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WASHINGTON. Where peaceful Potomac is seeking the sea, Its waters cnressing the shore, ·waves gently ebbing in sweet melody, Like leaflets the wind passing o'er, 'Neath the green branches that gracefully trail, And dark pensive shadows forth fling, F loats in the even, steals o'er the vale ·The song which Freedom doth sing.

She sings o'er the grave of earth's truest, best, Who sleeps his last sleep 'neath the sod, Her voice is as. fresh as the breeze ti:om the West, Or first beam of sunshine abroad : Her echoing words would fain again wake Our Country's great Father-the One, Who of us bondsmen, freemen did makeThe immortal, the pure Washington!

This young Republic from tyranny sprung, Like Minerva the daughter of Sea, Mid the boast of. a Briton haughtily flung, "These rebels must perish, or flee !"

When this son of Virginia, of sages the first, Arose with his sworrl girded on,

He struck down the Lion, that life's blood did thirst, Our gallant, our brave Washington!

When our Ship of State was wildly tossed high, When breakers around her did roar, He was the meteor that lit up the sky, The helm his strong arm bore: Her rigging all shattered by whirlwinds torn, A wreck almost strewn o'er the main, I nto the harbor of pea.ce she was borne

By Washington-glorious name!

Christmas night as j oy,bells did peal O'er Delaware's broad bosom, cold, As anthems of peace did merrily steal Proclaiming contentment untold, The ice and the waters both treacherous, deep, He passed with his brave, chosen, few, H e captured the Hessians ·in slumbers, in sleep-Our Washington dauntless and true!

As long as wide oceans encircle this land, And rivers are seeking their rest, His name with all freemen shall always outstand Honored, loved, cherished and blest- .

As the rays of the sunshine e'er warl$11Y play On Vernon his tomb and his grave, The Goddess of Freedom shall lovingly say"He lived fair Columbia to sav~."

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THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION ON LITERATURE. The injury done to literature by divorcing it from religion is a topic worthy of discussion. Literature has .thus lost power and permament interest. It has become, in a great measure, superficial, an image of transient modes of thought and of arbitrary forms of life, not the organ and expression of immutable truth and of deep workings of the soul. We beg not to be misunderstood.

We have no desire that literature should confine itself · wholly or chiefly to religions topics, and we hardly know a greater calamity it could incur than by degen-

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crating into religious cm!t. Next to profi..meness we dread t.he affectation of piety and the mechanicalrepeti tinn of sacred phraseology. l Ye on ly lament that litert lll'e h:1s so generally been 1;hc prod net ancl utterance of minds which have not li ved, thought, and w ritten un<lel' the light of n rational and sublime faith. Severecf Jrom t his it wants the prine:iple of immortality. i ve do not speak lightly wbeu we say that a ll works of the intellect, which have not in some mens nre been quickcued by the spirit of religion, are doomed to perish or to lose their power ; and tlmt genius il' preparing ·for itse lf a sepulchre wh en it disjoins itself fi·om the Devine TrutlJ. Religion .is now beginni ng to be viewed more generou sly by the AmericanP than heretofore. It is gr:tclu ally attracting to itsdf superior umlerst:md ings.

A new era, we t.rn st, is opening upon the world nn cl all literature will feel its power. In proportion as the true an d sulJlim e conception of God shall unfold itse lf in the sou l a11cl shall become there a central sun , shccl<ling its buams on all objects of thought, there will be n. want of sy mpathy with all works which have not been quickened by t his heavenly influcmce. It w"ill be felt that the poet has known li ttle of nature, that he has seen it only nncler clouds, if he hnve Dt t ECCn it under this celestial light. It will be felt th rtt man, t be great su bjcct of literfl.t nre, when vi ewecl i u ~cper:t t. ion ti·om his Maker and his end, can be as little nmlerstoo<l and po rtrnye<l as a plant torn from the soil in which it grew and cut off from comm unicatiou with the clouds and sun.

We are aware tl!nt olljections wi ll spriilg up to the d oetrinc tlwt all li temture shoulu be produced .nndcr the infiuence of reli gion. ' Ve shall be told t llat iu thi s way liter at ure wi ll lose all variety ami spirit lhnt a monotonousnnd solemn lllle wi ll spre:1.d itself onr writ_ in g, and that a li brary will have the air of a t omb. W e d o not wonder at this fear. Religion has ccrt:1inly been . accustomed to speak in scpu lclm1.l tones and to wea r llJ)Y aspect but a br ig ht an d glowing one. L et us not l.lowevcr nscriLe to its nn.tlne what has b e t~t!l e n it from adverse circum stances. The truth is that religion, justly · v iewefl smpaSSl'S nll other principles in g iving a ti·ee and manifold nction to the mind. It r ecognises in every ihc nlty and sentim ent the workmanship of Gocl and assigns a sphere of agency to each. It takes our whole n:tture under its guardianship, and with a pnrental love ministers to its inferior as well as to its higlJer gratific:ttions.False religion mutilates the so ul, sees evil in our sensibi lities, and rules with a tyrant's frown and rod. · Tru e religion is a mild nnd lawful sovereign governing to protect, to g ive strenght, to unfol(1 all om inward reso n rces. 'Vc beli eve that, under its influence, literatur e is to pass its present limits and to put itself forth in o ri gi u ~ tl forms ur e01uposition. Religion is, of :1ll ·

principles most fruitful and unconfined. It is sympathywith that Bei ng who seems to delight in diversify ing t he modes of this agency and the p roduct of their wisdom anrl power. It does not ch:~, in u.s to a few essential duties or express itself in a few unchanging modes of writting It has the liberality and munificence of nature which not only produces the necessary root and g t·ain, bu~ poms forth fruits and flowers. lL has the bold contTasts of nature whi ch, at the foot of the awful mountains, scoops o ut the freshes t, sweetest valleys and embosoms in the wild , troublerl ocean, islands whose vern:1.l airs, and lovd iness, and teeming fruitfulness almost breathe the joys of P .tr:td ise. R eli gion will acccomplish for literature what it most ueedil- will g ive )t depth at the same t ime that it hightens its grace and be~~uty. The union of the attributes is most to be desired . 011r literatu re i;; hmentnbly superficial, and to some beautiful ancl the superficial seem to be naturally conjoined· Let not be1.uty be so wro nged. It resides chi efly in profonn1l thoughts a nd feelings. It overflows chiefly in the writing..; of poets, giftecl with a sublime and pierci ng vi~ i on. A beautiful literature springs from the cleplh a nd fulness of intell ectu: tl n.nd moral life, fi·om an energy of thought and feeling, to which nothing, we believe, ministers so largely as enlig htened religio•1. So f:tr fr om a monotonous solemaity outsprE'ading literat ut'C in consequence of the all-per;rardiug influence of religion, we beli eve th:1.t the sportive and comic forms of compositions, instea<l of being abandoned, will only be r efi ned and improved. ' Ye know thnt t lJPse are sn ppm,erl to he ti·ownecl upon by piety; bnt they h:we l'oo t in the conbtitntio n which God has given us anrl ought not therefore to be indiscrimi nately condemner!. The propensity to wit nne! laughter (locs indeerl, through excc~sive indnlgence, often issue in a ch:<mcter of heartless levity, low mimi cry, or unfeeling riclien le. lf often seeks gmtification in regions of impurity, throws n gaiety around vice, and sometimes even pours contempt on virtue. But, though often and mournfully perverted it is sti ll :1. gift of God, and may and ought to minister, not only to innocent pleasu r e, but to the intellect and the hc:~rt. ~hn was m:u:le for rel a~tion as truly as for bbor; and by a law of his nature, which has not recei vcd the attention it deserves, he finds perhaps no rcl:lxtionso restorative as that in which he r everts to his childhood, seems to forget his wisdom, leaves the imngin:<tion t.o exhilerntc itself by sportive inventions, t:1.lks o f am using incongruities in conduct and events, smiles at the innc•ccnt excentricities and mistakes of. those whom be most esteems, allows himself in rich illusions or kind hearted satire, and transports himself into a world of ludicrous combination. We have said, that, on these OGcasions, the mind seems to put off its wisdom; hut the truth is, th~t in a pme mind, wisclom

