Recollections of My Life and Reflections on Times and Events During It: A Memoir by Father W. J. Howlett Main Menu Introduction Table of Contents Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Other Writings by Father W. J. Howlett Timeline Howlett Family Tree William J. Howlett Family Tree Maps and Geography: Howlett's First Trip West Fr. Howlett moved with his family to Denver when he was a child, and then moved to St. Thomas Seminary in Bardstown, KY several years later. This map recounts the path he took to get to both places. Maps and Geography: Howlett's European travels Fr. Howlett traveled far and wide during his trip to Europe. Here is a map of the places he recorded visiting. Maps and Geography: Howlett in Paris, 1872-1873 This map shows the locations that Fr. Howlett mentioned visiting while in Paris, France. Maps and Geography: Howlett in London, 1874 This map shows the locations that Fr. Howlett mentioned visiting while vacationing in London, England Maps and Geography: Colorado Missions with Terrain Fr. Howlett's Colorado mission locations, with Colorado terrain. Index Acknowledgements Contributors' Biographies HIST 394 at CUA, Spring 2020

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met. She is a nice motherly woman, a good talker, and I like her very much.” (Mrs. Lake was a Catholic)

          “I lived west twenty-four years and still own a farm in Western Kansas five miles from Russell Springs in Logan County. The West is so much alive and it tends to broaden men and make them more liberal. On church matters I no longer say I am right and everybody else is at fault, for they are as likely to be right as I am.

          “My sister Sarah, who now lives in Ohio, has been visiting us and left last Saturday. She used to be a playmate of your sisters Joanna and Catherine; her age is I think between the two, as she is fifty-two this month. I showed her your book and letter. She recognized your looks of old after looking at the picture a little while. A good many of the old scholars turned out well, but you have the distinction of climbing higher than any of the rest. Should I ever visit town in which you reside I will certainly look you up.

          “But few of the old settlers remain. You would scarcely know any of our old schoolmates - so many changes. Emory and Herbert Dloaney both very bald; Sarah Shaw and sister Mary very large women; Thomas Manix lost his wife. She was Maggie Ryan and used to go to school with me. They have a nice family of children. Dennis Bunbury begins to look old, but jolly as ever and quite bald.

          “I wrote some reminiscences of the legislature of Michigan that I was in a good many years ago, but in the shuffle of moving last spring they were lost. If I had them I would send them to you. They contained some of the laughable things we come in contact with sometimes. The editor of the Dowagiac Herald requested me to write up Barron Lake of a long time ago. If I do I will send you the paper, as it will take in a good many who used to live in that vicinity.”

          I never received the article he was going to send me, for in the next letter he wrote me he told me he had a slight stroke of paralysis, and not long afterwards I heard that he was dead.

          In matters of religion we were somewhat better situated in our home, altho [although] we were miles from a chapel and that chapel was attended irregularly. It was different when Father DeNeve came as permanent pastor, for then we felt we were in a parish and six or seven miles were not considered a sufficient excuse to remain away from mass. Most of the farmers and horses had wagons, and the father and mother and at least one half of the children were always at Sunday mass. Those who stayed at home to take care of the place or who did not find room in the conveyance went the next Sunday.

          Father DeNeve was not long at Niles before he organized a class for First Holy Communion and Confirmation. He found a large number of both classes, and appointed regular days for the children to come for instructions. This was all right for those who lived near by, but for those out in the country, it was different. We had to study our lessons just the same, and on Sunday we recited and listened to the instructions. Our mother saw that we studied our

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