Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1854

pg 214       indignation, which was ready to prosecute him for this new piece 
             of trickery, frightened him; and one hour afterwards he went to 
             town and handed over the papers to the Brother commissioner.
                  It is impossible to describe the joy that filled the 
             community when it was learned that the dam was torn down.  All 
             returned thanks to Heaven as for a most important event.  Everyone 
             looked upon it as a special blessing and as a promise of health, 
             even if the consequences should not immediately manifest 
             themselves.
                  O my God! thou didst call us back from the gates of the tomb.
             Thus thou didst revive in us hopes of better days.  Be thou 
             blessed therefore, O Lord, and make us worthy.
                  The treasury of Notre Dame was not enriched by the purchase 
             spoken of, but from many points of view it was a good transaction.
             It secured the monopoly of the lime for all the surroundings, and 
             on the next day the privilege of stopping all competitive work on 
             this piece of ground was purchased for $500 on a lease of three 
             years.
                  A second privilege perhaps no less valuable was the fall of