The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-02-13
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closed in a cave In the third century and
discovered two centuries after. The ie-
gend says they slept all this time, and so
did dog they had with them, and walked
/ up and came out after their great slulHber
Mark Twain, who has recently visited
EPhesus, gives us, in letter to she -1itt
| Californian, the following as his version
of the legend:
Ia the Mount Of Pion, yonder is the cave
OF the Seven Sleepers. Once upon time
about l 500 years ago, seven young men
lived near each other in Ephesus. "ho tc-
longed to the Gcspised sect Of christians
1t ca.ro 20 PASS that the good King ,dax-
imiiinaus [ am telling this story tot nice
little boys and giris) it cane to pass, say
that tie good King Maximilinaus got to
persecuting christians, and as time rolled
on he made i; very warm for them. %
the seven young men sad one to the other,
lie. u get up aud dust" And they
Got Up ana busted
They tarsied not to bid ;heir fathers and
mothers good bye or any friend they knew
They only took certain monies that tier
parents had and garments that belonged
unto their iriends, whereby they might re-
member them when far away, and took
also the dog hctmehr, which Was the prop
erty OF their nei2hbor Maichus, because
the beast dil rup bis head ;uto . EoQsc
which one Of the young meH was carrying
ca,eicssly, and they had net time 10 release
him; and they took also certain chickens
that seemed loncly By the ncighborios
co0;s, and likewise some bottles u curious
liquors that stood near gFcceF's window
and then they departed fro.r ihe city. By
aud by they came to a marvellous cave ii
ths Hill OF pion an! entered into 1t and
ieasted, aud presently they Hurried o.
again But they forgot the bottles Of
curious liquors, aad left them behind.
They travelled in many lands, and had
many strange adventures. They were viz
tuous young men, ani lost no opportaiiy
that fell in their way to make 4 livelihood.
Their motto vas in these cords ''ProcTas-
tination is The thief OF time" Aud 50,
whenever they came upon lnau who was
a!oue, they said Behold this person has
the whcrewiil.al; lc. Us 20 through him"
1t the ENG Of FIVE years they had waxed
revisit their old konc again and hear the
voices and sec the faces that were dear 70
their youth. Therefore they geut through
such parties as fell Ia their way where
they sojournei at that time, aud journeyed
back toward Epbesus again.
For the good Eiug Mayimiiinaus WIS
become converted unto the now faith, and
the christians rejolce1 because they were
10 lonoer persecGted. Oae day, as TIE
sun went down, they Game to tde cave in
the Mount of pioa they said oach 20 lis
felio~: Let US sleep, an! - and feast
and make lGerry with eur friends wheu lie
nornipy cosneth." Aud each OF the scveu
lifted ~ bis voce aai SAID, at isa whz.
So they went in, and 70 nhere they had
pu1 them, there lay the bottles "a eurioa,
liquors, aud they Judged that age had not
impaired their excellence "hcren the
wanderers were right, aud the heads u he
same were level 81 e-cn OF the young
men drank six bottles, aDi besoid they
/ felt very tired then, aul lay Gown and
slept very soundiy.
Whcn they awoae, one of theul, johan-
mes s;inithlanus, said, I'VE are naked. +"
| Aud it was 20. Their rain,ent wss all gone
and The money which they had gotten
from stranger whom they had procceded
through as they approached the city, was
lying upon the ground, corrcded, aud rust
cd, aad dofaced. Likewise the dog ..ct-
mehr was gone, and nothing, save the brass
iha, was upon his Collar remained. They
wondered mach at these things. Bat they
took the money, and they wrapped about
their bodies some leaves, and came up to
the top OF the hill. Then they we're pre-
picked Ihe wonderful temple oi D,aua
was gone many sraGd edifocs they had
never seen before stood in The city; men
in strange garbs moved about the streets,
and everything was changed.
Johannes said: 1t hardly seems Ike
Ephcsus. Yc; there is the great Sylana-
sium; here is the mighty .hsater. wherein
| have seen seventy thousand men assem-
bed there is The iount where the saintei
John the Baptist immersed the converts ,
yonder is the prison OF the good st. Paul /;
there We did all use to 80 aid touch the an
cient chains :ha. boaad AIM, aud DC cured
of ouf c.is,eupers see !he tomb OF the
disciple Luxe, aud aitr off IS the church
wherein repose the ashes OF the holy JOAN,
where tie christians OF Ephosus 20 twice Il
yo.c 10 gather dust from the tomb, which
is aolc to III kc bodies whole again thai
are corrupted 10y disease, aud cleanse the
soul iroin sin but see how the wharges en-
croach upon the sea, and what nuliitudes
OF ships are anchored III the bay see, 4 SO,
/ how the cities are stretched abroad tar
over the valley beyond Pion, aud even IN
to the walls of Assyria, look, and 10 all the
hills are white with. palaces and ribbed
with collonades of marble. HcS mighty
has Ephesus beeome,'
And, wondering at what their eyes had
seen they went down into the city aud par
chased garments and clothed themselves.
And whcu they would have passed on, the
merchant bit the coius which they had siy-
en- him with his teeth, and turned them
about aud looked curious y upon them, and
cast them upon his counter, aud listened
il they rang, aud then he said These are
bogus" And they said Depart thou TO
llalcs," aud they weut their way. When
they were come 10 Their houses, they rccoc-