.
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Pnwtical h ouse Pa.int.Prs, and Dr alers in WaH Paper and Windo w Shades, Painter'S Stock ami Tools.
DRAZY & SON,
JOACHIM DESLAURIERS.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
~•
FORMAN & COON,
Sencl for BAND - RECORD, contain- Pap er Hang·ing and Decoratiug. ing fbnr sample Eb parts to o ur One door south of Post Olllm•, K ANKAKKFl, 11, 1,. K. L. .BOYt;E:\'. 139 and 141 Monroe Street, CHICAGO. latest mnsic. "1\Jontbly. Undertaker.
@iO
SEND FOR EXPLANATORY CIRCULAR
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JOJ:-IN DALE. 45 Court Stre,.t, K an kakee , Ill inois.
PIANOS & ORGANS.
Best Makers. Every Instrum ent sold Warranted for
5 Yen.r s. J. C. J'\'fATFER R 0. SCOVILL.
Kankakee Planing Mill. Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings.
PJ Bning. H.c-sawi ng, Etc.
Done on Short Notice.
General Bl acktimith. Genera l Blat:ksmith . Repa irs nf Machines, w., gons, Plows. H orse shoeing a ' peeialty. Au<l Horse ~ hodng. Wood work of all kind. A tl work clone on short notice Sa.tisfaction guaranteed. Corner Court strel't & 3rJ. Ave. And g uaranteed.
A. J. l{OY. l <' res h, Salt a.n<l Smoked Meats, _ Sansag-P, Poultry , Etc. .i'l'l.arkct, North Side C((m't St.
Kan kakee, Ill.
WJLLIAM DARCHE ,
INCORPORATED FEB. 23rd . 1867. Propri etors of th e ceJcuratccl Kankakee fiat Lime stone quu.rrie~.
Fresh ·wood-burned Lime u1ways on hmH1. ---------·-~
Kankakee Ill. --------
Depot of th e CcleJn·ated "t:Ol.UEN CRO&>" Fin e Cut. Esta.blish ed 1856.
s.
Gold and Silversmiths.
CHURCH ORNAMENTS. Relig'ions, Gnl.duating& Reward
:ned als,
G rocerie~.
D ry Good s, Yank ee Notions. Uourhonnais Grc;,. r , llUnoi$.
GREG. VIGEANT,
ARCHITECT,
ALPINEH,
1\Ia.nufa.et.urcr of FINE CIGAltH, tt11d t1l'a.!n in !'in1oldng ancl ('.hewing Tobaecos ttnd All mntl s
~i FEELE Y & CO.l~
I> F.A LJ!: H: IN ALL _K IN])S OF
]{ANJ<AT\KR , ILT,~.
Kankakee Stone 11.nd Lime Co.
Kankakee; Ill.
;'<<'ar lh e hmlge; KAN l{ AKEE. ILL.
ItooJHS [) a nd 11,
Of Choice Designs ·and Fine vVorkm~tns hi p. AI.l, GOODS AT FACTOltY PRICKS.
Send for catalogue.
OFFICE & FACTORY, 1!>5 EDDY S'l'REET ,
of Smoker s' Artieles.
No . 22 E~tst Ave. n:ankakce,
m. (5 LA SALLE STREET, CUIC!lGO, ILL.
Bo.c 621.
PROVIDENCE, R . I .
ST. VlATEUR'o ()ULLEGE JOURNAL. .
107
THE CoLLEGE affords excellent facilities for study, and the acqntremeut of a thorongb knowledge of MODERN LANGUAGES, MATHEMATICS, CLASSICS, MUSIC, SCIENCE, LAW, MEDICINE, PHILOSOPHY, and THEOLOGY. Most caretul attention is paid _to the business training of young m.en, and a thol'Qugh practical knowledge of BOOK-KEEPING and COMMERCIAL LAW is imparted . by skilled Professors. 'flie best authors and most approved system of teaching are adopted in all grades of the College. Students rimy enter at any time. Term and tuition will begin with elate of entrance. Terms for board and tuition $200.00 per annum. Cat...Uogues, and any desired information will be cheerfully given on application to the Director. Rev. M. J . MARSILE, C. S. V. St. Viateur's College, Bourbonnais Grove, Kankakee Co., TIL
A. BABST, ' MANUFACTURER AN D D EALER
LEGAL
SCBOOI,BOOR~.
J:lLANKc.
~ ~ ~~ ~ttrbtttlto STATI'-JNERY
In all kin(ls of Household Furniture Booh:s~ Ne-ws!' Music!' BASE-BALI,s and BATS, Frsnnw T ACKLE. OF TilE MOST l<A~liiONAnl·E KI N DS. KANKAKEE, ILL. W AREH.OOMS ON EAIST AVENUE.
DF.ALEl~
AND
WAGON S'f0( 'K
No. 13 EAST A VENUE, KANKAKEE, ILL.
