The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-05
HOW TRAPPIST MONKS LIVE
MEN VINO DETOTB THETR LIVES TO
SELB-SI CRIFfOINO LIDOR.
Their Good Work in Bosnia a Lnnd ~ t;rrot
he-"nrc where CiviiizinR influences are
N'eu'd Their Convent at Dnuinluha.

N'eu'h Iher Convent at Dnuinluha.
M ne SDpe,ior NJ ne conpepi. faner pytnrsr.
1t is six vcars since the TMppists first
penetrated MO DO. MIA. 1r upists arc uruplo
no f'rc ia Is. work Hri, 1nd arc not n ,wcd
TO IN X. rhey take fh'ir name from . barren
- ~ France ciiicd Ia Ir me. where. about
20 war. neo. the iif' ~ hard .hins wifi n they
sun lea was trau0"r ted. They re- Or ictirh
people. and Know how To- IN ke their good Norks
not Only u-eiul to themsc ves utdI.Ccilv pruut-
ole Tor their suffering fell "a ures as we'll
They live by the sweat " their brow. divid-
ing it, profits with the poor, and teach
ing them by example and instruction to
work for Themselves. A bv the rules II
their order hey are pronbii ed from speaking eN-
cept on certain occasions, IN from giving aud 70.
ceiving directions when at work, aud as, further,
they ise to CORES pond when In their invent
with the o ter world. they certainly are as little
dangerous "a thev are idle, rippists are tho
verS stfictest veaetariins. Not only ~ meat nr
animal T 4 not allowed. but not oven butter. oil,
ecgs fish. or sugar: Iey have to cook everything
with wat and salt. Nelet' RI uisn no doubt
gree5 with the fathers ms they: as rule, re cha
considerable age but they RELY ~ health not only
ON their ahstcn'inn from animal fond but just
~ much on their mode Of LIVING. Getting up ut
m the morning they work. with short intervals
ior meals ann or yrs, wv mtnI Ia n' -, W. sIs
The evening. A Trap list convent I. Ike hee-
hive " ithout dfOnes. the buzz from tho dihereni
workshops AMI machines alone ~ the accom-
pauin ent 10 tho buav inmates silently toiling On
to- ret their own daily bread, but leaving tho
si ps .r', Thcy SSvc n" sep rate cell. ho,
sleep together in dormitorles. having ONLY hnrt
riw mattress nd - W ollen blanket. on ac-
cnmn, II tre harJships they have TO undergo,
the time ~ probati IN before being definitely rs-
,civsd into the comm unity IL five wears, during
which the candid ties e free To depiIt. Or are
sent way by the superior II not suited for a
wonKrNd WONDERS.
Such ars the Trarps,s. Sprung from france.
they pc to he una wherever there ave waste
lands to cultivate, swainps To dram, deserts T.
be fertilized. Napoleon III. sent them 70 Age
ria, where thew worked W ndefs In Amcrig
err consena ms r. pnsn !x on %
practical England they have one mousse At VIII
wick near leicester; another in lr'l mi It
Nount Nellefay, Cappoqnin, co inty waterford.
SIX wears ag1 tnry enigratod from Gerntny
~ Bosnia. 4 boundlcss field wa there waiting
to be "a tiviied-a field only opened up sncs
1868 bv the convention 400 ring t. Austrian
subjects the right TO cquire landed property Ia
Turkey. Two lIappi-t rrther. and their su o.
near tho 'own OF ninuka with pickaxe and
sp de They h d tn make the ROADS themselves
which were To Leaf M to the house thev We -
inc to Quilt. For three months cow shed WAS
their only shell err, and they slept habitu Nv IN
the open air, living on be ms and bread mnde IL
m ize. rhey were their own architects, prick
layers. masons. and engino"r.. blasting the r"cks
and utillzinr q d,bff. tor G construction Of a
house and a mill M II three original baothes
have since IN reused 10 %; and where six yeurs
ago was almost VII iefness IN re Is now
square house Of solid masonry, large enou h Tor
100 brethren. with garden. They have finished
the farm buildings, stables an sheds erected a
mill and saw mill. ana started "A brewery he
sides wing opened several workshops. Y eat
deal OF woodland has been ttalsiol med mo
helds, grazing ! mi and yinrY lrds; several miles
Of ro q have been made and several bridges
c0nstruc ed, and the cultivation u hops ADD
valuabl- frlit trees has been introduced. But
uefore having thus mnIstered u their own
wants. the Irappis's set ABOUT providing IN ana
for the education OF the wre ched children Of
tine neigh rorhood. Tbev bought two houses
snd garden for the sun OF 4lOOO. OF which
$500 il still owing, sent fr some Sisters Of Char
it,, and opened "A school.
ESLARGING THEIR FIELD.
