Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-08-01


itiar in black Grape robe, and white band
suspended from the chin. Next were lines
Of larger boys in sly blue dresses, and por.
PIE scahs two friTrs with books were with
ia these next small girls in pink dresses
covered by white lace mantles, and caps the
very image Of the graccs next the Nuns
clad in purcst white linen, with fine white
lace veil. covering their heads and extending
almost TO the paycmcnts Il il difficult, To de-
scribe anything more beautiful than the hun
drcds Of these sister, of charity thus dressed
In the uniform Of angel. other women with
appropriate dresses followed these, and men
in numbers that we could not estimate, fol-
lowed these. but mark al thc way down
between this hHgo agBuH,, this long extend
ed train, were panied in the centre oflho
street, the various diguiur.cs Of the church
dressed ihcIr canoniclls and accompanied by
hlnncrs of dno paintings, aud lanthoms,
and 40 sorts of insignia. Ascach passed, the
people who lined thr sidewalk. bowed rc,er-
ca,ly The lasl section appeared to be- most
consequential md imposing. This was led
Pow the band ih1t d.-cour.ed music cqual to
ary ever heard ou Boston Common from the
Ba.'or Brigade BuI Then came arsiinug
1t priests, clad 900 ,c,lmcrls II gold aHd NJ
y.r. ari -,lh. n 40 colors wrought into many
-.rmrran, j.,.rs-,hc richest dresses We
r,r. s1w Next mln In rch attire bearing
20 silver rru.. high .n thr air., then hollow
-rrrr of invested priests, following these
urrr fur boys BOO ontfrr white, bearing largo
br,urt. tIen come lhc sacred Ark borne by
Tour yuplhs clad pink satin with 'ashcs and
ru.rur. OF .ky blue, lastly came ihc real iady
~ Ciuv. ihr Corpus Ciu1i, under the
r.hD.l canopy of yf.m-o0 s.lk hung 100 guld
rr. chat uIrd inlo thr light OF silver fringe
o. ua. borne by lrnr pr.gI- upon Cornlh.an
nIh- hung with dah cmpr, and enlightened
ou either side by four golden llulhcrns, with
ur.r burning within them. and bome on riIi
-uls D.. mrn 900 -lrr.Jull roh,-. Under this
rrarny doe venerable Archbishop, attended By
subordinate b.,hor-, and clrl from head To
Ga, 900 ralmrnt as rich a, GOLD md silver, and
rrrtna. stones. and .Ik anl satin could
mIl,.l himself bearing ih' real body o'
Christ, t.puvl. rrrl,a'rIl ior lfc h,nriIc.
uuu uf lrr public. Bu, reader, uba, q, you
.rpru.. ,lag Luly vls' Merely . piece of
white uulayrrcI paste, about ,hc s.zr ani
shape Of dollar, enclosed IN silver plato
abou, as lrr, a. au ODD fashioned platter, that
uas made 20 r,prc..u, halo, or sun Ia its
glory. tha srntrr ufwb.ch was a glass c1'kci
occupied hg hrc1a,rcuirl bread now having
n.romr de- real body OF Hun that ua, eruci-
hu. 10. Catholic o.. much, as ihry b'llyvo
fl,, arr alive, ,.al ,ht- is part of ,hc real
haI, ol ChuI. lt.s carried uut into the
world. aiI over doe world once a year, in or
Der that Christ mas yol lc about, as be- vas
in JuLra of old. blessing the Proplo by hls
miracles. 80 doubt vo shall hear of many
minclrs performed loo Catholic houses ahcr
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