IN THE COUNTY OF WATERLOO
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CHAPTER X.-REV. EDWARD GLOWACKI, C.R., 1860 to 1865.
This young priest took possession of the New
Germany parish in June, 1860, and remained till June 30, 1863.
Particulars about him, his origin, etc., are given in the History
of St. Agatha. Often while here when on missionary duty
elsewhere, Father Breitkopf, C.R., took his place, coming from Berlin.
At this time smallpox was prevalent everywhere,
with especial severity in New Germany. Even now many of the
people who were young then have their faces badly marked from the ugly
disease.
The writer was informed from a very credible
source of an episode of
this young priest that seems almost incredible. He was called to
a sufferer from smallpox. The patient's face was so swollen and
disfigured with the loathsome malady that it was not to be recognized
as a human face. When attempting to give the patient the Holy
Viaticum, the priest could not get it into the sufferer's mouth, in
spite of all his efforts. So he took the particle back to the
church and placed it by itself in the tabernacle. At the first
opportunity he asked his Superior's permission to consume the particle
at one of his Masses. The Superior gave his consent, and the
particle was then disposed of in the proposed way. The writer
asked the priest a few years ago whether this was true. He did
not answer, I presume through humility.
Father Glowacki planted the fine orchard
in his early days. He also se-
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