River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-08-13

flpenlng containing less water than that
cut when quite ripe. This experiment
which has been confirmed by numerous
similar ones, proves the beneficial effect
OF harvesting our grain from one TO two
weeks before it reaches complete ripeness.
THIS IS deserving the attention of all our
farmers.
ABOUT CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
Rome, July 8, Correspondence New York
Herald
The time is not yet fixed on for the as.
semblage Of the Consistory, at which the
Qualification of Christopher Columbus is
to be promulgated. The following de.
tails, taken from the Unita Cattoiicd,
will be interesting to the readers of the
Herald:
Among the satisfactory results Of the
travels i'll South America of Plus TX. we
may safely reckon the vindication of the
memory of Christopher Columbus, man
hitherto so entirely misrepresentcd and
uncomprehended by Protestant histor.
ians The history written under the aus
pices Of His holiness, by Count Rosseliy de
Lorgues, publishes the heroic virtue and
religious motives Of the immortal discov-
erer, who had been treated as an adven-
turer, showing that he was even more Of
a good Christian that great navigator.
In 1866, Cardinal Bonnet, Archbishop
of Bordeaux. proposed to the Holy Faith
er the beatihcation Of Columbus. The
French bishops generally and the Cardi-
nal Archbishop of Burgos and many
other members of the hierarchy expressed
themselves anxious that this distinction
should be awarded him. In 1870, dur.
ing the sittings of the Ecumenical Coun.
Gil, the topic was frequently discussed,
and its final consideration was postponed
until after the taking of the votes on the
nfallibility question. All was, however,
put a stop to when the invasion of Rome
rendered a reunion Of the Vatican Coun.
ell impossible.
The following year, at Cardinal Dom
nets request, Count Roselly dc Lorgues
fulfilled his task, and the history ofChris.
topher Columbus was published under the
title Of
''THE AMBASSADOR OF GOD AND OF Plus TX
The profound arguments that precede
this compendium of great career are of
sufficient Importance to prove that even
without entering into the examination Of
the principal acts Of his life. this revealcr
of new world must necessarily belong
TO the communion Of saints. The author
decides that the vocation Of Columbus
was truly marvellous; that his mission
had been frequently foretold; that he was
looked upon by the Holy See as its natu-
raj Legate to this new world, where he
became its first missionary, was the first
to plant the cross, TO proclaim the Divine
Word, to make known the Roman Lithur-
gy and teach the natives the names OF
Jesus and Mary, the Lords Prayer, the
veneration of the sign of the cross and to
lead them TO become the true sons of
God and His Church.
Count de Lorgues shows that the real
aim of Christopher Columbus was the
ransom Of the Holy Sepulchre by means
Of the riches to be found in the new re-
gion; that his heart burned with apos-
tolic zeal, and that while holding the
offices of admiral and viceroy his life was
rather that of monk than man Of the
world; that he ordained the foundation
of college for foreign missions lbs years
before the Propaganda was instituted
and openly professed the dogma of the
Immaculate Conception before its defini
| ton.
The author likewise points out mys.
FERROUS connection between the first
Christian that carried the cross into the
New World and the first Pope (Pius TX ]
that ever visited the land of the future.
tie offers proof Of the fact that Column
bus practiced, to special degree, every
theological and cardinal virtue.
He affirms that he did not owe his
great celebrity to his genius or science,
but only to his vocation, to his faith, and
to the divine grace. AS sailor he was
in no wise superior to others Of his own
time in fact, the professors Of Berlin
and Paris laughed at his ignorance OF
geography and astronomy. Notwithstand.
ing which this ignorant man, the chosen
Of God, discovered, besides the New
World, seven principal laws Of the globe,
and was, Notwithstanding the progress
made by science, unrivalled in cosmog.
raphy.