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The place being unhealthy, he sold it at a profit and went to Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and bought land there. The government wanted this land for a fort, and he sold it, also at a profit, and bought 50 acres of land near Washington and started there. After three years he ran out of funds and wanted the government to help but was told `You started this yourself, without any authority from the government,' and government aid was refused. He then went to the Secretary of War (this was before the Civil war), and a plan was evolved to tax soldiers of the regular army 25 cents per month to support this instituion [sic]. In 1890 it was found that so much money was not needed and the tax was cut down to 12 1/2 cents per month. In 1907 we had 500 acres of land and $7,500,000 in the treasury; then collecting from soldiers was stopped. A dining room, kitchen and other rooms were fitted out on the second floor of the building at a cost of $2,500,000. We have a herd of cattle of 100 cows, which pasture on 225 acres of land, but other feed is bought for them. 250 acres of the land is heavily timbered with as good oak timber as there is in the United States. Our tables are supplied with the best in the market. We have two Catholic priests - Father McGonigle and Father Burk, his assistant - and Mass every day. We have 12 Sisters of Charity, of the Black Cap branch of the Order, who nurse the sick. This institution is within five minutes street car ride of Washington.
"Members of the institution are not allowed to take tips from visitors, but are instructed to show them around, and many will not do this; but I never refuse to do it. We have many visitors, sometimes congressmen and their wives. The congressmen often say to me, `We are glad the money we appropriate to this institution is well expended.' Then I feel obliged to contradict them. `But you don't appropriate money to this institution.' It is singular that congressmen do not know that the instituion is run without aid from the government."
Mr. Storm will remain with relatives until after the Diamond Jubilee of the parish, when he will return to the Home.
THE YOUNG LADIES' SODALITY.
Names of Members of Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Agatha Wharton, Mary Glass, Catharine Nagle, Sarah Noel, Anna Dunegan, Annie Horne, Edna Wharton, Mada-
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