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ST. VlATEUR'S COLLE9E JOURNAL. retreats, if we may so say, to its centre, and, there un seen, )i:eeps guard over this transient folly, clra"lls delicate lines which are riever to be passed in the first moments, and, like a jndic!ons parent watchi1Jg the sports of childhood, preserv(ls a stainless innocence of soul in ·the very exuberance of gaiety. This combination of moral power wiLh wit and humor, wit, comic conceptions and irrepressible laughter; this union of mirth :md virtue belongs to an advanced stnge of the charr1cter ; aHd we believe tll ~tt, in the proportion to tlle diffusion of an enlightci;ecl religion, this action of the mind will increase and w~ll overflow in com po~ition whicll, Joining innocence to sporti Yeness, will communicate unmixed delight. Religion is not at vari:tncc with occasional mirth. In the same clw.raeter the solemn tho nght and the subl ime emotions of the improv ed Christ i:m rna~ be joined with the unn.nxious freedom, buoyancy, and gn iety of enrly year. \Ye will ndd but one more illu stration of our Yi cws. \Ye believe that the union of religion with gcnins will favor that species of composition to which it mny seem at first to be least propi tiop~. We refer to tuat department of litcmtnrc which h ns for i ts vl;ject the clelir:enti on of th e sh·m1ger nnd more terrible and guilty P'lSSions. Strange as it m<ty appear, these g loomy and nppalling feature ~ of our nr1t.ure may be be l1est comprellen<led :mt1 ·portr11yed by the pmrst lll1d noblest miJJcli'. The commo11 idea is th nt ·OV<'nvhclming ·emotion:::, the more they are experienced <.:~!11 1!te more e[ect nally be described. \Ve ktve one stmng presumption 11gainst this doctrine Trn.dit.ion lea(]s H~ to beli eve tlmt Shnkspcnre, tho' he p:linted so f,tithfully ::mel Jearfully the c.torm:> of pa ssions w:1s a cn.lm and cbccrfnl man . The pnssions arc too mn cil engro~setl by their objects t.o m'edit::.te on them selves; anr1no ne nre more ignorai1 t of their growth aud subtle IYOrkings tllan their own victims. Nothing reveals to us the secrets of our own souls like rcligio~; and in disclosil'g to us, in ourselv~s, the tendency ofp:l'Ssion to absorb every energy nnd to spread its hues over every thought, it gi vcs us a key to all our souls; for in all, human nature is essentially one, ha ving the S[lme ~pi ritual elements an d the same gr~tnd tkttures. No m~n, it is believed, nuderstanrls the wilc1 nml irregulnr motives of the miud like him in whom a principle of (livi ne or rl cr bas begun to establish pence. Xo •ufln kncnY;:; the horror of thick darkness which g athers over the sbves of vehement passion l ike him who is rising iuto the light and JLerty of virtue. There is ind eed a sc lfi sll shrel\·clness whieh is thongh t•J give a peculiar an<l (1eep in sight into human nature. nut the kn owle<lge ofwhich it boasts is partial, distorted, vulgnr, and wholly unfit for the purposes of literature.

We value it little. We believe that no qualification avails so.rouch to a knowle<lge ofhuman nature in all its

tol'ms, in its good and ev il m:tnifestations, as that enlightened, celestial charity which religion alone inspires for this establishes sympathies between us and all men, n~d thus makes them intelligible to us. A man, imbu ed with t.his spirit, alone contemplates vice ns it really e:iists and as it ought a.ln-ays to be desctibed . In the most deprnved fellow beings be sees partnkers of his own mtme. Amidst the terrible nwnges of the passions he sec- conscience, though prostrate, not d estroyed nor wholly powerles::. He 5ees the proofs of an uncxtinguishe(l moral life in inwanl struggles, in occnsional relcntiugs in :;ighings for lost innocence, in reviving throbs of er11:ly affections, in the sophistry by which t he g uilty mind would become reconci led to itself, in remorse, in anxious fvrcbodings, in d espair, perhaps in studied recklessness and cherished self forgetfu lness. These .conflicts between the p:tssions anc1 the moral n:--.ture arr tlle· most interesting subjects in the b t:anch of literature to whi e;b 11e refer, and we believe that to portra.y t hem with truth ·nnd power the man of genius can find in nothing such effectual aid as in the developement ofthe moral ancl religious principles in his own breast.

This is but a superficial view of a great sub ject. The connection of religion with intellect a.nd literat ure is yet to by pointed out. 'iVe conclude by expressing our strong conv iction that the human mind will become more · various, piercing, and all comprehending, more cnpa blc ot unclcrstanding and expressing the solemn and tbe sportive, the terrible and the beautitul, the profound nncl the tender in proportion as it shall be illumined and penetrated, by tbe true knowledge of God. Genius, intellect, irrwginntion, taste, and sensibi lity must all be bnptized into religion, or they will never know and never make known their renl glory and immortal power.

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EFFECTS OF RELIGION IN THE WORLD The won1 religion is derived from the Latin word religare to bind, hence to bind man to his Creator. We n-ho now enj oy the blessings of peace, civilization, and the great progress "'hich society has made since the era ot Chriskmity, scarcely lend a. fleeting thought to the re:tl cause of this progress and refinement of society.

The cause will become more evident if we consider the condition of society before t.he era of Christianity. Previous to the intro(Jnction ofChristianty the greater part of the human race consisted ofsla ves; society was destitute of manners and man withoutreligion, havingno idea of the infinite Being, was a profound my:;tery to himself ; in flue the ·whole world presented a dark pi.cture without ·

ST, VIATEUR'S COLLEGE JOURNAL. a ray of light or a consoling thought of ever raising itself from that corruption into which it h~d sunk.

What then, in such a state of things, could have r'lmoved error, reformed and improved manner~, abolished slavery, corrected the vices of legislation, imposed a check on power and organized the family and society?

Was it not religion? Was it not Catholicity? It is evident that slavery was one of the greatest evils of those timPs and the number of slaves :was immense. "In a census of Athens there were reckoned 路20.000 citizens and 40.000 slave~.'' This we learn from Thucydides. At R0me the public S3-fety wJ.s often rndangered by the slnves rebelling against their masters. Cresar in his commentaries ( rle Bello Gaul. lib. VJ) bears witne~s to the multitude of slaves in Gane. These miserable creatures were treated by their masters merely as brutes, for slaves were considered as a men.n race tar below the dignity of freemen: a race stamped by Jupiter himself with a mark of humiliation nnd predestined for that abject state of debasement. Such was the condition of society. Such was the darkness that encompassed the world when Catholicity appeared ringing a twofold salvation to man by calling him to the path of eternal felicity, but at the same time bountifully supplying him with the only means of preservation from social dissolution with the germs of regenera. tivn slow and pncific, but grand, immense and lasting and secure from the revolution ofage; and this preservative was a pure and lofty doctrine, diffused among all mankind, without exception of age, sex, or conditiOn, as the rain which falls like a mild dew on an arid and thirsty soiL It teaches the human race the causes of things and whence they nre, why man is sent into the world, what he ought to do, how miserable is the term of his existence what bounds he ought to prescribe to himself in the pursuit of riches, and what use he ought to make of them.

This she does by the rules of the purest doctrines not communicated to a chosen number of disciples in hidden and mysterious instructions but with a loud voice and a generous boldness which is the inseparable companion of Truth.

Thus Christianity gave light to the world, gave a death blow to Paganism, broke the chains ot 路 slavery, fostered manners, organized the family and societ.y not alone by her teaching but also by her laws. This we shall prove by positive facts and historical documents.

