The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-06-01
NUMBER 10.
For SIXTI YEARS Il PRI f;S 4,
a TALK WITH THE OLDEST DoNINICAN
MONK IN THE UNITED sTATLs.

tlH llth uf June. 1913. near the mouth of
the PI>caIaway IIver, Pirnce Geuige coun-
", Md.
y reporter found him sitting at vim
dow uyei lunkUg IlIe fioWe ei garden ia nunt
f the muha>teIN, reading n paper aud
smoking cIsaI, seemingly a. hale aud
hearty one half his age. e H. some
What bent, however, aud Complains of
slight paIms la hIS b"ueS. lie IL shvit uf
statu'e aud net lacking ia flesh. Ills com
IileNt"n IL H,,I id and healthy. HIS haiT Is
scant ahd snowy White aud lis eyes ae
gray. though son ew hat dim.
All. said he, rising and "ff.ring his
hand, Il aIn lad Ia see you. Sprung aud
winter shaking hands, = he added, with a
luSiy laugh. ''s,it down. NY buA. Ill u"Nn,
and lea hear what Sou We gni 10 SAY.
''A lay, What a" fuiks GaIe iur old
weather -heaIen priests sioiy?" he asked
" hen The Irpnter's riiaud vas explain, a.
y "u WANT Ia know about my aucrs,uis? ?
My great grandfather (an EugiIshniau) was
"A Judge, and WIS SEM uut heit bl,at CT
paciiy. lie became a cnuver: to Cstiiuiic-
I>in, and vt course had Ia give up Lls Job.
as the saying -. Eu2 land dIGu'I ai.oy
Catholics To- hold "thc' IN those days lie
bought Il tract of land which II iruw cuv-
eicd 10y a great IaIt of Na>hincIu ci.y.
Well, he died, In all likehlI,,ud | shall
In The next thitty years, aud The ia,n.
"i til" country on 1t. went to my eiaiI,inau,
Morley \ "ung. lie was boIIi ',n II. " itea
Ueneiai W a>hingion came To- lay out tie
city "f Washington my gIaudad gave up
his farm. and the whol. ur Sruih " a>hihe-
ton rs ART uf y. The General ,lupla d wi'h
The old ecnil,ma DUNG that luut. aud
| provided that Nuiicy Nounu's mausiuii
should not be tom down iill sit,i his dr.i.i,
aud There it SIoud night ia iiir middle ,T
u street until lac died. NV father. y ,Cli,,-
! las uung. marie 81 uue 1T tie Feiiu Ick~,
| Who wtIc "f the LpId iSaliiinnI. cnl,Iiv
| that came over aud founded May Il.
| ihIough her he iuhrIiietl il,,. ftltn ~,
Prince George county, where | Was born.
! II was right act''Sss il"m Mount Vernon,
wheie W a~hiugtun lived. Many q time
my father tu'k us oni Ui n"Iuiug in the
eatden 10 look Through spy glass at The
General pacing up and dbUn oii lp vt.taIt,ia,
Ia iI"uI "f his house lie had a haI.it uf
| Walking ;hIs way eVU'. u.niaiHg Nnh iiS
! hands brhIid las back. Cg,. Gas s. l,ft
WAS about eight years old iitie WAS O., Lr :,
! mllnia IiaIade mot fdi fum cur h;iuse, and
General " aSiiinGiun was To- he there tu ie-
view the mlliiIa. |. with Il lut Of other
! young Shav-rs. went Io the show iu get
some ginger -bi Gao muit than at,N thii-p ,I>,,.
! However, the General was thpIe. lie l,Ge
! by white huiSt. uut What .ouk u> hu, 3
! WIS lis cooked har. | rene ui!rr every
]
/ body cl>e. lie WI Il great brad sh"ul-
drtcd man, and Id know him nov lItifpcilv
II were 10 see him IA The ga CirtI cat iItie,
! he made such an impressions "m M, uiiud.
! thought he WIS The cr,atcsj man even lived:
! d'du't know Why or where futt. only that he
! whipped the BrItISh. | Sul,IttpSt ihrge aie
! very few nowadays can say what | say.
