The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-02-14
d. vALENrINE's DAY.
IL osigin, History. Observance
and Literature.


-. .no,r.ch of st, Valentines Day,
,.a... -. ..;,-.v mail service. the effic-
-. .,s...;..,.s <, the more romantic
-. .,;s.or IN deliver thousands of
.,ss - ~ s.o.y,c,,. messages of love,
= shs.sa.a ~ h,;,ht DISPLAYS in many
~;ndo.. ~ - she e,eam Of expectation
- m.rv . .,,.iasr,. eve The number
.,,d .~oo,,.rc. - a..;cra in Christmas,
~ 49, .,,a 49,, c.rds which have
-,,....aa n .ha -. g. wears have re-
- ~. .rc;er, c,,.ton Of o,llanfry
"a wn.,a n .hove the interchange Of
comic .nd oten eoarse messages into an
exp,r.u;on Of the purest sentiment.
The o,;y;n Of Valentines Dsy is lost in
.ntiouitv and can now be only specula-
dvely fixed. One theory is that it sprang
Aom the ancient Roman Festival Of the
1.aners,lia celebrated ON February Is.
rs.:.-.. = A. . .h.rhora,s ipvocation
-.
70 tne 0oo on feiui'ty' AS youl.e no1''S
1Tews the festival became general among
n clasues, and . college Of priests espec-
iaIly dsvosed to the service Of the god
NJ eseahlishad When the Christian
s01nouA lned feS1ans was made
70 sboliSh the heathen ieast, which By
MT sins had become mere expression
ofGialantEy; but this proving vain, the
date wAs changed to the birthday Of st.
Valentine February IA. This saint was
canonised soon after his execution by
r.a>, ~ ~,,a E,cvoror C1and;us ahout 90
U,"oI ~ ',r .uv. 49,, S s - ~ ~. -
ne wse o"i'''"'. o''"oP' ".." "o "'
made the patron OF the day, because OF
the loving charity of his character. An
c1he. theor, Z. that tho festival in ito
.-.-..-, e.. "a. -. ,,... :. :. o,d
~. 49,. ~. -. :, ., n-o.s;on
80 -, 80. oa,,r.on - an I;v
- 49,, .aI srh;oh Tarnv.on .;nas IN
~ % S:' r. 49,.
7, n. min. !. ,,v.,,.r n. ci.n... IN the
Furnished dove,
In the spring the young mans fancy lightly
turns to thoughts oflove.
heerence 70 the mating OF o'rds IN tne
sprlng, ana 10 the ieehnss OF love "nich
tn7h -tne breast n the season "heh
nasnre wakes nom her winser @eep, are
scassered tnrouen su hteiature oack 70
the earliest times. Catplllue, IN partlc-
ular, has q charming lyric on the inn
pulses offspring, which is curiously like
the opening lines Of Chaucers prologue,
whanns that Aprille with his showres
0
.co.. " ' ''-' '" ''e
And snale 'Oules maken mslodie.
Tnss aepen al 'ne nicnt win open eye:
's ANCIENT OBSERVANCE
.ne celemon'e's oi wnat ~ no" o''
vNentlne . lay IN this Siew' pecoh't'
'ne eApleslon ., great human p''SSlon'
o0c.n.sn' wl'n 'ne ,.oe' .s'en'l'e "as
I. ,s.. 80 p.,o"' :nu ,'' ua1 "a. nAea
~ n.s D.'n.y' s',np.y urtSuse r n.' m ''an,e M,
|" sTaa' !. -. :. y.'.; -. :. - M s".
g. I - m u,s. a...;s sass =, "..a,;
~, ,arnS, ~ - ~ -
,' A"r s"' ~. 0 o ''
e.''e's'. Ane u'oo.y =. VIC o's" n'ln
M - =, 10 '"' .o"o'1'
-. - 80. :. 0.ne o ~
.s..aa- ,,.a- ..,,,o.s vh;ch uere drawn
-. -. s-r,n . ho~ o,d tho copnles thus
4. .o,.o.,,ar vo-o .,,rroa.d IN no do.
wo,sd r. each other Tor a certain period.
4 I;le ceramonv according TO Mission. a
learned traveller Of the early part of the
lsst century. had been an ancient custom
among the Young folks of England and
Scotland IN the eve of st. Valentines
nav Ha savs: "An equal number of
MAZDA and bachelors yet together; each
~,;te their tine or some feined name
unon sernr.te billets which they roll up
and draw bv wav Of lots. the maids taking
the vouro men;s billets. and the men the
,n.;d.,. m that each Of the Young men
l,ohte mon a u;rl that he calls his yo,en-
~. .rd e.ch ~ tho Girls upon a Young
49,, 49,, oh. cali. ber Nv this
-..,. ..ch hoo two valentines. but the
- 80. s...or 20 tha valentine that
-. -. az. - h;m .h.r 70 tho valentine to
LII. ~ - -. s,,Io, ror+uno having
- ..:,.... ~ I ..r.,,.,, ;,.o .o monv
-. - A.. ...,.r,;n.. o;ve t,.,,s and
, sI.. ~ 80. . ,~;st,s.aes ve.r tbe;, b;,.
49,. -, 1.~. uror tha;r hosoms n,
.,s.ves and this little snort often ends
!. ,o..n-
apsnv., n;.,v which throws 10 much
Itch, rno, Tho domestic life Of England
- ~. t;ma ~ Ch.rles r. contains sew.
-, r.ss-srces ~ Tho doy The Coauois
$50 ,.,,l;.hea IN 1874 gives a maid
or. .rrsss.;or th.t IN s. yelentine',
-. -. r.;r..a ev. h.v ,eoves N he,
,,;,,o- .,,,e that ;f she dreamed of he,
so..h..,. .ho, .hru,a ha m.rr;ed be
49, ~. 90 zoo o,, "Rut 10 make !
,uo.. 49,. Tho;,od an .co b.r,, and tool
out the yolk ana hiied II win sa'; am
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