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1JA P~ODEST, VARIA DELECTAT. Seneca.

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Although publiahed only recently they have been very favorably rece1ved in Catholic Institu­tion$ everywhere a nd am now In satisfactory use in St. Viateur's College.

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Sr. VI:ATEUWS CoLLEGE JouRNAL. UEC';(IO CER,T4 PROl>EST, VAltlA DELEC'.rA'l' . Seneca.

COMlUENCE]UENT NVJ\IBER June, 1884.

VOL. II BOORBQNNAIS GROVE. ILL. , No. 9 "'i: <';: - ·

TO · HIS GRACE MOST REV. P. A. ~'EEDAN, D. D.

·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 joy 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., :Fournier, 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 ·wilmington, 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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~ini1~ )?aru11los T eui~ J[h ~li·

SIXTEENTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT,

Tuesday, lune qth, 1884-OYERTUltE. GHEETI.KG.

0KCJU;ST HA.

J•:uwAIW Fox. T il E JNDEPE!\DE:\ CE BELL. P AcL W ttsTACll.

MONASTERY BELLS. Mos..:s RoY.

Al\'IERICAN MANHOOD. FnuciS Q uiNN. P JLCRlM CHORUS. CHOIH.

NOS GLOIRES El' NOS 110:\TE!i ALEXIVSGHANGEH.

lTALlAN l.N ALGIERK ORCHESTRA.

VALEDICTORY.

CO~FERRI~G OF DEGIU;:Ko.;. ~ ? F A~F.ARE MILITA IHE CoLLEGE BaND

DISTRJBUTIO~ OF l'REMIUMK

To close the exercises, His Grnce the Archbishop achlressetl the audience and graduates in terms most fl atteri ng to the Institution, congratulating thestttdents on the success 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 that 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 words 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

ctny.

AMERICAN MA:\ 11001>.

l\1:1y it plca!ie Yonr Gt·:l<.'e:

He v. Gl•ll tlem en :

Ladic~ and Genllcml.'n:

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 understood 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•luates-t· > 1\ limitt>d men~ure t•f ('tllll'St'-WC wi II try to mnkl' Amt>riean

Mauhoorl individual and pacific enough, to snit eaob 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 Manhoorl 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 live­without 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,\' Rus!'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 themselves, 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 could 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.

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 are, 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 helpe:'l our ftthers a.u<l llelpu<l them too - by its very ~tbsence - th:tt is t he ~ b ence · of the p'Jlitical party as a ·~ id•Jl anrl 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 1-ity. \V ' th them however, a noble ri vnlry, springing from n:~tur:d c:wses, fo1mcl vent in open, generous contention, WtS c•>ltf1nc:l pretty gene 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 oltlen tirnes, th3 p<;litic:tl c mCLB with its din anrl noise, wit.h its mad bedl!lmitc h!lnmgi ng-this political caucus w,ts 11. thing unheard ot: Conventions as we know them now-a-days, political gatheri ngs especia lly ward politi­ci:ms, with an eye only to place an <l p0wcr, heedless of principle, looking only to canrlitlates and f:ttoffi ces-all t.ltis was nnknown or if known, certainly not in the form of to-clay . Sh::tms anrl politic tl tri cksters-if there were any ( aml wbo dou hts it )-were left on t in tlte cold and quietly ignored. Integrity, virt 11e, moral not nHmey wor th, t:~ithflll public servi ces, devotion to principle-all these were known to our torcththers -these were constituent parts of American mrlnhoocl a ce11tnry ago; these were the agents sllaping the begin­ning and destinies of the nation of which we are to-clay p:wt ~tnd parceL The example of these virtues, the corner stone of true manhood, was the legacy bequea­thed us by the men of '76, of '89 n.ncl '93.

Steadfast adherence to duty and unsulliecl Jove of God ancl of country the:;e first of all and before all ,

were the cl!ief reasons tlnt helped into existence tlte y oung Republic of America anrl lrt i<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 men, t lley 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 principle wltich stq,mpe:l tl.tem with tl!e proof-seal of the, u.eEt mnn!Jc,od in the world.

One thing mu~t not be forg\ltten in connection with on r subject. 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 whieh are, not onl.Y onr creation bu t a part of the Am erican manhoo1l ot which we bo:1st. Friends in England-we spe:t.k it in gratitude - proclaimed that Amer ica shou ld be free-so we became a. rlistinct people. T he wisdom of France was con­sulted in the person of her great me'1. In time, th is wisdom C<)ll1~)0ll!ll1 c<1 i tself 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:ttion~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 diversified ~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 shield what the nations have come to know as t he Great American Union.

OUR l~ESOUHCES.

\Vc lca~e to carping critics to find out, wh'l.t intimate connection there is "between American manhood and increrlse o f wenlth and territory. Fortified by the hi:;tory of naticms we reacl in the ~cqui~ition and rlevelopment of natuml and artifi cial resources, in the opening of new fields of discovery, in increase of

· Jlational cloniain and power-we rea<'! entreprise, industry, perse vemnce-in one word all those qualities of heart and head that have made nations great and stamped them with an enviable manhooct. Now if this be true in regard to the older peoples of the world aml in more recent times in regard to France and England and ta.tely _Prussia, why may it not in the same sense be trne of our people. So in imitation of those who have gone before, we point with priclC' Lo the matenal g r()w tlt

