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THE SCEANTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING, JA2FTJARY 5, 1896.
Week's Record
; of Social Events
Winter Doings Among Prominent
Leaders of the Season's Gaiety.
PARTIES, WEDDIXGS AND TEAS
fbt Gamut of the Week's Events Sounded
in Short Paragraphs-Quests and En
1 , tertainers Personal Mention Re
duced to a Compact Compass.
Society leaders are authority for the
sttaitetnent 'that never In recent years
. has Bcranton experienced sudh a dull
holiday social season as during 'the two
weeks Just passed.. Of course, there
was here and ithere a small and early,
n. sledghrlde party, a family gathering,
or a house dance and ithe like, but thy
large and dressy, formal ithlng was
conspicuous only by Its loss.
Young folks will have good times
you can't suppress them but this win
ter they lhave longed tn vailn for the
formal and swell events wOiich are usu
ally prepared for a week in advance,
and not forgotten until tang atterward.
Many .reasons have been advanced, but
If 'an honest vote were taken It would
probably be found itbait paterfamilias
has not as much ready money as he had
three and four years ago. It may
eem coarse ito associate a person s
pocket-book with sooial ' doings, but
there is no Shying the fact that if
business Is dull the effect will be ap
parent on social pastimes. Such is
the eentlment expressed by many
who have one thumb on ithe vulse of
business and the other on the pulse of
ootety.
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It cost the Bachelors about $900 to
fjkva their ball on New Year's eve, and
yet the revenue from the affair netted
less than a half-dollar over the total
expenditure. This result far exceeded
Dire expectations of the commlltitee, and
wfll tnbai!)ly be the means of making
she Bachelors' ball a permanent an
nual feature.
The Bachelors held a meeting Thurs
iflaiy evening and re-rfected the '94 com
mittee. 11. P. Mlmpson was chosen presl
dent; A. O. Hunt, treasurer, and B. K.
"Watson, secretary. After the) ball of a
year ago there was a deficit
In the treasury of $25 and there
by hangs a tale. During . the
past week a prominent business
(nan, a resident of Green Ridge, sent
ttte Bachelors a check for $25, and an
other well-known gentleman, of .the
central city, sent a check for $10.
Whether or not 'these donations were
preferred because the gentlemen had
learned of ithe 1894 defl6it does not ap
pear, but the .point of the episode lies
in the fact ithat the Bachelors returned
the checks with thanks. They would
have ibeen glad Ito have sold tickets for
the amounts mentioned, but the line
was drawn, on the aftermath.
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Several conferences have been held
during the last few days among the
well ynown men and women interested
in th.: -ness to be given next month
lor the w.i.,.'f the Lackawanna hos
pital. M.xs Llla A. Stuart, of King
ston, N. Y., who will drill the per
formers. Is In the city and will conduct
the first rehearsal next Wednesday at
a place to be decided upon later.
While the names of the several com
mi t tee g and dancers have praoticallv
been decided upon, the lists cannot be
made public until notf-atlons and ac
ceptances have respectively been given
and received. The executive commit
tee Is composed of the following: Mrs,
C. L. Frey, president; Mrs. H. M. Boles,
Mrs. E. Li. Fuller, Mrs. M. W. Lowry
Mrs. L. S. Oakford, Mrs. D. E. Taylor,
, James P. Dickson, vice-president; E. E,
Chase, secretary; J. George Elsele,
treasurer. There will bo an advisory
board of representative business men
and several Important general commit
tees. The Klrmess will be given during
the week of Feb. 4.
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Among the holiday season weddings
were the following: Miss 'my Mulley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose
Mulley, of the North End, to Richard
R. Cowles, of Tlllery, N. C; Mis Mary
Nichols, daughter of Mrs. Thomas
Nichols, of Jackson street, to Thomas
Thomas; Mlsa Annie Reese and Owen
Metzgar, both of McKeever's lane; Miss
Anna C. Roche, of West Market street,
tq Dr. G. Colvllle; Miss Jessie C. Torry,
of Clinton place, to Frederick 8. Qod
frey, of the Lackawanna Valley House.
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Next week will be the week of prayer
in the Second Presbyterian church, and
the fumllles represented In Its congre.
gatlon may be expected to put aside
the lighter things of the world for
- period of religious devotion. The ef
fect will be an added blanket to a social
condition which had previously been
pretty well smothered.
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The Misses Hanley. Miss Plerson
Miss Sally Wells, of Cazenovla; Miss
Elizabeth Torrey and A. I Williams,
jr.1. Beven Pecker, William i. tiley. Jr.