J obbing Done to 01·de1·.
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ll. J. HANNA,
Book-Sellers,
GROCER
Dealers in
AND COl\IMISSlON MERCHANT.
43 Uourt Street!' KANKAKEE,ILL.
BRAYTON & CHRISTIAN 292 Larrabee St. Chicago , HI. DJ~A LERS in 1\<Icn's, Wom <;l n's, Mi SS<'S' ;~,n (\ Chil<lren's fin e a nd m ~ dinrn Shoes; al~o all sizes Dr. SCHEPPERS and g:ntdes o[ Boots. Rpccial inducement.R for Students. will be in Bcmrbonnn.is on the 1st. ·Of Two doors north of Post Office. each month. Kankakee, I ll. J. W. BUTLEN PAPER Co. ~ealers.
A full line of Cards and Wedding goods
k ept constantly on hand
Nos.
1 7 3 & 1 75 Adams Street,
GI-II9AGO,
AND
BABY CARRIAGES.
D. Q. Scheppers, M.D.
Wholesale Paper
Publishers, Importers
WIIOLE8A L I£ & H.E'l'AIL
L"<'
Jia;rdwa1·e, Stoves and Tinware, ll{;VN, NAILS
TOYS, CMQUET .
MUHLBAlJER BEHRLE,
ILL.
FRED ZIPP. The oldest Boot & Shoo Honse in the Cit.y. Customer s will always have good Bl1rgains. No. 17 Court st. K::m lmkcc, Ill.
KERR STOVE:-., BRO'S,IRON
HARDWARE,
STEEL, TINWARE, NAILS, &c., .Job work done in any part of the County. CORNER COURT ST. & SCHUYLER AVENUE·
KANKAKEE, ILL. E. D. BERflF.RON, M. n.
Assist.ant Surgeon, Mercy Hospitn.l '81 Resid ent. J>h ysic.ian, Alex ian Hospttal Chicago '82
Res idence,
Bourbonnais Grove Ill.
CHURCH-GOODS. 41 La Salle St., Chicago, ILL.
V.
STAMM~
No. 7 Court Street, KANKAKEE. Dealer in dwices Bakeries, Groceries, choicest llrauds of flour. Keeps on hand constantly a large assortment of Produce. -Please call and see me before going
ANY PLACE ELSE.
PATENTS
ST. VlATEUR'S COJJLU.:Ul!{ JOURNAL.
108 .f . .f. SCHUBEHT.
PROl'RIETOI~
0 F THE
German, French and American Pharmacy. , Oor. East Al'e . & Merc hant ;,-t. Ill. Kn<'P~ co n ~ta n t.Jy on haud a full line of DRUGS. MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS ETC, ETC. Also a fine line of Toilet Articles of all kinll s. Fine Cigar s and 'l'olmeeo. KA N !iAl,g t<:,
~otn
)nlh~tUtiJ. Srsnms oF THE ol" Nontm DAME.
Co GREGATION Thi s Jns tit.uti<lll atl'onls ever y tldVfiilta":e to Yt>llll l!; Lndi i'S !l res irous of ohtaill' in~ 1> sol i and liui shrd Ccillca.oi on. For pa1·ti cuh1rs apply to
a
Mother t:l uperi ur,
Notre D'ame Acn<lt·my, · Bot11; uonrati ~ G ron~ . IL~ NKAlmE Co., lr.r,
~ \JAb lo ,\NU SF.!'- M l, . ~:;$
SCHOOL BOOKS.
Preston Sanasack.
BOU RBONNA'fS GROVE, ILL.
Kurrasch and Stege,
J.PmnG
DmECTED BY THI~
PtopTietors of
(The Old Beaucharnp&Babel.)
PRESCRIPTION DRUC STQRE, Whero yon can fh•d the Large.st axsortr
or
Hair :t n(j Tnot.h BruRhe; 'rorlet <Wticl es Per flllll l11'Y, Soaps, Sponges aud a.ll !•arie~ics of ill'llt;t; i8t 8un dr1 P~.
mr·•n
All should give them a G:tll , N'o. fi. COUll'!' S•J•. TJI:LEJ.'HONF!. No. 10
A'. Ehrich KANKAKEE.
. LEGAL BJ.ANKS.
F R A N K E. B E L LA .1\I Y .
EAS'l~ j]OURT STREET
DICALI<:R I N
Gc ueral Store. Dealer in Clroecries, De aler in ch oicest Groeeries. choicest Dry goods, Hardware, Cutlery. Glassware. STA'1...,.IONI~RY. Books, News, M u sh:, lJrutHls of .B'lom. Keeps on band eo nsl>il.ntly Also keeps eo nstaHtly on h<wd a large Wall-Paper, Window Sh ades . a larg·e assor tme nt of Feed aud Prod uce. stock of lmADY-iiiADI~ CLOTillNG, Please call and see me befo re g,oi ng KANKAKEg, lLL. FAMILY MEDICINES, any place e l se . . AtHl whol e,ale Liquors. TOYS PICTURES. BABY CARRIAGES' LOUlS GOUDIWAU, Jr.
