The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-09-20

HE ~ERASNN &c IAfHhhhAA AID MOCK.
One q the most lamet table results 81
the siege Of Stmsburg leaving out Of
view the loss Of human life, is the iniu-
~ which the bombardmcnt has inflicted
upon the noble cathedral aud lis won.
derfnl astronomical clock The ca.
thedral which, perhaps moro than amy
other one thing, has made the name 81
Strasburg celebrated, Is considered one
Of the finest Gothic buildings ii Europe.
Il was founded a. p. 500 The choir
was built by Charlemanee; probably
about D. 500 though il was not COM
pletcd until 1889. The material Of
which the cathedral is built is a brown
stone. very much resembling our Con.
ueeticut Portland freestone. Ii was
obtained from a quarry at Wassebonne,
n tho valley of Couronnc, few miles
from Strasburg. The architect OF the
existing edifce was Erwin Won Stein
bach, Of Baden One John IIuolls, Of
Cologne, was the architect Of the peer
less tower Its spire is the loitiest in
the world It's height, 466 feet sur
passes that Of st Peters, and is about
equal to that Of the Great Pyramid.
Tie greater part Of the entire structure
was destroyed by lightning in 1907 /;
and the restored ediiice was begun in
1915 and completed in 1889 The ca
thedral is in every part richly decora-
ted with sculptures and the western
front, rising TO a height Of $50 feet is,
or was particularly fine with its wreath
of statutes, ornamental carvings, and
bas rcliefs. IL has a circular window
las feet in diameter The Prussian
heavy artillery has made, it is said, a
ruin ola part Of the vast building
The astronomical clock, the product
| of German cIockmaker, in about the
/ year 1850. is a maryel of ingenuity and
mechanical skill, and has no counter
I part. 1t performs not only the ordina-
Try services Of clock, but exhibits the
/ days and the months and the years
! the process Of the seasons the signs Of
the zodiac and the names and move.
ments ofthe heavenly bodies. AT each
Iquartcr hour an angel comes out and
strikes one stroke on bell; at every
hour another angel comes and strikes
twice and at II, meridian, figure Of
Christ appears, accompanied by the
twelve apostles, all of whom move
around a central point and pass in, out
of sight, by another door, the stroke o.
twelve being given, and a cock flaps
/ his wings and crows. The clock is en-
/ o...., e--- =. -;--, l5kU every .i.tu5 vlo,
sconnected with the vast cathedral, anC
| is invisible from the outside street tho
spectator passing through the nave o.
/ the cathedral TO see it, 1t has suffered
/ from fire and violence before the pre-
sent year, having been ont of repah
and motionless since the revolution o.
i 1913 until the year 1912, when il was
REPAIRED by a matchmaker of Bas-Rhin
and has been in operation since 1t is
to be hoped that this ingenious piece
Of mechanism has not been irreparably
injured by the present bombardment
The loss Of the Strasburg library "a
vast collection of 500 900 volumes, in
Guiding many collections Of rare and
curious parchment is total and irrepa
rable. 1t can never be replaced by any
collection hereafter made. II was tho
slow result or a thousand years anC
its destruction by fire, caused by thu
/ Prussian hot shot, is like the burning
Of the Alexandrian library in this, tina
of great number of the works destroy
cd no duplicates can ever be obtained