The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-01-26

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EYu .iece la en3 invented ys.
teFy a the lmmac ~ Gems ltioa ot
Maty aas declared ai Roae, j.. 1857.
ii, Ciurch oire COmpaay formerly
belon gng 4. the Jeso.is, had become
iii, focus ol devotion of a yssi si.lu-
lsp.d called ihe klaagsfes n Narg.
10 vLIch. o. payment of 80 much a
year. almost All lie women o out cap.
I i,al we're enrolled
Every year, rom tie slh Of Nov
cmber 10 tl.e sib of December, tie
day oi thc immaculate Conception,
lasted 2 splendid festival 10 which o..
rhesital music, singing ana 40 aston.
ishjng prediealiiy 81 incense. of lights
oi Oh. liquid gas, wax and every la
mnous combasible ia the world. gilt
tered and ilaFed ia every part, ia the
eorpice, 10 The ceiliag and particular
7 y Of lie high altar. Every night the
church biazed wilh sea Of fame and
fulered with cloud. OF muslin and
gaaze dmperies. Il could only be
/ lighted Up % time BY beginning ia the
middle Of tie afternoon and he work
81 extiugmsbing va, onl} ended when
the nghi WIS far advanced.
A priest amed Ugfle. whose
mind matiolay had marked Tor is
ovn, head d bat sisiefhool from The
beginning and worked his way down
to such a depth Of superstition tlM
one Of bis last extraVagancas was the
invention Of q Celestial Pest 0Bics
trick, by which the Daughters of Ra
~ might correspond with ae Virgin
/ ID uriire. a, tie entrance II the
temple lh }.em, legerbqI was
con anily open, and therc persons Of
q robust laith deposited 10 sealed let
ters tbeir wishes and prayers Every
Nedue Bay lhat letter box ior Eier-
nifty was placed before dle high ALTAR,
and sgue who acted rs postmai be-
tw ,u tht Moihef oi God and b &
daughters Nhibited 10 The DIVINITY
those 9Heri IS, oi course keeping that
-.uguIa roar pond nee u him elG
y lb Same moune ank goi ~ re-
iejou ile tor tie iavu ot ID Nr
gR--if recen instance two pisa
beil ifawn b skepNcd Minister
% Stale. and woman Ia, chat
itr was net Jn iou~. The old tunes
~ raeau idoa y had re.usctand iu
the centre of exaggerated "a hoiie.
isR,
Tie only door 81 easy access 10 ,he
congregation was tie principal one in
the centre. lha small doors leasing I'M
i 10 the aisles hene opened only laH
WAY and Distracted i screens. Near
Tie ligh altar there was liliIe door
communicating With the saFcristy.
/ A .cw minutes before o'clock il.
tie evening OF Tuesday. the 8th Of
December, more than 5000 women
and few hundred men kneIl at that
/ church, cfammtd to OVERLOOKING
However. thai aid rot prevent a COM
i pact mass Of fanatics lrom attempting
TO fight their say in from tie steps,
because Il was the last night Of the
Month Of Mary, and no one could bear
70 lose the closing sermon Of The priest
Ugarte, WHO always succeeded By his
exciting decIamatioHs ia drowning in
tears that place 50 soon 10 be a sea oi
fire. Then Eizaeuirre, the apostolic
Nancio and fayorite 81 Plus * the
4 folnder of tie American college At
Rome. wa, 10 preach also. II Is said
/ that Ugarie, wounded in bis feelings
as chaplain OF the Daughters Of Mary
because Eizaguirre bad told bim that
/ he Examinations Of ihe church could
/ not be compared with what he had
seen in Rome, exclaimed with enthu-
siasm, u Will give linn, when he
GENES 6 prearh such an il.amru ton
as ibc world has neyer seen !" No
body can dety lAat U-aae ba kept
his aorl.
/ Indeed, the Lighting 81 AL tic lamps
and candies Lad hardly finished, when
the liquid gas II = transparency on
/ the high altar, sei on ire lis Hood.
work aul wrapped ii fame d kind Of
( tabernacle. wholly composed Of can
yas. pashboard and wood. II is,
Than two minutes ibe altar, about %
I yards bigh and 10 broad. was al uu-
extiaguislable boudre.
The advance 81 the tire was perhaps
even more rapid than tie pauic u tbs
audience. When ihe fife bad flown
from lle altar io ihe root, ihe whole
+ flock 81 desolees rushed q TIE ptnci-
,al door Those near lhe lateral door.
pefe abte 20 seape q the tl-l aiatu;
oiler-. sod particularly tie men.
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torge gtt Ry Through
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