! ''1uu ubast lave seen all the I,ubhc men
! since " Nasiinuton's lIrsideucN"
/ y Is. ve s. eu every president We ever
/ had. | have seen J, ffci>oi Iire alound
/ tie race tIaCk Ia VI aShiIilirn ~ well as
amy sportsman. | S,w Madison aud Mon
[ zoe do 10 same. Il,nr, CiaN IA. a l., vis T
my father My my ! They 'Ie- all dead"
How came you Ia toe a monk, taIhei .
asked the irpnt,r.
My uucl,.. Edward Dominic Frnwjck.
Who Vas Afterwards bishop of Circintati
was Domuicau mouk in the English
/ monastery at Buinheim. Belgium When
| The French. dui Ing The French wars, took
ihe place they turned the monastery IA 4
| took my uncle prisoner. lie called thtir
attention To The fact that lac v ~ ava An,e,i-
! can citizrn. aud HEY let him GO. Nrn by
! advice of Luke Cpncaui,on. ~ ho WIS com
| SecIaied in Rome Iltr fI>, bIShnt or New
! luik, bui who never reached here. nv
! uncle, with Fathers Nisr'n. Angler AID
QuIt. came To this Country io .Stalli>h the
/ uIurr. Having wealih. mv uucle ,,ui chased
| ton county. Ky. There Is Zee, Q our moth
er l:"n>e. St. iR''s,.'S. il, uoN. In 1906 that
/ pace Was established, and haviIg added a
college {" l., / MAS srut ia, D, To- he et'u..at-
J cd. Father Wilson WAS the siilserior In
! lSjS hey established a noN iiiaie. hni |.
! with Sam Muiiig"'pci ! ard ;.unfltrr Mont
| g"mrry and Nillett and MIlp> and another,
/ entered The oidcr, 50 that have been
! nearly seventy years a Dominican f. lar.
! All nay chumS ate dead Miles lecan,e he
1 fi,st b;>I"p ,'f y ShViil,. Tenn. Irasor
damned Il priest un the ISL pf Dee, n.ber.
: 1917 80 thnt | am ueaIly Sixty years a
pIIr>I. uueh; Ia te quite cuut by This
tItne. don't Nuu think 80 2''
! "N hat wrIe your labors i'm those early
1 days, was the next inquiry.
! ucie Fcnwick and myself were sent
! into The Stale of Dhi", vhe.e We took DOS
! SESSION Of fam given in Peiiy county
! We woI krd like beavers. and l.ist :,
SAW some result. IL 1919 established the
FIRST Ca;h"iic church ia tie city ,.f Citcr
mali. There were no railroads i'm those
/ days and have ridden about oI horseback
The circumference "f the earth two OF three
times, | reckon. | used - thiuK :,
"f Iidug flun our convent sT ST. Joserb 20
Columbus. fifty miles, of night through
/ w"'ds aud sWamIs To visit the sick
! tell y''u, my boy, there wasn't ahy fun in
! being IiiP>t III ihtr~e dayS, but Ikt,t N ,,
Did y"u speno all yrnr time Ia oia., ?''
''Oh un : | founded tie first cln,ch in
! Washington, my hoy. aud built il ,ipbt
wheie nay gIandfather's barn used to- stand.
IL iS ilir hue>t specimen ur Guthic n-ntk IN
this couniry-ihe chuich of 81. Dominic. 4"
''il"w long have you been "A s,nokerp''
''Wel, ever since became a ,.,,,->t Wv
uncle was d smoker, aud when ne rsre
thrown together in the ,NIld> ot On g..
found smoking of great service ON the road
particularly at night. II solaces me. I
! could not do without smoking
Father ouug came To New York IN
! ! 1926. when theu' we've bnt two C.tb,,i,c
/ chufches is the city. to ak f,.r ilth E.. rhs
: fruniier>me:i ot thS Catholic faith. lie
gees about FROM one institution to anoiher
> of his order aud is always a welrar,,a y,>i-