. and H.-8. and W. B. Klrkpatrick, after
iv New Year's eve sleigh ride, enjoyed a
. .supper and danced the new year in at
the Hanley residence on Monroe ave.
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Tha Qompertz-Aahenbrand wedding
ftt Pitt a ton Wednesday evening was at
tended by Mr. and Mrs. M. Brown, Mr,
and Mrs. Moses, the Misses Moses, Mrs,
;:' Harris, the Misses Harris, Isaac Brown,
Isadore Brown and H. N. Harris, all of
' Bcranton. . .
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A sleighing party given by Miss Will
lams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Williams, last night was chaperoned by
MP. and Mrs. Frank D. McQowan. Sup
per and danclne was later en Invert nt
the Williams residence, 444 Jefferson
venue.
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One of he Interestingsocial events
-f the week on the West Side will be
. the sooial of St. Brenden council of the
f Ydung Men's Institute at Mears' hall
next Friday e-vjcnlng. Extensive!
rangements are being made for It.
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An Informal 'musleola
' Tuesday evening by Mrs. U. T. Black
. .ror ner .guest; Mrs. Cecelia Nlles. of
New York, who sang at the twilight
. recital New Year's afternoon In Elm
,. rark church,
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Mlsa Mary Torrey, at the residence of
V . hw ftQrenta ' Mi and Mrs .To mm u
Torrey, gave an Informal dancing party
i w new rear s eve ror ner cousins, the
Misses Wells, of Cazenovla, N. Y.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Atherton, of West
Market street, gave a New Year's day
dinner to .a large number of relatives,
' among1, whom were represented four
generations of the family.
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i.., f The attendance at the Lehigh Dies
, ana Banjo clubs' concert at the Froth
.Ingham Thursday evening was not as
; ... large as the excellent entertainment
warranted.
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Miss Ella Williams gave an informal
Bandy pull for a number of friends
s night at the residence of
re Benore oh South Main ave- I
Mrs. George
nue.
There Is .a well authenticated rumor
that the Yale Glee club will Rive a
concert In this city the evening of Feb.
23, Washington's birthday..
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The third annual New Year's social
of the Enterprise Dancing class was
given Tuesday night In Excelsior hall.
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The New Year's night smoker of the
Green Ridge wheelmen was attended
by many members and their friends.
The Young People's assembly enjoyed
largely attended and delightful hop at
Slegel's New Year's night.
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Carl Welles on New. Year's night In
formally entertained a number of
friends at dinner.
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Belln gave an
euchre party on Wednesday evening.
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PERSONAL MENTION:
fltuilanta who were here for the holi
day vacation have returned to school and
college as follows: B. K. Evans, 'irinuy
college, Hartford; Philip Davles, F.xeter
acudemy, N. 11.; Miss Bertha Kelly,
Hloomsburg; Ming Margaret Houae,
Brooklyn; James Whelan, Villa Nova col
lege; SUms Mamie Reap, East Strouds
burg Normal school; Miss Mamie Morgan
and Miss Mabel Yost, Hloomsburg; David
Thomas, Exeter academy, N. H. ; f reel
Parr. Wvoinlnir seminary: John 'Ionian
University of Pennsylvania; Miss Mary
Tv s and -MIhh Huttle uvans, mji
Stroudsburg Normal school.
Court Stenographer H. H. Coston Is en
tertalnlng his wife's parents. Attorney
and Mrs. Plnney S. Bee, of Fargo, N. li.
They will syeml a few months In Scran,
ton. Attorney Bee Is a prominent law.
yer of the west.
Frank A. Harrington, superintendent of
thn Mohawk d v Hlon of the New nor
Central railroad, and Mrs. Harrington at
tended the funeral ot W. w. vtinion
Thursday. They were the gucBts of A.
;. Wlnton.
MIhs Qearhart and her guests, Miss
Fretz. of l'lilludellihtu. and Mhts Meserote,
of New York, and Miss Shercr and Miss
Alice Matthews, left the city yeaterduy
morning to resume their studies at Wells
college.
Charles W. Fulton, formerly of Roulder,
Col., son-in-law of William Connell, has
deelduu to locate In Bcranton. He will
be connected with the Hunt & Connell Co,
Miss Leona Tarbell, of Winona, Minn.,
who has been visiting relatives here, re.
turned Thursday to Smith college. North,
ampton, Mass., where she Is a student.
Dr. P. J. McAndrew, Is te of the Lacka
wanna hosnitul. Miss McAndrew and Kev,
A. McAndrew. of Wllkes-uarre, sauea
Tuesday from New York for Europe.