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uf our country and nscr il.Jc to American 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 Revolution 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, there were 13 states with a populntion of 3,000,000 of so uls; 815,G 15 qnn.re miles of territory aud a line ut sea const comp~n·atively

limited in extent. But now, what are tbe fig ures? In­ste•.td uf 13 we have 38 States and 11 well organized T erritories. W e h~we 3,000,000 sq ufl. re mi les of territo­ry . ·we have G8,000 miles of rnilro:td, more t han sufncient to rofLc l.l three and a halftimes 'round the globe; t he nnuun.l productions of onr country rea<;h · tile sum of $~,500, 000,000. We have gold miues capable of producing $70,000,000 n. year; we h:we a coast line extending on the At lantic from the Bay of Fundy to tile southern extreme of T exas in t he Gulf of Mexico; whilst on tile Pacific, we touch, on one side, the British possessions, Rnd Centra.] Americn, on the other; in all more than 3,000 mihis of coast and in the opinion o f an eminent Frenchman, "no nation possesses vaster , deeper or more safe ports for commerce tl1an we do." A population of 50,000,000 di stributed over this vast ar<la of territory proclaims with one accord-at least we have been so tn.ught Ladies and Gentlemcn,- th:tt the problem of Republican ideas, Republican institutions on American 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\1late the ex:1m ple of the fathers; ifthe wisdom that has signalled itself so far in the mo(leration of this people, socially , r eligionsly nnd politically, continue, American Institutions and Amcri. can Manhoou will live to witness still g reater glory , still greater progress.

co~nmHCE.

Have 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 every th ing to wind and sails, waiting days aml weeks for fhvorable weather. Now we their goodly children rush along on steel rails, propelled by steam and cross the sea incaserl in met n,l

phttes and the i~ts 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 keeping 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 over but even tlllrler tllC sea and some idea may be had of tbe v:tst incre:tse of our conntry's wenftil and commer­ce when it is stated that daily commnnicatior~ t;JJ1d

this m ultipli e1l too, takes place between Europe and America. In commercial inventions-useful-time saving, labor-srtving, ing·j llions inventions, once tri ed, deemed ever ttftcr inclispensabl r-, we not o»ly equal the best bnt Sltrpass all other nation s. The few important cities of the olden time, easy enough 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 waste, and wilderness now stands. the stately 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 uanght and it does not now take two weeks in bren-k­back coach or ox cart to reach Cl!ict:~go 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 gratified, whilst, hy carefnl forethought and the electric wire, business takes care of itself at home, "and all goes merry AS a marri:1ge bell." The flying hasty moment is seized, becoming ns q uickl y the ready speech of man to man, ofnfLtion to nation by me'l.ns of the electric telegraph. A ll this and much more that might be adcl crl shows in some mefl sn­rc , what progress bA s been macle-rnn,de too, right here in the country in whid1 we live, made 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, Ladies a ~1d Gentlemen, we feel we might be­comingly conclude. 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 igenons.

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VOL. I.

UPPLEMENT MENSUEL.

LIVRAlSON DE JUIN.

NOTRE FOI ET NOTRE LANGUE.

BOURBONNAIS, ILL. 1884. No. 8

LE CREPUSCULE.

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 pieuse cadence. L'oiseau, par lc 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 des 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

A YOS fetes etPrnelles?

Anges, pr iitez-mol vos allcs, Je vcux m'cnvolcr!

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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 r t>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 lieux 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 surpris ll. s'ecrier au milieu du calme des nuits: "rna mere ! Ah~ oui c'est rna mere!"

Dl COIJRS PR NO CE PAR MR. A. GELINEAU.

Oh ! bien tot nous ne serons plus sous l'cmpire de donees illusions, ce que nous avons reve, bientOt nons le verrons. Le pri.J1temps a rendu au buisson ses rOtl<*, la vacance renrll'cnfant [\sa mere! 0 delicieuse rcncon­tre! Doux cmbrassements ! Qui n'a pns senti lcs joies du retour au site t•it s'(·coula son enfhnce? Qui n'a p!tS

l"ourquoi ce matin l'aurore nons a-t-elle paru, il nous JGun elevcs, Ct-incelante de joie et In cloche nons a-t-

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entendu le chant plus gai du rossignol qui revoit son nid de feuillnge? 0 sites clu berceau, vous &tes l'Eclen de la vie. Le serpent clu mal n 'a pn.s encore p6nctre sons vos frnis ombr:1grs. Vous t·tes la virginit6 de l'ame. Vons a vez encore l:t fraicheur <lc Itt prcmi0rc :turore ct tonte 1:~ l>c:mtu de !' inn ocence!

Connne n·;s cmurs volent t01\t entiers 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 contient pom nous de ehoses et de m0moires- 11 u'y a p11 s un appa.rtement, nn caclre, un mcnble sons ce toit, pns un arLre, nne flenr, une mousse <le ee jardin qui ne soit inerm;tf s dans notre (imc comme s' ils en fai saient parti e! Tout iei preJl(l cles traits conn us e t aim{s-Tout no us p:nle et eveille les plus tendres reminiseenccs - Comme je me sonvicns avec Lonheur de ees re veils clu matin ou le souvenir de notre mere nons apparaissait ; plus doux que la lnmiere dn jour, qnand nons tomLions a ses genonx qui deve-

. naient notre autel et qne nons offrions nos jcunes camrs !l Dieu dont b bonte nous aeeord:dt une joumee de pi us pour l'ai mer !

Que j'aime a me mppeler ces courses sans fin dans les champs a la recherche de mille riens qui suflbaient 1\

notre bonhcur et nos frayeurs enfitntines au premier gronclcment du tonnerre ou it !'apparition d'un etranger, 1i·nycurs qu'un mot de notre m(Te cli ~~>ipnit. Qu'avions­nons a cra.indre aupr.:.:s d'elle l'enfhnt chns les bras maternels n'est-ce pas In fraiehe goutte de rossee dans la corolle sans tllche du lis? avec qnelles deliees je ne me reporte a ses soins si ealmes qui ramenai ent uu pere a notre amour et fermait nos panpieres a u chant de celle dont la pri ure nppelait les anges pour vei1ler sur I>OS l>er- . ceaux.

l\Iais ou m 'entralnent l':mxi <St e de mon ilmc et l':ucleur de mes desirs! II nons tarde t:mt de gouter ces plaisirs dont la pe11see senle gonfle nos crours de joie et met de si donees larmes dans nos yt-ux!