Let us hear the Apostle. " Masters do to your servants that which is just and equal knowing also that you haveaMasterinheaven" (IV.) and again he says: "forbid threatenings (to your servants) knowing that the Lord of both them and you is in heaven and there is no respect ofpersons with Him.'' (Eph. VI. 5-6) Tbe diffusion of such doctrine necessarily tended to improve the condition of the slaves by softening the vigor of their cruel masters. The Church never forgot

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the noble lessons taught by the Apostle, for we read that in the C~nncil of Elvira, };leld in the beginning of the fourth century she subjbcts the woman wbo sluUl have beaten her slave 80 as to cause her death within three days to many ye!tt'S of penance. The CoiUloil of Orleans held in 548 orders that if a slave guilty of a. fault t.ake refuge in a church l.ie is to be restored to his master, but not without exacting from the lAtter a promise, confirmed by o:.tth that he willtli>t do him ~ny 路 harm; that if the master in violation of his oath . mal~ treat the slave, he shall be separated from the commu~ nion of the faithful and deprived of the sacraments.

This fuvol' and protection which the Church granted to slaves rapidly increased and a love for humanity commenced to be cherished. Christian pdnciples soon sprung up every where and both slave and master, pagan and barbarian bent their necks to the gentle ynkc of Christ. But why does not Christhnity civilize the barbarous nations of the present age who sit in darkness and under the shadow of death? It is because they reject her teachings prefering their own evil ways, and so long as they r~:;ject the prineiplcs they reject the condition of their civilization and happiness. Even nations civilized, and once living within the bosom of the Church but torn away from her by heresies or schisms, having forgotten those Christian truths soon relapse into their former miseries. Thus as th~> laws ofgr:lvitation hold wan to the earth so does religion elevate him to heaven.

T. L.

Hte!la Maris. '\V.Uen ocean's waves are tossed on high And lightning rend the rna t, To thee, with prayers the sailors hie T o calm the stormy blast.

Their prayers are heard at thy bright throne And zephyrs fan the sea, As sailor's Yoice, with joyous tone P ours forth his lauds to thee.

When sin and guile have marred the henrt Anrl man f1路om God bath strayed From Rea ven 's bright and happy goal, By luring falsehood swayed.

With loving care thou watche'st o'er Thy frail and erring child, From soil to guard him evermore By counsel sweet and mild.

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{.Ju:mt à la pluie eufm s;tcclld3 la gelée, Que sous le soull:ie des hivers La tene est toute •>oustellée, Cumrr.e élJlouis~aute ü 'écla i rs, Quand le verglas à l'arbre a tendu ses dentelles, Oh! comme tout est \irginaJ Et que nos campagnes sont belles t>ous leur parure de cri stal!

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Pom fouler le tapis de claires étincelles Qui, le jour, étoile nos champs Il nous f:\udr:üt de blan ches aiks Ou l'innoccnr.e ùes eufants.

0 to i, quins si !Jean cc petit coin de terrP.,

Donne encore à ses fils, Seigneur, La noblesse de caractère Et la virginité du eœur.

Ah! que les funcs soient pures comme la neige Qui couroune nos hauts glaciers Et que l'honneur toujours protR.ge La sainteté de nos foyers!

Ja-mais marbn's polis, marlJres où l'on se mire, 1\'oat éclipsé le pur miroir De nos glaces Olt viennent luire Les blanches étoiles du soir!

"Le TRAVAILLEUR" J~es

forêts au soleil paraissent e11chantées Reneanlt u·out pas de bois plus b ~a ux Que ces ramures argentées Qu'inclin e le poids des joyaux.

0 r,oraison de gine Olt perlent les rosées,

Cllastes <tigrettes de saphir A l'aurore tout irisées Quel suufile vous a fait Heurir?

L'œil ébloui prendrait, é!incela nts trophées, Y os prismes pour les colliers Que, surprises, de jeun!'s fées Auraieut. !aisés sur nos halliers.

Canada, ma patri e, 0 riante cou trée, L'hiver ainsi que le printemps Te voit. également pa rée Ou de fleurs ou de ùiamauts!

Qmllid les charmants buissons où gazouillent les merles P erdent leur fralcheur, le frimas Suspend des chapelets de perles A nos ro iers, :\nos lilas.

Qu'elle est riche la terre où germent tant de cho~es!

La brise n 'est que pureté, So11 haleineembawue les roses, Fai t épanollÎl' la l>eauté !

C'est avec plaisir que nous reprod uisons l'entrefilet suivant qui a paru clans L e Travaûleur. Mr. Fred. Gagnon s'est fait le champion de nos droits aux Etats-Unis.

Son expérience, son d ésintéressement et son ardent p:1 triotisme o nt placé son .Journal à la tête de toutes les pu blirations canadiennes du pays. Ses bonD, es paroles sont bi en propres àenconrager nos humbles efforts; et il està espérer que parmi ce ux qui commencent à manier la plume dans le "Cercle" il s'en trou vera q ui imiteront les nob les exemples des Gagnon et des Mallet, ces deux types parhitsde notre nationalité à l'étranger.

"Nous avons devant nous deux charmantes petites revues: les AnnaJes Thérésimmes pnb liées par les élèves du sém inaire de Ste. Thérèse, et leSt. Viateur's College Journal, publié par les élèves du collège ISt. Viateur, à Bourbonnais Grove, Illinois. Ce derni er journal con- · tient quatre pages en langue franç..'tise sous le titre: Le Cercle Français; l'édition anglaise est hebdomadaire, et le supplément fran çais est mensuel. Nous lisons dans ces journaux de bien jolis articles et leur publication nous rappellent les temps heureux de notre vie collégiale, alors que moins fortun é que les élèves d'aujourd'hui, nous avions un journ:.l calligraphié, à un seu l exemplaire, que les abonnés se passaient de mains en mains.

Nous nous permettrons de faire des extraits de ces intércsi'ant€s publications."

LE CERCLE FHANCAIS. BII3LIOGRAl'HIE. No us venons de r ~cevoir uu c copie d'un discours de Mr. Thil>ca ult intitulé : " L a croix, l'(lp~e et la charrne" et accompngné d'une biographiedel'oratenr. Cc cli scom s fut prononc.; a ux fêtes des n oces d'or de la St. Jean Bnptiste, sur l'île de Ste. H~lène, l'émeraude de notre h eau fl e uve. Placé su r cc s ite enchan t eur, entouré d ' une multitude enLhousiaste, en lace d11 Mont Hoya l où D e Maiscnneu ve plautn. h cwix, l'orateu!· n (t(, r éellement in ~p i r é. Sou discours est un r ésum é é mou vaut d e l'histoire d e b civ ilization e t il fait étinceler :'i nos · r egards les trois grandes ormes q ui ét;tblire'lt son r .;gne par mi ~ es p11nples.

L:t croi x, q ui soutint nn j o ur dans ses brns ie poids pr.;cie ux de notre ran çon d evint l'éten dard d es nntiot)S chrétiennes. L e sang des m artyrs, comm e un fieu \·e cl uborclé, la p orta d u Cal vair e au som met du Cnpitole, et d epui s elle bril le s ur les to urs lle nos temples, su r les couronne'' ll es roi:o eth poi tr ine des lmwrs . A wu ombre, Je d r oit s'est :fi,nd é, b lil>ert0 est n6c, les a rts se sont épanouis. C'est elle qui a gu idé la vo ile d e C h r i ~ ­ tophe Colombe vei's un monde n ouvea u et refou lé ln barbarie jusqu' aux d erniers co nfins cl e la terre. E lle a m ar q ué r;lmqne conqnèt e de n os p t res s ur Je ~o l d e l'Amérique et a é té le r efuge et Je o-outient d ,! Jenrs espérmlcc:s nu s: j om s c1 es plu s sombres d ésastres Ve~Jil a

regis pmcle'tm t.

