The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-10-09
mIRACTL0Us CuRE.
The Daughter of IL 81. Louis Lawyer
Cured OF the Hip Disease by the APP
nIIcafIon of a Ahc red RelIc-

Robert A. Bakewell, Esq, the writer
of the following letter, is well known
in st. Louis as very sound and hard
headed lawyer. Outside of his pro-
fession, also, and especially as Cath
| Ollie, he is far too thoroughly instructed,
| to be in danger OF running after mar
/ velous stories. His simple narrative
of what God has done for one of his
children, tells the story of his indisPo
sition to accept this miracle-not, GER
| tainly, as doubling Gods power, but
as fearing to yield to any delusion.
| We congratulate our dear old friend,
/ and Join him and his family in thank
! ing God for the favor He has done them,
and for the glory that He continues 10
beatow. ever anew, on His Saints.
MIR. BAKEwELL's LETTER.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 20, '67.
DEAR MCMAsTER-Your friendship
| for me will make the following details
interesting to you. If you judgeit ex-
pedient TO do so, you are welcome 10
| publish them: t. L...
My eldest child, eleven years old last
February, whom we call Cissey, at
home, has, for some time, suffered from
pain in her right leg. About four
weeks ago, four weeks last Saturday, l
| think. she took TO her bed, and has not
since left it, nor had her clothes on
since then, think, except on one day
during visit of my brother, two weeks
since, when she was carried to sofa,
aud except as hereinafter stated. My
brother-in-law, DIR. Hornsby, OF Ca
rondelet, and my family physician DIR.
Boisliniere, Zone of our oldest and most
successful praCtitioners) feared that the
child had the hip disease-a complaint
which attacked her first cousin in her
early childhood, and from the conse-
quences of which that poor child has
been Il cripple for ten years. A CONSUL
tation of physicians was held last week
DIR. Gregory, of this city, one OF our
leading surgeons, being called into con-
sultation at the request of the other
| two. The unanimous opinion of all was
| that the child had the hip-disease. On
\ Thursday week, she was measured for
an apparatus by the surgical instru-
ment-nlaker. The leg affected was al
ready perceptibly longer than the other
limb. For weeks she could not have
touched her toe 10 the ground,
much less have attempted to
walk. On Saturday, Sunday, Mon
day, and Tuesday last, the child
suffered more than she had hitherto
! done she passed very bad nights rom
pain, On Tuesday afternoon, 18th Of
! tlie month of September, my vile, who
was almost worn out with broken sleep
and anxiety, pnid IA visit to some ot the
| devuut ladies of the Congregation of
the Sacred Heart ut this place. one OF
these ladies' told her that steps were
now being taken to commence proceed
| ings at Rome, for an examination ui
| the virtues, tSc., Oi Madame Barrat, the
! EfOnndteSS of the order, who died some
| time since in the OdoT of sauctity; that
| fourteen miracles had already been
| worked by her relies, and gave my vile
IA relic which she advised her to apply.
1 may stnte that the maternal grand
| mother of my child had been educated
| at the Sacred Heart in Paris, and was
especially loved, l believe, by the ven
cradle lady of whom j speak. Or all
.this conversation, and OF the applica-
ton OF the relic, knew nothing at the
time. My wife applied the relic on her
return home that evening, and the
child, shortly after, fell nsleep, AS
| did her mother hlso,l whose bed
| she shared, and Zthey both passed
the first quiet night that they
had for some time. Next morning |
was reading in my room in the third
story, at about hHlI-past seven O'Clock,
when my wife came in pale, with an
expression that startled me. She could
| not at first speak, and when she tried to
| do so burst into tenrs. AT last under
stood her TO say, "Cissey is cured by
mirncIe." L did not believe IL word of
it, and when heard the story of'the
relic, etc., etc, l told my wife not 10 al
low herself TO give way to n false i'm
preston, which could only end in in
creased misery to all concerned. The
chances, said, are ten millions to one,
that you have mistaken some natural
symptom OF the disease which causes
this temporary cessation of pain, for
cure. My wife left me in disgust my
airs of superior wisdom having no
other effect upon her, so far as could
see. In about twenty minutes, went
down stairs; sat upon the child's bed,
and resumed my lecture, adding many
2 !, L.
charitable intention. The little girl
heard me patiently, and when L was
quite through, merely said, But, papa,
i am cured" Her assurance surprised
me. / told her to get up and walk
then, which she did at once, standing,
for some seconds, at my request. on the
right leg alone. l then told her to go
to bed and stay there till the doctor
came to see her and went to broadcast.
Alter seeing my parish priest, who is a
near neiHhbor, and requesting him to
call at the house, l went to my office
leaving word on the way for DR.. Bois-
liniere, toEcall at the house imme-
diately.
When it WAS time to go home in the
evening, began to almost expect to
find poor Cissey suffering worse than
ever. On reaching the house, L found
no one but a servant at home. My
| wife and all the children, Cissey in
cluded, had gone to the Sacred Heart
Convent, ton foot and by the street
cars, distance of three-quarters of
mile each way, to return thanks. They
soon returned in the best of health and
spirits. The doctor had not seen the
child yet, and my wife had permit
ted her to get up and go out at three
o'clock 10 make long story short,
the child is now, (Friday,) alter the
lHpse of two whole days, and has
meanwhile been as well as she ever
was in her life. She WAS playing foot
ball in the garden with her brothers
when ] left home this morning. She
made her first communion year ago
| last Easter, and yesterday cOmmuni-
Gated at the Mass OF Thanksgiving that
was celebrated for her recovery.
DR.. Gregory examined the child last
night, and pronounced her entirely
cured, and said TO me on leaving the
house: "You7 have my authority for
saying that Cissey's was the most
clearly developed case of incipient hip
disease that l ever saw in my whole
Practice"
1 forgot TO state in its place, that on
the morning of the cure the first word
the child spoke on waking was, Ma
ma, L am cured" Nor has she ever
fell on her knees, but put on her bon
net and went TO Mass before she told
r1s anything Of il, or afforded me the
opportunity of making any display of
| superior wisdom, according 10 the pre-
| rogative of my sex as recorded above.
The above. my dear 'MoMaster, are
the simple facts OF the case, simply
stated, / hope. Myself, my wife, my
/ child, her grand parents, uncles and
aunts, the servants, the einstrument-
man, and the doctors are all prepared,
I { luasN mn N q