Amis pourquoi retarder notre bonheur par ccs dis­com·s et ces ch11nts? Est-il eloquence on mnsique plus belle que cclle qui parle ou murmure sons le toiL paterneli' On nons dit que lajennes. e pas~e l>i en vite, qu'il n'est point cle fleurs des champs qui ne percle le plus promptement ses parfnms et ses riantes couleurs, point' de papillons qui ne laisse plus nifement les rubi s et l'or de ses ailes aux doigts de la r e:tlite . . ..... .

Nos fronts aujourd 'hui si riants se eouvriront done de som bres rides, les roses de nos jones s' effeu illeron t sons la main glacee du temps. Tel est le destin des felicites .hnmaines-L~ nuit succede a l'aube matina.le, l'hiver des ans au printemps cl e Ia jennesse-

Mais pour nous qui 80mme~ :\ l'entr?e de Ia vie, qui n'avons pas encore ete bn.nni de ce p trnclis rl e Ia terre, ionissons du bonhenr sans mehng <J de notre i.lg.e. Com-

me la tourterelle qni clcmande son en(ant, nne voh chl-ri e nons ~tppell e, nh! rn.mcnez-nous sons le ciel de nos Len.ux jours I Rendez-nous les canest:es de 110s

p(·res et lcs Laiscrs de nos meres!---

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LES CA~ADIENS DE L'OU.EST .

l\1 escl:1 m es et l\f e~Bi curs :

De mQmc qu'on uc peut prononcer le nom •le !'Ame­rique saus revciller celui llu Catholicisme qui t:cl:tir{l. t;:t

decouverte com me nne rwn •re glori ense, . ninsi on ne peut austi i prononcer le nom de !'Ouest sn.ns rnppeler celui de nos ancGtres qui fnrent lcs pionniers de ce continent. Ouvre;r, l'hi stoire dn Nouveau Monde, et vous y voyez sur Ia premiere p:tge Ie nom de C..uwdiens Pranyais! Vons voyez ces explorateurs infatigables j)Jnutrer j llsqn'<LUX r0g ions ghc-' es du P0le, ese:tlader les hauteurs escaqJ~·es des Montagnes RocheHses, explorer les vastcs contrl-es dn Mexique et venir plantt>r leurs tentes dans les plaines fertiles de l'One:;t.

lls ne songerent jnm:tis, ces braves pionniers, :l. reculer devant les rlangers qui se clress~ i ent devant eux, oes spectres alfreux n~ les ont jamais f:•it trembler, mais an

, contraire nc semL!aient qu'exciter I'nrdeur qui les nni­: mait! li s ont pareonru en to us sens Ia. vaste L~ ten<'l n e rl e-oe · con tinent; marqu:-t.ut la pl:tce ou ils s' 6t.aient arrC;t .;s, clans leur course aventuriere, dn scean cl ' nu nom frau c;ni>'. C'est ainsi. que naquirent les villes Detroit., St. Loui s, La Nouvelle Orleans, et tnnt d'autres qui r11ppelerout

• touj ours que qtJoiqu e cette terre soit pa~s:·e :l d'autres mn ins, elle !'ut tout d ':ll.lOrd nne terre fr:m9nise!

Nous ponvons done dire ~1. juste tjtre que nons somm es chez nous iei, snr cette terre que nos peres ont explorce! Oui! elle est deux foi s r\ no us cette terre!,\ no us, <l titr.e d.C decouverte ct j'oserais dire:\ titre de conquete, car lorsque l' ep-: e de vVa~>hington se leva pour eonq11erir . l'independn.nce, celle de la France Lril­Ia dans la main de Lathyette, et le sang des fran<;.ll is, }e sang de nos peres, rougit lescll:•mps de batailles a.jamn.is memoraLies de l\Ionmouth, de Georgetown et de Brnndyv ine ! ....

II y a deux sicd es nos missionnires s'avn.nqain.t sans cr:1inte cln.ns les sombres et vastcs forets du nouveau monde nfin de porter, clans ces tenebrenses retraites du

· fils des bois, le fiambenu de Ia verite! lis tn.isa.ient sentir :\' l'indigEme fCroce le eharme du livre saere ct lui fai­saient enterrer son fhtal tomahawk. Nos soldats domp­t:ticnt 'Ia ferocite de l'Indien et frayaient le chemin aux colons hm·dis qni venaient tracer nn sillon sons la fl echc hosti le du Sauvage. Nos traitems, homrn es anssi avides de gnin que d'aventures, se hasardaient diiJ1S les pro­fou<leurs de l'ex trf me nord oil ils fonll txeut de nom-

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b11euse:s eompa.gnie8 de trafic. Mais ln. p:tge l!t plns '. l' unissou uu hymue ~\ l'h.onuenr de la ioi de Clovis ct ~dllante 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 decon vertes de nos ciance d ' un Roi formJ :l. !'ecole des courtisans et des intrcpides explorateurs l C'est enl':mnee 1673 que briHa philowphes l llll napPe etincclante du majestueux Mississippi fl UX Les eprenves Cfle nos p·}res em·cnt a cudurer, lors de yeux etmmes du. pere Marquette ! ~on fr0le et solitnire h conqncite, n'arreterent P'l.S !'elan qui les entrn.inait esqnif bottdiss:tit sur les flots enjou.]s dll p0re des fleu- · vers<le:> r<~gions inconnnes. A peine Ia poudre des der­ves! Son oreille ecoutait la grandiose h:t rrnouie 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 nouvelles decouvertes! Ainsi snr ce con­prtrfumce le nom immortel de leur d.Jconvreur . Mar- tinent, h chai ne des hommes 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.nghde, The Father of Wisconsin, ainsi sur les l>o'rds pitoresques du vienx Meschn.cebe l Non- que l'appellent les Americains, c'est totijours le meme veai.l Moise! tes regards entrevirent 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 du Grand Fleuve, se demau<le quel pionnier le gt'and fleuve jnsqu'a Ia mer; tache ardne il est ingenieux a fonde e.n un site aussi pitorcsque cette ville