Georse P. Barton, for many years In
the employ of Matthews Bros., druggists,
Intends soon to establish a drug store on
Penn avenue.
Dr. Rudlsall. of the Lackawanna hos.
Dltul. Is spending a two weeks' vacation
with his parents In Virginia.
James Qearhart and his guest. How.
ard Fuller, returned on Thursday to La
fayette college.
CaDtaln Bert Chase was engaged In New
York city on business during the weeK.-
Rev. Rogers Israel, of St. Luke's, en.
joyed a vacation during the week.
Judge H. M. Edwards presided at the
Utlca eisteddfod Monday.
Solomon Oetlnger Is visiting his parents
In Baltimore.
Simon Lauer was in New York city dur
Ing the week.
THE FLY-AWAY HORSE.
Oh, a wonderful horse Is the Fly-Away
Horse
Perhuns you have seen him before;
Perhaps, while you slept, his shadow has
sweDt
Through the moonlight that floats on
the floor.
For It's only at night, when the stars
twinkle bright.
That the Fly-Away Horse, with a neigh
And a pull at his rein and a toss of his
mane.
Is up on his heels and away!
The moon In the sky,
As he salloueth by.
Cries: "Oh, what a marvellous sight!"
And the stars In dismay
Hide their faces away
In the lap of old Orandmother Night,
It Is yonder, out- yonder, the Fly-Away
Horse v
Speedeth ever and ever away-
Over meadows and lanes, over mountains
and plains,
Over streamlets that sing at their play
And over the sea like a ghost sweepeth
he,
While the ships they go sailing below,
And he speedeth so fast that the men nt
mast
Adjudge him some portent of woe.
"What ho there!" they cry,
As he flourishes by
With a whisk of his beautiful tall;
And the flsh In the sea
Are as scared as can be,
From the nautilus up to the whale!
And the Fly-Away Horse seeks those far
away lands
You little folk dream of at night
Where candy trees grow, and honey
brooks flow.
And cornfields with popcorn are white;
And the beusts In .the wood are ever so
good
T children who visit thorn there
What glory astride of a lion to ride,
Or to wrestle around with a bear!
The monkeys they say:
"Come on, let us play,"
And they frisk In the cocoanut trees;
While the parrots that cling
To the peanut vines sing
Or converse with comparative ease!.
Off! scamper to bed you shall ride him
tonight;
For. as soon as you've fallon asleop,
With a jubilant neigh he shall bear you
away
Over forest and hillside and deep!
But tell us, my dear, all you see and you
hear
In those beautiful lands over there.
Where the Ely-Away Horse wings his far
away course
With the wee one consigned to his care,
Then grandma will cry
In amasoment: "Oh, my!"
And she'll think It could never be so;
And only we two
Will know It Is true
You and I, little precious! will know!
Eugene Field, In Chicago Record.
THE UNKISSED KISS.
I have kissed the girls a plenty,'
Aited from one year old to twenty.
Kisses better far than honey, I can tuste
their sweetness yet.
But fur dearer than the kisses
Given me by kindly misses,
Is the ever verdant mem'ry of a kiss
did not get.
For one winsome little fairy,
With a srace so light and airy,
Kent me ever fondly saying, "I'll achieve
my purpose yet."
But at length she slyly vanished
With the sift for which I famished,
And she loft me sadly sighing for the
kiss I did not get.
Reader, pardon this digression
Does uursult or does possession
The greater pleasure brlngT I really con
not say, and yet
I've forgotten many misses '
. Who bestowed on ms their kisses.
But I'll always recollect the girl whose
- kiss I did not get.
Now, of course, there Is a moral
In this simple story, for all
Those Indiscreet young ladles, who WM
sometimes much regret
. That they gave their kisses freely,
For they'll tlnd a lover really
May remember more than all the rest the
kiss he did not get.
Chicago Record.
ew Year'
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1 IJC VUUllJCJ Ul V
Historic Quebec
Life. Among the '-Habitants Is Very
Primitive, Yet Very Happy.
MANY MEMORABLE STRICTURES
Interesting Foots About the Celebrated
Basilica, the Scs of tho Archbishop of
Quebee-Splendorof the Protestant
Churches-Political Problems.
Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
Quebec, Deo. 24. Ecclesiastical Que
bec Is hardly less Attractive to the visi
tor than Military Quebec, for In the
churches, seminaries and convents Is
embodied the religious life ef a city still
breathing ithe monastic spirit of the
Seventeenth century. A full descrip
tion of the many places and objects of
Interest thait we visited hare, and were
pointed out to us, would .take me far be
yond ithe limit I have prescribed to my
self or space alloted me. I will, there
fore, muke brief mention of only a few
of the most Important.
