ST. MARY'S, PLEASANT POINT.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 4426, 31 December 1888, Page 3

ST. MARY'S, PLEASANT POINT.

LAjYINSTHE B"OU»DATION STONE. Yesterday afternoon tho Bight Eov. Dr 1 Oriuei, ■■ Catholic Bishop of Christchurch, assisted by local olergy, laid the foundation etone of a Uatholio.Churoh at l'loasant Point. Advantage was taken of the season and the railway to mako the gathering on tho occasion as largo at possible by running a special train 1 from Timaru, and the afternoon being boauti- ' fully fine, sumowhero obdut 300 adnlts, i aocompanied by a good rinmbor of cbildron not counted, availed themselves of the means , and opportunity to attend tbe ceremony. Early in tho afternoon traps of all kinds i began to arriva at the aceue, and by three i o'clock thore was a long string of farmers' t cnrU from the surrounding diitriiib re»tin(( ■ tbeir wheels on a vacant lot hard by, and a ( goad many smaller groups all ovor.tbo town- ! sh^p. Tho troin-left town a little aftor the i advertised time, 2.30, and ran out in fort; 1 minntos, pioking up n few moro pnssengcri 3 at' Waahdyko and Levols., Kvorylhing wa; r in ! readiness for the coremony. Tho site ol thochnrch is Immediately beliind tho railway 3 (paseenger)! station, sopurute'd from it Ky u i roadway only, and arrivals hnd no difficult} . in' finding it, for a gay string of bunting b Btrotchod on tall scaffold poles placed nl 1 rotind the foundntinns, and other prepara--1 tions in tho shape of a platform and canopy 1 sufficiently advertised tho place. The 1 foundations, of conorote, had all been pul f down, a vacancy betig . left atone corner ti f bo llllod with the formal " corner atone," r i (small block of dolorito pcfiring tho yoai f datb J| 'lßSß," and this was slung roivdy fol I- lowering into its placo. ■ J , Boon after the arrival of tbe train a smal i. prooc'ssion was formed at Mr X. Qeaney'i • Cottage, ii hundred yard* away, to escort the s right ror. gentleman and his asuistanti thenCi 1 to tho silo. H|s Lordship, in full pontificals 3 prooodoi) by. lads carrying tho insignia of hit 1 office , wjis -,' accompanied by his chaplain » Father Brinnd, and Father* Fauvel (To--1 muka), Bowori (flcraldino), and Foloy am a Brpwn (Timaru). Aftor tup clorgy walked i f bevy of childron two and tivb, and then adull f mombors of tho church. Tho proceesior e brain Up on reaching the sito, anil tlifi » crowd pressed closely on the burrloni al f round tho foundations, or mounted piles of ■ contractors' stuff lying nuar. . Thero niu6l B have beon a good way over 1000 peoplo or jjthel ground) old and young, und the

i [ light summer dressoa ot the ladies, with the . bunting Hying overhead, made the scene a > bright one. 'lhe sun shone hotly, a source ; of discomfort for men who bared their heads I from time to time, and a brisk breeze from • the tea scarcely tempered the heat, while , more or less drowning tho voices by fluttering I the flags. His Lordahip conducted a short . preliminary service in the inidst of the founi dations and then ensued the principal cere- > mony of blessing the foundation Btone, tor i the laying of which a handeomo silver trowel i was provided, and tho consecration of the 1 fnturo building to tha Blessed A'irgin Mary. . Tho usual sprinkling of tho etone and tho : oxterior foundations with holy -water followed, I and the Bishop and hi* assistants then ; ascended a canopied platform erected for the i purpose, whence His Lordship delivered an address appropriate to tho occasion, from the tost leaiuii xxviii., 16. In tho first place, however, ho explained tho coremonies that had been performed, showing that each stop had its solemn meaning, and that each form, and the languago used, were worthy of reepect and, reverence from their antiquity. The samo ceremony which his hearers had juit seen had been witnessed at the foundation of ohurchos which had been the wonder of K urope for centuries past, and would continue to be so for centuries to come, and the 1 language, which wns used in those earlier days. 1 wnen'biehops went forth carrying Christianity 1 and civilisation to Germany, to Ireland (sioco ' a true homo of the faith) and to England, 1 had been as unchanged as tho dogmas c^- j pressed in it. ' His lordship thon gave a practicul explanatory address on the rela- ' tion of the visible to the ■ spiritual church, ' and on the history of the foundation of the ' church.whoao unity, apostolicity, universality, | 1 catholioity and perpetuity, were represented 1 in the cerernony of tho day, and would be ' represented in the building about to bo 1 erected nnd its services. His Lordship ' closed a ling and interesting address by pronouncing the Benediction, ond announcing that contributions to the building fund would ' bo received by the committee on tho fbundu--1 tion etono. tfe was.'suro they would bo ' pleased to assist in ereoting this visiblo ' church, which would bo an honour to tho ' place, and hoped they would all belong to tho ' spiritual church, and love to follow itstoicb.. ' ings and to bring others .to it, 80. that thero 1 might bo ono fold, under one shepherd. Mr Duval is the' architect of tho building, 'Mr Delancy tho contractor, and' tho building ' committeo nre Messrs T. Qcanoy, James ' Sullivan, T. Kinahan; M. O'Driscjll, J. Kane, and P. Coll. The \Eclio says that a German doctor, by name Wisemann, has discovered the secret ) long sought by musicans — namely, the powor j of sustaining sound, and of producing a really , strong crescendo or diminuendo on the piano. ' , Klcctro-magnetism is his Bystom, and a touch , of the new pedal sets the electric (troam in i myvemont. But tho moat curious quality i of his discovery is that by simply moving the bar with the electro magnets the whole timbre i or quality of the sound may be changed, and the exuet tones of, say, tho double boas or the i flute may bo drawn from tho piano. An exchange gives tho following curious instance of the manner in which animals , sometimes treat tho wounded : — Tn a field close to tho writer's house wore grazing ] recently a dairy of about fifty cows of tho well-known- Ayrshire breed. Theso cows are i as a rule, porfoctly quiet and gentle. One i day, howevor, not long ago, as the cows wore i entering the field after tho morning milking, : in pushing through tbo.rathor narrow gate I one of them accidently struck tho cow in front of her a very severe blow on the flank, nnd from tho wound made by tho horn tho blood literally poured. The poor injured : animal bellowed loudly with the paiD, and all at onco the wholo ;of the unwounded 1 animals seemed to go perfectly mad. Thoy ; rushed upon tho wounded cow, and in a very ; few minutes literally gored her to death. When the writer saw tho carcase of the unfortunate boast there was hardly an inch of ' tho hide that was not perforated by tho horns of Iho assailants. 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