Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-09-26
Page Two
"OHIO RAMBLER" RETURNS TO
MORGAN COUNTY, AFTER
TRAVELLING OVER 5000
MILES THROUGH EAST
ERN STATES AND IN
CANADA

(Last of series of articles by Mr..
and Mrs. j. H. Ewing.)
To the editor and our Morgan
county friends:-In our former let
ters written from various points en-
route, we have described our tray
els, specially interesting scenes and
events on our summer vacation, on
1.-The Ohio Rambler" from Malta to
the Atlantic coast, through the his
toric eastern points to Bangor,
Maine: thence north across the state
of Maine, through a portion of New
Brunswick, into the province OF
Quebec. In our last letter we had
arrived in the city of Quebec, and
were in camp a few miles northeast
of the city.
IN the morning of Aug q, we
rambled over to Saint Anne de
Beaupre. Saint Anne de Beaupre
could best be described by one OF
the Catholic faith. for to them it IS
Holy ground The Shrine of Saint
Anne, and as the guide book de
scribes it: The Miraculous Statue
of Saint Anne. 1t is here, at the
feet of the beautiful and majestic
statue OF Saint Anne, that pilgrims
from all corners of North America
come to kneel in fervent supplica-
tion for help and relief in temporal
or spiritual need. No Catholic wor-
shipper enters the basilica without
praying at the foot OF this statue.
For the benefit of those who (lIke
ourselves are ignorant as to the
identity of Saint Anne. we find in
the guide book that Saint Anne was
the mother of Mary, the mother OF
Jesus As the Bible makes no men
tion Of this Saint Anne. the grand
mother of our Jesus. il seems that
she was discovered through a mira
Gle: or perhaps We should say, her
tomb and the identity OF her re-
mains were discovered via a very
miraculous route.
Our guide book advises that the
body OF St Anne buried first at
Bethlehem. was afterward trans
ferred 10 Jerusalem. and later it is 4
historical tradition, the town Of Apt,
in France. had become the deposi-
tory OF the body OF the blessed vir-
aims mother. but il seems that all
traces of the remains We're lost, lay
hidden and forgotten for many gen
erations. until the day of said mira
Gle: A young man. blind, deaf and
GuIlB ON III III. DGlilS ~ IL 1t
the church of Apt. during a religious
celebration, seemed as one who
bears q heavenly warning. BY eX-
press.~e gestures Of his hands and
feet. the youth seemed to ask ear
nestly that the earth be dug up un-
der the step upon which he stood.
They began to eXeayate. and found
an underground chapel; the young
man entered into it. showed the di-
rection TO be followed and indicated
by gesture the portion of a wall ar
the foot of which they must dig still
deeper Hardly had they opened
that deeper crypt when rays of light
surrounded the assistants. To their
great surprise they found a lighted
lamp before a recess which was cut
cut Cf the inner wall OF the crypt.
Al a once the youth receiving by
miracle the use Of his eyes. ears and
tongue, cried out: I'm this crypt is
the tody Of Saint Anne. mother Of
the blessed Virgin Mary, mother of
God BY the Emperor's command,
they opened the recess and saw the
holy relics OF ST Anne enshrined il
a wooden case and Wrapped in veil
on which was written. re is the
body CT Saint Anne. mother Of the
Virgin Mary" In the Shrine OF ST,
Anne de Beaupre they have on dis
play. the wrist bone. or rather "a