Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-07-16

anu WON Gb6I6Dy lEOm HoT audience
golden opinions by the wholesale.
The eyes of this particular "Laugh-
ing Water are not at ell of the
dreamy sort but have quite enough
passionate speculation in them to
raise by and by, q tempest in the
bosom of many pale-faced wooer.
1t may be said OF her, as Caesar said
Of Cassins, seldom she smiles, and
smiles in such sort, as if she mock
ed herself, AID seorned her spirit that
could be moved to emile at anything"
The Sisters, | am gratified to say, are
succeeding admirably in the moral
and intellectual training of this due
ky waif and deserve all praise for I'M
dertaAing the arduous and oftentimes
discouraging task.
Two pieces of music are now served,
and the audience devour them as
eagerly as they would dish Of straw
berries and cream or plate of spring
chicken and new potatoes. They
looked wisttully for more, but had to
console themselves with Miss Trea-
nor's Introductory address; which the
same, | may be permitted to remark,
is not bad for girl with very
youthful face and an attractive June
rose appearance generally. Whilet his
lady spoke many of the auditors
were inclined to be grossly and vul-
carly noisy, laughing the coarse
Cloud laugh that speaks the vacant
mind" and exercising their voices in
the highest and most disoordant key.
They were told to keep still or go
homo, but the hint didn't seem to do
the creatures much good. If any OF
those who carried on so are among
my ret ders, they will of course take
grievous offence at these unvarnished
and untrescoed statements. If SO,
can only say with Byron
This is the true criticism, and you may kiss,
just as you please, or not, the rod;
But you doL't, I'll lay it on, by -,
Where everything on i. musical pro-
gramme is almost perfectly render
ed, the reporters only way is to say
so,nuless time, and the whole English
language, and the columns of paper
like the New York Tribune or the
London Times are absolutely and en-
tirely at his command. Parties par
ticularly inter ested will therefore IN
derstand why am already awarding
laurels for proficiency in stndies to
the Misses Huxley, Spillane, Breha-
ny, O'Connor, Colsan, and Kava-
naugh, and why have nothing to say,
in detail about "Esmeralda" "Sharp
words between Minims and Juniors
"Aida," Tho little old Woman" etc
etc. The music from Che "Beauties
OF Belisario" TO the "Jubel Overture"
was really exceIlent-good enough
in fact to hold in their places that
whole promiscous and closely crowd
ed audience. Performers who can
do this are well up in their respective
parts, and it would be like an attempt
to paint the rose or GID u twenty
dollar gold piece for me to devote to
them single complimentary adjec-
tive
Miss b. Nulty, being the only
graduate, has the valedictory, OF
course, as sho ought to have, were
sho one among class of twenty. in
the main she keeps her self possession
well, though now and then her
emotions proved too strong for her,
as is evinced by quiveTing lips and
| falterlng voice. Sympathetic tears
are drawn from many eyes, tears like
| those which 'rise in the heart and
gather to the eyes while we look up
on the happy autumn folds and think
Of the days that are no more" The
closing piece Of music was OF solemn
and serious nature and formed q fit
ting compliment to the soulful and
pathetic words of the valedictory.
Father John Ireland, of St Paul,
had tho floor after the mournfuI
strains of the closing song had died
away, and right well and earnestly
did be speak for at least quarter OF
an hour. He threw himself into the
breach as the champion of St. Clara,
but needlessly, | can not hoIp think
ing, inasmuch as st. Clara. like good
old Madeira, doesn't seem to stand
in need OF even o Rov. Fathers
praises. The people know ST. Clara
by its fruits, and they like the insti-
tuition because the fruits are good
and not wormy and rotton at the
core. La this age Of Investigations,
schools, like all other human con-
Germs, have to stand upon their own
intrinsic merits-a fact of which the
faculty of St. Clara are quite as well
aware as any body can be, else their
Academy would not be the prosper
GUS and popular institution it is.
You will get good idea of the
number of visitors drawn to st. Clara
by these annual commencement ex-
ercises, if you will just ride or ramble
with me about the roomy and roman
tic grounds surrounding and belong
ing to the school. Away to west
ward the "woods are full of m'-full
Of all sorts of vehicles, all kinds OF
people in all styles of garments.
Acres upon acres are covered with
the animated and picturesque crowd.
The great trees make the place de-
ightfully cool and shady, and the
whole scene is like glimpse into
| that wonderful old time, when fauns
and fairies frisked about in the morn
ing dew. and nymphs and goddesses
did up their back hair by CHASING
themselves in the wayside brooks in
stead of Baxter's French plate mir.
rors. But whatever else these peo-
pie may do, they are distinctly and
positively human. Stomachs they
have all brought with them, likewise
the wherewithal for their wholesome
distention. Rlls of spruce beer rip
pie near at hand, while streams of
thinner-oh, how much thinner l.
drinks blub and bubble all around.
But now they have finished their