The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-06


noble men was to erect a home for
those who had none, where trades
could be taught them. Such were the
aims and objects of this noble body
of men.
acknowledgement.
The year 1854 brought the first seri-
GUS disturbance to the little commun-
ity. 1t came not indeed from the red
men of the forest, but from the Know
nothing bigots of the white race. At
this time the little band of mission
aries did not number more than a
dozen members, yet it was darkly
limited that lover at the lakes, there
were four or five hundred TURNER'S
priests and masked and gaunt1eted
monks, who we're ready to wade in
our American blood to capture the
country for the pope. This was an
earlier form of present-day Menace
ism" and about as unclean and .un-
savory, if possible, as it's offspring of
today. Thanks to that noble spirit
of true American Christian liberty,
this foul form of paganism of which
Nero and Domitian might well be
ashamed, quickly received it's quietus.
Even in the city of New York, this
frantic mob spirit threatened to pull
down or burn to the ground all the
Catholic churches within the city.
Then it was that the great Archbishop
Hughes called on the mayor to see if
order could be restored, but that
worthy official told him he could do
nothing. Then said the prelate, "Good
night, Mr.. Mayor, we'll take care of
our churches You take care of yours.
It may be added that Know-nothingism
gave New York a wide berth on that
occasion.
Civil War and Cholera.
How well did the noble founder,
Sorin, take revenge for these un-Chris-
tian prejudices. In the dark ages of
1861 no less than seven priests of this
noble order went to the front as chap
lains, besides a. great number of Sis
ters as hospital nurses. The cholera
scourge also visited many parts of
the country in the year 1854, and
among its first victims was young
French priest, the Rev. Francis Coin
tet. A small wooden cross marked
the resting place in the little GENE
terry of the community, Of the remains
of this devoted young missionary.
Over on the island on little vine
clad mound, between the lakes, stood
a beautiful statue of Our Lady. As
the sun sank down the members of
the community could be seen reciting
the Rosary or chanting the beautiful
titles of her litany. After the days
labors were over this was the usual
occupation of those TURNER'S" and
gauntleted knights of the Pope"
A Few Of the Pioneers.
A few OF the names of prominent
professors and students of this early
day, may not be undressing: Rev.
e. B. Kilroy, first graduate of the Uni
versity, Class Of 40; Rev. Neal H.
Gillespie, cousin of the late James G..
Blaine; the Revs. James and Patrick
Dillon, brothers, who were each in
turn president of the university; the
late Hon. Judge James O'Brien of Gale
donna, Mimi, who served under Presi-
dent Harrison as chief justice of New
Mexico; General Robert Hea1y of Chi
cago, who recently died in the South,
and Rev. Walter Elliot, the well known
Paulist missionary, who is still with
US. These are a few of the names
called to mind.
While the majority of those VINO
we're there in 1854-1856 have long
since passed away and the common
epitaph ''Hic jacet" has been written
over their tombs, the great univer-
sity, like mighty river, sending its
waters to the ocean and to the far
off seas, continues on its noble mis-
sion, bringing knowledge and culture
to men.
For men NAV come. or NAV NAV go