The churches of Quebec are neither
so numerous nor as line structures as
those In Montreal. Perhaps the most
Interesting church In Quebec Is the
Basilica, or Roman catholic came
drat. This church Is the See of the arch
bishop of Quebec, elevated to 'that rank
by Pope Plus IX, In 1874, and Is the
only church of that dignity in America.
It occupies the site of the ancient
church of Notre Dame, erected in 1663,
by Champlaln. and founded by Bishop
Laval, In 1666. The present structure
dutes frmm 1TD9, and is the most foreign
looking building In Quebec. Its extt?
rlor is quaint, Irregular and homely.
The Interior is massive, though not un
pleasing. It will seat 4,000 persons.
From Its tower a chime of bells sound
at 6 o'clock in the morning and 6 In the
evening.
"The "high altar" Is richly adorned,
and there are several chapels lu the
aisles. It contains many rare and beau
tlful paintings, mainly brought from
France, as early as 1793. The sacred
vestments are most gorgeous In adorn,
ment. and said to be the finest In Amer
lea. Many of thorn were gifts from the
French kings. They are shown to the
visitor on application to the verger,
with the accompanying fee. Within
Its walls aire Interred the remains of
Bishops Laval, Flessls, Champlaln, the
heroic evplorer; Count Frontenac, the
chilvalrlc governor, and others of Que.
bee's most notable historic figures,
Near ito ithe Basilica Is the cardinal's
palace, the official residence of His Em
inence, Cardinal Tuschereau, - airch
bishop of Quebec, surrounded by quiet
gardens. In the grand reception room
are the throne of the cardinal, busts
and portraits of all his predecessors,
and his rare gifts from the Pope.
The Seminary of Quebec adjoins the
Basilica on the north, and covers sev
erail acres with Un plies of quaint and
rambling buildings and neat gardens
The quadrangle, with Its old Irregular
buildings, the spotless neatness of the
grounds, the massive walls, etc., will
claim ithe Interest of 'the visitor. No
such building could be seen anywhere
Bave in Quebec. The seminary was
founded In 1663, by Bishop Laval, who
endowed It with great wealth. It Is the
oldest school in Canada, and has been
the ceiftnal power ' of the Catholic
church In this province for over two
centuries. Visitors are conducted over
the building In a count eous manner.
Laval I nlvemity.
Crowning the cliffs attempted by the
American General Montgomery In 1775,
stands ithe stately edifices of the Laval
university, the chief seat of French cul
turein the Dominion. It is located be
tween the seminary gardens and the
ramparts. It was founded in 1852 and
grew out of the Seminary of Quebec.
The main building is 280 feet long and
five stories high, built of cut stone and
cost 1225.000. The roof is a flat, sanded
platform, protected by a heavy ratling,
where the teachers and students prom.
enade and enjoy the grand view of the
city, 'the river and the mountain cen.
ery. There are several hundred stu.
dents and teachers Who are recognized
in the streets by their peculiar uniform.
Its large hall of convocation hua Beats
for 2.000 persons, besides the galleries,
It has a museum, a library of nearly
luo.ooo volumes, and an art gallery.
These contain valuable relics, collec
uons ana an treasures. Here are
are a 'number of Indian relics, lmple
merits and weapons of Huron antiqui
ties. Here are prepared specimens of
Canadian animals, flsh and birds, and a
herbarium of 10,000 plants,
The chapel contains many valuable
paintings, mostly the works of the old
masters. It is claimed to be the finest
gallery on this continent, outside of
New York. Fourteen colleges and four
grand seminaries are affiliated to this
university. Upon the ramparts and
walls overlooking the university Is a
battery of smooth bore cannon.
I'rsullno Convent. .
This convent Is located In Garden
street, and is a spacious pile of build
Ings. covering seven acres, with Its gar
dens, ofilces, etc., and founded In 162$.
the oldest convent In Canada, , There
arc forty nuns who are devoted to
teaching girls, and also to working in
psintmg. embroidery and fancy art!
cite. The parlors and chapel may be
visited by permission of the chaplain
Here too are some valuable paintings,
the works of the most noted artists.
In the shrines are relics of St, Cle
ment, martyr, and other saints from tho
Roman catacombs;., the skull of St.
Justus, (1692), a parcel of the holy cross.
