Dupuy, Father Ennemond, Iberville, Louisiana, to Father Etienne Rousselon, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1848 May 8

Today Dupuy received a letter about Simon Bozan. Dupuy asks Rousselon to pay no attention to his mission. He is insane. Last Thursday when Dupuy was at Plaquemine, he learned that Simon had collected $100 to buy a processional cross for burials and that it was for that purpose that he was going to the city. The young people, to amuse themselves, persuaded Simon to go to Bishop Blanc to be named pastor of Plaquemine or at least sacristan and chanter. Simon's wife has just died; he does not want to put her in the cemetery but has put her in a trunk in his home and above it has built an altar. Here he says Mass, Vespers, compline, he says. He married a second time but he has sent this second wife away. Father Boullier and the priests at the seminary could tell Rousselon about Simon. Dupuy believes that the people of Plaquemine will soon sign the contract with him for the donation of the church. P.S. He will come to the city as soon as possible. :: V-5-i A.L.S. French 3pp. folio