Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-19

prevail Of those present and seemed to
have been accepted as the first real
big boost event that the association
can assist in during 1911, was that OF
Martin B. Hutchinson dealing with the
new academy to be erected by the Sis
tiers of the Humility of Mary. The
address was historical in part and led
up to the present, placing practical
application to the proposition by urg-
ing that the Ottumwa Commercial as
ISOLATION and citizens generally lend
aid when such is solicited toward the
erection of this new improvement
which he stated would cost between
SITS, 900 and 100000. The address OF
Mr.. Hutchinson follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen:
I have the pleasure Of calling your at
tention to a very large and valuable
addition to our city that will come to
us during the year 1911.
This addition, involving the expendi-
ture of large sum of money and re-
sulting in a permanent increase OF
trade to our retail merchants was not
induced to locate here by the la
borious work of soliciting subscrip-
lions, the tramping up and down our
streets to interest capital, nor holding
mass meetings to work up enthusiasm
to carry through the project.
This institution, and all the advan-
tages connected with it comes to us
through the quiet, persistent work foi
many years, Of many good and loyal
women whose lives are devoted to the
services of their church and their re-
|ligion, viz: the mothers superior and
the sisters Of the order of the Holy
Humility of Mary.
I am very glad to say, gentlemen
that the building Of st. Joseph's acad-
envy on the ground north of the city, is
an assured fact.
1 would like, very briefly, to give you
Ia history Of this order, which is about
to do so much for our city.
More than half century ago, Rev
John Joseph Begal established the
order of the Holy Humility of Mary at
! Nantes, France. The order struggled
along for q few years, enduring hard
ships and sufferings and discourage
ments, until finally in 1863, Rt. Rev
cese Invited the little community tc
come to America. The invitation was
accepted and the little body Of about
fourteen sisters and the founder Of the
order, Rev. Begel, were permanently
located at New Bedford, Pa. at thai
time part of the Cleveland diocese.
There they earned the love and re-
spect CT the community by their de-
votion to the sick and wounded who
were brought from the front during the
days of the civil war. During terrible
epidemic of smallpox that ragged al
that time they attended the sick with
the utmost devotion nursing In homes
where no one else would go and sew
eral of their order were stricken with
the dread disease through exposure.
In 1877 four Of the sisters were sent
to st. Joseph, Mo-, and later. through
the efforts Of Archbishop Hennesses
and Very Rev. John Kreckel. they were
brought to Ottumwa-
On account of the great distance
from the mother house at New Bed
ford, it was determined to establish a
new foundation for the order In the
west and Ottumwa was chosen as the
place.
There was but handful Of these de-
voted sisters but they went to work
with determination and many friends
came to them in their time of need, So
that they were soon established. MRS
Tally and Miss Shields, later the wife
of Hon. ]. J Smith, are held In special
grateful remembrance! Through the
generosity of these two women the
order secured what we all recollect as
the "old hospital located at the In
tersection of North and East Cour'
streets Later this was exchanged for
their present property on Fourth street
Few Of us have any conception OF the
work that is being done by this order
in its quiet, religious way. They IN