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Show Religious Ceremony Held in Shadow of Mont. Blanc BERNE, Oci 4 -(Moil.) An un iibUiil religious ceremony was per-ioriued per-ioriued yt.sirrday in the phadow of Mont Blanc Tho Abbe Coutin, accompanied ac-companied by five Chamonix guide?, carried to the top of Charlet Peak, an altitude of 2,210 feet, an aluminum Statue four leet high und weighing 80 pound:; The summit of the peak v as H viclii iJ after a seven-hour climb; the Chamonix aiguille is one of the most difficult peaks of the Mont Blanc range to ascend. The abbey blessed the Htatue after it wi- erected and pronounced a yhort oration The statue is of the guide 1 barlet, after whom the peak i. named, and who was the first to con- quer it in 1879. Charlet s now- 82 years of age. |