L'Eglise a b én i l'épée ct l'a r emiôe à ses héros pour la d éfense d e la cause d e Dieu et d e la jn Ftice. Comme elle fl.fun boic clans la main de Charl es Martel, des Godefroi d e Bouillon et d es Sobi e.:;ki lorsqu'ils sa uvent l'Europe de Eislnmisme et avec elle b civilisation!

Comme elle j ette cle g lorieu x rn y ons quand elle sort du fùntTeau pour venger notre b.on rwnr su r les cb. :1mps d e bataille d e Cm·i!lon, et ù e Monongahéla! Pourquoi, lorsque nos aïeux la brnnrlissaient avec tnnt de vn illance, s' est-elle hrisée COl!tre Je nombre! A u moins, no ns, leurs ftl s, po uvons-nous d i re qu'il s ne la renc1i ren t qu'av ec leur vi c.

Ln chanu e, voit<\ l'arme dn travail. T,e soc lln bbonr cm a d éfriché l'Euro pe et labom6 les ph ines cl Ll Nouv eau Mon d e. Les mqissons ont t;üt ph ce aux: fortt~ et claus l e~ sill ons arrosés d e suen rs ont germ :l h ric:h csse et le bonhe ur, l'hon n0t eté et la pmetu <1C's mœms.

L es prem iers colons d e la Nouvell e Fr~1 n cc fn r ent~old :1ts et htbom·e m'S. lls avaient un e main sur ht chnnne ponr ouvrir le sol et n nc autre su r le fusil po ur sc • d.:::-fen dre cm1tre les lnc1 icns. C'est ::t;nsi qn'ils ont d1:mgé la face du Canada ct ont fidr. les rh·es dn St. L·1nrent ce qu' ell es sont anjourcl;hni, les plns belles du monde. L:t cbsse agricole a t o ujo urs étj la plus co:1scrv:tt rice nu p oint d e v ue de l'ordre et de la ruor:1lc, et plus son

influence est for te, pl ns une nation est a l'abri cles c:üastropb.es qui ont ébranl8 les vieilles sociét ts.

Tel est le c:tdre qne s'est trac:3 l'ort:tteur, cadre peut&tre trop I.Stcndu, form~lllt une btude qui semble vou loir épn iser le s ujet, ruais le tout w utenu par les idt::es de la plus h:lllte philosophie, an imés par d e nobles fla ns, coloré par des images cm pruntées à Ia nature grandiose· clc notre patrie.

CU .E [ LI~ETTES.

- One - On respire enfin.

- L'examùn est fiui.

- Alex se b. :1te d'user son lu bit militaire et pom· ca n8e, dit-on .

La presse elu Crmada annouee ltt puLlic<ttiou prochniue d'un J o urnal au collégc Joliette. No us saluons <1 'nvance son npp;nission , certR ins qu'en lui rev i vra L(t Fot x cle l' l!,èolier, que nons lisk•ns n\'rc til nt d'intfTi't..

- Le Rev. 1:'. Chouinnn1, qni est p.trti pour l:t Lon isinnr; en comp:1gnie des RR. Bc'lndoin, ·Bergeron et Legr i~, ttons n promis des notes de voynge. Nous le r eme t·cions au uo m de nos lecteurs qni verront a ~·ec plaisir tout ce q ui vi ent ll c leur viel nmi.

- l\Ioi·se prép:1re un d élicieux mvrccBn <1e musique ponr' lc proclmi n c:mwert.

- Ln. neige! L·1 belle neig e~ L'l Llnn ehe neige: Elle a. fililli nous emnelir wus son fi·oi<l linccuil. Elle ei't tomb:e pouss(e par nn vent qui l'a amoucelée dtws h';; chem ins et a interrompu tvute communicatjons dept1is lundi jusqu'à mercredi dans h nuit. Ou a jamais rien vu cle pnreil encore. JI fa ut remonter ù l'cJfroya!Jle hi ver cle 177Q- f::O qui fit mo m ir tous les b utncs qni jusqu'alors pcüssaicat en grnml ;:ombre cl:xns les prairies c1c l'Illinois.

- On écrit à une dèYe t1e Cbi<.:ngo que si lü neig~ continue;\ tOJnber. il Ün1clra sortir par la cheminée.

- Le P ère Sup2ricnr q ni sétait ren<1n :i Stc. l\Iarie ponr l' office dn clim:mebc a (tü retenu par la t<'mpête ju;;q u':'t Jl'urli midi. · - Les tonristcs de la I\ouyeJle Orléans qni devnient prcu rlre le train cle lnudi soi r n'ont pu partir qne mercred i d :ms b nuit. X nus a urions (té j:llonx de les voil· éch:1pper à une pareille a'·:~lanehe de neige. Jl:\ seront ù m<!me mninten:lllt d e jngct· mieux de h diff.:O rence de clim:1t @tre l'OnPst ct le i:iud .

- M1·. Soum is ne peut su ti! re :l entretenir les allés. (~uelle mur:1i1Ie de ueige c:b.nquc e:Jté des promenades!

On dirait les mm-:> lJhllCti <le G~ncs, la cité de marbre.

- LI? Chr~pitre quinquennal de la Comrnll!lauté est conYoqué pom le 18 Aout. Le llcv . C. Beaudry et le :Fr. Des.mnrl'hais représenteront le Cnu:\d:.J. L e Hev. P. Bea n-

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dry dont la santé laisse beaucoup à d ésirer accompagnera peut-être Mr. le Supérieur.

- James Cusack, qui a eu le plaisir de rencontrer les RR. Clermont, Gos8elin et Thos. Kehoc, nous a rappor té le' meilleures !JOU velles de nos bous amis du Kentucky .

LES ZOUAVES

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Meschmes et Messieurs, ceux qui étaient partis a vec tant d'eu tbousi:1.sme et :m bruit de si éclatantes acclamations ne furent pas les seuls; pen dant trois ::mnées consécutives, ils furent suivis par de nombreux compatriotes j n.lonx du p 5rilleu x honne ur de les rempla.ccr ù la garde du V atican. Pendant ce court espace de temps, plus de cinq cent<> travers èrent les mE'rs et les cuntinents animés du même désir, et toujours ils montr8rent une bravoure, une obéiss:mce, un d évo uement à tont épreuv e. Quoiqu'il n'y eût g utre que deux cent cle nos co mpatriotes qui virent le feu à la fin de leur séjour en Italie, il ne fant pas croire qu e clepuis le 1er. F évri er 1868 jusqu'a n 2 1 Septembre 1870, ils n 'e urent qu'à p:mt rl er dans les ru es de Rome, qn' <l ad mirer ses innombrables merveille~, qu'ù j ouir des douceurs du repos et de 1:1. p~ti x . Non ! Si l'o n P.Onnaît le cortége inév itable de fatigues, d 'ennuis, cle privation qui accomp:1gne inc<-sSfi mmcut le mi litaire flans sac 1rrière, on ne s:tit peutft re p!ls que l'armée cln pape étai t une d e celles qui ont le plus à f:tire en temps rle p~ix. Il faut se rappeler que les fr onti2res du d om:üne de St. Pierre n' étrtieut d éfend nes par nucnne iortific:1tion, que ses mo!ltl'lgnes, quoique moins qn':ù ll eur~, étaient iufcst.~ es de brigands, que Rome etait le principal point d'attaque cle b part des r é voln tionnni res qui d:ms l' ombre ne cessaien t d 'o urdir d es complots, de '\u:;citcr des instJrrcctions; on corn pren d qu'un semblab le ét:ü cl e cbose exigeait cles post es nombreux, des patrouilles de j onr et rle nuit, nne snrveillance active et incessante. Mais ni les exercices milit aires, ni les b:\trrilles sim ul ée~, ni l ~s marches forcées ni les m:mœn v res de tontes sort!:'s ne re hu taient le zoun. ve Canadien. Ne murmurant jamaü, toujours g:li, poli envers tout le monrle, bon camarade, excell ent soldat, il gagnait lerespectll eses comp·1 gnonsd'nrm es etl'est irr.c d e ses chets. C'est ainsi que se formant à la d isciplin e, s'exerçant à l'attnque, il nttendnit, avec Mtc le moment oit il. lui serait donné de se mesurer avec .l es enr c1r.is de l'Eglise fl.v ec les inf imes spoliateurs de son fi ls.

