The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
TIKI; LARGEST CRUCiFiX.
Hewn Out of a Quarry for Pine Hill
Cemetery in Ruh

HeWn Out of Quarry for Pine Hillr
Cemetery in Buffalo:
If the clouds today permit a! sunset
worthy of the lialne, the last rays of light,
glintins over the spires Of the city, will
tail upon the largest crucitix in the world
1t is customary with Catholics to erect in
their cemeteries a cruci6x as a place of
public worship, and in this respect the burr
al ground of the united German and
French Catholic Cemetery Association mt
Pine Hill has long been lacking Over
two years ago the association determined
for Il crucitix which should be credit to
the church, the cemetery and the city.
The stone is Barre granite. and cross
and figures are cut from one solid piece
The block when quarrie,l was 30 feet long,
y feet wide. and between and 5. feet
thick and weighed 100 tons. This great
mass has been cut away so that now it
ed will stand rs feet high. the breadth of
arms will be 10 feet and the shaft will be
3 feet & inches square. The figure was
taken from that Of the man who imperson-
ated the Savior at the last presentation of
the: Passion Play, and is 8 feet from head
When the 'crucitix was received at the
foot Of Michigan street last Friday it was
found that the trouble of the contractors
who had covenanted to make, deliver and
erect it had but just begun. With great
care it was taken from the car that had
brought it from the Businesses of New
England and placed upon the strongest
A team of nearly twenty horses was at
tached to the wagon for the purpose of
drawing it to Pine Hill. This was finally
| accomplished, but not without much ex-
ertion and danger. The wagon broke down
several times, once as it passed over the
tracks on lower Michigan street.: again OH
the rough pavement of Pine street, and 4
third time away out on Genesee street
Every breakdown meant Il delay while an
axle was being mended or until q new one
could be procured The Gencsee. street
bridge near the city line was practically
rebuilt to insure a safe passage of the
great wcight.-Buffalo CourieT: :. .
He Went Slow.
In the course of some "reminiscences re-
garding the late Prof. Swing Sof Chicago,
Kate Fields Washington makes the fol-
lowing comments: Prof. Swings oratory,
when he let himself loose, was always at
fault in the matter of speed. When asked
once why he talked 50 fast in the pulpit,
he said that he was afraid to talk slower
for fear his congregation might go to
sleep. Though he laughed over his habit,
it really annoyed him at times. He al
ways had to fight against it from the be-
ginning of his ministry. When he was a
young man he never used to preach with
out having someone demonstrate with him
afterward on his delivery. His words
followed each other like a lawless torrent.
They ran together and tumbled over each
other; they were broken off and snapped
Although he had not little talent as an ex-
temporaneous speaker, he fell to writing
out his sermons SOFAS to be able to keep
control of his tongue, and some of the
older manuscripts used to show the mar
ginal notes in a very pronounced hand
''Slow up. 'Go slow here" Look out"
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