Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-17
his GOLDtN JUBILEE
Father Buh, Well Known
Here, Fifty Years a
Priest

The Duluth Herald Of Tuesday has
the following:
Right Rev. Joseph F. Bun, V. G.
will celerate the golden Jubilee IN the
cathedral next Sunday, at 10 30 a. m:
Bishop McGolrick will deliver the
sermon. The choir will be assisted by
Flaaten's orchestra, and number OF
bishops and priests are expected to
attend the servicess
Mgr. Joseph F. Bun, the venerable
prelate, enjoys, after long life
fraught with sacrifice and the
accomplishment of much good, the
rare happiness of celebrating his
golden jubilee Of priesthood. He was
born on March II, 1883 in the village
of Lucnje, Krain, Austria. His boy
hood days were spent at his fathers
home in the rural district of Lucnje.
It was there that pious and Godfear-
ing parents laid the foundation of his
future successful career by instilling
into his young heart the first and
essential principles Of religion and
patriotism.
In pursuit of higher education he
frequently attended the high school
and provincial seminary in the city OF
La1bach, where, on July 25, 1858, he
was ordained to holy priesthood by the
Right Rev. A]oyslus Wolf, for the
diocese of Laibach. -. -
During his pastorate OF three years
at Ratec, he heard from missionaries
of the spiritual needs of the emlgrants
and the scarcity of missionaries in
the New World, especially among the
Indians OF the Northwest. In 1864,
upon the special request of Father
Francis Pierz, the first missionary OF
Northern Minnesota he came to the
diocese Of St. Paul, then comprising
the present state of Minnesota, and
the Dakotas as far west as the Mis-
souri, river. During six months he
remained at the bishops house
preparing several theological students
| for holy orders III November Of the
same year Bishop Grace appointed
! him to assist Father Pierz in. the
Missions at Crow Wing, Minnesota
In January, 1865, he went to- the
Indian village situated on Lake
| Winniblagoshish, on the border OF the
recent Itasca and Cass counties,
| where he spent several months ac-
quainting himself with the Chippewa
! language and customs. Here for the
first time Father Buh experienced the
usual hardshlps - of the Indian
missionary who devotes his life to the
spiritual as we'll as the material up
lifting of the children of the wilder
ness. To live among barbaso1as
people in the wilds Of pr1meval
forest, deprived OF the sight Of the
white mans face and the melody Of
his native tongue. to inhabit the
unkempt and little cared for wlgwam
of the Indian, and to share his crude
and unsavory meal Of maize and game,
and in all this to be suspected and
treated as spy Of the hated white
man, takes a greater motive than
earthly gain and honor. EARLY in
spring of the same year the Indians
left their winter camp fol- their usual
fishing expedition. With stealth and
cunning found only among the natives
of America, they made the necessary
preparations, and before Father Buh
could realize their intent, they
padded away in their canoes, leaving
him alone on the abandoned camping
grounds, a second Cruso, with the
! babbling W1nniblgoshish in front and
the uninhabitable Wilderness behind
him. After wandering for some time
along the lake shore, he encountered
an Indian scout, who, after many
entreatles, consented to direct him to
a settlement of whites. ..-------
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