11 arriva enfin ce moment <lésirt1 de tous. Le 10 Septembre 1870, Victor Emmanuel, ce Judas couronné, sans a ucnne raison, sans aucun prétexte, lança sur le territoire papal une armée de 80.000 bommes. L'armée pontificale, forte seulement de 10.000. hommes se concentra s nr Rome pùnr faire un dernier rempart au Vicaire rlu

Christ, contre les violences de ces brigands plus féroces que les hordes d'Attila. La petite, mais vaillante armée du Pape, comme la légion Thébéenne, se prépara a u combat par la prière et la communion: la pa! x du ciel dans 1\îme elle ne craindra pas d 'affronter le danger.

Mais voilà que l'heure d écisive est venue, l'heure de vain cre ou de mourir! l\Iille bronzes embrasés vomissent ~ur Rome le feu, la mitraille et la mort. Le zouave est partout où il y :;t du péril, d éployant la bravoure et le sang froid des vieux guerriers, accompl issant mi ll e prouesses, mille beaux faits d' arm es. Là les Canad iens se montrent braves entre les braves, ici c · e~ t le sergent Désilets qui brave les projectiles meurtriers des Piedmontais pour éteindre les flammes qui consument la Porte de St. J ean; l.l c'est le S<:rgent Mc Go wn qui, pl::lc~ suT les murs, tient en échec toute uno batterie ennem ie ; plus loin, c'est le caporallYicKenzie, qui, ivre rlecourage et de bonheur, tire plus de cinquante cartouches à l'beure et à ch ::~q ue ennemi qu'il abat, il crie : Vive Pie IX! enfin le zouave Sauvé, atteint ù. la t ête ·par un éclat d'obus et tout cou\·ert de s:wg, se rt-jonit de la t:<wenr d'avoir été frappé le premi er entre ses compatriotes.

C'est ainsi qu'ou combattait d epuis plus de cinq Leurcs, lorsq u'à dix heures et demie on s'aperç.oi.t que le fen de::; bat.tcries cesse; on se demande ce que sign ifie ce si lence. "Serait-ce, s'écrient les zouaves, avec une joie frdnétique, sernit-ce le signal de l'attaque à la baYonnette." IIél:ls ! non, c'était l'ordre de cesser le feu , le clrapPau blanc était hissé ; on capitu lait. LeSt. P ère, cla ns la défense national•\ n'avait voulu qu'opposer une protestation à l:t violence qui lui était fa ite: alors que deux grandes nati ons de l'Europe s'entregorgenient sur les ch:.>.m ps cl e batnille, il ne voulait pas qu'il fut j am ais dit qu e le Vi caire de J ésus-Christ, injustement attaqu é, eût consenti ù. nne granrle eff'us'ion d e sang.

La nouvf'll e ~le cette capitulation lut comme un coup de fondre pour les zouaves. Dans le premier instant, dit un t émoin oc11 laire, il y eut parmi ces jeunes homm es un mouvem ent sulJlime de colt: : re, suivi d 'un acte admimùle d'ob éissance. C'étnit donc à une capitulation qu'allait aboutir trois années d' études, d'exercice, de patience, cl e d és irs généreux de comùat! On capitulait en face de la brèche, où les Pi émontrris n'avaient pas cu le comnge d 'e ntrer; au moment où il ne s'agissait plus cle bombes et cle cano ns, mais de la vnleur personnelle des zouaves vo ulant. se mesurer av ec les s::1criléges envahisseurs! Ah! quels nccentsassez déchirants pourrai ent redire les angoisses de ces cœu rs hér oïques auxquels on refusait le plaisir de mourir ponr la cause de Dieu ! Qu elle voix assez pleine d'indignation ponrra fnire sentir les ti·émissements qui remuèrent ces preux jusqu'au fond de leur être, lorsqu'il fallut sé séparer cle ces armes qui leur étaient si chères, de ces nrm es qui leur avaient été confi ées pour la défense de leur bien-aimé Pie IX. Mais

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LE CERCLE FRAN CAIS. le St P ère le voulait; on ob6ïit sn11S mnrmnrer. Ils ont ét6 v1dnc us , ml'L is non par 1111 ennemi dix fois plus nüm breu:s: qu'eux , mnis vaincus par le cl eYo ir, pnr l'oùéi&sance l A h! consolez-vous, jeun es ~Jraves, calm ez cette noùle rage q ni vous arr.ncbe des htrm es : les v ni ncns de Home sont clignes des ~r n i nc u s de Cn steHiclarclo. Vous . n'avez pas fa illi ù l'hon!J etlr: et vos frC:·res, qui ·se sont couverts de huriers à Ol'léans, ont prouvé :l. l'Europe incr oy:tnte que si la Fran ce Hvnit eu encore des m·mt:es d e croisc!s, ell e n'n.ur:1it jamais vu s:t t l-te superbe (<.:rasée so us le t alon ll'un org ueilleux v ainq ueur! lVbi.nte.nn.nt, MM. voyons q uels se rvi ces le mouvement clcs zomtves Canadiens a rend us :1 h C<cnse cl c notre patr ie, et ;\ la ,smnd e cause de Lt soeiété. D'abord qnd le ic1 Ge ont-ils (lonn ée cl e notre uaticmalité 1 :~ où ils on t pa.::-sé, Ll oü leur nom a retenti? P:Prtont ils 0 11t ét é salu és p::tr rl\manimes et éclatantes ucelamations ; leu r d évonemrnt a excité une adm iration universelle. Nvs voisins les Am(riéaius, pour l' ordil~!ti r e , sensil;lcs f[u' aux appil.ts de la fortun e, ont été J'rnppés <1'n n comnge si v rai, de ::;acrificcs si nobles. lls ne sou]x;onnaient pHs tant de vitalité chez le petit peu ple can a cli e1~.

Gr:î.ce à nos zouaves, non s no us somm es révf ll-s à cnx so ns un to nt nouveau j our. La Fmnce, la vraie F ranc:e, a trcssail1i au bruit de lenrs )ll'IS : ù leur fi er té,:\ leur noblesse, elle a reconnu ses enf:m ts, les héritiers de ses nnciennes v ert us, et elle a g(,mi de ne pouvoir ret ronver le sang ct llardeur cl e sa j eunesse. Rome, Rome sm tout, qui a ét6 le théi:Ure <le le nr ht: roïsrrie, les a comlMs d' homm ages : le peuple Romain, surpris de tnn t d<· mnrques de distinction accord ~ es ù. n os compa tri otes se <lemandait: Ce;; Canad iens sont-il s des nobles on des princes ? L'aim~ble Pie I X les afl"ectionna it t out pariiculi &rement: il les appeb1ient: S es Ganacliens! il leur a prodig ué c1es faveurs telles, qu 'ell es firent pin s d ' nu j alou x . L'illustre Card!Id, ministre d'Et:1t, <lisait ù un de nos évèqnes : v on s savez qne ce qu'i l y n. de mieux dan s l'arm Ge du St. Père, c' est le ~· égimcnt cl es zo naves, or cl ans le r égiment <Ï es zouaves les meill eurs sont le:s Canadi ens ; ton s, dep uis le g.:n éral en chef jufq u'a u dernier oflicier sont nn::tnim es ù leur r endre cc t émoig nage. Le Comte cle '\Varren, <hns son ouvrnge sur l'Itali e, parlnnt cle l'armée pontifica,le, cite en première ligne la j eun esse canadienne. E lle appartient :1jonküt-il, presq ue sans exception r,nx clnSSP-S élev ées c1c ln. soc iét 6.

