Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-14

receive 1T. The cardinals go first, then
follow the bishops, canons. priors, abbots,
priests, down to the meanest offices of
the church.
Sir Thomas Browne, in his Vulgar Err
rors, quotes a Latin distich, translated
thus in Scottish rhyme:
IT Candlemas day be dry and fair
The half of winters come and mair;
If Candelmas day be wet and foul
The half of winters game at yule.
Feb. 5.-~Sexagesima Sunday.
Feb. 6-Death of King Charles II. of
England, 1S64-5.
Feb. I'm olden time the day was set
for the trial and punishment of shrews
by the "ducking" stool. Madam" said
DR.. Johnson, in a conversation with Mrs.
knowles, 1--WE have different modes of re-
straining evil-the stocks for men. a
ducking stool for women and a pound for
beasts. On other occasions the great
photographer speaks very conplacently
OF the famous remedy for curing shrews,
so much approved by our forefathers, but
even in the worthy doctors time it was
getting out of date.
Feb. S-The government of the southern
confederacy was formed on this day, 1861.
Feb. 12-Lincoln's birthday n Quin-
Quagesima Sunday.
Feb. 13-Massacre of Glencoe, 1891.
Feb. 14-Shrove Tuesday. "Shrove' lit
orally means confession" The days
preceding Ash Wednesday-indeed, the
whole period after Septuagesima Sunday
were ~anciently days of preparation for
the penitential time of Lent, the chief
part OF which preparation consisted in re-
ceiving the sacrament of penance; that is,
in being "shriven' or confessed" The
precept of striving having been fulfilled,
the faithful upon the evening of enter
ing upon Lent were "indulged," with the
permission tn give themselves IN to
amusemcnts. and to festive celebrations,
of which the counterpart is seen in the
continental carnival. In England the
festive side of Shrove Tuesday is still
represented by the pancakes and %fritters.
and in Scotland by the consumption of
"collOps,' which gave it's title to "COllop
Monday In Alabama and Louisiana the
season is celebrated undo the name of
"Mardi Gras.' Feb. IA is also st. Valen-
ines day.
Feb. 15-Ash Wednesday. Strict fast.
This is the first anniversary of the de-
struction of the United States battleship
Maine, in the harbor of Havana, at $40
p. M, while lying at anchor. The Maine
had a crew of 354 men, and was in com
mand of Captain Sigsbee, and arrived at
Havana on Jan. 25. According to the
findings of a naval court of inquiry,
which sat for % days, the ship was wreck
ed by the explosion of a mine, under
water, NlllCn caused the partial OK
plosion of two or more of her forward
magazines.
Feb. 1f-Last year wheat was bid up to
$t.031s, the highest price reached since
1881.
Feb. 19.-First Sunday in Lent. The
Lenten fast is certainly of very ancient
If it be not of primitive institution. The
very earliest illusions to it speak of it as
having been handed down from the
fathers. The forty days period. as com
memorative of our Lords forty days
fast, anciently excluded all flesh and even
, The so-called white meats. But the prln-
iple of permitting one meal a day has
the sanction of early usage. Chrysostom,
whose life extended from BAT to 401, says:
THAT as many persons used to come TO
the communion thoughtleSsly, especially
ut the time of the year when Christ first
gave it to His disciples, our forefathers
appointed forty days for fasting, prayer
and preaching; that all men, being care
fully purified by prayer, almsgivins,
watching and penitent tears, might, after
confession of their sins, come with a pure
conscience to the holy table, In the Pro-
testant Episcopal church it is assessor for
special religious services and instruction,
in which the continuance and strictness
of the fast is left to the judgment and
choice of individuals. The six Sunday
are observed as festivals, never as fasts,
and are therefore called Sundays in Lent,