• vmi, mnis d'autant plus cligne de l'enthonsinsme et de si pleine cl'avenir? Mille voix lui r6ponclent qu'e!le ne l'activit0 devorante de ce j eune homme e:xplorn.teur. reconna1t d'autre perc que Vital Guerin 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 descendit 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 de plomb, fondee par un de

' vers l!t vnste plaine qui se derou!ait a ses pieds, prit nos eompatriotes, Julien Du~uque, 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 nnnees 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 decouvertes aux piecls du Grn.nd Roi!. .. · bruyanLe de ce grand centre commercial. Qnand nons voyons cette poignee de heros accomplir A continuer. des 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 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 glorieuses traditions. Aujourd'hui les bords des grands lacs et les rives du Mississippi mi.umurcraient e.teore !es accents de la langue harmonieuse cle Louis XIV, et les

• sanctuaires de milliers de temples entonneraient tons :\

EN ROUTE POUR LE CANADA.

Notre reve si careEse, un voyage au Canada, est enfin devcnn une realite. Nons sommes six de notre bande -c'est }\ peine si nous pouvons jeter nn clernier regard sur Ia terre natale, admirer ses grands lacs et ~es immen-

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ses prairies, tant la vapeur nons emporte avec vitesse. Mais elle ne vole pas plus ·rapide que nos degit·s; no us l1llons voir la t erre ou nos peres ont vu le jour, la terre qu' il nons ont appris a aimer comme notre patri~.

Vole, vole, 1<2 gGre vapeur, et que cl emain, nons nons (;veillions mt Canada l

Il est sept heures : C'est le temps de son pe t·. On s'attable. 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 que son poulet ait fait plusieurs campagnes, mais il n'est pas bomme a se laisser vainet: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 victorieux des combats les pins sanghmtf' .

Les !its eoift pr&ts : mnis il n9ns fant 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 voisin et le broie presque sons son poids.

On s'eveille :\ 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'cnfuient, folies de terreur, qne perit l' infortune Capitaine Wrbb.

Nons longeons la cote dont les rocbers tailles par la main rles siecles, pnjsentent des tours collossales, des pyramides ,qni surpas~ent en gran< leur celles de l'Egyp-1JB. Encore quelques pas ct nous sommes rcndns !t l'etaLlissement. L'on revet lc costume rle rig neur pom c1escendrc sons Ia chute. Sons ces longs habits de toile ciree, avec capuchon, on se prendrait vraim cnt pour des capncins ou des trappistes, mais ce n'est pas !)O ur nons !'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'escalier semble nc devoir jamais :finir. Allons-nons anx 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 1

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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'.est Lien oeh1i du tonuerre echt~mt an 'milieu de la tcmpete. L:t parole mauqne pour pcinclre ce spectacle sublime : ~n est ecrnse par ta.ni de lorce ct tlc graucl<:mr. Est1~ee l'infini qui se revelo lt no us? . . . .

Cc n'est p=1s sans regret qu'on s'arracbe ;\ la rner­v£: illc qui s'cmj)nre de toutes les puissances de 110tre 8tre ct qn'on reprend 110ti·e route vcrs Montreal. Nons saluons l-hmilton, !::e lle petite v ille, m;sise sur le bord du lac Ontario. A 7 bcurcs, on change cl e train, :\ T oronto pour Kingston, nons prenons une bouch.je tt Ia h1tc et aprl!s six heurzs de mnrche nons pouvons nons 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 fiottant sur lcs onrles; nons 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 ensement

dan·s le lointain; le Mont Royal touche de l:t tete les cicux: c'est la Villa Maria, c'cst pour nons lc Cn,nacla !

Un elGve tonriste.

CUE I LLETTl<:S.

- Vacancc! - Adien 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 manque main tenant. En avant, Erlonard !

- 1\ir. Arthur Desjan1ins de 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 rencontrcr MM. Libert et GelinMn, an S0m inai~·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 £'Lit cela, lorsqu'il et:dt an College. n r::~jeunit maintenant.

- Arthur Gelineau a gmndi cons,iderablement, ce n'cst plu s lc petit Arthur, c'est un j eune hommc, mai& en.corc :tvec 1'1 gT:Lce de l'cnfhnce sur sa honnc fi gure •

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A HOME PICTURE.

Our picture however with no word eonceruing the social and religious life of these United .States would be incomplete. We will simply touch 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 Manhood especially, at nwturity. In private, and among ourselves it is a llowable 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~.;iqa 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:;t ion 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 dealing 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 excellent things-but now exehims the same youth, all is changerl mid the welfare of the nation and our progressive manhood demand the 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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usun.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. Ladies and gentle­mem, we owe much to the Rom ans- we owe more to Rome-and the voice 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 must 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 improvernen~in the pol itical arena ..

CONCLUSION.