Lem piété est exemplaire. La rég ularité de leur con cl ni te et la pureté de leurs mœurs mériterait q u'on leur donna le nom de SAmTs nu CAi-TADA, comme on nppelnit en Vend ée les gt:néraux Lescnre et CHthcli m1 u, le SAI NT D'ANJO U et le SAll'IT nu PoiTou. Pouri om-no u d ésirer pom le nom Cnnnclicn des t ( mo i gn:~ges plus fl;üteurs? Lem génér euse <1 t marcbe a plus contribné ù :thire con naître notre pays qne t ont ce q ui nvnit Gt é :t:tit prée6demment chez nous. Jl n ét é :1 lors plu s pm·lé

de notre chère partie qu'il ne l'av()it ét é depuis sa décou ye rte. Oui, ;M:esdames et Messieurs, remercions ha utement nos jeunes guerriers d'avoir fhit connaître à l' Enrope notre nom comme l 'ex pressi ofl_~,~ la bravourè et cie h vertu. Ils ont nlors marché snr les tr-aoea glorieu ses de nos pères, soltlnts et mart.n :s sur ce continent; p:l r Ll ils ont ajouté à notre j eune histoire une page à j:rrnais m&morable, et se sont montrés p r-~ r lenr v aillance les <l esccnrlnnt.s des croisés et les fils de h France!

Pour hien appr6cier l'expédition de nos zo uaves, au. p oint clc v ue cl es intérêts socüwx , ill ne fl:int pas les conSid ér er isulément; il fu.nt les r éunir à b v aleuren,se petite r,rm ée dont ils t:dsaient lXtrtie. Cette légior. chrétienne a 11ssur6 ù l' Eglise dix ans cle paix; c'est ell e a nss i qui a rnainten n l'ordre néeessnire aux déliùériltions <lu Concile lin Vatic:1n, cet év éneme11t qt1i ckmeurera comme le plu s haut wmmet à la cime des siècles ; c'est sous sa grll'<le qn'a, eulien la procbm :1t ion (1Ll dogme cle l'infaillibil ité, qni :.>.. t11nt f:IÏt pour néha,bilite r le principe cle l'au t orité d ivine et h uuntine dont l'absence est la, cause <1e c·es maux éponvantables qui fondent sur l'Europe.

1\I:l.i;; elle s'est dévou Ée surto ut à d éjoner les conj urations infernnles <l e ln, R 6v-olntion qui est la n (ga,tion ra(1ic:lle de l'orrlre divin et social Cette poigné-e de bra ves n'a pu réltssir: elle a ét8 écrasGe so u.s le nombre.

Ah! Mes<l ames et Mcss ieur::;, les g .;n:,n,tions fut ures seront ~ t onn(~· es de voir q ne les peupl es modrmes r1e· se son t p ~1s lev(<', ccmme nn scnl homme, ponr reponsfcr le t orrelit ,d f' b Révoh1 ti on cJ ont les flots destrudems re1wersait t o.nt snr son paEs,1ge : et les dynasties et les hommes et les insti t ution s. Elles r,cc useront surtnn t ce:; rois mnlh curr> ux qui se fvnt les protcctcnrs des soci (: t:·s secrè t e~, [leh11mées contre la pui ssn nce des Sou vcraius P ontife8. L es in sensés! ils ne S;t vent don c JXlS qn e lorsq n 'on t ouche tt l::t Papnn té, t ons les trônes sont ébranlé.s!

Les zo nn.ves, et1x, ces cœurs si fortement trempés, ont com pn s qne la cn nse de la P:lp:wté ~st la }Jlus belle, la pl us g r:lmle, la plus sainte ti cs ca uses, qn'ell e est la cau se <1es EO<'i ét és et <l es n:ct:ons. Aussi il s n'ont rien épflr gné pour b d ~·feudre. Ils :wnient fhits vœ{l de monri r pon r e ll e ~ 0 dix-n euvième siède, tu as créé cl es me rveilles! Ta m:1in a enlev(: l::t fomlre nu ciel et dompté ln vnpeur ! So us tes pi el1s d évorants, les mont~gnes ont co~ub é leurs somm ets orgu eill cnx et les mers uni es ont dCconv ert leurs abîrne8! Eh bien ! dans les siècles à venir, cc qui fera t:1. re nom mée, ce ne sera p::ts ces progrès , ces cr éations sans pareilles, ce sera "la li":gende, immortell e ct ùénie," cl e ces cœurs hérmqncs qui offrirent lenr s:tng pour la j nstice et pour Dieu! Hom1eur impérissalJle clone :\ nos zounvcs C:madi lns qui sont h gloire toute pt:trticuli l: re du Cannela ! Honneur étt>rnel aux zonaYes Pontificaux qu i sont b. gloire commune de l'Eglise, la gloire du monde!

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ST. VIATEUR'S COLLEGE JOURNAL. LOCALS. -Nix! - Blizzards!

- Snow-drift!

- Everybody and everything snowbound.

- St. Valentine's day is knocking at the door.

- The examinations over new session begins-Courage- let us pull together and pull hard- vacation is c9ming.

- Ja8. Quinlan is on bis leg again and sports a caneTry another ride before snow goes off, to neutralize effect of the first.

- At his examination Henry B. made us the revelation that the "world is square 1" of course it is round too!

- Dude was home for repairs.

- Jim R. came back to the fold like a good boy.Stay yet a while!

- Dan. mortuus est-we' will keep your grave green l - Rob. is not a street car, no; nor is he a treight car; -be i!, but he is that, a sleeping Car! - Mr. Quinlan from Chicago visited his brothers here last week and made us spend an agreeable afternoon with music and songs.

A youth came iuto our sanc~urn, And he appeared very crank-t1tm About a manuscript lank-tum; But our devil rather prank-tum, Rushed him out of our sanctum.

Poeyteeque.

-In the absence of Fr. Legris, Fr. Mainville surveys our class work.

- Rev. C. P. Foster in company with Rev. Fr. Mahoney paid us a short visit last week.

- 1st. person-Dude!

2nd. " " -Stafford ! !

3rd. '' " -.Boudreau !!!

- Day sare getting longer: it's daylight when we get up!

- Dynamite and roller-skates are the two very popular institutions of our age.

- Come, gentle Spring, etc.

- Last Tuesday our mail came from Kankakee on snow-shoes. It seemed very Canada-like to see the snow shoed traveller traverse snow-banks mid blizzards and . blinding snow-drift. Oh! that we had Montreal's slides and tobaggous! What fine fun we would take out of our abundant supply of snow.

- Eugene Caton is spending some time at Dr. E. D. SetgeroD for the bene4t of his heal~h.

- James C_usack returns to us with the sad news of his Father's death. James has all our sympathy.

- The debating Society have elected Contestant-s for the Hagan medal; already the subject is chosen and time the debate will take place fixed. In the first week of May the question: "Resolve that Cardinal Ximenes was a greater churchman; statesman, and patron of learning than Cardi~al Richelieu'' will be resolved~ Messrs. John Meagher ancl Alex. Granger will hold the affirmative while Messrs. Edward Kniery and Joseph Kelley will defend the negative.

- How will we celebrate Washington's birth-day?

- Company, right!. . . . All Company wrong!

- The Re\f. Dire-::tor and Prefect of Studies expressed their satisfactions of the results of the examinations and strongly urged thestudent..q to renew their labors and conscientiously the precious time now unfurling before . them and thereby win for themselves bright laurels tor the crowning day.

-Dr. Monast is going to the World Exposition. .

- Tuesday morning, that cold morning, Joseph Marcotte (Bon-hom me's brother) was married to Miss Maria Granger. Rev. Fr. J. Legris performed the ceremonyHappiness and every blessing for the new couple!

