The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-08-13

money by any means are emigrating. The
bread winners are leaving the country by hun
dreos, and leaving tho women and children
old and iufirm, to be supported 10y the parishes
1t Ia reported that in one parish alone there
| are SEQ women and children thus left, though
| mauy of them receive aid from their adult
male kindred soon money can be earned
elsewhere. Groups OF eu1igrants may be seen
| almost daily ut the railway stations on the
Cornwall and West Corn all lines.
| An ardent foe of vivisection having con.
| tended in the London fortnightly that Harvey,
| by mere meditation, and without experiment
| ing on the living subject, could and shonld
circulation, the British Medical Journal refntes
| suoh notion by quoting Harvey's own words
when telling the story of bis great scientific
triumph "Devotipg myself to discover the use
| and utility of the movement of the heart in
animals, In q great nu mber of vivsections,
found the subject at drst full of difficulties
thu the secret WAS known to God alone.
Finally, from redoubled care and attention, by
multiplying and varying my experiments, and
by comparing the various results, 1 believed l
had put my finger on the truth, and commenced
unrnvelllng the labyrinth"
On the evening of July 10th the presenta-
ton of the fitch of bacon took place at Dan
NOW, England. The fitch is at the disposal
Of any couple who swear that they have lived
together in uubrokeu fidelity and affection.
I NO couples sent in caims-the Rep.Samuel
Marriott Smith, Vicar Of Harwell. Berks. and
his rife Caroline, and Mr. James Bocsey, clerk
at Trinity Church, Veutnor, and his wife. The
former couple were unable TO appear Mr. and
Mrs. Boosey were escorted from the station to
the scene OF trial by band of music. The
trial took place in the presence of about 5000
people. The jury, composed of an equal num-
Der OF bachelors and msidens, cons dered the
answers satisfactory, and awarded the Fitch OF
bacon to the worthy couple who were chaired
to high platform, where, kneeling upon sharp
stones, they took the ancient oath, and, the
fitch was handed to them enid loud cheerjn q
and the firing of cannon.
On SATURDAY. Inlv 18th a vo,no Ma~;o.u
horsebreaker named Leon, who had been n
England about month, undertook to ride q
hundred miles In five consecutive hours at the
Alexandra Park, and succeeded in accom- plish-
ing the feat in three min ties and seven seconds
less than the stipulated time. The conditions
were that he should ride the race on the ten
with him, and which were not many months
since wild on the Mexican prairies. Some of
them, however, were not yet sufficiently docile |
for him to trust TO them, and he was conse-
quently compelled to use only seven horses, |
and as one OF these fell lame before he accom-
plished half the distance, the number was
reduced to sig. Leon elected to ride on the
gravel trotting track Of the park instead of on
the grass of the race course, and as the latter
was very hard he no doubt exercised q wise |
discretion. He is q well built young man,
rather under the average height, and weighs |
under 10Y store.
The last words Of Col. James Mullgan, of |
Chicago, the famed commander of the Irish |
Brigade in the Union army, were not those
which have gone into history, aud which were |
sent broadcast into the world by the news
paper accounts of the battle in which he died.
John Lanigan, of Chicago. was a first lieuten-
ant in the Twenty-third Illinois Regiment, of
which Molligau was colonel, and was riding
beside him when he was shot through the body.
He was the first man to pick him up, aud dis
;inctly heard his last words, which were "Stop
swearing. boys, and save that flag" These re-
marks were occasioned by the fact that the
inc had been broken and the men were swear
ng and becoming demoraized and the colors
we're in danger of capture. The dying colonel,
resting on Lanigan's arm. cav the situation
md made use of the words. Lanigan after
leath to Mr.. Richardson, of the Tribune, who
lad misconstrued them into Lay me down,
out save the Gag"