6 4                HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

cured the fine organ in 1860 or 1861, for $1,002; 220 adults and 121 young
men and women appear on the subscription list.
    A list of families of the parish for 1861 or 1862 gives 237 names.  The list is quite incomplete, as is evidenced from the census taken by Father Breitkopf in 1866, giving 338 families after many had moved away.
    In 1862 and 1863 the cemetery was graded and surrounded with a stone wall which in some places must be 15 to 20 feet high.  Sand, stones and much labor were given gratis, yet the work cost $1,002.92. The beautiful main gate of wrought iron was made by the genial blacksmith, J. D. Miller, of Bridgeport, and cost $106.00. It is still as good and beautiful as when first made.  The wall was covered with plank coping.  These being rotten, a cement coping now protects the wall for ages to come.
    In 1863 Father Glowacki reorganized the Rosary Sodality into the Living Rosary, with 7 circles of 15 members each.  In 1868 Father Breitkopf had in this society 134 members.
    Father Glowacki also secured a splendid altar painting of St. Boniface, the patron of the church, representing his martyrdom.  He also purchased a well-stocked circulating library, which was well patronized for many years.  Mr. Obrecht, the shoemaker, was the librarian for many years.  This gentleman is still living and in fair health, at Mount Forest (1916).  Under the administration of Father Niemann the books were allowed to get scattered.  Now there is nothing left of it except the bookcases.
    The Rev.  Francis Rassaerts, a Hollander, came to New Germany September 20th 1864, and remained till December 18th, 1865, when he went to Karlsruhe and remained there till his death.