Minnesota in three centuries, 1655-1908 . rst bell of St. Peters church, blessed by Rev. Father in October, 1842, was left in the steeple of the old log churchat the foot of the hill until the establishment of a convent of theSisters of St. Joseph in the old house of General Sibley, when the bellwas placed in a small belfry surmounting the convent. It remainedthere until after the Sisters had left. Under Rev. Father T. Duanesadministration it was stolen. Father Dunne sent Mr. Eugene LeMayto hunt it up. He visited all the pawn shops and second-hand storesin St. Paul and Minneapolis, b
Minnesota in three centuries, 1655-1908 . rst bell of St. Peters church, blessed by Rev. Father in October, 1842, was left in the steeple of the old log churchat the foot of the hill until the establishment of a convent of theSisters of St. Joseph in the old house of General Sibley, when the bellwas placed in a small belfry surmounting the convent. It remainedthere until after the Sisters had left. Under Rev. Father T. Duanesadministration it was stolen. Father Dunne sent Mr. Eugene LeMayto hunt it up. He visited all the pawn shops and second-hand storesin St. Paul and Minneapolis, but to no avail. The present bell waspurchased with money collected among parishioners. Mr. Gamelle (orperhaps his name ought to be Duhamelle) I am told contributed $ LeMay and Mr. Auge state that it was blessed by Rev. FatherPeyragrosse; they could not remember the date, but very likely it wasin 1853, while Father Ravoux was in France.—Letter of Rev. FatherAnatole Oster, pastor of St. Peters Church, Mendota, dated Sept. 12, AUGUSTIN RAVOlX.
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