In 1867, a parcel of the crown of thorns,
bi ought from Paris In 1830, otc; but
perhaps Its chief attraotlon, above even
the ecclesiastical relics enshrined here,
is the skull of Montcalm, whose remains
are Interred within the precincts of the
convent, In a gray made by a shell
which brust In this chapel during tho
bombardment of not. over his re
mains is this Inscription In French
"Here Is burled the High and Mighty
Lord, Louis Joseph, Marquis of Mont
calm." Carefully preserved under
glass, In the chaplain's parlor, Is Mont
calm's skull, which Is shown to the
visitor as an object worthy of great
veneration.
Another Institution highly prized by
Quobecers Is the Hotel Dleu Convent
and Hospital, founded In 16.19. It Is the
most extensive pile of buildings In Que.
bee, and will accommodate 650 pntlents,
The convent churon contains many val
uable pictures and precious relics, and
the bones of many French martyrs are
preserved here.
Alorrlu College,
Morrln college the divinity hall of
the Presbyterian denomination Is a
massive atone building, and the' only
non-Eplscopnl Protestant college In the
province. It was rounded by Dr. Mor
rln, In 1862, with five professors, and
has had but little succets as an eduoa
tlonal Institution. The building was
i. tha uYivornmpnl. in 1810. for
. .,. on' the alts of an ancient fort
... r.hnm,,iln's era. It was used as a
prison until the new penitentiary wa
built on the Plains of Abraham. The
library of the Quebec Literary and His
torical society occupies one wing of the
college, and contains a rare collection
of books relating to Canadian history.
There Is a museum connected with the
library.
There are in Quebec Itwo- Presby
terian, one Baptist and one MethodlBt
church also ' St. Patrick's cathedral,
with an English speaking preacher.
TheohurchofticoUandaind the principal
denominations of dissenters are also
church wiith Its .school, Is maintained by
Scottish Presbyterians, and Chalmer'a
church Is a Presbyterian place of wor
ship of aome note. The Episcopal
churches are 'the most imposing and in
teresting. The English cathedral was
erected In 1804, and Is situated on a
stately square near the terrace, sur
rounded 'by beautiful linden trees. It
Is 135 fecit long, with a spire 155 feeit
high, bulH by the British government,
in Roman style of architecture. Among
them are General Monckton and the
Duke of Richmond, a former governor
of Canada, who died In 1819. of hydro
phobia, and whose remains lie near the
pulpit. Ini the chanoel are the memori
als ito the early bishops of Quebec. It
contains two tattered Hags of the Sity-
nJui'th regiment of the British army,
whlchcreaiteairomanticlnterest as thty
adorn the high pulpit. There is a
chime of lght bells In Its tower. Its
windows are of rich stained glass. Its
superb communion service, altar cloths
and books were presented by King
Oeoige III.
Opposite the cathedra Is the resi
dences Dea'ii Norman, whose stately
form wa often seen on the streets in his
ecclesiastical dress. St. M .thew's Epls
coyai;.or Anglican churol out on Sit.
John's' street, is an old land mark. It
la surrounded on three sides by an in
teresting old burying 'ground, dating
back to 1759, In whleh are tombs erect
ed to molted personages, among them,
one to the brother of Sir Walter Scott;
while near. Is St. Jean Baptlste a
French Catholic and In the suburbs
are St. Suuveur and St. Roch's Roman
Catholic churches, all stately edifices.
The Habitants.
The qualinit and picturesque figures of
the so-called "habitant," forms an ln
taitititlng feature to ithe vlslitor and
we'll worthy of description. Those an
olent and peculiar people still preserve
the traditions and maintain muoh of
the civil and religious charaotor of that
early itlTne. The visitor should take
time to mingle and converse with the
"habitant." The primitive manners and
Joyous customs of the old French Ca
nadlam has 'been described, but one
must go among theni and witness their
dally life to form a correct idea of thlr
elmjUici'ty and happiness. Nothing cam
surpass the gentle suavity or cordial
welcome with which the visitor Is re.
celved by old and young.
The "haibltant never hurries, never
worries, but goes through life in a hap
py-go-flucky content, always ready to
leave ills work for a day's tinning or a
fete, and he dances as merrily as If
no cold winter or 'trouble could over
take him. Be ;they ever so poor, they
find time to flsh, hunt, dance and go to
church, the latter example many Amer
icans, even professing Christla.ns. may
well emulaite. In our walks and drives
we never passed a church without en
tering it and we never found one empty.