- Among the late promotions are the following路 Pat Kelly to Fifth-Reader, Chas. Ball to Second Rhetoric.

- The members of St. Patrick's Society speak of buying gold badges; Bobby Carr very appropriately suggests this style: a harp with shamrock round its chords entwined! Society hangs in suspense.

Telephone to Father Jupiter.

Jam satis terris nivis atque dirre Grandinis misit pateo. 0. K. 0. K. ODE TO A MUSTACHE. To J: P. 1\f.

Fashioned so slenderly Care for it tenderly, Curving so gracefully, Parted so tastefullyChecish it ever.

Colored so charmingly Tinged so alarmingly; Now termed, golden, Which in times oldenSimply was red.

Frail as the leaflet Adown by the brooklet, Fair as the moon beam Bright as the sunbeam May it never need dJJe.

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- Do not send any valentines t o our sanctum as such contributions won' t be put on t he paper.

- Fr. 'iValsh in llis late v isit to the College left the ge nero us dcn1at iou of $ 10.00 fQr the Jo t;RNA L-JO"L'RNAL sineerely thankful. ..

- Another th eolog ical d oubt arose among the min ims. Will a v enial sin n ot confessed ever g r o1Y to be a mortal sin? .... probabilius ·n eg. seems to lJe t he ~ent i­ m ent.

- F athers Be:Lud o in , Chouinard, Bergc· ronan c1 Legris a re on their way to New Orlea ns and to t he \ Vorld '::; E xposition . Tlley also intend to v isit C uba. F :. th c>l' Bea udoin will assist at· the Ec1ucntior,al convention to · which he hns been invited. In t heir company is a di sting uif·h e i member of the Cn n adi an press , Mr. Clws. Th ibault who was om am using g uest for some d::cys. H e is deputed t o th e World's Exposition by 011e of tile lea<hng Cannd ian p;:;pers. May o ur tra v ellers enj oy a ila ppy and healti1ful excur:3io n.

- Of all the runny thingll in this funny world of o urs, the fu nny :tttempts to be funny of the funny ed itors of of' tile f un ny college pape rs are the fun niest. E x .

- Last week the Nov ices were given a sle igh rid e.

They halted at l\lau,·eno wher e they were cord ially r eceived and m1te1't::tin ed by Re v. Fr. Chou innrc1. Th ey say ~be roacl was a little holey but it was the refore onl y the m ore nmusing.

CATHOLIC KO T ES.

M iss H :wri et Prrscott, \n•ll known in literary circles, hn s LecQnte n. Cn.tbolie. .

The vni·'io us confrnt emi t ie;; of tile Holy N11me Society in New Yo rk number ·Jw,trly ;;o,OO{). · · R ev. F~ttl!er Cvnw:;y, Vicar G (m ern.l, left Chicago on Tuesda y, th e 3rd i nst: fur K 8 W Orleans, on n. lew week's v ac~tti o u. · H.ev. F ather Ilor1nett, of St. 1i1!1l:tchy'li!, Chicngo, will start fo r the So nth inn few cb yl' for tl10 improv ement of his h•Jnltl'.

A m ovement Ins already Leen made t o celebrate t he fir;;t cc nten::~ ry of t bP. c1eat.h of St. Alpllonsus Lig uori, wh ich will occ ur in 1887.

It lus been en lcubt.cr1 th~t t in Prnss i:·•·, where the population is cxc 1 u~ive l y Protest :1J1t, the nnmuer of s uicid es is t!Jree or four tim es as great ns in the provin ces exclu s ively Cath oli c and subj eet to tbe 5:Jme·laws of ex iste nce,- t he merli um bei11g :250 fv r Protestant and 70 for Catholi c. provinoes . .

In t he de~tt h of MoD&ignor Iu ,l it, Y icr.r C H ; <' J n1: ( •f1l. P. Di ocese o f Fort IV:tyne, wh ich occnn' rl o u th e :2() nH. .r,l1 otl1 er of those vene rab le priests wh ose e:n· 1y ye:u·;;; ot' m·issionnry l ife were ~ pent under the gu id ance of B isho p Brute, on e 1-vllo Jwave l.Y l.Jore ~bt:: burde n nn<1!re::t t ofthe d ay en tered upo n th e S:LblJ~tll of e v erb sting- rest., le:lv ing n. m emory or <1 evoter1ness and every s:we rdc.; b l virtu e whi ch a centnry will not di:u. He w:1s p. c,? nfr.)·e o f' EXTRA LOCAL made t o or c1er.

Father Surin C. 1:-1. C., the fonn :1er or J'\otre D1m:e.

- Prof. J oseph P. Mmphy has just written a co rned,v A .wonder rut reviv :d of adivity n1 ark eil nrnong the which will be produced on the stage b y th e Th espian Catholi c Slav". T he ;5th. of A pril next will Lc tbc A ssociation at their n ext entertainment on the 17th. of tb o nsan<1 t h :Hmivrrs:ny o f' the cleatb oftbch• great npo:;:March. vVe are anxious to see. it as is likely to be so met le, St. lVIetllod iu s, n r,d extraordin:1ry prep::tr:ttions are thing highly far cical. being m flde for t he great'Katio nnl SID. v l'ilg ri m:1ge ::~t " Telehm d in 1\ior:t.vh, whid1 n·as a nnou nced some months :tgo. One fentme of th e progrmnhtc will be :t .

PERSONALS. meeting of both the Greek an<1 L "'tin C" tholi c Bishops Rev. John F. W alsh '79 is chaplnin of M ercy H ospi- in th e :1neient See of St. 1\lethodi n,., Tihich bas n0w dwindled t o tl1e proporti m1s of a smn ll vil l:lge.· t al, Chicago.

George B erna rd '8 1 is tillin g th e soil in til r viciuity The Fe:1st ofthe ccnwer~io n of St. l'aul the ApostleSunchy, J nn. 2.S-1·;itnessecl t!n·ce not:tblc events th e of M ontreal, Canada.

Rd. 1\'IeGoe '8 1 has a position in the em- ncco nntant's history of t.he Chureh of lhc Unite c1 St:1tes,-e:tch of the three occ urring ir, wi d ely c1istant parts of .th e connoffi ce of the North \Vest ern R. R. Rev. Henry Boeckelm a,m1 '75 b;:.s lately been :1ppoint- try. The first of .thvsr, in importn nee, was th e couseemec1 to D elphi, Indiann. H e is a zealo us worlw r and will, .tion of a succesWt' to the hmellte<1 Bishop Tubbe, of undoubtedly, do mnch good in his new mi ssion.

Co vi ngLon, Ky., iu t he person of the very Rev. C:unil Notllw ithstand iug hnrd times, 1'hos. H ogan "{!) has lu s P . J\Iaes, of D etr o it; .thc second, t be couferring v f embark ed on a new busine. s ent erprise. Jud g ing from the p!1 11 imn upon A rchbishop Lerny , of New Orle~ms;. the p ::tst we have no d onut that he will m:.tke his mark. the third tlte <1e<'lieittion of t he gran d new church of Rev. John B. McKnue '77, tho generous d onor of the St. P:tnl tlte Ap o~t le, in New York city, next t.o the "McKune Composition Medal" has b een changed fr om Cntbeclral the lnrgest nn<1 mos t imposing chn rch edifice Leav en worth , K nnsns, to Osage. \Ve congratulate lli s in the Unitl!r1 St!1tes, :~ nd capahle of seating 5,000 per- · sons. n evv p:uishioners and wbl! ev ery success to th e p:1stor.

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. "flumau strength human greatness Sp'ring not from IiH:~·s sum1y side; Heroes must be more th::Jll ~;lriftw,ood, Floating on a waveless tid e.''

