Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-27

nell saying this antiphon: ''Thou wilt sprinkle me, o Lord, with hyssop and I shall be clean; Thou wilt wash me and I shall be winter than snow.' The clergy then recited the 5Oth psalm, Have Mercy on me, o Lord. When the procession fore the altar, the bishop said the Ben edictio Domi: ''Hear us, o Holy Lord Almighty Father, Eternal God, and deign to send Thy holy angels from Heaven, who may guard, favor, protect, unite and defend all those dwelling in this house, Per Dominum.'
 The parishioners improved the oppor- tunity to inspect the building and archi- tect Jackson modestly received many congratulations for the complete and satisfactory design.
 The convent has accommodations for { over one hundred pupils, making with the school building proper sittings for eight hundred and fifty.
 The school entrance is on th- north side into a hall. To the right on tie corner is recitation room, 12x15, hay ing also an entrance from the Cole street or main hall. To the left Of the hall is a school room 25x29, having eight windows. Passing up stairs e enter another school room of similar size. Both these rooms have registers in the floor for the admission of pure air and are provided with vent places at the base of the wall, whereby the ventila- tiOn will be complete. Each has lava l tory and other convenieuces. These rooms are practically distinct from tic other parts of the edifice
 | Entering from Cole street we come to tiled vestibule finished in hard wood The inner vestibule is finished in a silni- lar manner, having cathedral glass in the side lights. On the right is the re- ception room, 11x15, beyond which through folding doors is the music room, 15x19 supplied with fireplace and mar i ble mantel.
 From the inner vestibule we enter the main hall, 12x16. To the right of this is an extension hall, on the side of which is niche for a statue of St Vincent de Paul. Through folding doors the chapel Is reached, 19x29, occupying the corner of the building. On the east is a recess apsidal sanctuary, 5x13. To the side is a confessional, also sacristy The music room opens by folding doors into the chapel, which also has a fire place.
 From the main hall by swinging doors we reach the rear hall, ,7x14, which connects with the school room, sacristy, above and below. The front stairway is spiral leading to a hall extending from front to rear with lateral halls. On the front are two bed rooms for visiting sis ters, one for the superior: on the south i side is a community room, 19x29 and an intirmary, 12x19, each of which is supplied with a fireplace. The bathroom and lavatory is reached from the hall. A metallic skylight in addition to the win doves makes the hall very cheery.
 On the third floor are fifteen bed rooms fN1s fk,1Nu ,tr,ry J,.>I xsxl- having no connection with each other. This floor is also supplied with bath room. On going to the basement one enters corridor, 12x34, on either side of which are the kitchen, 13x1S, dinine room, 14x27, also laundry room, coal room, store room, boiler room and cold vegetable room.
 The building is 5Ox60, the first story having height of II, the second 1Ol and the third 10 feet. The walls of the basement are of cut Vermont granite with an ashlar water table of same ma terial. The walls of the building are oi Palette brick. The entire building is heated with steam; each window has inside blinds. The floors of Georgis pine are deadened and the joists of triple spruce, jointed with prods to form truss. The rooms are finished in natu ral white wood and ash.
 The roof, which is of Bangor slate, has an iron cresting. The tower over the man entrance rises high above the roof and is surmounted with a gill cross.
 The entire expense, including the grading and asphalt walks is SEQ, ,OOO everything having been done with a view to excellence and permanencv.
 J. A. Jackson was the architect J ". Gaffney, mason; Barlow Bros, plumbers c. O'Connor, joiner; and O A. Valentine, painter