Every hour of the day some devout
worshipper Is found kneeling before the
shrine of some paitron saint In the act
of devotion. The "habitants" love their
religion as they love every Inheritance
from tihetr fathers. Even when their
houses are poor, white washed cottages,
their stone church is well built and or
namented within and gilded without.
The emblem of ihls faith Is ever before
tilm.andlnourwalksanddi'lves (through
ithe environs of the city, we always
met with the imposing parish church
ana tne wayside cross. Cast your eye
hi iwliatever direction you may, you
can see
Churches here, crosses there,
Churches, crosses.
Spires and churches,
Everywhere.
In the. inteilor precincts, where they
have no churches, the missionary priest
brings them to the altar.
For food they use but little meat, but
milk and eggs, potatoe pie, and bacon
fried In maple syrup, are favorite
dishes. Their language Is Canadian
French, and among them are those
who speak English intelligibly, with
decidedly French accent. They are
law-abiding people and content with
their lot, eatlsfled to eat, drink, danco
and be merry. The poorest home ihas
Its flower bed and windows of green
ery, land some of the little balconies,
where the family gather on Sunday
blossom all over. The habitant Is close
flsted, according to American stand
ards, but he has little and lives on
primitive basis, and It is part of his re.
Hgion to cave what he Inherits. He Is
a good laborer, slow, but willing, and
his light heartedness overcomes all
difficulties.
A Prolifie Pace.
They are a prolific people, having
large1 families, many brought up In Ig
nnrance, unable to read and write. In
the country parishes, often families ar
found containing twenty to twenty-flv
cnuuren., Jt was only five years ago
that the province of Quebec passed a
law providing that 100 acres of publl
lands should ,be, given to every fattier
of a family who hud twelve children
living, Issue of a lawful marriage, and
since then no less than 1,742 fathers of
twelve or more children 'have compiled
with the conditions of tho act and re
celved the state bounty of 100 acres,
One tourldt, who has studied these
people In, their homes In the city and
country around, has declared his con
viction that, "there Is more happiness
to the square Inch In this country,
among this people, than anywhere else
on the round globe." With all their
Ignorance, evidence of high morality
lies In the fact that every habitant Is
sulf-supporting, and crime among them
Is almost unknown.
In the country precincts, especially
we are reliably told that the French Ca
nadian scorns modern agricultural Im
plements and carries on his farm as his
great, great grandfathers did ccnturle
ago. loyalty to the past Is one of his
strong characteristics and 'many a hab
itant still wears tall caps, modeled after
tOie .style of the "village folk on the
cliffs," three centuries ago. Their
houses are but one story, and their
barns are built low, lah tliabched
roofs. They have out door ovens, with
bark roofs, to shed rain.
Of late years, however, a spirit of un
rest 'has come among them. The young
folks have been touched with an ambi
tion unknown to thuir parents and have
gone to the United States for employ
ment; the mills of New England today
contain 'many thousand French Cana
dians,, There Is scarcely a- family l'i
Ulie province of Quobec but has of laite
lost one or mure ot Its members In this
way, and when they return to visit the
old folks with their prosperous appear
anoe and Amercanlsed manners, oth
ers are stimulated to follow their exam
ple. . Thus a change Is coming over
French Canada that In time will de-
troy I ts snclent cwstums,
I The Provlnea's Future.
inougn wueuw is now unuer me
peaceful rule of Qreat Britain, Interest
does not altogether cease in the early
rulers of the colony. The resident
French population are conciliated by
tolerance to their religion and other lib
eral measures; and since the consolida
tion of all the provinces Into the Domin
ion of Canada, in 1867, the imperial
government .have manifested a desire
to give Independence to the new state,
and the Dominion, endowed with auto
matic powers, haamade rapid advances,
building great railways, bridges and
canals, and forwarding Internal Im
provements. Canadian statesmen are
now maturing plans for the return of
the 500,000 French Canadians now in
the United States, hoping thereby to
restore the province of Quebec to her
former pre-eminence and ito populate
her waste places.
Sir Charles Dllke says: "There nas
been no dying out of the race among
the French Canadians. They number
twenty times the thousands that they
did 100 years ago. The American sou
has left their physical type, religion,
language and laws absolutely un
touched. They herd together in their
rambling villages, dance to the fiddle
after mass on Sundays, as gaily as once
did their Norman sires, and keep up the
fleur-de-lys, and the memory of Mont-
culm. More French than the b'renca
are the lower Canada habitants. The
pulse beat of the continent finds no
echo here." ' Jdhn E. Richmond.
IS A YOl'KG MAN'S COUNTY.
Some of the Examples of Lnterprise
Shown by tho Young Ulood That Courses
Through This Young County's Veins.