Joys ·a nd sorrows, crosses and crowns make up the .snm of our life here on earth. From the cradle to the g-rave, life is but a struggle and be, who considers it in this llgbt is best p1'epared for its duties. Since the dreadful fiat ot G:o.cl was uttered in Parad ise ngainst man, sorrow bas been the insepartl:Jle lnnrl maid of j oy. Even as the ivy twines around the oak, so does misery and misfortune encompass the happiness of man, for felicity, pure and unalloyed, is not a plant of earthly gl'Owth, he1-· gardens are in the sky.

Nature herselt bears the impress of this truth, if we but tarry awhile read to her ever open book. With every line of b~auty written on earth's face, there is a line of gloom Hmning parallel with it and th ey that read the lustrous syllables of the one and seek not decipher the worn and fltdecl inscri ption of the othllr obtain but half the 1esson, that earth has to give-that joy and sorrow, lights and sh:tdows w.tl!r hand in h:md tlwough this vale of tears. After Winter's bitter winds and gloom clays come Summer's balmy breezes and gladsome ' hours.

Side by side stand th~ parched and snm'l_y d esert and the green meadow, dotted with the fajrest flowers. At the foot of the lofty ·mountain with its peak clad in · a suowy shroud, reposes the lowly valley bright with Snmmt>r's exnberent vegetation. The still and solemn night gives way to tile glorrous and happy d~ty and the moon's pale and mystic beams fade in the golden and effulgent rays of the sun . The dark and tltre:tthening clouds that, at times, hid e· heaven's az.ure dome have . their silvery lining, and all is fair above.

Storms, wilcl and fierce seem about to despoil f.':tir earth when, behold! a ray of brightness flashes through the gloom anrl nature smiles throu gh her tears. Such is the lesson of nature-a teneb1·is ad lucem.

The p:.tst b!·ing~ home to us the very same lesson.

Sorrows and trials have givens birth to some of the grande;-t thoughts and noblest deeds. Many of our greatest !'Ong_s are but the out-p0uring of a grief laden heart.

The sweetest poetry has its low wail of sorrow. Those very work.;, that will live as l<>ng as language exists ate inSeJ!larably connected with tribulation and suffering.

Milton, the author of our grand epic, " Paradise Lost," was l;>lind. Fr. So nth well wrote his poems, while in prison awaiting ·the sentence of death. Pope was an invalid all his life. From the sorrows and disappointments ofYoung origil!l.ated his sublime "Night Thoughts." Collins wrote

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his famous "'Ode on the Passions" to p1·ocure means of sustenance. Goldsmith, of whom it it -said, "NuH~1m quod tetigit :non ornavit." , was the unhappiest of men. The sorrows of Ireland gave the wotld Moore's be;mtiful melodies. Paine- the author of ';Home Sweet Home'' was a wanderer all his lifcandc1ied ahme in a foreignland.

Joy is beautiful, b lilt fleeting; sorrow consecrates a spot or a nation and t enders them imm'ortal. Betlllehem, Gethsemane and Calvery lie deepest in the human heart.

The . Coliseum and the Catacombs will be pointed to with ven eration when the very si te of Neto's golden pnhee shall be forgotten. Lines of sovereigns, on whom the bright sun of prosperity shone and seemed to promise durabitity, have passed away; while the Papacy, around who~e cradle was gathered, for its destruction, all the power of mighty Rom e, still lives strong and worlcl wide. After seven centuries qf suffering Ireland wears to clay a noble crown-a crown won through terrible crosses. Her sanctuaries were despoiled and her children martyred, clecimate-1 and exiled, until her fair bosom became a land of wreck and tombs. But these became hPr glory, as the poet so truthfully has said.

"Give me the land of the wreck and the tomb; There is gnmduer in graves-there is glory in gloom; For out of the gloom future brightness is born, As after the night comes the sunrise of morn."

And the dawn has come, for Ireland's people form today a grand unstoled order of the Church- a nation ot missionaries, upon whose labors the sun nev-er sets.

Thus the lesson taught by all about us is that there is no crown without its cross; there is no pleasure without its pain; there is no triumph without its pang of bitterness. This is a law of human life and the more fully we realize this the better we are prepared. The every day cares and trials, which some call drudgery are but the weights of the clock of time, giving to its pendnlum a true vibration and to its hands a regular motion.

Without effort nothing can be gained. We can not dream ourselves into a noble character; we must achieve it by cleli gent effort. Emoton, poured out over the hero <•f fiction , no rriatter how noble he may be, will not elevate ns or improve our lives, unless W6! acquire for ourselves strength of will, self denial and preserving effort.

After all, our trials are not insupportable; their sharpest sting comes from our impatience and hence the great secret of success is contained in · these three words, ''Learn to wait.''

"Learn to wait-hope's slow fruition; Faint not though the way seems long There's a j oy in each condition; Heart's though 8tlifering, may grow strong.''

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Kankakee Planing Mill.

Blinds, Mouldings.

ICANI;:AKEE, ILL.

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: PHILADELPHIA, P ..d. -

INCORPORATED FEB. 23rd. 1867.

Proprietors of the 'celebrated Kankakee flat Lime stone Quarries.

Fresh Wood-burned Lim e always on hand.

Kankakee Ill. Depot of the Celebrated "GOJ~DEN CROSS" Fine Cut. Established 1856.

S. ALPINER, l\fanufa.cturer of j!INE CIGARS, and dealer in Smolcing and Ch ewing Tobaccos and All Kinds of Smokers·• Articles.

No . 22 East Ave . Kanlm](ee, Ill.

GREG. VIGEANT,

ARCHITECT, Rooms 5 and 11,

·Send ing

PURE ALTA R WIN E.

Warsaw, Hancock Co., Ill. REFERENCES. Rt. Rev. JOS. MELCHOR, Bishop of Green Bny. Itt. l tev. M. Fiulc, Bishop of Le;wenwortll.

L S. FORMAN.

New VQrk.

J. FORMAN. Office of

l3. E. BOON.

FORMAN & COON,

Pap er Hant,;'ing ancl .Decorating. for BAND RECORD, con~ One cloor soutb of Post 01lice, l<ANK AK EI'.. ILI •.

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DRAZY & SON, General Blacksmith .

Hepairs of M:otchioes, Wagons, Plows.

And H orse sh oe ing.

All work done on short notice And g u;iranteed.

Undertaker.

K. L. BOYSEN. KA NKAKE E, IJ. J ,.

~lFEELEY & CO.~ Gold and

Sil~ersmiths.

CHURCH ORNAMENTS.

Ncar th ebmlge; K ANK AKEE, ILL.

Heligious, Graduating & Reward

A. J. ROY.

lUedals,

DEALER IN AI,L KINDS OF

Fresh, Salt and Smoked Meats, Sausage, Poultry, Etc. Market, North Siclc Court St. Kankakee, Ill

4fi LJi SULE STREET, (!HICAGO, ILL.

PETER W ALZEl\1, Grower of

J oseph Gillott & f~ons.

Practical ll Guse Paint~rs, and DPalers in Wall Pa per <~ncl Window Sb.ades , Painter's Stock ancl Tools.

Sash, Doors,

P laning, He-sawing, Etc. D one on Short Notice.

Ilia Celebrated Numbera, and his olhm· styles maybekacl of all dealers throughout the world.

KANKAKEE ILL. J. C. MATEER.

GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878.

303-40 4-170-604-332,

BR.OS:~

_ Publishers of

• Clg11rs, Tob<tccos, Ji.tr..

Orr's Block, Court Street. ·""'

JOSEPH GILLOTT'S ~tcel~eM.

WILLIAM DARCI-IE, Groceries, Dry Goocls, Yankee Notions.

Of Choice' Designs and Fine

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"\'V orkmanship. '\ ALL GOOD!? AT FACTORY PRICES.

Send for catalogue.

OFFICE & FACTORY, 195 EDDY STREET,

Box 621.

PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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