Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-07-13

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WITHIN a few days pan, the-c have arri
we'd here rom the !cnUvard feverai brethren
ut The reg4k-' crylt4i ar{.y on H2h;,aLsrt OF Sc.
lSHWurde Liis., which order is etabli,hed on
Wye goD NJ mountain called 81. Bernard which
he fighef rf therlge Of mountains caJ-d
ths ALPS, which divi'c, Switzerland from Ita
y. The CAME Q, the voyage Of theft indefa.
uCaoie men To thele aates i Il obtain aGit
ancc from the charitable and humane, that they
may he enabled no continue IN the exe-ciie OF
thot@ aas of humanity which their ortcr has
III long been celebrated for.
That the citizens Of this Gate may fully un-
de~Gand lhe +hjetl Of their milton, it may net
be auiis 70 FAY few words on the nature Of
lie inhitntion they belorg 10. Several hun
bred years ago, venerable clergyman, who
mad paded fsy,ral times between SWITZERLAND &
Italy, obl-rved, that ID paIing TIE Alps, which
are continuity covered with Snow, many fatal
accidents happen 70 traveller, particularly
when croGing the mountain 6nce called by
him the Great ST. Bernard, where when the
fnow fell, The fnall path (for the road Is but a
path twas 70 hid. that the traveller either wan
dered I'LL he was frozen 20 death, or fell into e
dreaHel cavity sqi was never stterwards heard
nt To prevent thefe accidents, this picus man
by his eXertions obtained funds luhicie1t TO eli
tAbhth 4 monaGe-y on the top Of this dreadful
preciPice, and 20 lupP 2rt a brotherhood or or
der whole fole bufneGs It lhould be III parole
the roads for nine miles IN each tide of the
mountain, to fh-w the read 20 each traveller
they met, ard If he was il diItrels 70 bring
him to the convent where he was treated with
the greate6 hofpitlLty Tor three days, and then
piloted down the Other fde of the noun ,ain (:
or If he was froE Bitten, 70 convey him to their
ho{pital, where ne was carefully attended until
his recover or death. From the day Of It's in
Aituton 60 the prelert time, this order has cen
tinued il this pious and benevolent calling; and
flch were the happy ete9s experienced from
the labors of the brethren, that the rlsrcbants
Of Switzerland and Italy contributed iufEcient
fums annually FOR al lheir wants But The
fcene is changed the fatal war which has "a
ged for a number of years pat in Europe, has
not fDared this benevolent ioaitution for the
Iitte town Of St. Bernard, in the Va'lals, on
which the convent Of ST. CarnmiIles depended,
has been entirely laid in runs by contending
armies, which have alto put hop to All trade
between Italy and Switzerland, france, &c. By
which mean the Tnurces formerly relied on
have failed them In this dreadful !ituation
tie venerable prior Of he order, Father Igna
,Us Sperron has tent Ceveral Of lis order 70 th'
United States Of America, to irhpoe he alih
ance Of its generous inhabitants 70 enable him
to repair the convent and hoipital, and 70 con
time % give adlaance % the diareded traveller
and infirm poor
1t may be faid that as this is an infitutior
founded under the authority of the catholic
church, that It 1holld lock for afliRance from
the supporter Of that church but to foch lei