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Either the mother or the grandmother of the dying man who was present, her head bowed in sorrow but in resignation to the will of God said: "I knew he would not die without the priest; for every night of his life he said a prayer for a happy death."
The Benedictine in explaining how he came to have the Blessed Sacrament about him when called by Mr. McCans, said that he had been endeavoring to say his prayers in the house near the church when something appeared to keep him from praying, when he went to the church and taking out his rosary endeavored to pray when something within him appeared to say Go! Go! so taking the Blessed Sacrament and the Holy Oils, he started out, and when he had gone a considerable distance, he said to himself, "Oh, why am I here with the Blessed Sacrament when no one has called me on a sick call?" and had turned about to return when Mr. McCans hailed him.
John Weakland's Right Arm Uncorrupted After
Many Years in the Grave.
Sister Martini related to the writer that her father was cognizant of the fact that when the body of John Weakland, who, it will be remembered, at one time dispersed the mob that was threatening Father Gallitzin with violence, was being taken out of the grave to be interred in another grave his right arm and hand were found to be incorrupted.
A Visit From An Ex-Parishioner and Veteran
of the Civil. War.
As the compiler was busy in completing the manuscript for this work, he was favored by a visit from Mr. John A. Storm, a former member of the parish and a veteran of the Civil war, and his brother, Mr. Theodore Storm, with whom he is visiting, at the home of the latter near Chest Spring. As both of these gentlemen had valuable information to impart, their visit was most welcome.
John A. Storm made his first Holy Communion in the first church at St. Augustine, his parents having settled in this locality in 1848. He learned the carpenter trade, and when the addition to the church was about collapsing, the rafters having sunk down at the comb about 18 inches in consequence of the building having spread, he repaired it, putting iron rods through the building and putting in new girders; also replastering it.
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