Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-12-26
BISHOP BOURGADE'S.
Reflections Upon the Fair and its
 Results.
To the Publlc:

are pioneer people, and as such some
 what prone to temporarily lose signt of
 our duty to God; that we, like all people
 m 0 new community, are poor; and that
 we. who have 60 long been accustomed
 to the notion that anything is good
 enough and so oD, are hard to pove in
 any reform, you will readily believe me
 when I tell you that the star of my hope
 for many years has seemed to ne long
 way of. But Ia looking back over each
 year 1 found that some progress had
 zen made; and thus encouraged l kept
 steadily on. Finally the glad tune came
 the experiment was to be made of begin
 ning the work. Sincs then the gen.
 erosity of the people of Tucson has been
 untiring. Nearly all of you visited the
 late Fair held in the Cathedral, and you
 saw for yourselves how our people, re.
 gardless of creed, came forward 'en
 masse' and gave to the full of generos-
 ity.
 IL is this generosity that wish to
 em phssizs in this card. It has built
 Oatnedral; 1t has made it the finest
 church edltice ID thls part of the west,
 and 1t will complete 1t.
 In telling the people of Tucson that l
 appreciate their liOerslIty and am grate-
 ful for 1t, oDly fslntly voice the senti-
 msnts of my hear: that my ardent
 wishes are for their good and that the
 Cathedral mey stand for the years to
 come as a monument to the generous people that erected it.
 Now for few lines bearing still more directly on the persons connected with
 the work of the Fair. The persons, in Tucson. who took more or less active part in the good and great work were legion, and in the space allowed to me oy the k,ud Editor of this paper could not think of pa IIDg them all. They are we'll known though ID Tucson, and their memory together with that of thelr noble deed, will be carefully and loving nes ield in bysll those of my religious Creed. Aud yet no one who saw the gentle souls at work during the Fair
 would forgive me for not singling out the lady managers, their untirlDg efforts and labor, their indomitable eoergy and wonderful executive ability. The ladies, vendors at the booths and caterers at the dining tables, were simply admirable. The two days previous to the opening of the Far they were busi ly
 engaged ID erecting and decorating with their own hands their booths. amidst 8
 most deafening noise made by the pull ing down of scaffoldiog and laying of the, floor iD a continuous cloud of dust
 and cold, biting drauyhts. For five nights in succession, inside their cOzy and most artistcslly arranged depart ments, with gracefulness perfect and
 unshaken constsncy, they catered to the wants and wishes of their numerous customers. What shall say of that pretty swarm of young ladies, busy with their books for the different rallies? A glance over the itemized account of the Fair will reveal the stupendous amount of fruitful labor accomplished 5y this daring phalanx of dimes gatherers'. My sincere thanks to those enchanting Graces of the University of Arizona who held the immense crowd breathless with their beautiful Tableau1; to the four little engel-liks forms who SO exQuisitely acted their part in the second night of tbe Tab eaux; to the talent Of the Tue son Quartette who rendered some of the choicest selections ID its repertoire, and thr chorus of Spanish young ladies who afforded us such 8 delightful evening on the third night of the Fair; to our noble. minded PhilarmoDics; to Montijo's or chestra with it's sweet strains; to "Tbe CITIZEN" and the "FroDteriZo for the reedom of their columns for our adver- ti.ing and other representatives of the Press ID and out of the Territory and u host of friends and we'll wishers.
 To crown 1t all let me tell you that -early one hal of those noble workers nH rto tn say the least, were not surpassed by their Catholic companions.
 The far was uuquestionably suc- cess and a surprise tn all. What was It tn at made 1t sucb? First, the generos- lty of the people of Tucson who visited | it in gre eat numbers and la,lshly spent 1 rheir money; next, as have just stated, the admirable organization and work | lngs of thst assem blaze of about a hundred ladies of every age and station | in life, who took direct and active part m the fair. Almost ali of them in that
 brilliant and brave army of "purse couquerors" and pockets pillagers'' were worthy t. rank as generals. No | wonder at that the Reneralissin-o of the | cam paign obtained so unprecedented a | "walk.oveI" on the common enemy. Bravo, valiant ladies of Tucson! You | will have defeated the enemy to the smouut of about $3,200, met" proceeds | of the fair.
 What will now our younger and fair | city and town sisters ID the territory. | think and say of the Ancient Pueblo? | THIRTY-Two HUNDRED DOLLARS 10 cash netted in a five nights fair! Surely | there must be some money inside ot our
 adobe houses and plenty of big hesrts and much noble spirit within the forms | of ths Tucsonites. Let them take ex- ample.
 | Aud now many Tucsonite will like to know what my future plans are with | regard to carrying On the work on the | edifice. We'll, ss far as l am able to See
 ny way ahead, the pIasterlDg of the V ails is soon 10 be completed, immedIa- tely to be followed by the plastering and | m .rUling of the columns and pilasteTs | and the laying on of their proper capitals | and bases. All of which must be done | befor. the seventh of February next. when the blessing and dsdicatiDg of the | n-w Cathedral Is booked to take place, | presided by two arch bishops and two. and perhaps three bishops, assisted ID | turn by s number of prIests, with mosi | elaborate program for the festlvity, to | be given at a later time. From now on | 1 must lay plaus for obtaining from generous donators memorial ornamental
 stained glass windows. ] expect to go to Euro @ uext spring and return home | in the fall of the same year. After my
 return l may do some collecting outside ' of Arizona, make another appeal to our people, sell some of the chnrcn cid prop erty or if 1 cannot feet 8 sale of the
 same, borrow money, make improve ments on the property so as to Tender Il it to bear an income sufficient to pay the interest on deOt and also create 6
 sinking fund for the paying of the prin- cipal. If nothing adverse happens hope to be able to resume work on the towers and carry 1t out Uuintsrruptedly
 to final completion inside of two years
 And now, dear people of Tucson,