The Newtown bee., 1900-11-30
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girls, and then the boys uttered their
 sentences. And their voices made the
 whole cbu'ch ring again. Prompt,
 quick, simultaneous, loud, eager! like challenging and snswertng volleys Then came prayers, with pended knees, and fl 1ally a great choral hymn with or. gan sccomna ntmout, snd the chijdre n made heir beisance and marched out. while the organ flooded the whole place with mighty 6ill9xs sna n;i.5 pillows anS pillows of destitu'e of worshipars. Even between the hefe and there. at this or that altar S or % betoFe the choir.altar. and ever before the Virgins r o9i1g well dressed @ @ e young ; @an w wholly in bent. .hite haired old man. no less intent :! saw him next day in a railway carriage, and knew he was Q pilgrim from some more or less distant region We saw many persons very quaj at peasant costnm.s. with bundles. dered thereat At the close of the mass they . screen. stood a priest ready for their service. Out came from their bags and baskets a great in the town as souvenirs, presents. etc, etc = rosaries and books ot devotion, which the With holy Water @ and i 50 blessed s We had one @ or two rosarias treated with that conservation tor the benefit of friends at home.
 An Another thing: Go into the church by day. the Virgins shrine you will see af1 xed thereto and -eouehine tokens ot their deIiveranees miraculous hesiinss ot that shrine. " You viii viii of sh wreck and Imprisonment Among them was 2 tiny cradle. And ever this testimony Maria helped mel Maria heard mel Maria healed my child
 After yespers. the monks and choir enter the Holy Chapel, and kneel1ug on the marble besStifai Sy%5. saive Regina. to music 'es of the eleventh century, and most sweetly was the fine old mus'c sqpg.
 tent of these pilgrims ges, he begins to un derstand why the town should 80 abound with inns and guest houses which are often and booths and stalls contafn1ng a great epjovs a great trade in ecclesiastical mer.
 ho vessss books: pictures, many of them very costly: ars 1S M in our own country. Indeed the shops of Einsisdsl9 are tempsing places;
 the monastery, and the proprietor of the hotel indy EIay gave me a gard of intrcduction to Sa monk monks' cells, the library, richtn old books and manuscrtpts; the refectory and guest rooms. and all things that may be shown At part ing with him said. Father Ambrose how did you acquire your almost perfect use of the English language?.' With a twinkle ot his eye: he replied, "I was thirty.t three years in the United btates." He was near the scene of Custer's massacre. He was for some years the chaplain Of Roman Catholic soldiers in the Northwest ot our country Growing old, he had been recalled to spend his declining years in the monastery That was in 1897 Last Summer 1r quired for him, but he had been called 1me. The fathers of this Bene- d1ctine monastery have ever enj joyed an un. usual respect dnd honor for their piety, leern. ing and industry Here. for some years. the great Swiss Reformer Zwinglins lived and preached. One is surprised that the mon. astery Is now celebrated for it's fine breed of horses. as. oue hundred years ago it was for its inc breed of COWS.
 German author said not long ago in an account of htsitravels in France, that all sorts and conditions of men are to be found among how difficult 1t 1s for them to save theit souls The keeper of the old Hotel du Paon. Einsio deln, must be an exception He gave us rooms that were comfortable, clean and pleasant He showed us every attention that could he desired. He spread for us 8 we'll fur ntshed table itn 8 ref ctOrv-l'ke room hung with cruc1fx and saint His table-and say this with a lively feeling of pleasure and grat1tude-was the only h )tel table visited in Europe where the good dishes were passe d to us second time. And therefore I count h1m among the saints of Einsiedeln. end would fatn sit down again. some day, at his