Carbondale Anthracite.
Ever since the organization of Lacka
wanna county. It has practically been
a young man's county. Let us pause
awhile on the threshold of the new
year to look up ithe "Lackawanna gos
lings" who ih'avo figured conspicuously
before tlhey had their tall feathers ma
tured. As to the "baby of the bouse,"
we find f our entitled to t hat distinction,
beginning with Hon. Martin F. Lynubt,
and continuing Since with Hon. M. F.
Sando, Hon. John P. Kelly, and Hon.
Charles P. O' Mulley. All of these have
had an opportunity to show what they
could do. except the last mentloneil,
and from present evidences he will be
a wortlhy successor of the other bright
babies wihom Dackiawanna has Bent to
tQie staite legislature.
1 The' ablest among them Is Hon. John
P. Kelly, the present district attorney
of this county, and. by the way, the
leading criminal lawyer at the' bar,
w'hille yet a comparatively young man,
Hon. M. F. Sando made an excellent
member and was considered the most
popular representative during his term,
Hon. M. F. Lynott was not only the
"baby of the house," but he was the
youngest representaitlve that ever took
the oath of office, going Into the legisla.
ture wn his twenty-first birthday. He
Was a young man of sterling abilities.
Hon. John R. Farr, though not entitled
to be classed among the babies. Is a
oomnaratively young man, and has
Earned a reputation as a legislator not
surpassed by any of the represents
Dives of the state.
Youngsters in the Senate.
In the senate Lackawanna has also
batin irf 'presented by young men who
might have 'been styled "Lackawanna
goslings." Lieutenant-Governor Wait
res was a young man when sent to the
senate. He was succeeded by another
young man In the penson of ex-Scmator
McDonald, who, in turn, gave up his
place to the present senator, James C.
Vaughan. McDanaild and Watres have
shown excellent ability, ajid the latter
was justly considered a strong main on
the floor a'nd in committee work. Sena
tor Vaugjhan needs but the opportunity
to show he has both the ability and en
ergy to hold ithe place of his worthy
DPedecessora. So muoh for the "Lacka
wanna goslings" who have figured In
the staite parliament wfth ability not
to be disparaged, and no doubt to be
envied by many men of maturer years,
Youngsters at the Dar,
Lackawanna is not only a young
man's county In a political sense. In
other senses .the fact holds good. It
hus the distinction of being .the young.
est county in 'the state, itoo. Its bar
'In .the point of the personnel of its
members, Is the youngest and brightest
in the staite. Where Is there a county
that can boast among tts civil law
yers one so young and able as Major
Warren? Where can a 'leading orlml
nal lawyer ithe equal In ability and pro
fessional acumen of John P. Kelly be
found? Nowhere in this state can tlu e
professional gentlemen be paired in
ithelr respective branches of the law
They are models whloh the cither young
members of the bar of this county
emulate, and in consequence Lacka
wanna can boait of the brightest and
youngest bar In the commonwealth
On the bench distinction has becin won
by John F. Connolly, now of revered
memory, for h!a professional ability
displayed while ytt a young man to
be Judge of a couijty In which 'litigation
juls put in controversy enormous
money intsreats. Judge Arohbald after
ten years of distinguished service Is
ytt a young man, and Judge Harry Ed
wards Is Just In the prime of tola man
hood, and only in the budding vt a ju
dicial career that premises to crown
him the leading Judge In the state.
Youngsters of the Press.
Take'a glance now at the profesrlon
In which we claim membership by rea
son of having served our apprentice
ship. P. A. Barrett, now of the F.lmlra
Tolegiism, but at a time when he could
bo classed as a "Lackawanna go:llng,"
he was piviiprlotory editor of the Scran
ton Times. His ability has been dis
played with marked excellence In every
department on the llteiury side of the
nownpaper, and he is thoroughly con
versant with' the mechanical work as
well. John E. Barrett, the now famous
editor of the Truth, was editor of. the
Republican when he was In the class of
"Lackawanna gosling's." which then, as
now, are making Scran ton a great city,
and Lackawanna a splendid county.
Llvy 8. Richard, the present editor of
The Tribune, is perhaps the youngest
man holding such 'a responsible position
In the state. Edward J. Lynett, the
eilltor of the Sunday Free Press, took
editorial charge of that paper when
he had been but a couple of years out
of bis teens, and retains the place to
day With a professional excellence that
makus his paper the leading Sunday
journal published In Northeastern
Pennsylvania. John E. Kern, the
brlgihlt and energetic city editor of the
Republican and James F. Mitchell, who
holds' a like position on The Tribune,
and whose sterling manhood and rare
abilities give promise even now of an
enviable Journalistic future, are two
more of the "Lackawanna goslings"
that are making history for the young
est county In the state..
