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

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1860

pg 402       the people were dissatisfied with F. Excl.  He was recalled and 
             Mr. Meyer left alone.  Some months afterwards Mr. Meyer himself 
             having left the Society and having been named pastor of another 
             German parish in the city, the trustees went in a fury to the 
             Bishop, declaring that they no longer wanted to have anything to 
             do with the Congregation of Holy Cross, since they could get no 
             one but F. Excl.  The Bishop quieted them and told them to remain 
             in peace till the following September.  Another aged German 
             priest, Mr. Hartland, was given them, and peace was restored.
                  At this same time, a second fair was held in the city for the 
             benefit of the establishment.  It was a brilliant affair, the 
             grandest that had ever been seen in the city, and without doubt 
             it made an impression most favorable for the institution.  it lasted 
             four days and cleared five thousand francs.
                  The end of the scholastic year showed a deficit of $3000 for 
             the college and of $4000 for the Sisters, that is to say, a debt 
             of $7000.  It is true that $2000 were spent in repairs and $1000