46                   HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

    A list of subscribers to pay for church goods is extant, without date, but likely made when the new church was built.  Here it is:

    Arnold, Lawrence.          Arnold, Ludwig.            Arnold, Philip.
    Arnold, Christina.            Buckel, John.                Bunes, Michael.
    Berger, Rosina.                Berger, John.                Berger, Mary Ann.
    Denfridi, Ernest.              Dantzer, Peter.              Dantzer, Lawrence.
    Dantzer, Ignatius.            Rudolph, Henry.            Weiss, Weri.
    Dantzer, Catharine.         Schmidt, Martin.            Weiss,  Sebastian.
    Dantzer, John.                 Schlatermann, Ferd.      Weiss,  Anna.
    Doehlen, Henry.              Scherer, Conrad.           Weiss,  Genoveva.
    Greib, Jos.                       Selzer, Conrad.             Weiss,  Vincent.
    Greib, Peter.                    Schmidt, Jos. Ferd.        Weiss,  Antony.
    Gfroerer, Mich.               Spitzig,  Lawrence.        Weiss,  Peter.
    Grewey, Andrew.            Spitzig,  Moritz.             Weiss,  Maryann.
    Huetlin, Thomas.             Spitzig,  Henry.              Weiss,  Margaret.
    Hartrtleib, John.               Spitzig,  Helena.             Weiss,  Jos.
                                           Spitzig, Mary.
                                           Spitzig,  Henry.
                                           Stuart, Mary.
                                           Stewart, Isaac.

The proceeds of the subscription were $32.95.

    After Hamburg obtained its first church, the South East Hopers usually went there.  When the new church for Hamburg was to be built the residents of South East Hope, who belonged to Stratford, and of course to london Diocese, asked their Bishop, the Right Rev. Dr. Walsh, for leave to attach themselves permanently to Hamburg, since they could not hope to ever get a priest at their own church and did not fancy to go to Stratford where the priest did not understand German. The Bishop consented.  Some years later, when Hesson received a resident pastor in the person of Father Heitmann, Bishop O'Connor gave him orders to look also after South East Hope.  This was a practical impossibility on account of distance and difficult railway facilities.  Hence the people objected very strongly to this order.  At length the Bishop of London withdrew his order and the Catholics of South East Hope still. go to the Hamburg church, which they had helped materially to build.
    It is said that there was from the beginning of this colony always considerable jealousy and want of harmony among the settlers, and this may have been a factor in its gradual decrease; no doubt the difficulty with church and school attendance was another.  Then the desire to obtain more and cheaper land was a third, though they could not expect to find better land anywhere.