| Show 9 A mysterious PICTURE THE press dispatches have made brief mention of the sudden appearance ot of a mysterious picture in a window of the steeple ot of a catholic church in canton minnesota it represents a grotto in which is the form of a woman with an infant reclining on her left arm slightly above is the face of a bearded man looking d down on the pair the woman is dressed in a loose white robe has flowing black hair and a beautiful face the picture was ficat discovered by a little girl and has since been visited by hundreds of curious people while some who have looked for it have been unable to see it the glass has been scrubbed inside and out by doubters but the picture is ie still there it has been asserted by some gome that father jones pastor of the parish pariah and who built the church had the picture blown in the glaes but this the priest emphatically denies sad aad thinks the charge can easily be proved or disproved by inquiring of the firm from which the glass was purchased all these details are published in the newspapers as veritable facts and the people of canton are wondering what the be next development will be REFERENCE was made in yester yesterdays dara NEWS to the appearance in a window of the steeple ot of a catholic church in canton minnesota of a picture representing a grotto in which is shown the form of a woman holding an infant the details are given by the press as facts and as was stated people sire are at a low loss to know how the phenomenon can be accounted for it will perhaps interest our readers to learn that this case is not the only one of the kind hind on record in 1874 a devout carmera far mera wife at Z near Ba bamberg bavaria discovered to her great astonishment after a fervent pryer prayer the faint outlines of a madonna picture in quo cue of the window panes in her house bouse the appearance was plainly visible to a number of persons while others could not dot perceive anything dr hodann investigated vesti gated the case came and published the result in the 1877 no he summarizes his bis observations in the following statement if a framed picture th for years exposed to strong sunlight the outlines of it will by a process not satisfactorily ex pla ined be transferred to the covering glass should afterwards such a glass be used in a window the picture is in sure to be discovered sooner or later assuming this V abatement slat ement of the doctor to be correct the accounts of the tous picture at canton may be accepted as facts while the pictorial urial representation need not necessarily be regarded as the work of a supernatural power |