And now, Ladies and Gentlemen we conclude. vVe h:we shown you in American Manhood what we consider 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 religion ::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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this land of fr eedom, pointing upwnrd to the skies where she t ells them, thcl'e is a modd n,ncl a rewar(l fur noble, generous Americ:m, but Chief 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 obser­

v:l.ilce of the pl:we., we, through deference fot• our nneients, t hought it o nr duty to fo llo;v in their fvotstep under the same colon; nnd at the sonnds of t il e ~'<n.me stirring strains-Tll e pi cuic-it hacl been the tn lk of cln.yf and weeks among 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 <l ll.> ir u·l to m·Li m :l sa·;ce.% oftl tc wlt<>le il.rf1.ir. Tlte pLwc w.ts n, ppoi lt ted: it w t.s a lo·.rely g1·cewprofu$ely shtcl ed by the wild ·fbrcst trees th:tt b0rder 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 an adm irer of the conqueror 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 to K K K. On ne:wing t he ci ty every one bnced up to w:tlk through the streets. 'Ve were soon there-ag>tin the banrl played aml inn. minute we were on the wl:urf' w:titing for th ~ sigt t::tl-­Ailnbo:n·d , ct•iecl the Capt-tin. Just imag itte how long it took' ns boy s to get there! ... Toot! Toot ! goes the whistle and off we wheel.

·w e leave to the novelist the description of the 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 tell the prefect.)

T hings so sweAt ctn d time 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 are, with mns:c, sing ing nncl glee all the way-while flown, <lown the stream we hurry along until we see Krtnk·tkec again-Our journey is well nigh done.

ArriveclatLhe li ttleclockwe ftkcl in r:mks and wended 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 unanumously carne to the conclusion that we had all a fine chy and agt·eed on a vote of th:lnks to Mr. Picnic- gave him a parting shak:'l nncl warmly ii )Vite<l him to cn,ll again- A Fello w.

FAREWELL TO COLLEGE LfFK

When first a hoy leaves behind him f~lther and mo­ther, and home and fond friends of boyhood, and, taking sad farewell of all that is de~r to him, sets off for college, he seems to have left a world of love and fri endship, and 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, Discipline, stalking about long · corri<lors, striding through sv~eions .balls . E:veLJ tbe great joy be witnesses among old stnde.nts n.t their meeting nft~r vncn tion m:tkes him feel !on ely , for tbei r very cordi:l.lity stn mps him all the more ft s·tnmger, The directvr, it is true, n:my be :u1 ntfable m11n .; m::w end e.1.vor to make him feel li-t h0nlrlt; hnt som 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;e­Director, to pen ni t hi :; being , un tlrst aeqnaintnnce, ·a very loval.)le persounge.

The first <by of cla~s nniveR. The bell rings. In t];·e e~r of the new student i t nnmistnlmbly says, "now sir yon are nnder the 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 .the 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 the more he stnrlies, the more be feels a.t horne, the more agreeable his snrpedors become.; then 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:lld 1,1.t

· hom ~. When the night of the " li st" comes round, he is delighted to he:tr his n<tm e mentioned among those who have <1istin a- ui sbecl themselves.- ·tn:l, shinin g oa his bretst, he c:t;~r i e3 off !lis first m:;d tl. With wit tt jo.f he sends home t ile news of hi s tri n mph l From th:1 t moment 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 more is he nrgecl to lu rd W•Jr:c. ' Vhe:t the end of t he ye:u- approw!1es, n.nrl competiti•m t;>r premium .~ beo-ins, he stu(li es h:trder t lun ever in order to carry off.., a prize; not, indeeti, bee·.mse the prize is of intrinsic v;tlue, but be;;n.usc it shows t h:tt he h<ts performed his dnty , h:ts remem bered his belovet l l).<t rents, 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 new bome whi ch mn,kes him :tn '( iO tlS to retnrn n,fter v:w ttion and recum mence his career of school-triumph.

This is generally the w;ty with stnrlents who are in e:~rnest-this hn s been the cn.se with ns members of the d :tss of '84. 'Vu f\~ l t the 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 Comm~'ncement; and n.fter enjoy ing a well-e·trnecl vn.c:1. tion, have been 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 nnder the whole­souletl teaching and example of our Spiritnal D'irector we have been nndc, at least to love, if not copstantly to practice, virtue. Of course we do not claim to have been t.lte most exemp!ary students. We have barl, it is true, occ·:ts ional misunderstandings with one another,

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1mrl With -the o-ther. s~h-~1~~~ . Bnt who thinlrs of them ·. now ?'" Th'ey only· made ns respect one another the

more. We have sometimes, too, "<iiffered in ' opinion" wit\{ OUr Stl})ei-iors; ario, fo f" SOme re·ISOll th~t we COnld never see cleariJ' ' have invariably come ont.....:-second pest: We have been 0bliged, moreover, in some cases to settle the matter by what we consicleJ"eo a ·large amount . of rather unne.cessary "writing." Bnt :1.fter all , when we considered' that we had come here to ue ed n­cated,, that youth is liable to m~ke mi st.-1.kes, all(\ d o imprurl;.e.Qt tllings; anti that our superiors <:orrceted us

op~l.r, ;t:~-.~ ?ur , ?,;vg go?~; _,we_ t~~rned :1t length to l ~ ve the ha nd that checkeCl whilst ste:tcly111g our f;tltermg steps. .

