The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-03-05

MEExE, March 3, 1874.
! Mr.. EDITOR The week just CLOSED
has been a remarkable one in Meeme
The Rev. P. p. Cooney and Father Ma
honey, members of tie order of tie Holy
Cross at Notre Dame, Indiana, gave .
mission in St. Isidores' Catholic Church
commencing on Sunday, the 22d of Feb
luary and ending ON Monday, March thu
the I'd. Crowds of people daily throDgee
the spacious edtiee to listen to the clio
quent preachings Of the holy fathers. Flo
quent indeed they were, especially tina,
of the Rev. P. P. Cooney who is =
man of extraordinary Intellectual power,
sublime mora character. and passionate,
soul stirring eloquence. In the course OF
these Fine days he delivered moro than
twenty I've sermons upon the various top
les connected with the salvation CT man
which for depth of reasoning. soundness of
logic and force of delivery, surpassed any
thing that it has ever been my good fortune
I listen to. But the principal jewel in the
crown o. his glory was the organization of
4 Temperance Society, nnSunday afternoon.
After powerful discourse on he evils OF
intemperance he invired all the sterner sex
who wi,hei to sever the chains that bound
them to King. Alchohol to step forward.
He was not prepared for the result, nor
did his most sanguine hopes antici-
pate such a general uprising. Nearly
every male member present arose rs If one
man, fully impressed with the soleLanity
of the occasion and the awful responsi-
biIity of the act which they were about to
perform, advanced to the alter, before which
all reverently knelt. The scene ~as now
impressive in the extreme. There in the
presence Of four holy ministers of the gos-
pei and beneath the gaze of mothers.
sisters and sweet-hearts, who were
weeping tears Of joy, melt more
than one hundred of the youth and man
hood of the congregation. There in the
presence of those solemn and living wit
nesses, this bonored one hundred firmly
and fearlessly renowned all further con
nection with the accursed poison that is
wrecking thousands Of families and filing
the world with wretchedness and woe
T.ere with int.llects unimpai:ed, and in
the full possession of their faculties, they
gladly bid adieu to the demon of destruc-
ton" and successfully leaped the "b!oody
chasm'' into which sooner or later Will be
hurled the tippler and the drunkard.
All honor to this spartan one hundred,
and all honor and success to their cause.
They are indeed embarked in q great un.
dertaking, an undertaking that was much
needed, and that certainly will not lag, -
men of the right spirit and enterprise
are connected with it. The frst meeting
of the society will take place at the School
House near Mulhollands, on Saturday
evening, March the 7th. At this meeting
name will be given to the Society; con-
slit n.ion adopted; officers elected and the
nature of the:banners badges &c. determin-
ed upon. A library of q solid reading
matter will be established in connection
with the Society, which of course will
greatly add 70 its morality and usefulness.
The Grange organization, too, promises
to be a great success. At the last meet
ing of the Society instructions had not ar
rived from head quarters and hence the
members adjourned without transacting
any business. further than the election Of
officers and the enrolment Of the names Of
those who wished to become members.
Henry Mulholland 10 President, James
Taugher Treasurer and John Carey Sec
rotary. More than 6ity names are already
enrolled and many others are expected to
join at the next meeting. l understand
the instructions from headquarters have al
ready arrived and will be acted upcu ct
the next general meeting.
Rev. Father Coonev delivered his lecture
On THE Question of Questions" last night.
The church was flied to its utmost CO.
pscity by a intelligent aud enthusiastic
audience, many Of whom came from your
city and other different points, solely for
the purpose of listening to the distinguish
ed orator. He was in his happiest vein,
and treated his subject with that beauti-
full soul charming tact and eloquencs which
characterize all his discoarses. In fact, he
surpassed even himself. In language
chaste and elegant; and with gestures grace.
full and attractive, he delineated his sub.
lime topic ard rolled conviction into the
hearts of his hearers The pathos and
subIimity Of bis peroration are beyond de-
scription. During its delivery, the Drop
ping of q pin might be distinctly heard in
any part Of the church, 70 awful wAs the
silence; and at its conclusion many .
prayer WAS waited to heaven in thankful
ness for the privilege Of being prssent At
such . grand inteilecsus! feast. The rever-
cad gentleman with his associate leaves
here to-day bearing the good wishes of all
those who had he happiness 10 be present
at even one Of their discourpes.
No "eAtnef - pe1uSllu.--evefy ln0'c4-
ton OF an early srring. Being farasrs al,
We clay this AAttennE pnet ion 70 our
souls and patiently await its appearance.
HOOK.
/ A philosophical X sntsckian who was the
envied possessor Of one shirt, while lying
in bed awaiting its return from the line
where is was tapping in solitary grandeur,
wus startled by an excianation frO0 his
wife to the effect tast ''tbe calf has eaten
it." To this be replied With IN equanimj.
~ worthy Of q noble Gauss, "Thsa who