Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-06-19
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clock con,ains an urrsry, ,aller The Coperni.
can system, exhibiting The mean tropical
revolution Gf each Of the planets visible to
the unaided eve. phases Of ghe moon. rhe
leclipses both Of ,he sun apd moon,, calcula.
red forever; The true dine as 'weA as the sid.
ereal tlme;da new celestial globe with yihe
procession ofsheIequinoxes. solar and lunar
equations Ior.he reduction ef ,he mean ge-
Dceniric ascension and declina,inR o. The sun
and moon al true lines and places; an &C..
clesias,ical 'mpu,a,ion with It's various In
cicaiions. The iat,isigaAas 'alieied the old
calendar imo Hpbrpeiual; one, with an addir
.ionaofitbe variable hulidayss according no
their tonnec,ioupwith Easier orr Advent Suns
days. and indica,eds the suppression ol the
secular or biissxiils rdaysl .ThsdiaI.plaie is
snbiect taos aesolh,ion Iol shroe hundred md
|kixta.fis6, bfetIsgsldinadsed iusnd dsix,ysaix
dayaqlas lha c6se may sbsai 10 eg,Rdg ni .nq
.IThsSe are d numbsnof mdvable sia,ues;
amung which are Jesus Christ. ihs iweve
apus,Ies, Ideath, o. cock, and -four figures
representing rchildhoodg youth! i! manhood.
and age. 2 Tneselall haveS their appointed
du.issg" Childhood strikes ihel first quarter.
youth the second, manhood The thirdI and
olalage The last; death strikes thel hours,
while d genius above thencalendar iurns an
hDur. glass. AT noonutei twelve apostles
pass before the Savior, bowling as they ogp:
as he raises his hands 10 bless Them. the
cock tapping his wings, crows three times
distinctly. .adi ,IoUpl ~ zeal boo2" gdi 'HmI
The anIiqary and history Of this church
add greatly TO its charm. ~ ~
The spot, tradition says has been sacred
fromeIhe earlies, ages; here The Druid bow.
ed bcnea.hlhe sacred wond, and offered his
sacrifices todEsus; here, aiIer,he conques,
ofiihe Gauls by The Romans, a temple was
rearedlIo Hercules and Mars; here in the
fourth century, St.8 Amand built "a rude
Christian church on the ruins of The Ro-
mauaemple! NeM game the conquering
Cleves, with his brave Franks who removed
the edifce in $40. Successive grams to the
tho lbishoprick by Dagoberti Ill, C"dn. oR3d-
hard pand Charemagne, occasioneri the en-.
largenen, aid erec,ing..of thelUahedral. i,
has been rebuilt number Of times. The
present. structure was commenced in l275
lby Erwin, of Sleinbach. who ranks frs,
among lhe architects of ihs middle ages.
He continued 10 superintend IL ill he died
in 1875 when 9he was succeeded in the
work bv his son, John, no carried il. for.
ward ill death transferred himtor another
scene. In i 339. The northern uower was
terminated in 1885, I'M | 439 John rIlul,z, oI
iColngne, laid the last stone Of The spire. NJ |,
isss.ill undergninga repair under compelen'
architects Grand old church! Thrice l,as
il bean shaken by earthquakes; nfien hasli
been s,ained with lraIernaf blood; six timer
have shefames raged wi.hiniIs walls; again
and again hasahe lightning sTiuen Tvs spire
| il has been under various rulers, civil and
ecclesiastical; the Reformation pu, !, inc
The hands Sfahe Pfues.an,s, and the capnu
aiiong Of 1881 restored tito the Catholics
The Jacobins proposed ioaesr down ils spire
because il conlemned The principle Of equal
! iyY but amid 9iighnings, fires, earthquakes
revolutions, rsfomMiens, reactions. vsnda
ism. and the ravages Of time, IL sill stands
erect and GLORIOUS. s19b1nd i1a a'j1e -po
| SIt is lime We IefuSRasbourg. We go di
recdyioi Parisgby railway, distance twt
hundred and fifty miles. aTaking the stop
ping train. ,hatwe ndy see as much o(.ih,
cauDlry as possible;ws ars fifteen hours Of
the way.s9 Our route Is ilbtoogh the ricl
plain OF Alsace, scptce equaIed in Franc,
Tor tsfiilHy, lOser The .Vosges chain o
mountains, bya series OF tunnels, up lht
Zorn, across The QAbenthA and the Mense
through The Wales OF The Ornain, the Saulx
and the Matue.i the ,iHlPoribm cities O
Sayerne, Lunfyille, g Nancy, Tous Bar-le
Duo! ViHy.ie. Francois, Chalons, Sur Mar
ne, Epernay. and Meaux; qver the di,c
of The lorl6ca,ions and the canal 81. Denis
10 ,he terminus. A. Nancy we were re
! minded Of The .previes, town in France; Q
Cha|ors. of the great wine. merchant VIII
uses $50 900 woHhio( corks every, year. an
cons.an,lyl keeps 1000 900 bottles Of win
on hand; lalo Epe,nay, Of The headauarIer
Of Champagne wine; ,aI Chateau Thoiry
OF ther poet La Fonlain; al La FsrIi,, @
the Burr slohesi aud al Meaux s'oC BrssueI
''.he eagle OF Meaux." Wen are now {
Paris again, udrhavs anpppor'unily OF Usa
king some observations on French manner
and charnc,er,s iuudiw ays1Yad9si +" Bee
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