,~., t ,, ,' . We have gradually grown into the place, until now

it s.e'ems ·almost necessary to our happiness to be nuder the~~ , g?~~ Religious, with these comp:mioils, amid these· scen;es. ~he play gronno, where we have su often striven in spork.tl1a . stu ely ~ha ll anrl class-rooms, that

· ha'Ve l.Jeen the scenes of our hl•ors; the society-rooms, wherE>, in otiniiock debates, we called up the shades of )<?~g-depar~ed heroes, to pa~s judgment on their lives 'ai-id.:aetions ; whe-re we fi Ofvecl political problems-"·ith self-sufficient jurisprn rlence-the chapel where we have

· ~o o•ften lmelt f.ogetber, and, with prayerful souls in­·\·okcd 'the bles~ings of'He:wen upon our youth;,--even

thi s sthge, which hns witnessed our sehool-boy tri­umphs-h~.vc nll become familiar and dear to us. Wi th what wile! mr rrim ent hav e we gone, in winter, on ~ leigh-ri < l cs into the country ~ H ow o ften h:1ve we tramper! to t l)c c it.y, to the t'tir ; wh1.t g ·t.V o ld t.im ec: we h:1ve lwd on Slimmer picnics nn<l <' x cnrs i on~. Ho w rmmy !l fter-ltOons have we enj oyed in boating on the ri-v-er , glid ing a long ~1th .the swif't current-stopping now and then ,to qnench onr thirst at one of t he mnny springs. along the shore, or to gaze in admiration on the beauty of the surrounding scene1y. How often hnve we sat berie:l.th the shade of t he tress on the b:mk an rl t alked t he sultry aftei'llOOQ.1a way. H o w plensan t it wns tl.ten t o li sten to the ed ..IOE'S stcnling bnek 1hlm the rrr~ves Qn the opposite sid~;.-'1!0 "' pl easan t to ~ tand "i Lh 0 . ' c.,.;, c

bared beacis and enjoy the cool nne! perfumed b reezes t hat came from far beyono. llow often h:we we threarl­ecl the p icturesqne ravines, a nrl cl:un bererl up the rocky sides to gather the first wild flowers o f spri.ng. With what n1ing led feelings of awe and veneration have we learned to loo~ upon that old bell up there in the . steeple, which has for so many y ears rung the Angelus;. which has fung a:t so many births, . and t ollerl wi th solemn ·voice at the departure of so many li ves-lives of some most dear to us. Now nll our little difficulti es, cllslippointments, sorrows and moments of despon<lency, when .compar ed with tb.e p_qre joys, the successes, the ye.<J.rs of true hnppiness, are like the fl eeting shadows

thro wn by su mmer clourl s up011 bright and pleasing landsc:1 pes in the month of Jnne.

As we g:1ze t o-e-by upon the bliss ful v ision o f onr college-life with its lights and i LS sha rlows, how we wish it could be nlway s thns ; bn t an irrepressible feel­ing of snouess com es ovtr us \\'hen we think that we nre g:~ zing on thnt vision for the l:l st time , thnt we hav e p~~se<l through the flowery fi elds of y onth, ancl are now on the -confines of manhoorl with the fu t nre veiled nnrl. 8hrouderl from om sight . Now thnt we have b ecome so nttnche<l to thi s plnce, how h:1rd is it to think of part­ing. vYhen every room, when e very place abo ut, has become sflcred by associ:l.t ion ; wl1en our te:tehers have become rle:tr to us !ts p:l.l'I!:J. ts; for the instruc tion they have instill erl. into onr minds, for the virtues they have implanted in our he:trts; ann when we students have 'uecome attnched to one another uy li ving so long t o­gether und ·3r the same roof, engnging in the smne duties, anrl partnking o f the same enioyments : how hard is it ..t_Ek te.w onrselves aw:ty.-0 Alm 't 1\hter thou bas t .Ucen a tenrl.er mother t.o us! Thou bast inculcate d in our minos. the5e sound doctrines so well calcnlaterl t o enable ns to meet bra vely the stern reali t ies of life; those principles that will inspire us t o bea,r np wi th conmge ag :<inst misfortu11e and tria ls,_ ~nd ~truggl e ·with manly christhn fortitude in the pa.th of d~1ty to which

· Go·l may snmmo1i ns. Now clear Alma Mat er we ar<·= t o bi<l you a long farewell, aild tempt t he . future alone. Dear companions, we have been thrown together here by Gorl to journey on in co mpany for perhaps the ·hap­piest periocl o f our lives ; n<•W we must separat e, and , it may be, never more to mee t within this v:ale Of tears-

Farewell ye plE>asant s~enes about our yDnthful home dear g rove of Bourbonnais, peopled with memories and associations to us so dear and sweet l Farewell y e old g ray walls, silent witnesses of our college life. ·Farewell cl e:tr o lrl sturly -hall, where we tasted first , then drank of the salutary draughts of science. F arewell homely pious little ehapel, where we so o ften knelt and so often pray­ed together. Farewell beloved companions of our college conr~e, fri ends of happy years, fellows of our youthful sports. F arewell belov ed Di rector honored superiors. Dear Alma Mater l though we follow the fi nger of God to t he field where d uty calls yet it wrings our hearts to say tbe wonl-Farewell-a long- a lnst

Farewell. Jno .• J. McCann.

P E RSO NALS.

At the T rinity ordinations in B:tlt imore Messrs. F ranuis N. P erry '81 and Thomns K e.<trney '83 both o f Chien go, 1ceceivecl .tonsure from A reb b ishop Gibbons; on the same <l:l y Mr. F rancis O' Reilly '81 of P eol'i:t received. su l.Jcleaconship from A rchbishop CoiTigan.

lOt} ST. VlATEUR'S UU,LL~G~ .JUU HNA L.

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. Sp~tlding.

Hurrah for Jim he'll sooi) be a b igger m!l'n than .his father!!!

Rev. Deveury pa id us a flying v i8it on the fo llowing rlay; yon have, Rev. Father, tl1e Lest wi ~hes of' the ,TounNAL and ot your old Fri~·n ds of St. Vinteur's College.

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,

Solid for Tom !:!

James Curnm, cl:1ss of '80 is run ning a cnt1le rmwh in Onlitorni~t.

Ton1 ~b i (;')ds, elMs of '~6 is canying un .quite an extensive bus iness in ·v{ilmington.

Good lnck to ytn; Tom !!:

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Done on Short Notice. ]{ANJ<AT\KR, ILT,~.

