The New York herald., 1872-10-27

but Bernadette: to his great wonder, one day
| walked through his garden into his house
Are you not the daughter OF Miller Soubirous ?"
ayes, Monsieur le Cure.n Ess
Monsieur ie Cure the dame who appears at
Eyes, yes l knOw,n said the cure. ''You pre-
tend you have visions, and you have got all the
mean By tens me these shings VIVA, Is
thisf Nothing but things you cannot prove"
was ~ no way M sss sss
| seen and heard, and when she had done the cure
asked, "And what is the name Of your damer"
..Those who believe say it is the Virgin; bot
child know, tnat Il Il Is not II you he, yon vill
~ do not know II she is the Virgin replied Der
nadette, "but see her as see you and she spoexs
| to me, and | have come to tell You that she has
CHURCH no BIB BUILT ON TIE xAssABIELLB aooK.
that's all" n. Peyramale looked closely e. % the
ance; he made her repeat her message; she did 20;
after which he replied
branch OF briar under her feet In the grotto. This
is February; go and tell her that hat II she wants new
| bring forth roses IN this season." ~, !.
| ThereupOn Bernadette was dismissed.
'The briar will bring forth buds" said the people
In the village; but the rock has brought forth some
When the child next saw her vision she gave the
but told her to 60 on her knees nom the place she
on to the hard dry rock and as lar as she could,
were looking on saw her do this, there were 500
present, holding their breath in suspense and won
der. When she came to herself she was sttll re-
1 sREPRNrp, sRKPRNrp,
The time after this instead of 800 spectators there
| were all the people from the villages round, far
and near. several daily assert they were present
In all the departments. Be that as It may, when
her feet and walked to the River Gave; then, as If
called, went back to the grottO, where she kneaded
with her two hands portion Of earth on the rock !;
herself with it; then she knelt and dug . hole in
the ground, and by degrees drop alter drop OF
s went On until until she had enough to "a dli her hands,
she drank 1t, and then went away. The crowds
Clay; but soon q thin streak OF water burst up,
| and with one voice the whole people cried,
1t was So The next day the streak had become
as thick as mans wrist The child related that
the fountain that she had gone to the river, know
| ing OF no fountain in the rock, and that she had
been called back and told that she was to drink Of
the spring, not the Gave. She had Obeyed, and the
"s0sMce HHerreiuestsen was the consequence. The
rest OF Bernadette's story is more that OF saint
to stop what they considered q great superstition
until the Emperor Napoleon Ill. telegraphed to M.
peasantry to their fountain. For several years MN.
Jacomet and Massey were the declared enemies of
the Lourdais. Bernadette's fountain is at present
| said to be Q strong stream, and the numerous
CURES AND MIRACLES
here performed fill all the papers. church Is
being built on the grotto that has already cost
2,5O0,OOO francs; converts are to cover the noun
tains around; the Orleans Railway Company have
added branch IN order to render access easier.
charity in the Hospital Of Neyers. Her father and
mother have died. but her sister Marie and her
brother live at L0urdes. Very large offers of money
have been made them, put all have been rejected
This place OF Anger is full OF Bernadette, and the
seeing is beeving-and there is vast field for be-
! nef-I will refrain from expressing any opinion
until have questioned some OF the eye.witnesses
of the above scenes and visited every spot accu-
| rately.
Meanwhile the journey hither was inaugurated
Paris, p wi Where as,'''' 1'' Da' 80 ''' :
| ALL THE PARIS PILGRIMS ASSEMBLED.
In each ten, and out OF the ten there were
on average four priests who had never left their
villages and made straight to Paris for the purpose
Joining in tine great Of q faith and and
road from Paris to Agen were litanies, one Of the
priests giving the Keynote and the other joining In
nothing but prayers went on until night time, when
silence ensued and the priests slept; but with the
recommended The people at the stations were
not amlcably disposed, as general rule,
M0CKERY, SHOUTS AND CRIES
being heard occasionally.
At Agen notice was posted forbidding cries or
demonstrations OF every description that might
originate noron that the pilgrims were out on
political instead Of q religious excursion. A. SER
vice in the Cathedral, vespers and sermon inau.
gurated their arrival and q band struck up, in
'.sAUvEz LA FRANCE
A curious sight was tnat OF so many people, In
different garbs threading in long lines through the
narrow streets OF this small city, taken by sur
prise at our sudden halt and invasion. The market
men in brown, short bouses, without belts,
appear on to be the principal IN sH inhabitants m ssaas
Heads of garlic are purchased as we purchase
potatoes by the bushel or by the bunch There are
some handsome mural paintings in the Cathedral
| churches Is one that was built In the fourteenth
century.
| left Paris yesterday is suggestive OF the Middle
Ages. These lines OF intermlnable pilgrims elated
the plain se aan od s
curious Southern costume and hot sun, the Capu-
chin fathers, with bare feet in cowl and Cope the
hooking over food in the open arr total absence
OF English sounds or American travellers, the
ringing Of bels-al these things carry one far into
dust and wOrm-eaten volumes that tell OF Crusad-
| ers, professions and pardons.
The Pilgrims at the Shrine.
| L0URDEs, Oct. 9, 1872.
The departure Of Paris pilgrims for Lourdes alter
their short stay in the city OF Agen was ma rked
with slight but very noticeable movement Of
non-adherence and dsapproval on the part OF O
large fraction OF the inhabitants. There arose a
| loud murmur among the close files OF loOkers-On
who stood on both sides OF the newcomers, and
several epthets expressive Of sarcastic contempt
were heard; bat the aable bearing of the pilgrims
their visible relish at the idea Of little insult
and persecution, completely sienced any further
| demonstration.
Agen is miserably built city, paved with kn0bby,
| small stones. which stand up IN points and are as
perfectly oval as the prunes this place Is famed
for. 1t is, in fact like walking over pluni-stones
barefoot to get over them. The sidewalks are
not over thirty inches broad, and the streets are
! excessively narrow. The situation OF the town,
| however on the Garonne, is remarkably pictur-
esque, standing and struggling about
AT THE FOOT OF yINE-CLAD HILL
that is dotted with villas, cottages, fruit trees and
steeples This Is the native place OF the celebrated
Bernard de Palissy and Lacepede. 1t was in olden
times taken and retaken by the Coths and Huns