The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-31

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,,., C.r il,r-c "a NOW b,Iup built around tia
.n.,. church If modern stylnHSh.ch promises To
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.,,,,.,iu seal. .i AN. kind. The faithful not be-
.,,,,.l ,,,, %, fla. lr,ur, Of cushioned seats
aud r,ru.,.l floors. ,a much the rage in TN, age
If ,u,. nineteenth rprtur, and ju u.dgu tmc-, fol.
lo,y the cy,mpl. Of their ancient ancestor, by
r,.,Ii,,., ,. 81, dir, n.,r and when urrd--uut to
.rlt too fine "a upiu, OH 1.-THE women squat; hut
t,rv IN il gracefully The cathedral is always
omen. and 70 what time Won will you viii lind
someone kpceIiug in front Of the altar or Going
th,. rn,rds of ,b, stations Of the cross; showing
that whatever else may be lacking in the MeXl-
can element they at least have the ialth ana are
exceptionally religious On the walls oi IA's Ola
structure hang many paintings, and IN the men
G. are old and primitive styled statues most o'
which were brought from spain during the earlier
days OF the Franciscans. Back Of the altar Is
huge slab Of stone which extends from the foor
TO the ceiling, on which are cut, in peculiar style,
figures aud cmb!cms. Some say It Is Egyptian III
style, aud others that 1T was cut by the Indians
with Aztec ideas in their minds; but descrlp'
ton here is Of no great consequence, so we VIII
pass on TO the altar In the south wing where
stand two yelled statues of saints II Is SAID that
they were brought from Spain long, long years
ago, and they must have been, Judging from
their age and style. They are velled because II
Is said that if any man should LOOK upon Them
unveiled he would be turned to stone! The
priests say they are yelled TO keep Oh the dust
but 1t is more likely they are yelled To hlde the
lamentahlc want of proportion IN the faces. Il"
tbs II, it may, our curiosity was not aroused 20
a very high pitch 80 we had not the courage 10
raise the gauHc fabric, and thinking OF the late
that belel Lots vile, we concluded thaI IL was
preferable to be Il I'VE coward imam ueau nero
OUR LADY or GUADALUPE
Is an adobe church with smooth walls, and sur.
mounted hy a diminishing pile of mud pillars,
which form a tower. II has more the appear
auce Of "A prison than of a church, and its
two or three oddly shaped windows. which light
the Interior are dungeon. like IN construction.
The church is iucosed in an adobe wall some
four or five feet high inside Of which and around
the church are graves and tombstones Of various
sizes and of ancient designs. Like that Of San
Miguel the floor is filled with graves, and scarce
~ is there Il place to step on without treadng on
II grave There are no seats in this church, and
no ornaments or paintings upon the walls. ex.
cept at the back of the altar, and there mag
nfcent picture, in several parts, painted in beau
tiful coors and illustrating the Miracle or his
tory of the apparitun which is said to have la
ken place "Our Lady Of Guadaloupc' i. a
prominent parsonage in Mexican church history
Briefly told. the legend is, THAT in the fifteenth
century an Indian named Juan Diego, living in
the vicinity of Guadalouue, had AN apparition Of
the Vircin Mary one dav as he was travelling
She Instructed him as TO a chanel which she
wanted built in her honor. He went to the Dish.
but the Bishop discouraged the Indian. The
next dav she appearcd TO MIN again and further
instructed him. and again he went TO the Bishop
told his story and was bounced by the servants
A third time the Virgin appeared to him, when
| he demonstrated and asked for some evidence Of
the truth Of the vision to he shown the Bishop
She told him to 90 to the top of neighboring
mountain and pick some flowers growing there
Eut Juan demonstrated: il being winter and that
even in summer no flowers grew there. But The
1 VIRGIN insisted Juan went and TO his astonish