Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-10-09
FRENCH VILLAGERS
SEE hPPARITION OF
NOTED JOAN OF ARG
From 80 to 100 Testify to Wis.
ions Of Maid Of Orleans,
Near Alzonne.

ES<1o. 0poc9E Alleged 9pp0TltlOnU
81 Joan Of Arc at the little town Of Al
sensAtlon In that district. and given
rise to considerable speculation here.
From % to 100 persons are reported to
have had visions. Some allege that
they have seen only q virgin. which
might mean the Virgin Mary. and 9TH
ers state distinctly that what they be-
Meve they saw was Joan OF Arc. but
some perceived her as shepherdess.
others on horseback with banner. and
others In shining mail. proceeding to
tho coronation Of King Charles at
4 priest from Tarbes. who has been
Spendlne his vacation near the spot,
has Questioned many Of the persons
who say that they had visions. ana
he states that what surprises him 70
tho large number of persons. about
100. who seem to have seen something.
First there were four little girls. Marie
Louise F1ouret, Jeanne Marie Claret.
on June g had vision. Three Of the
four children gave details. The elder
Of the two Catharie children said: I'VE
saw lady in white, with blue CIR
de" ana the next day she said: "The
lady had q child In her arms"
She was asked: Was the child
Jesus7" She replied that she did not
know.
Marie Louise Flouret did not tell OF
what she had seen till two days after.
Up to July IA different people saw. as
the children. had seen. vague figures,
white robs. heads crowned with roses,
blue girdles.- two maidnes clad in white
linen, and SO on. But on July IA. two
little girls named Peramont and jam
bert. appeared on the banks of the
Fresquel. This is what the children
said: We saw woman standing up
right. clad in shining armor, with low
cred visor her sword by her side. and
banner in her hand"
:. From that time the alleged appari-
lions have continued. They have DIFF
fered In character. but have always
been connected with Joan of Arc or her
history. Other curious stories como
from Alzonne. A woman Of IS. Cecile
Lamillot. q miller's wife, has q field
pear bridge over the Fresquel, close
This woman knew nothing Of the APP
partitions. On July IA she saw steel
clad man. She was afraid, and when
told about the visions of others she
said: "That does not look like the
saints" She returned to the village.
where she met Madame lambert. She
said to her. II saw something. but I
But. my good woman" explained
Madame lambert. 1T was Joan Of Arc"
A butchers apprentice, who lives In
Carcassonne. says:
II saw her first dressed as q warrior,
then as q shepherdess and then again
as q warrior I was surprised, but
had no fear. although her white horse
advanced toward me. Some days af-
ter. when came to pay for some oxen
| had bought at Alzonne, urged by my
friends / returned to the banks Of the
Fresquel. and this time saw the Holy
Virgin. Yet assure you I don't often
say my prayers"
An old schoolmaster of the Lycee Of
Perpignan, who Is retired and lives ut
Castelnaudary, NJ Calmette. states
that he saw on the evening Of July "a,
on the square opposite the station OF
Alzonne. between an opening in the
poplar trees. the figure of the Virgin
clad In white robe and reposing on
the sward. Finally, Henriette jam
bert persists In maintaing that she dis
tinctly saw Jeanne dare as shep-
herdess, at her house at Domremy,
and again as warrior leading King
Charles to his coronation at Rheims
and Cecile Lamillot, miller's daugh-
ter. asserts that on the evening of Aug
ust rs she saw in the sky flaming let
ters which she copied, and which are
Latin invocation to the Maid Of Or
ioana