The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-07

selves every day while guards patrolled
the beach.
There is also Wards island. another
state institution for emigrants. etc,
nearly opposite to Blackwell's island.
In Bridgeport we saw some beau
tiful country residences, Barnum's be-
! ing the most beautiful We also saw a
statue of the great-hearted circus man
which everybody says is a perfect like
ness of him. 1t is facing the bay, with
roll of manuscript in his hand.
They have a very nice museum in
Bridgeport. My cousin, Charles Stokes,
J took us all through it. We saw an
! Egyptian mummy 1000 years old, which
was far superior to the one of an Aztec
which we saw in Buffalo, and was only
400 years old. Mrs. P. T. Barnum pre-
scented a picture of Ramesus II or III.
L don't remember which, anyway it was
Pharaoh's daughter who rescued Moses
from the bullrushes.
We also visited De La Sale institute,
South Central park, where mamma S
nephew is a disciple of the sanity De
La Sale
Brother Charisius Matthew (my
coustm took us all over the building.
1t is magnificent; the doors are almost
as nigh as a house, and so very mas
slVe. The floors and stairs are all
marble. The gymnasium is just fine,
While the chapel is just beautiful We
also went through the dormitories,
and everything was just spotless.
l asked my cousin how that man in
evergreen cemetery kept his wife's
body so fresh looking, and he told me
they pumped the air all out of the
casket. He took us up to the labor
= a n oh Al - i
Brother Charissius requested mamma
to life a glass globe which stood on a
table, which she did very easily: he
then worked a lever for a minute and
requested her again to lift the globe,
but with all of our strength we could
not move it. He then told US the air
was all pumped out from the inside
and the weight of air on the outside
Of the globe prevented us from lifting
it up. l had no idea how heavy air
was before. We then went down stairs,
where brother had very nice lunch
con served fruits, cakes, etc.
From the institute we went to ST.
Patrick's cathedral, that grand, mon
ument of American piety and fore
sight. oh, Aunt Busy, 1 wish l were
able to describe the interior of it, The
frescos, the pillars, the affairs, and
last but not least, the stations of the
cross. Each one is nearly as large as
the side of one room, while one pic
ture which looked so lifelike that we
stood gazing in reverence at it. That !
was when our dear Lords body was
just taken from the cross. The blessed |
wounds were so real that when we
Kissed the spot we thought our dear
Lords blood was on our lips. My |
mamma went to confession to that |
venerable Rev. Father Lavelle, of |
whom we read so much in our Cath
ole papers. The lot next to the cathe- |
drai has just been sold by the church I
for 100000.
We left the Pan-American for the
east, and of course, Dear Aunt Busy,
you have read, and perhaps seen it
so l need not describe it
here. From the Pan-American we went /
to Niagara Falls, where we saw the
barrel in which that woman made her
perilOus voyage over the falls. 1t was
smaller at one end than the other and
was weighted down with an anchor
and other heavy material to keep it
in an upright position. The falls are
indeed grand-one of natures greatest
On the American side
the vast boulders are to be seen, in
spite of the immense waterfall, and
Dear Aunt Busy, had no idea my
letter was so long, and | do not like
10 finish without telling of our visit
% the Brooklyn navy yard, where my
cousin. Mr. Fitzgerald, who was at one
line employed by the government as
procured tickets of admis-
zion. We saw a number of the YES
sells which had been in the late war.
Amongst them were the Columbia, the
Massachusetts. and that large private
'acht which belonged to Mr.. Goelet,
)ut is now owned by our government.
We also saw all of the old cannons
aptured by Dewey in Manila bay.
they are all made of bronze, and some
f them have seen some very hard
Usage from Uncle Sam. I was look
ng through one of the pieces and sup
,osed it was my cousin at the other :
nd, when l said. Hello, Central and
gentleman with white neckcloth and ;
1ng coat answered me, saying, Give !
ne Heaven" He laughed at my blum
er and said that was all right we all
Wished for heaven
With love to Uncle Busy and your :
ear self, your affectionate niece,
MAY JOSEPHINE PATTON. 5
Dear little neice, your description of ! ,
rdNel WAS IuOSl iIllSiSobiiSs anu IL !
hows that you know how to take adj
antage of the gift of observation and
npart your knowledge to others. Did /.
ou take a notebook along and jot
own the principal things which
truck your fancy? If not, then you :
ave an excellent memory.
Now you must write again to Aunt :
usy. There may not be anything in
our Montana town to write about, ,
ut there are a great many things
assing through a child's mind which !.
uzzles even the wisest of philoso- !.
hers