The morning news., 1888-07-26

now is and could not account for it. Early
this year when he was fixing the yard he
filled UP the hole with sods When he sub
sequently noticed that the ground about
the spot was sloppy he thought the painters
who were at work on the academy wall
were throwing water there, but soon dis
covered his mistake. Then he dug up
few shovelfuls of earth and probed the
earth with an iron rod, finding the earth
soft for depth of several feet
While the Herald reporter was there yes
terday there were several little girls dipping
up tin pals of water from the spring, while
a group of men speculated, as they have
not ceased to do since its discovery, upon
the possible source from which the water
proceeds. 1t is about the same temperature
as the city water, but it is somewhat
harder like that from limestone rock.
THE HOLY WELL.
while | was at work here awhile ago an
old woman came along and asked, Is this
the holy wellH said bystander. When
told her it was she got down on her knees,
and blessing herself, began to pray away
to her hearts content"
"That's an every day scene here now.
People are coming and going allsthe time
for the water. / heard to-day, sure" said
another of the men, that the priest was
talking of blessing it.n
The flow does not come from any break
in the water pipe. There is no pipe near
here. So that's out OF the question" ex-
claimed third individual Its truly
wonderful"
WHAT THE PRIEST SAYS.
The venerable Father Fransioli, who
built st. Peters church thirty years ago,
smiled quietly when the subject was
broached to him by the reporter.
when | was visiting at the rooms of the
Young Mems association attached to the
church last evening"" said the reverend
gentleman, "some of the boys asked me to
tell them about the we'll I said: 1t may
be it's the will of the Almighty God, who
has sent me this well as fountain of gold
to, pay off the debt of the church. If it
possesses mineral properties it might prove
valuable
when l built the church thirty years
ago and saw the foundations dug there was
no indication of water anywhere We had
~ feet of sand in front and had to put in
| two courses of base stone. Everything
about the grounds was high and dry. In
building the school | built closets for the
male department, and | ran special pipe
| to communicate with the sewers-a water
pipe about one inch thick connecting with
| the main runs in front of the church at a
| depth of feet beneath the surface That
| is several feet distant from the new spring
! There is no diminution in the pressure or
| flow of water in the school. 1t is difficult
to believe that break large enough could
occur in that pipe, so far beneath the sur
| face, to admit of the regular flow in the
school and at the same time find volume
and pressure sufficient to supply the well.
"Of course, we will have the pipes exam
ined carefully. Should it prove a natural
spring, then l will make fountain of it.
"Old women think it's blessed well, and
say their prayers while standing about it.
It's wonderful, the faith of these good peo-
pie"
In the meantime interest centers in the
spring in st. Peters churchyard, and it re-
mains for the plumbers to determine
whether it proceeds from a leak in the pipe
or fresh from the lap of mother earth.