Kankakee Stone 11.nd Lime Co. INCORPORATED FEB. 23rd. 1867.

Propri etors of the ceJcuratccl Kankakee fiat Lime stone quu.rrie~.

Fresh ·wood-burned Lime u1ways on hmH1.

Kankakee Ill. ---------·-~ --------

J. A. LANCLAIS. nnnl<sC'llur H.ta.limwr <tll(l Wil1 u J\1 crchallt.

I 7 7 Ht Jo,eph Htrcot, t;t. Itoch (Que bee) Proprietor of the celebl'ltte<) French Cla.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 'Ill dz.

Has always ou hand. nne! a.t the lowest pfices. all kinds of French and Eng-li sh dassical go:lds.

Bl:{OPHY BROS. Publishers of

BAND & ORCHESTRA lliUSIC

132& 134 Sonth 7 th. St.

PHILADELPHIA, PA. . -.. Sencl for BAND - RECORD, contain­

ing fbnr sample Eb parts to our

latest mnsic. "1\Jontbly.

DRAZY & SON, General Blacktimith.

Repa irs nf Machines, w., gons, Plows. Au<l Horse ~hodng.

A tl work clone on short notice And g uaranteed.

;'<<'ar lhe hmlge; KAN l{ AKEE. ILL.

A. J. l{OY. I> F.A LJ!: H: IN ALL _KIN])S OF

l <' resh, 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 ,

G rocerie~.

D ry Goods,

Yankee Notions.

Uourhonnais Grc;,. r , llUnoi$.

Depot of the CcleJn·ated "t:Ol.UEN CRO&>" GREG. VIGEANT, Fine Cut. Esta.blished 1856.

s. ALPINEH, ARCHITECT, 1\Ia.nufa.et.urcr of FINE CIGAltH, tt11d t1l'a.!n in

!'in1oldng ancl ('.hewing Tobaecos ttnd All mntls ItooJHS [) and 11, of Smoker s ' Artieles.

No. 22 E~tst Ave. n:ankakce, m. (5 LA SALLE STREET, CUIC!lGO, ILL.

JOSEPH GILLOTT'S cJtctt .!en~.

GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. Hi~ Celebrated Numbers,

303...:_404- 1 70-604--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. 13. E. COON. Office of

FORMAN & COON, Pnwtical house Pa.int.Prs, and Dr alers in WaH

Paper and Window Shades, Painter'S Stock ami Tools.

Paper Hang·ing and Decoratiug. One door south of Post Olllm•, K ANKAKKFl, 11, 1,.

K. L. .BOYt;E:\' . Undertaker.

JOACHIM DESLAURIERS. Genera l Blat:ksmith .

H orse shoeing a ' peeialty. Wood work of all kind.

Sa.tisfaction guaranteed. Corner Court strel't & 3rJ. Ave.

Kankakee; Ill.

~iFEELEY & CO.l~

Gold and Silversmiths.

CHURCH ORNAMENTS.

Relig'ions, Gnl.duating& Reward

:ned als,

Of Choice Designs ·and Fine

vVorkm~tnshi p.

AI.l, GOODS AT FACTOltY PRICKS.

Send for catalogue.

OFFICE & FACTORY, 1!>5 EDDY S'l'REET ,

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 AND DEALER

SCBOOI,BOOR~. LEGAL 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 KIN DS. KANKAKEE, ILL. WAREH.OOMS ON EAIST A VENUE. TOYS, CMQUET. BABY CARRIAGES.

DF.ALEl~ L"<'

Jia;rdwa1·e, Stoves and Tinware, ll{;VN, NAILS AND WAGON S'f0( 'K

No. 13 EAST A VENUE, KANKAKEE, ILL.

J obbing Done to 01·de1·.

D. Q. Scheppers, M.D. 292 Larrabee St. Chicago, HI.

Dr. SCHEPPERS will be in Bcmrbonnn.is on the 1st. ·Of

each month. J. W. BUTLEN PAPER Co.

Wholesale Paper ~ealers.

A full line of Cards and Wedding goods k ept constantly on hand

Nos. 1 7 3 & 1 7 5 Adams Street, GI-II9AGO, ILL.

FRED ZIPP.

--------------------------------ll. J. HANNA,

WIIOLE8A L I£ & H.E'l'AIL

GROCER AND

COl\IMISSlON MERCHANT. 43 Uourt Street!'

KANKAKEE,ILL.

BRAYTON & CHRISTIAN DJ~A LERS in 1\<Icn's, Wom <;ln's, Mi SS<' S' ;~,n (\

Chil<lren's fine and m~dinrn Shoes; al~o all sizes and g:ntdes o[ Boots. Rpccial inducement.R for

Students. Two doors north of Post Office.

Kankakee, I ll.

KERR BRO'S, HARDWARE, STOVE:-., IRON

STEEL, TINWARE, NAILS, &c., .Job work done in any part of the County. CORNER COURT ST. & SCHUYLER AVENUE·

KANKAKEE, ILL. The oldest Boot & Shoo Honse in the Cit.y. E. D. BERflF.RON, M. n.

Customer s will always have good Bl1rgains. Assist.ant Surgeon, Mercy Hospitn.l '81 No. 17 Court st. K::mlmkcc, Ill. Resident. J>hysic.ian, Alex ian Hospttal Chicago '82

Res idence, Bourbonnais Grove Ill.

MUHLBAlJER BEHRLE,

Publishers, Importers

AND Book-Sellers,

Dealers in

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

108 ST. VlATEUR'S COJJLU.:Ul!{ JOURNAL.

.f . .f. SCHUBEHT. PROl'RIETOI~ 0 F THE

German, French and American Pharmacy. , Oor. East Al'e . & Merchant ;,-t.

