LUKE TIDE. 291 



OCT. 17. St. Hedwiges, duchess of Poland, wi- 

 dow, A.D. 1243. 

 St. Anstrudis, virgin and abbess of Laon, 688. 

 St. Andrew of Crete, martyr. 



Ohs. St. Hedwiges, (called for shortness Avoise,) Duchess of 



Portland, was daughter of Bertold III. of Anolechs, Marquis of 



Meran, and Prince of Carinthia and Istria. St. Hedwiges was a 



perfect example of Christian humility and devotion. Butler relates 



of her, that, in awful anticipation of the last day, she always prayed 



when it thundered, and so continued during the tempest. She 



always heard mass either kneeling or prostrate, and often watered 



the ground with her tears. She was not contented unless she heard 



every morning all the masses in the church where she was, whence 



the following lines were composed on her : 



111 sola niissa non est contenta ducissa 



Quot sunt Piesbyteri tot iiiissas optat haberi. 



She always cautioned her friends against the great danger of worldly 

 prosperity, which she said offered greater temptations to sin than 

 adversity could do. She died in 1243, and was canonized by Pope 

 Clemently, in 1266. 



St. Anstrudis or Anstru was daughter to Blendin Boson and St. 

 Salaberna, who founded the abbey of St. John the Baptist at Laon, 

 which in 1229 was given to, and is still retained by, the Benedictine 

 monks. In the same town are several other great abbeys. 



St. Andrew of Crete was beat to death by order of Constantine 

 Copronymon, without the walls of Constantinople. 



In the British Nautical Almanack and other Almanacks, St. 

 Etheldredra, the princess which we celebrate in the church June 23, 

 is recorded today, but from what cause we are ignorant. 



Tenleaved Sunflower Helianthus decapetalus full ft. 

 Charming Starwort Aster blandus fl. 

 Greatflowered Starwort Aster grandifiorus ft. 

 Longleaved Starwort Aster longifolius ft. 

 Spearleaved Starwort Aster tardifiorus full fl. 

 Willowleaved Starwort Aster salicifolius full fl. 

 Beautiful Starwort Aster pulcherrimus full fl. 

 Lateflowered Golden Rod Solidago petiolaris fl. 

 Spearleaved Golden Rod Solidago lanceolata ft. 



It will be perceived that np to the present time some species of Starwort an<l 

 Golden Kod begin to blow, while the generality of both these genera of plants 

 are in full flower, and, together with Marigolds, Chrysanthemums, and Ta- 

 getes, constitute the principal Flora of this autumnal season. 



A few straggling Swallows still seen. 



Martins still seen, but much reduced in numbers. The general migratiob of 

 both these birds has already taken place ; that of the Swallows during Michael- 

 mas Tide, and that of the Martins about Angels Tide. 

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