The nrst settlement having proved 50 sue.
cessfu and henencial, 800 Anstrianl acres w,r
purchased In the heart Of ID snil, about three
davs Journey from the frst house, with the ob-
ject OF founding n second one. The benefits &C.
crding to the neighborhoon by the Irlppist
establishment near Banialuka are looked upon
as so greet by the Turkish authorities them.
selves. that they let the Trapoists have 400 a.
trees and oaks at the nominI prices OF
kreu,zers and lOkreutzers uer tree (1ne kreutzei
Austrian being almost equiv ient to y frthins
English money!. he construction of this SEQ
| ond house was already In pr gress when the IN
surrectton came to interrupt IL.
The present social state Of Bosnia moods
| cvilzing influences undreamt OF in other parts
! OF Europe, and iralels of which can only he
! found 10y going back to the beginning Of the
middle ayes. The Christian as we'll as the Nus
! De'etiorating the soil, they do not know how TO
cultivate. There Is plenty OF cattle. but It ia
| badly bred and b div fed, giving little or no re-
| turn. the lrippists telch the lnnabtants now
t. breed their cattle cheaply and VII. Ever
sort Of farming Ia on the verv lowest level
there are no VINEYARDS; no, exrept the mos.
ordinary, fruit trees swafms OF bees
ut nobody who knows how To man 20
/ them The agricultur i ihplenenis ot the m
hinit inis are Of the most primitive descrpti m,
J and a umb r Of other tools are q lite unknown,
| the inch-r1d itself not having Vet penrtrited
| into the carpenters shops. Tho people DO not
know how to bake proper bread, nor bow 10
/ IN Ike cheese or Ger. The TT ippiSts. b INK re-
cruited chiefly from the arts N clps, In ne
/ ca hutc countries ~ rope are able and will
/ hard work and obedience. Every 1rappist con.
/ vent tnus becomes model farming establish.
ment and an artisans school both for Christian
MORE GOOD WORK.
The Trappist had already started a school IN
Rani luNa directed by Sisters Of Charity hut
| n1w theN nave also founded an orohauaae'
Gutter children" mos ly belong nc 10 the sub
/ jert Waristianl r ce, seem q be aim ST as LEM
tfIl in the wilds Of - snia 5 Va the CITY OF Lon
| don, and these rrapplsts now undertake To We,
10 ciyillzc, 20 educate, and to turn them into
useful farm llborers or art sans at their own
| Uhe frlpJistso expense. This Is done at an
average cost OF 70 per how annum; \ doctor
seems To be rdrd IRIS III II sNia. ju Lying from
| the fact that not only ~ the convent continually
| hesieged by crowds Of sick and poor, who are re-
lieved aud miniserei & reg rdless 81 "a y re-.
igious belief. Dgt that the Superior OF the lttld
/ community was actu lily sent for on one ocra-
sion ~ the ne rest Pasha for medic advice.
since the outbreak OF the insurrectibn tho
/ convent near banialuka has been crowded 10y
the woundod of both sides, whose ~oun ara
| dressed. band yes and " chlrpi e" being found in
that part ~ the country only with the TrappsE
fathers, md there distributed Gr ius.
The q lesti1n will naturally pr sent its"if how
the poor conlratcrnity have becn able to achieve
such great things with the scanty means NJ their
c2mmtn1. The answer is, almost exclusively
with the ..eurc or the poor, especially ~ sew
Ing Glass In Austria ana Germ ny. 1tanpists ara
| not fashionable. and do not, rs a rule command
| largely the symptthies OF the rcn. The only
RE individual Git they have had for their
! E"sni establishments has been one of Epl IN
pay for tho whole Of the 30 acres austrian. the
site Of their second house in the interior. Thii
comp rlttgcly small price shows how cheap
| land IA To ne had IN TINT province. Besides tho
collections mace In Germany and Austria, tins
/ Turkish authorities, h. order Of the Grand
Nlzieg himself, facilitnt' or Al least have ed
| to oppose the est hlshment ~ TIE fathers 3
but the substantial AID derived from that sourcs
! is naturally small in the present state - lurk.
! ish nnarcp. The collections I'm Austria AMI
] Germany have FOR various re1sons fallen on in
the last year or Two, and The instruction ot tina
nrst olphanage has hal ~ Ue stopped in ccnso-
| quence.
RICH prsOURCFs.
PEOPLE outside Bosnia hardly have anotioI
| how beautiful com ~ II IL. True, the nhnkt
| Of tie Rhne from Bngen to Cologne, the shores
| Of the Swiss lakes, OF the Lago Magginro aud
| the Lago Ill Como, are very fine, nut II YOU take
| away all that has been done theirs by the hand
OF man-the castles ruins villas, VILLAGES, towns,
| and vneymds-you will find that Nature ana.
| uOrned has not done ~ much In those spots as
| she has for Blsl 40 laica and luli,lr.
| In two words, bosnia IS Ike stNIia OF the
| IYrol, only more beautiful, with grazing Ian q
more extensive, and with climate which allows
tue cultivation ol almost any European prot 20
| llEn up ON the mountain side. ia D. .
ftu ~ IN Al ltln a..