The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-05-08

l'lNt over tne fiOfal- OF those Pntrfl stet
TO their custody. This Institution il n
Church and College combined, and its
lcourse Of instruction Is varied and COM
piete, embracing Ancient and Modern
languages, Hebrew, Greek and Latin.
natural sciences, commercial course, the
lology, music a1d the elementarv branch
cs for younger students. Here we
found library OF between 1000 and
5000 volumes. comprising works of the
! Fathers in Greek and Latin from the ear
liest ages down to the present time. aud
IA cabinet Of rare and ancient coins.
many of them more than 1000 years old.
The convent also has its own printing
press. and by the diversity Of talents.
trades and professions of its inmates, Is
almost world within itself.
The school now numbers 60 students
boarding in the Monastery. and some
10 or IL day scholars. The charges are
very reasonable. being $50 for tuition.
and.Sl50 for board for a year, making a
total cost of $40 a year.
There are now connected with the
Monastery seventeen priests. or fathers
as they are termed. and twenty-ihree
brothers. There latter 10 aii the work
of the farm, house work. cooking. aud
All The manual labor OF the Institution.
no females being employed in any ca
pariIy whatever The priests arc the
professors and teachers. whose duty IL
is also 10 perform missionary as orks.
visit the sick. and supply any vacancy
that may occur in any OF the ncighhor-
ing churches. by reason ot the sick ness
or absence OF tho regular priests. Over
all .hese presides the Abbot
The church aud college buildings VIC
have said. are of temporary kiad. but
other buildings are now being erected
of the ,most exien~ive~lnd. substantial
character. in kerpiDw with the mlgni-
tnde OF the enterprise. The plan en-
braces a square OF 3)2 feet on the east
AND west. and 2n2 fees on the north AMI
south sides. the buildings 10 be OF sanll-
stone, filed in with oriclS. four stories
in height including basement. The bull
ding on the eastsside ~ this square was
erected last year and Is an imposing
structure. Situated on heamiinl emit
aeuce, il commands a splendid and ex-
tcnSive view ~ the surrounding coun-
try, and overlouks lhe entire farm OF
500 acres belonging 10 The Monastery.
from The ground 50 Ire caves il
height of sixfy teef. Ihe church viii
occupy the North side of Tho square. the
en:l tOntirg cast on = line wish The build
ing aireadv up. aud measuring eighty
feet in width. thus making an eastern
front or 3p2 {. ef. ard wil extenl Eart.
.U2 feet viii, nave Of l5f feet. making
ihc church Ia the iOrul of 4 cross. .hr
south side cf 'in Square Will br orcn-l
pied wit!i 4 hnildin. FOR Library ani Rs-
,cciory ani = iu process o.. erection. -
the west side oi the square will con-
tain building oi similar size with the
other bus devoted 10 the use OF strangers
ami tie inequalities of the Order. The
towers OF the irOht Building aud church
Will hc about 20 lset Ia hcighi. all mod
clcd after the mother house in Swiimr-
land. IN addition 10 the building. al
ready described college is 90 lie ercc-
ted ironting east 222 feet Just north OF
the Convent and Church and on "A line
with The building already erected. which
will make an cutire eastern front Of 5Ui
icct. These buildings will be covered
with tile, Manufactured on tie ground
from material which j. there found. aud
which Dy actual experiment il ascertain
ed TO be we'll adaptssi 10 This purpose. =
Experiments are also beng made with
flattcrlng prospects, lol Tie construction
of car,iIcn furnaces with which 10 heat
the various buildings.
About thirty hands are constantly at
work on the buildings, exclusive oil the
brethren, and all the work j. OF the most
thorough and substantial description.
The money with " hcL 10 dclrsy the
expense of these magnificent structures
is raised partly in Europe, and partly
from the various missions in this coun-
try. The work Is extensive ard clabo-
rate, and will require several years be-
fore ii is completed
Ii may not DC a miss 10 state that there
are only three Monasle OF this Or
der in The United States St. Vincent.
il Wesimorand County, Pennsylvania.
1T. Louis on the Lake. IN Sicarns Coun-
~, Minnesota, ana saint Mcinrad.
Tie name given to this Al onastery il
the same borne by Tie mother house nc
Einseidlen, "a we nave already observed.
and is highly revercd in the annals of
the Church. The FIRST OF the name was
founded ia the year aUl upon The spot
where The Monk oi the same name was
murdered, Ia whose honor the Monas-
terry was erected, aud its present Aobot
is the iiitieth III regular succession, COW
ering space OF just loco years down
To the founding vi St. McInrad i'm this
country. What memories and associa-
tions cluster around these by-gone cen
,turics! What memorable events have
been chronIclcd by the learned fathers
who sleep at Einseidlenl Among the
Alps, three thousand feet above the le-