The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-12-02

hooj Of t.r,ocllo iopatl. ihe clpsc o.
thc 'umwc, oi islb
\ coup.y Of miwmhlc liile eovhsrl,
cnme honr onc dsy with stow, il.at
thc, bad srcn bright isly oa thc
f mJ4aisl.s. vao bad eaatsss,l Wah
them ipr a considerable pcriul She
bal rnirusici ,hcm vih uarnines--
Which Scrv 60 De- repeated 90 thr pco.
pie against Naihaihhrcak, ,nr. prnlans
swearing and 90 forth. and vah a So.
cr,i whifh they urrc no, io tell TO any.
holv The warnings, mo- dophi. wcn.
vrry necessary. boot of what use y sccfrt
~hiei was not 10 be repeated coall be
io sn, bod, hui gho COW children We
cannot pnssihly conceive Nat there
need OF any special interpretation frr the
purosc Of inirusling state sccrcts 10
these omldrrnf They could only srcak
and understand their own pafois. the
Virgin Mar, m hcr culoluy With
lhcm, spoke excellent French We
are not aware how The children came 10
appreciate lho meaning ct what Was
todd thcm m a language which vns not
their own. We viii however. .ink all
minor objections aud presume that they
were mimculonsly endowed With q
know hodge of the French tongue Tor
the day only Wen their Story got
about It was believed by some. dishe.
hcNcd by others. bat at last /, obtained
such vogue, aud the people rcsorIcd go
much to The spot, that The clergy n the
ncighhorhoad took il up. bf course, u
was not iof u. To say whether any per.
son had really been dressed up and had
held n cnnvcrsalion with the children.
OF whether ihey were under some
strange dclu.iou, or whether the story
was pure fiction and invention OF
their own from first TO last There
could hc no great difficulty in max.
ing out the poiut that q bright lady
had appeared 10 two cow.childrcn in
the bush and hiddcn them "a tell the
inhabitants OF Grenoble not to swear,
and to observe the Sabbath better The
real touchslonc of ihr story was a secret
the secret which was not 10 he told
10 anybudy. The Bishop of Grcnoblc.
with more proianc curiosity than, Ia oar
opinion, bclittcd n parsonage Who was
cr-eBicio bound To respect the secret Of
such an apparilion, persuaded the chill
drcn To write the secret each sepa.
rately upon sheet Of paper The
two sheets were then folded up IN the
form Of letters. aud delivered 10 twu
priests, who were charged to convey to
Rome ociie dcpcc5e mysierieue. There
was, # we remember right. some hitch
about the capacity OF the children for
writing but, as this point Of tho story
la, faded from our exact recollection.
we will pass It over. Now the sccre,
either amounted TO nothing nj all, or II
was revelation concerning the impend-
ing political disturbance Of lsiS. This
last suggestion has been thrown oui and
adapted to the crcduIily Of the faithful.
II h IS the true ono, We cannot but ask,
was 1t worth while coming down from
heaven 10 tell The Pope that In two or
three years time, he capital would be
in the occupation Of French soldiers,
Iiul it may be said the Pope might
have had the power of preventing the
mischief We can only say, That the
same onnisccnce which t0rcsaw that
The gentlemen in red trousers would
take poa4rssion Of Rome, mnst have
been perfectly aware that the iutcryen
ton Of the Pope wonld go for nothing
in the matter, aud that the hour was at
hand when he would most certainly
make his exit from the Eternal
City ia the dicky Of travelling
chariot md the Disguise Of ioolman.
As far rs a mere lucky bit il prophecy
goes. any one who was acquainted with
French society just before 1913. must
remember that prophecies Of change
of immediate change flying about
in every direction The air was vol
canic. There is II book of prophecies
passing from band 10 hand 10 Paris at
The present moment, undoubtedly put
together early 10 the century, which
lorctrlls the fill Of The Boohjons aud
The return OF a Bonapnric to power II
docs more lhnn ibis-- il G1cs the dura.
ton Of biz rule. Surely man need
not be- conjuror 10 make lucky ht
In political ynticinnlion Dld gentle
men in The bow windows oi our Lon
don clubs do Rs much every day Of The
week. and somelimcs What they say
comes true Our reader, vll scarcely
be- .urprised Whcn wc tell them that the
end Of all this r., that Tie money box is
10 be sent round under the auspices of
Plfiliberi, Bishop u GreBoblc, who de-
sires 10 bnild church ia honor a Oar
Lady oi In Sslcur. The rich are 10
contribute their gold the poor their
pence. There !, 10 be an nrcl.coufra-
trrniiy, under the title of " Or Lady
Of Reconciliation Of Ia Saiete." which
certainly seem, ~ offer peculiar adsag-
lages 70 the insured The form, Il al.
mission are oasy enough II Is bu,
necessary 10 auLscribe one. name and
aurnamc ou the rrg.ier u the nfrh-
couirsirrn.iy ani 10 say every nsgrnins
Iotes aui lee. which may BE- deduct
"a from one. ordinary pu.yen fnf Ills
purpose. By ai0pi'nr this cour.~, ~
VIZ arr iuformed, . plsnary Indulgence
may be- gained on iha day u admission
On ihe l3ih d sspirmbcf and ~
the hour II death. Esefy fret saiuf-
day Of every month gasa is to ho
celebrated To- ali he msmhsfi. living
or dead, and ai.o fof all the Lsasf0ef0ys.
~ she sanGuary of ia -airnc." a
brseine letter he t@sH circulated ~
( lh., effect, esen in ihis neehiry, . eopy
~ shish has besa isf~arir5 " ss
1t W Only etpfr-s hopv, fof the
credit ~ England 81 naiaon, ihai ila
. EHgiith Roman CaiLsliss pin bsvs
hofe sense ihan - ail3s themselves 10
bf ilprd by ilis shailov ifiesefy II
s'upon iit- face a h, one ~ ihs sssai
shameless imps.sinres ~blrh hAs ever
runas ~i,iin su5 ki.osioiys. snd 90 are