The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-05
NINEresNrh CENTURY MIRACLES.
Wonderful Cures at ST. winefride's Wen
I'm Wales.

NJ ST. v lneITI0eA WGII
in Wales.
From the Tablet.
Speaking at a recent evening service
at the Well. Father Beauclerk an
n a very interesting cure that he
had lately received word Of. of a man
named James Robinson. of Scots
place, Claughton, Birkenhead. Rob
inson had been a sailor over 20 years
ana suffered from a sailors rough life
and free habits. Here was his own ac-
count OF himself: About 10 years ago
he had to leave the service through
infirmity. disease attacking him in the
shape of sciatica. Brlght's disease and
chronic bronchitis. Though only so
years OF age at the time, disability for
service came over him. he applied. and.
having been examined by the doctors,
obtained the pension granted TO sailors
of the Naval Reserve. In July, 1895.
he paid a short holiday visit to Holy
well. He had no intention of bathing
or seeking a cure. which he thought
himself unworthy OF. considering the
life he had led. However, the day be-
fore leaving Holywell he took a dip in
the well. and on emerging. felt an ex-
traordinary burning sensation in the
back and loins. 1t was worse than IL
mustard or t~urpentine plasters a
been applied. On reaching home he
told his wife, who promptly suggested
TO him that he received a cure, and so IL
proved. He returned in 1896, on a pill
grimage of Thanksgiving. now quite
free from the disease Of the kidneys
and its attendant stiffness and pains
I'm the back and loins. In fact, as he
told the listeners, he was as supple as
a boy, and could climb a tree with any
of them. On his second visit, when he
bathed three times, he left behind, so
he AYERS, his chronic bronchitis and
sciatica. He Is now turned so, and hale
and hearty n able to work for his
livelihood and most grateful to God
for the favor shown TO him in st. Wine
fride's Well.
Lucy Francis O'Hare of 22e Crown
street, Liverpool, visited the Well with
the Liverpool pilgrims on Aug. % in
company with her father and mother
and sister. Aged II. she had been all
but deaf for ~ years through an attack
of the measles. Her white face and va
cant expression bore evident testimony
to the reality OF the Deafness. At 6
o'clock she had asked 20 be allowed to
battle, but at that hour IT was not pos
sible TO allow her. so her mother con-
tented herself with applying the water
OF the Well to her ears. At that mo-
ment, II seemed, so the girl says, as II
something were violently elected from
ntT ears, anu immediately she neafd
quite clearly. She was interviewed
by Father James Hayes. 8. j., Rector
ST. Francis Xavier's, Liverpool, who
had accompanied the pilgrims. and by
Father Beauclerk. She could hear
easily and distinctly. The genuine Joy
of the girl and OF her sister and pa
rents left little doubt that a very re-
markable cure had taken place. She
was regularly besieged by the crowd OF
NIL vrirnG u-hn urarn nN1laataA an tha vAaA
preparatory for leaving for the station.
II is TO be noted that this cure took
place on the octave day of the Feast
of the Assumption of the Blessed Vir-
gin.
A remarkable cure is reported in the
case II James Blanchfeld. a. years of
age. a wagone living at 10 Lawer
street. Brownhill, Bailey. Yorkshire.
Blanchfeld states that I'm August last
year he was cured OF a fractured knee
pan by a bath In st. Winefride's Well.
The facts are these: Blanch1eld was
shifting a wagon when his feet slipped
and he fell on his back. the shafts des-
cending heavily upon him. The back
bone hook Of one of the shafts struck
his right knee. breaking the pstella.
This was or May IS, 1897. He wen 10
the Cottage hospital in Bailey for a
week. but the doctor in attendance dis
charged him. He then took advice OF a
famous bone setter, who also failed to
cure him. Another doctor then took
him in hand n kept him in bed with
an iron splint on his leg for four weeks.
After this ne was obliged to wear a
plaster Of paris bandage for eight
weeks more. Under this treatment his
leg used to swell N become discolored
from the knee to the toes, but no per
manent benef resulted. He was ad-
vised, as the only chance of improve
ment, to go to another SPECIALIST and
undergo an operation, which consisted
OF opening the knee and stitching up
the fractured patella. He chose rather
to come to ST. winefride's Well. and
he arrived in Holywell at the end of
August. He bathed altogether about
nine times, but, according to his state
ment. the cure seems to have been
wrought on the second OF third bath.
He returned TO his employer in Bailey.
declaring himself able to work. but the
latter refused 20 believe in the cure
and declined to give him employment
until March OF this yea when he no
longer doubted the fitness of the man
for work. A few months ago he met
DIR. Ballantyne of Bristall. one Of the
doctors who had treated his case. and
B~lanchfeld adds hat the doctor was
not a little astonished. n said: 1t
looks like a miracle. I never knew such
a case. The fractured kneepan appears
to be actually knitted together by a
new growth of cartilage or fibrous
membrane. The man, who is now stay
ing at Hoiywell. is evidently completely
restored and able to follow his hard
daily toll without the slightest incon-
venience or trace OF lameness. and Is
able TO run. jump or kick freely. He
cheerfully left at the Well the stick
which was absolutely necessary for him
to use to support himself. The doctors