The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-07
A HOLY WELL IN NEW YORK.
Cures at est. Gabriers" Spring, as
wonderful as Those at LOurdes.
From the New York World.


wonderful as Those at LOurdes.
From the New York World.
Half way down the slope of Rosary Hill,
whose crest is crowned by the monastery
of the Dominicans. a tiny spring bubbles
out of the living rock The people of Pleas
antville and Unionville, in upper New York
say it is a holy well. and have given it the
name of st. Gabriel's Spring.
No miraculous appearances, such as in
dicated the fountains at Lourdes and La
Salette, have been vouchsafed the foun-
tain at Sherman park, but the spring is
reverenced because it's waters heal I'VE
know there is blessing in the waters" said
Mrs. Mary Scheibl 10 a World reporter,
for we have the proof of it in ourselves.
We carry the evidence of its power around
with us"
It may be that the surroundings of the
well have suggested that 1t is blessed. Not
far away stands a statue of the Blessed
Mother holding the Divine Babe, and on
the terrace of the garden, little way up
the hillside, one sees the white-robed Do
minicans, with their cowls drawn over
their heads, striding up and down, read
ing their breviaries or coming their les
sons-for the monastery is a theological
seminary-or reciting the beads which
swing from their leatheTn girdles.
There is little about the spring itself
earth has fallen away from the slope
and has uncovered a tiny bowl in the rock.
This overhows and narrow ribbon OF sil
yer goes dancing down the hillside. Back
of the spring tall stalks of goldenrod stand.
In front of these are all trodden down and
worn away by the knees OF those VINO
come to drink, and maybe to say prayer.
There Is no strong flavor to the water. II
seems only cold and sweet.
Miss Annie Appel removed from East
New York to the outskirts of Pleasant
willie hnnf a She then weighed
forty-seVen pounds. She was reduced to
mere skin and bone, so the neighbors
say. There was the look of death in her
face.
The water from ST. Gabriels spring
was brought to her by friends. Then as
she mended she went over IN the stage
to kneel down by the litt cup. in the
hillside and drink. She does not weigh
a great deal noW-nnety-three pounds
but her flesh is rudy and she Is as ac-
tive as ean be. She suffered from an
obscure complaint She was anaemic
and bIoodless and was unable to retain
Il thank God that ever was brought
here to St Gabriels spring., she said,
speaking of her cure. Il believe that II
is a blessed well and that God heard my
prayers for recovery. l feel just as wen
Don't you think, that maybe there
was some mineral in the water that
wei. Of course, I couldn't say as to
that. 1 don't know anything about what
is in the water. 1t mas no particular
taste to me except that it seems purer,
but 1 know that the very first swallow
l took of it seemed to work change in
II am sure it is a holy we'll" said Mrs.
Mary Scheibl. "Of course, there are some
peOple who don't believe that there are
such places That's their belief and m
not going to say that they are wrong
Neither must they say that l am wrong
for l know what benefit / got from st.
Gabriel's spring. and they don't ! am Y
Years old don't mind telling my age
now. You don't see many women OF my
age with red in their cheeks, as there
is in mine, now, do your
There was q Wintry glow in her race
like that Of the apples she was picking.
lust before the reporter came up she was
irving to convince her daughter that 1t
was safe to climb up into the tree.
I was an invalid l was in bed for five
years 1 came out to St. Gabriefs spring
and got a drink of the waite, and ever
since 1 have been able to get around al
most as lively as the young folks. Ev-
ery day when the weather is fine ] walk
up the hill and kneel down to get drink.
and YOU can see for yourself that it's a
s-ood balf-mile from here and uphill ali
the way. I dug all the potatoes and
had a good garden, too. 1t is blessed
Her daughter, Miss Mary Scheibl, could
not keep anything on her stomach when
they lived in Court street, near Amity.
in Brooklyn. Il was worn down to almost
nothing" she said. Il drank the water
eat anything. The only thing that worries
me now is to get enough. am hearty
looking enough now, amt I?''
The Scheibls also SID that Mrs. Hurths