Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-08


An eminent astronomer coniecturel
that one of the ssPIeiadeSn is the Cen
trail Star of the universe of planetar,
systems, around which center all the
systems of Suns, moons and stars re
Volve, and that there is the throne o.
the Omnipotent Ruler of creation
More will be said in next weeks paper
concerning this beautiful constellation.
Pieiades can now be seen between
and o'clock in the morning in the
East. It Is a small cluster of stars and
rises little before Venus-the morn.
ing star.
The Ursuliue Academy at Arcadia,
Mo-, was the scene of very pleasant
gathering last week. About sixty
members of the Sodality. accompanied
| by Archbishop Gross of Portland, Ore
| gon, and the Rev. Fathers Robinson
| and Cantwell arrived on Tuesday. The
coach which carried the excursionists
| was brilliantly decked with streamers
of blue and white, the Sodality colors,
intertwinei with the royal purple
| pendants, the ensign of his Grace.
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l.. c. Wernert, the pastor at Arcadia,
and escorted in carriages, provided by
the kindness of Mr.. w. III. Thomson.
After doing ample justice to beauti-
full dinner, prepared by the good Sis
ters, His Grace, the Rev. Fathers and
the young ladies rode to the Shut-in.
In order better to admire the minia-
ture Niagara the party reclined on the
bosom of mother earth, but not long,
for suddenly piercing cries and whoops
were heard, and at the same time, a
sedate party was seen frantically rush
ing down the decline. whats the
matter?" was anxiously asked by the
few who had not reclined. Hornetsi
hornets! by the million. Thus, one
word explained the whole situation.
1t seems that the party sat on the
habitation of these delightful birds of
prey. Now, whether they did not do
so properly, or whether it is not prop
er to sit on a hornets nest was not
quite clear, except the fact that the
party cleared out from the place, if not
wiser, at least sadder or perhaps mad
der. At the outbreak, Father Wer-
y
life, and hence of insects habits, adj
vised the young ladies not to stir, as
surlug them, if they kept quiet, the
hornets would not modest them.
Whether the hornets considered this a
personal insult or not is not known,
but Father Wernert would like to see
the writer of this ancient fable private
~ in order to tell him some whole
some truth. While the left side OF his
face was still expressive of congenial
smile, the right side looked cOnsidera-
bic knobby for several days, and now
he knows there is no depending on the
habits of hornets. When the gorge
was thoroughly explored, it was al
most supper time and the excursiOnists
returned to the Convent. On their
was. they stopped at the valley
Home" where Mrs. We III. Thomson
and her daughter had prepared re-
freshments. After supper the young
ladies gave a very fine musical and
literary entertainment which was fol-
lowed by very pleasing address of
His Grace. The archbishop, native
of Georgia. stated that he had lectured
from Boston to the Gulf. from New
Orleans to Oregon City, but never had
he met with SO warm a reception.
None could deny that he was visibly
affected by it, for it made several deep
impressions on him, impressions which
he felt rising, and which he will carry
with him for some time. On Wednes- |
day morning at $3.50 the carriages were
again in file at the Convent portals |
ready to take the happy band to Pilot
Knob and Graniteville. After climb |
ing this historic hill, and from Its sum-
nit admiring the beauties of the Ar
cadia Valley, the happy sight-seekers |
descended and directed their course to |
Graniteville. Here another surprise |
awaited them. The immense boulders |
of granite in all shapes and sizes ''from |
a potato to an elephant" excited the |
wonder and pleasure of all. At this |
time the sun was fast climbing the |
meridian and all were painfully re-
minded that it was time to leave these |
beautiful scenes and wend their way |
At two o'clock the train |
arrived and carried the happy excur-
sionists away refreshed and delighted |
with their visit to Arcadia. A.