The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-26
The Recent A~pparitions or the Virgin
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III AEeihhus
The Dublin Nation newspaper hay.
ing sent a reporter to Knock, county Of
Mayo. where apparitions Of the Virgin
Mary are said to have appeared, and
where pilgrims are now In large mum
bers con~gregating, gives an account o.
his inquiry and its results. The wit
ness on whose testimony he relies said
HE, and the other persons who were
with him, saw a large space Of soft
white light on the gable of the Knock
chapel, the rest of the gable being dark
at the time. In the midst of this light,
which was not exactly In the center
but toward the right hand side Of the
gable, las he stood facing it, he saw
three figures; 10 his left, In a bending
attitude, with hands clasped, was a fig
ure Of st. Joseph; in the middle a Hg-
ure of the Virgin, her eyes raised, her
hands raised to about the level Of her
shoulders, and their palms turned out
ward; to his 1.-THE witness') right, a fig
ure Of a bishop, which the people said
was St. John, holding in his left hand
an open book, which he appeared to be
reading, his right hand elevated, the
thumb placed on the third and fourth
fingers, the first and second standing
erect. Further on to his 1.-THE witness')
right, appeared an altar with a lamb on
it, as represented in Catholic pictures,
and II cross standing on the altar. All
about the group were twinkling or flash
ing lights, like stars; they were not
steady; they seemed as If they used to
come nearer and then retire again, or
to go in and out through the gable"
The Nation supplies a wood cut OF
the chapel to show where the vision be-
came apparent, and adds:
"At present the wall, as high as the
hand can reach, is denuded Of its coat
lug Of cement, and even the mortar
from between the stones has been
scraped out by visitors to the scene,
who wish to carry away with them some
relics of that portion of the building.
A number of sharp stones, which had
been used by the people in hammering
off the mortar and cement, were lying
about the ground at the time of our
visit. Against that part of the wall on
which the vision Of the Virgin was
seen, u little wooden tablet has been set
up and n small shelf, on which are now
placed two candles in candlesticks, and
two small statutettes; under these a box
with n slit for offerings, and around it
a rough wooden palIng, within which
are placed the crutches and sticks of
persons who have there been cured of
their ailments. A number Of sticks
and one pair of crutches were within
this enclosure at the time of our visit.
On the tablet which l have just men,
toned the following inscription is paint
ed: 1t is important that any miracu-
lous cures wrought here should be made
known to the parish priest When 1 Wis
tied the place ten or twelve, including
well dressed women, were outside pray
ing before the e of the apparition;
two or three, ~bare-headed in the cold
winter wind, were walking round the
church, praying as they went, some one
having told them that three rounds OF
this sort ought to be performed, and
one poor cripple performing those peni.
tentisl circuits toiled his way painfully
along on hands and knees, n-TPaE