CIIAS. KNOWLTON'S
l-IARD WARE. Stoves, Iron, Nails and "'\V'agon wood stock. 'finware and tin work of al l kinds.
No. 3 Court Street, Ka:nkal-1::ee~
Ill.
Those iu need of choice Confectioneries, Canned goodB, all kinds of .F'rnits, .F'ish and Oysters will do well and save money by Ci11li ng on
T. O'GORMAN.
East Avenue,
Kankakee.
NEW PHOTOGRAPHI C
Dearborn Avenu e 1st. Door Sou th of Court St, East Side, KANKAKEE, JLL.
(@l;Jlli~Uta~JC~~hd ~J!hfd Opposite I. c. Depot. FIRST
CLASS
ACCOMMO DATION.
FltEE 'llUS.S TO AND F IWM DEPOTS.
c. G. UBELLAR, P tWPRIW!'OR.
JOfiN G. 1\.NECI-IT, Mercha nt Tailor,
READY-MADE Clothing· Hats and Caps. -Gent's underwear. Trunks, Valises, Furnishing Good~.' Wilson Bros' Fine Shirts.
NOS. 2 AND 4 COURT STREET. u:.ankakee, I ll. L. DROLET & BROTHER . DEALERS I N
Boots and Shoes.
H. L Crawford & Co., WHOLESALE & RETAIL
STUDIO,
GROCERS. No. 36 Court Street.
WTYP&(f.
KANKAKEE, ILL.
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Foundry; & Printers' Supp.lies . Specimen B ook and E stimates upon · · >PPlicaGic•• · Wri te for SeooiOd-ha.nd list of Presses and Machines. · 5~ & 56 Franklin St. , Chicago, Ill$•
Outfits tor CoLLEGE Dealer in Ameri can and Sw iss Watches. Silver and P lated ware, Jewelry, Clocks, all ki nd s of Mu sical Instruments. '\Vatches and Jewelry car efully repaired by best wOl'kn~en and vVnrranted.
·PAPinls.
Send for estin1ales
BENZIGER BROTHERS, Printers to the Holy A postoli c See P •ubli8hers
&; Book~euen;
also manufacturers and importers of'
East Avenue, 1 door south of Knetch 's Bloelc
KANKAKEE ILLINOIS.
(~ltllllxth ~Jrh~~amt11d:e:
atul
Staple a •tcl Fan cy Groteries.
40 Court Street
las. H.
KANKAI\I<: E,
~ellows
~ t:e:f~nt~f:e:.
Ir.r...
&Co.
A CARD.
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No. t 06 South Fourth St.
ST. LOUIS, MO.
A Large Stock of Women's, Misses' Tl 1e •·JO UJINA TJ ' fi l>i-w.,eldy l-"'flCl' cl e vot~d to Chil dren's, Men's, Boys', and Youth~'. To all whom it may concern. HC!E ;Il CE. LITKHATffitE lllll l AlU, puJJli~ l l<' d Bargains in C rockery and o·Jassware. by 1ch<' Hl.llll e ut.s of St. VlATEUU'H OOLLEGE , Havi ng arlopted t he One Price u·ounllONNATfl GR.()VE, ILL. 25 Court St., Next to 1st National Bank. The "JOURNA L" is a first eli.l£s Kanl;akce, I ll. System tn all my l>atrons, J wil l g iv e
medium for "ABVEltTISlNG." Spea further Discount of 10 Per cent to ein l attention paid to the pl'inting of MERCHANT TAILOR all Clergymen, Professors and Stud ents BUSINESS CARDS. Gents' F nrnislling Goods, Hats and of Bourbonnais College. Call at t be BILL 1-IEADS, ETC. Caps. ~ T erms .reasonable. ~ Philladelpllla One Price Clothing EAST A VENUE, Kline Block Tho "JOUBNAL" will be mailed KANKAKEE, I L L. Hall No. 8 Court St. Kankakee Ill. to any address for C. WUJ .F. l\1. Rohrheimcr, Prop. $ 1.50 PER ANNU1\1 Brtl'l:>er Sh op
G. 0. ANDREWS.
Uncler Umbnch 's Harness Store Kan l~e:t.kee, Ill Firs.t class wo1·k * llc-tra,nteetl S.ttl(lcnt.s especia,uy invitetl.
-----------------Ell. DESJ,A URIEHS.
.A H'J'lS'l'lC 'l ' ATLOH. , (iive him a call.
Court St. No. 13 Kankakee, Ill.
$ 0.75
SIX MONTHS
THE STUD];N TS,
Edit01·s-P1·oprietor~