In municipal affairs, young men pre
dominate In' councils, board of school
oontrol, and board of trade, and with a
young, efficient, intelligent and manly
mayor at the head of the Electric City
government, wftodhall say that Lacka
wanna Is not a young man's county?
More power to the "Lackawanna goslings!"
' WHEN YOU CAN'T BAT
without that uncomfortable feeling of full
ness or drowsiness afterward, then It's time
to take Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellet. Thej
make digestion ttsuy. Keep a vial of them
in your vest-pocket, and take one after
very hearty meal.
It's time to take them, too, whenever
you "feel bilious." They're speciflo for
biliousness. They . act wonderfully upon
the liver.
These tiny, sugar-coated .Pellets the
smallest, the pleasantest to take, and the
most natural in their ways absolutely and
permanently cure Constipation, Jaundice,
Biliousness, Indigestion, Sick or Bilious
Headaches, Sour Stomach, and every liver,
stomach, and bowel disorder. .
Curoule Nasal catarrh. -
N. M. Houars, Esq., or Lakttoum, Rich Co,
Vtali, says: "I was suffering from chronlo
catarrh, and bought half-dozen bottles of your
Dr. Knirc's Ciitairli ltumedy, and I am happy to
say i urn cruaueuuy cured ot that duoase.
THE HUNT & CONNELL
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TRENTON IRON
WIRE ROPE.
VAN ALEN & C0.'S
STEEL NAILS. .
OXFORD IRON C0.S
MERCHANT BAR IRON.
REVERE RUBBER CO.'S
BELTING, PACKING AND HOSE.
FAYERWEATHER & LADEW'S
"HOYTT LEATHER BELTING.
A. B. BONNEVILLE'S
"STAR" PORTLAND CEMENT.
AMERICAN BOILER C0.S
"ECONOMY" HOT AIR FURNACES.
GRIFFING IRON CO.'S
BUNDY RADIATORS.
434 LACKAWANNA AVE.
Atlantic Refining Co
lianafacturort and Dealers la
' Linseed Oil, Napthas and Gaso
lines of all grades. Axle Grease.
Pinion Grease and Colliery Com
pound; also a large line ot Par
amne Wax Candle.
We also handle the Famous CROWN
ACME OIL, the only family safety
burning oil In the market.
Win. Mason, Manager.
Office: Coal Exchagne, Wyoming Ave.
Works at Pine Brook.
AYLESWORTH'S
MEAT MARKET
The Finest In the ( Itj.
The latest improved furnish'
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223 Wyoming Ava.
CALL UP 3682.
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A GRATEFUL PATIENT
TESTIFIES TO
DR. HACKER'S
TREATMENT OF
IIS DIMS 0 11 II
AS I WAS.
AS t AM.
I give the following statement unasked.
I have been a sufferer for so long a tuna
and have spent so much money with eo
uallod specialists and each time havo been
disappointed and misled, that It was with
a good deal of doubt that I called on DR.
HACKER. But knowing of some of tha
cures he mode In this city four years ago.
and tho confidence of the people of Bcran
ton In him then, I resolvod to try him.
It was a lucky move for me. I was
troubled with dizziness, spots floating be
fore my eyes, bad dreams, melancholy,
easily startled when spoken to, no desire
to exert myself and tired on the least ex
ertion, oupt-clally In the morning; had
no pleasure In company; very nervous
and altogether was a complete wreck.
But thanks to DR. HACKBK. I am today;
a well man. I would advise all young men
suffering as I did to call Immediately- Ire
46 days I gained in fleaa IS pounds. For
obvious reaaons I prefer to withhold my
name, but If any who suffer will call on
DR. HACKER at the Lackawanna Medi
cal Institute, he will furnish my. cam
and address.
NO CURE, NO PAY.
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Send for "Our Book" on nervous dl
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Bcranton.
OFFICE HOUItS-s a. m. to I n. as.
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Manufacturers of the Celebrated
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DALE WORKS.
Lafflln ft Rand Powder Co.'s
Orange Gun Powder
Electric Batteries, Fuses for explod
ing blasts. Safety Fuse and
Itepinno Chemical Co.'s High Explosive.
HOTEL WAVERLY
European Plan. First-class Bar at
tached. Depot for Bergner St Bogle's
Tannhaeuaer Beer.
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travelers to and from Broad Street
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