KA N !iAl,g t<:, Ill. Kn<'P~ co n~tant.Jy on haud a full line of DRUGS. MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS ETC, ETC. Also a fine line of Toilet Articles of all

kinlls. Fine Cigar s and 'l'olmeeo. ~ \JAb lo ,\NU SF.!'- M l, . ~:;$

Preston Sanasack. BOU RBONNA'fS GROVE, ILL.

Gcueral Store. Dealer in Clroecries, Dry goods, Hardware, Cutlery. Glassware.

Also keeps eonstaHtly on h<wd a large stock of lmADY-iiiADI~ CLOTillNG,

FAMILY MEDICINES, AtHl whole,ale Liquors.

LOUlS GOUDIWAU, Jr.

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 Ci11ling on

T. O'GORMAN. East Avenue,

Kankakee.

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. A Large Stock of Women's, Misses'

Children's, Men's, Boys', and Youth~'. Bargains in Crockery and o·Jassware. 25 Court St., Next to 1st National Bank.

Kanl;akce, I ll.

G. 0. ANDREWS. MERCHANT TAILOR

Gents' F nrnislling Goods, Hats and Caps.

EAST A VENUE, Kline Block KANKAKEE, I LL.

C. WUJ .F. Brtl'l:>er Sh op

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.

~otn J.PmnG )nlh~tUtiJ. DmECTED BY THI~ Srsnms oF THE

Co GREGATION ol" Nontm DAME. This Jnstit.uti<lll atl'onls ever y tldVfiilta":e to

Yt>llll l!; Lndi i'S !l res irous of ohtaill 'in~ 1> sol i a and liui shrd Ccillca.oion. For pa1·ti cuh1rs apply to

Mother t:l uperiur, Notre D'ame Acn<lt·my,

· Bot11; uonrati ~ G ron~ . IL~ NKAlmE Co., lr.r,

SCHOOL BOOKS. . LEGAL BJ.ANKS. F R A N K E. B E L LA .1\I Y .

DICALI<:R I N

STA'1...,.IONI~RY. Books, News, M u sh:,

Wall-Paper, Window Sh ades. KANKAKEg, lLL.

TOYS PICTURES. BABY CARRIAGES'

CIIAS. KNOWLTON'S

NEW PHOTOGRAPHI C STUDIO,

Dearborn Avenue 1st. Door South of Court St,

East Side, KANKAKEE, JLL.

(@l;Jlli~Uta~JC~~hd ~J!hfd Opposite I. c. Depot.

FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATION. FltEE 'llUS.S TO AND F IWM DEPOTS.

c. G. UBELLAR, P tWPRIW!'OR.

Dealer in American and Sw iss Watches. Silver and P lated ware, Jewelry, Clocks, all kinds of Musical Instruments. '\Vatches and Jewelry carefully repaired by best wOl'kn~en and vVnrranted.

East Avenue, 1 door south of Knetch 's Bloelc

KANKAKEE ILLINOIS. Staple a •tcl Fan cy Groteries.

40 Court Street KANKAI\I<: E, Ir.r...

las. H. ~ellows & Co. A CARD. --To all whom it may concern.

Havi ng arlopted t he One Price System tn all my l>atrons, J wil l g iv e

a further Discount of 10 Per cent to

all Clergymen, Professors and Students

of Bourbonnais College. Call at tbe

Philladelpllla One Price Clothing

Hall No. 8 Court St. Kankakee Ill.

l\1. Rohrheimcr, Prop. ------------------

Ell. DESJ,A URIEHS. .A H'J'lS'l'lC 'l ' ATLOH. , (iive him a call.

Court St. No. 13 Kankakee, Ill.

Kurrasch and Stege, PtopTietors of

(The Old Beaucharnp&Babel.) PRESCRIPTION DRUC STQRE,

Whero yon can fh•d the Large.st axsortr mr·•n or Hair :t n(j Tnot.h BruRhe; 'rorlet <Wticl es Per flllll l11'Y, Soaps, Sponges aud a.l l !•arie~ics of ill'll t;t; i8t 8undr1 P~.

All should give them a G:tll , N'o. fi. COUll'!' S•J•. TJI:LEJ.'HONF!. No. 10

A'. Ehrich EAS'l~j]OURT STREET

KANKAKEE. Dealer in choicest Groeeries. choicest

lJrutHls of .B' lom. Keeps on band eonsl>il.ntly a larg·e assor tment of Feed aud Prod uce.

Please call and see me before g,oi ng any place e l se . .

H. L Crawford & Co., WHOLESALE & RETAIL

GROCERS. No. 36 Court Street.

KANKAKEE, ILL. WTYP &(f .. -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 ·PAPinls. Send for est in1ales

BENZIGER BROTHERS,

Printers to the Holy Apostoli c See

P •ubli8hers &; Book~euen;

also manufacturers and importers of'

(~ltllllxth ~Jrh~~amt11d:e: atul

~ t:e:f~nt~f:e:. No. t 06 South Fourth St.

ST. LOUIS, MO. Tl 1e •·JO UJINA TJ ' fi l>i-w.,eldy l-"'flCl' cl evot~d to HC!E ;Il CE. LITKHATffitE lllll l AlU, puJJli~ l l<'d by 1ch<' Hl.lllle ut.s of St. VlATEUU'H OOLLEGE, u·ounllONNATfl GR.()VE, ILL.

The "JOURNA L" is a first eli.l£s medium for "ABVEltTISlNG." Spe­ein l attention paid to the pl'inting of

BUSINESS CARDS. BILL 1-IEADS, ETC. ~ T erms .reasonable. ~

Tho "JOUBNAL" will be mailed to any address for

$ 1.50 PER ANNU1\1 $ 0.75 SIX MONTHS

THE STUD];NTS, Edit01·s-P1·oprietor~