The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-18

pect to the church nor its institutions, but
was entirely ignorant of the character of
the procession; when, after some dark
threats and considerable bullying, he was
released.
A PARTY OF JOLLY YOUNG ENGLISH TARs
mad narrower escape here last year.
Their ship lying at Mollendo, they came
by rail over the mountains to Arequipa to
see the sights. 1t happened to be an i'm
portant fiesta day, and a procession was
out in full feather. The Englishmen natu-
rally stopped to gaze upon it, but never
mats, as, to use their own words, it was
none of their funeral,' and signifed
nothing religious to them, But it came
near to being their funeral" AS they
stood still in group, silent, interested,
and doing nothing but stare somebody
stepped up and violently knocked off
the hat of one of them, and in
stantly measured his length on the pave
ment assisted by brawny English fist.
Immediately excitement spread like wild
lire. The procession stopped the priests
scoW!ed darkly. the people crowded around,
and the soldiers rushed up with drawn bay.
onets. Things looked pretty dark for the
nVe Jolly tarS, unarmed, against bowling
mob; but they squared their backs against
!. wall, doubled their fists and prepared to
night till the last gasp. At this alarming
luncture young Arequipean, more en-
llghtened than most of his neighbors and
known to all to be good and pious citizen
as well as the representative Of one OF the
NEST families" sprang between the sol
oilers and the undaunted Englishmen and
proceeded to harangue the crowd. Said he:
ST AM ASHAMED OF MY COUNTRY
ana my church for such scene as this.
Are we barbarlans, that foreigners cannot
come among US without being assaulted and
perhaps murdered! These gentlemen who
have come to view our city know nothing
OF our language have different religious
customs IN their own country, and are en-
tlrely ignorant of the purport of this pro
cession. They do not know that they
should kneel, or that their hats should be
removed in accordance with our ideas.
The constitution Of this republic guaran-
tees liberty of conscience and religion to
all men within our borders; is this the way
we carry out its principles?"
On the day of Corpus Christi (body of
Christi we went out to suburban village
TO witness the celebration. Words can
hardly do justice to the quaint and curious
scene, for to fully appreciate it one should
see the people, the blanketed Indians and
equally earnest devotees OF higher degree,
the adobe walled casas and big, dim church,
the glorious sunshine, dever too hot nor
loo cold in this favored altitude, and above
all the snow-topped mountains. At one
end of the street named 1.-The Devils
Pocket" curious altar had been erected
OF trees and bushes, representing the
HANGING OF ABsALoM
by his long hair, figure being actually
suspended in that manner to tree; while
another image, dressed like royal robber,
appeared in the act of shooting him with
bow and arrows. On the other side of the
street was huge cross higher than the
houses upon which appeared all the
emblems of the crucifction, including a
common two-gallon jug, a dice box and a
wooden rooster tied to the top. A little
farther down the street was another wooden
altar, upon which was dramatically
depicted the history of Judith and Holo-
fernes. The heroine was dressed in a
gown of scarlet and yellow, Of rather too
modern make, having Topped up polonaise
and suspicion of panier, while Holo-
fernes looked as stolidly wooden as he
really was. Every balcony and window
was decorated with wreaths of flowers,
mostly artificial, and crowned with ladies
dressed in their best-ball dresses to our
thinking; being mostly of pale-hued silks,
satins and muslins, low-necked, no.
sleeved, and set off with jewels and flow
ers. AT length the procession issued from
the church, taking both sides of the street
at once, each person in it carrying lighted
candle. linen came several young men,
THE BEAUx OF THE TOWN,
in full dress, carrying tall black crosses en-
twined with purple flowers. These walked
in the middle of the road, up and down to
clear the way. Then came group of little
children, in white satin dresses, white satin
shoes, white kid gloves and white wreaths
on their heads, strewing flowers in the path
OF the priests who carried the symbols, the
mitre and the cross and the keys of St.
Peter, an archbishop's corzier, several
golden stats and magnificent white satin
| banner heavily embroidered with gold Be
hind these walked the archbishop, bearing
the Host in both hands, surrounded by a
score of priests, who carried canopy
fringed with gold above his head and accom-.
panied by the Papel Nuncio, troup of
soldiers, and five or six bands of music
| playing gay military airs.
| By the way, the only American woman
who ever had the honor of canonization
lived and died in Peru. She was Santa
Rosa, hereabouts known as La Pdtrona dc
todds las Americds--"The Patroness OF all
the Americas" She was born in Lima. in
April of 1886, of the usual 'poor but honest
parents" and was one of very large
family. From earliest childhood sheis SAID
to have displayed
A SUPERNATURAL AMOUNT OF HOLINESS.
but unlike the usual fate of good children
in story books, did not die young in conse-
quence. At five years of age against the
wishes of her parents, she consscrated
herself, body and soul, to the most vigorous
convental order then known, that oil
Saint Catherine of Siennos, taking vows tc
eschew the world and all the pomps and
pleasures thereof, never to eat meat or tc
sleep in bed, perpetual celibac,
and other promises whose full mean
ing child could not have UNDER
stood. When fifteen years old she was
examined by six noted theologians, ap-
pointed for that purpose by the archbishop
of Lima, who came to the unscriptural con
clusion that she had never once in her life
departed from the right path, in thought OF
deed. After this she entered the thirc
order of st. Dominic, that of ST. Gather
inc, and thenceforth never ceased to exhor
the priests to 20 forth and seek martyrdon
among the wild heather tribes of the Mon
tana. Martyrdom for herself and other!
seems to have been her holy hobby, for OF
one occasion when a Dutch squadron wa!
reported to be off Callao, she fervently
prayed that they might
! TAKE AND PILLAGE LIMA
80 that she might attain to the honors of
martyr, a petition which, to say the leas
of it, was somewhat selfish! But she diet
peaceably at the age of thirty one, and he
funeral was made the occasion of extra
ordinary pomp, not at all in accordance
with the austere life she had led, nor thu
customs of her sisterhood Of Saint Gather
inc, to be buried, uncoftined, at dead O
night, in an unmarked grave which nom
OF the worlds people might be able t.
identify. The reigning viceroy, Prince d.
Esquilache, the archbishop and all the dig
nitaries Of Lima followed her corpse of it