The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-02-24


The lecture recently delivered by Judge
j. W. Willis at st. Peter is pronounced
by the Herald of that city as one of the
ableet oratorical efforts ever heard there.
The lecture was under the auspices Of
the Knights of Pythias, and while; the at- |
tendance was not large the audience was
one Of the most intellectual gathered to.
gether for some time. The title Of the |
lecture was popular Sovereignty" and
treated Of present issues and living con-
ditions. Many of the thoughts: were
new, and older ones were SO beautifully
clothed as to appear new.
The young people Of Staples, Todd
county, recently met at the residence of
the Misses Fox and organized dramatic
and literary club with the following
officers: President, j. A. McCauley, vice
president, s. st. Anthony; secretary, /. J.
st. Anthony; treasurer, Miss M. ,sull-
van; committee on arrangements, Miss
Z. Schmeltz, L. Schultz, G Finn, B. !
Finn, with T. j. Lyons as chairman. The
club is under the instruction of Miss Mae
Fox, formerly of Minneapolis, and will
meet every Tuesday evening. The organ
ization will be known az 1.-THE Ivy Leaf
Club" and it's object is to prepare it's
members for public speaking and to
study the standard authors. both ancient
and modern.
Geo. Faber, one of the leading mer-
chants and most influential citizens of
Chaska, died at that place on the evening
Of the 10th inst. at the age of 81 years.
For nearly forty years the deceased con-
tributed to promote the interests of Car
yer county in every Legitimate way He
leaves widow and ten children surviv-
ing him, among whom ara George F. Fa-
Der, postmaster at Chaska; Dr. Paul Fa-
Der. Of Chicago; F. W. Faber, of Faber &
Brown, druggists, st. Paul; Mrs. Joseph
M. Schultz, Of Minneapolis, and Mrs
Jacob Smith, Of Hastings. Always a
staunch Democrat, true Catholic, and
g noble man, he made many friends and
few enemies, and died respected by all
who knew him. Deceased received the
holy sacrament for four consecutive
mornings before he died, and was con-
scious to the last. Requiem mass was
celebrated at the Catholic church. and a
veryimprsssive sermon preached, when
the remains were conveyed to their last
resting place. SO large was the funeral
that the magnificent edifice at Chaska
could not seat more than half those
present. Flowers decorated the coffin
and the pulpit during the services
The editor Of the Waverly Tribune is
an intelligent Protestant who readily
discerns falsehood in the guise Of truth.
This is how he writes in the latest issue
of his vic e-awake paper: A weekly eight
page newspaper called the Loyal Ameri-
can has recently been started in Mime
apolis, devoted wholly to the disparage-
ment of Catholics. The party it repre-
sents is beyond all odds the most un-
American institution in the country.
But 1t will run it's course and be the foot
ball of politicians until like the old Know
nothing faction, everyone gets ashamed
of'it. IF there is any sane man who ac-
cepts the statements Of the Loyal Aneri4
can as truth, we would like to ask him
seriously whether he believes that Presi-
don't Lincoln said to Father Chiniquy
what he never said to anyone else;
whether he believes on the authority Of
the Loyal American that Gen. Meade was
q traitor and made arrangements for the
escape Of the enemy at Gettysburg;
whether he believes with his knowledge
Of President Linooln's character thst he
was capable 0: traducing some Of the
best generals in his army by stating that
their 'Romanism superseded their patri-
otism. H he does not believe it, Whist
does he think Of . paper which seeks to
thrive by preying upon religious pre-
judices5 and slanderine 10th the living
and the dead? The men who write stun
Of this description are on the hoirs q :
dilemna. II they are honest IN tsseir
belief, they are credulous fools. Il dis
honest, they are knayea iii either case
argument i wasted On them. But psf-
haps their victims the readers q theiil
[psper, 1nay not 81 beyond reason. =