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directed that t.he remain s should ~ conv ey ed bon e i n his Bt"&m~r f r e e of cha r-ge ;
s econdly, to t.he Aeent of t he COlllpRny an d the officl'!lrfl and cr ew of the eteemer-J
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vhose action vas throughout most cour-teous and respeet.ruj , The coffin 1JM:i placed
i n a sp ec da I apar-t ment, set aside f or it, and t he clergy wer-e permitt ed t o take a
finRl vd ev of it. Th.., aff ection a nd fervor of t he peopl e were most t ouching, ann
it requ i red the physical f orce of the police t o t.ea r- them ava y froll the case upon
which t hey ha d t hrown
't be a se Ive s sobbing vildly.
Thu s the curbin ckoe ed on this sad dr a",,, of r eal life-t he saddeet, cha pter
in t he his t or ;t of Nevfoundkand , Let, ua ho pe once a cr-e i n the voi-ds of our Bishop ,
that t he memor y of it may mak e us be t ter lind sadnt.Ider- men , and thclt f rOl!l t hat
tomb a bles s ing may COntI") f or t h upon our country t.hat, m~ y f ruitlfy a t .houa and f old
unto pea ce and harmo ny and prosper ity to all c I e sees and denoednat.Lone of our
peopl e .
Hia )
Life)
The ralloving meagr-e outline of Dr . Conr-oy! ~ biognphy i s gather e d
f r oll the Iuner-eL df scour-se deHver-ed by Bishop Po....er- on Thursda y:- -
~~ T~~~ty~igh~y~t.'s a l) he vent, to Tome to study for the pr-f e et.hood , Car-dfna L
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ilion , the gr -eat, sanctity of life, the untirine zeal a nd e n~ r~ i n all Church ad -
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i nsight int o chara cter, ....hich f a cui t y, singula r l y e:ai nent in hill, has en abled hi..
to surr ound h im ~elf wi t h the ab lest an d be st in the Irish Cbur-ch , It va s he thAt
discussed
the first germs of t he splendid hlentf' f or vhf cb Dr . Conroy has bee n
dist i nguishe d ; lind it va s he s en t. t .he youn g s t ud e nt toRome in 1850 .
Por s eve n ye8 rs Dr . Conroy pur-su ed his ~tudies I n the Pr-opaga nda where h l"J not
only obtained t he h i Eh~ st di nl i nction s in th", sacr-ed ecfe nce s , but by hi e s t.t.r-ac t -,
i ve manners end genhl qu e Lf t.Le e von frOl'l hie fe l l llW' et uden t .e (I love a nd r egard ,
vhd cb , t.be se , occu pying a ~ t hey do t.oday, et.atdona 1n ev",r y deg r ee a nd in every