The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-22
The s,rasbourg Cathedral.

As everything about Strasbourg will be
read with interest, we feel sure that the fol
lowing from the Dublin HiShmaan will prove
acceptable to our readers:
Halt What marvel of masonry is tha t (?
Mangar sang, The Dome-the Dome of
cologne !" but he might have spared verse
Tor the minister of Strausbourg. See its spire,
how it flies aloft To the infinite blue Of the
skies! Thousands of slaves ccmented with
their blood the bhilding Of the great Pvra.
MD. shat monster memorial of man.
But uplltt the eyes and gaze. Over a score
OF feet is it excelled by this surprising spire.
which tie free hands of men raised piously
to the honor Of God. 1t is GA feet higher
than the vaunted tower Of St. Paul's, and
about four and half times higher than that
dwartjsh pillar to the sangninary aduterer,
Nielsen, Your streets have been dissracei
with 1t notoriuusly destroys the vast beau
ty OF SackvilIe street.
Paying fifteen CentimeS to The astonished
keel er. who has few visitors now, l niount
to the platform. Having taken the precau-
tion to be provided with a note from the
Iaaire and governor. was allowed to ascend
the SpHe. IL required strength of nerve, for
the stone hetwurk is sn open and the sup
porting piila's SO thin and wide that you
might grow dizzy and topple down through
all the stony network like a dizzy bird tbr ,
the lhtervowen houghs of the forest Under
the carved ToSette where the spiral stair epGs
stopped and eyed for a moment the insclip
tons on the walls; then | turned, but the
next adventurous traveller may read beside
the names of Stolberg. Goethe, Schlcsscr and
HerCer. the unaSsumiug but not undistjn-
guished appeliation of NJ Blarney de la
Blague
What frosted network of stone masonry
what ''fr' zen music''-is this wonderful
cathedral, which took centuries in its tuild-
ing, yet whose chiseIling looks as sharp, as
distinct as though hewu year ago; and be-
lore pass from 1t must have one glance at
yonder wondrous and famous clock in the
south transept. just three hundred years
ago. come next year it was mede'by some
mlracuously patient mar. ard went for MANY
generation to the delight of yonth and age
But 1t stood still for half century, and a
generation must have died knowing it only
by the tradition Of It's fame. All honor to
cchWllge-poetlc name who, brave Stras-
oourgher bureher as he was, devoted himself
to set 1t agUiBg again. For ago it did 90
with It's figures coming out to toll the hours
Ito show the day of The week-the day Of
the month-the month Of the year-tbe wear
ITSELF and many another epoch
1t Is noon-out C, me all the fioures-ol1
men, young men, maids and ch hildren-to
make glorious Ginning. A single beauti~
ful pillar, ornamented with statues. suppnrts
the parts of the church where it is placed
and above the Gothic border running along
The wall. stands the statue of the architect
OF the cathedral. Erwin of Steinbach.
Let me moralze.
Printer!- !-lu this city, some four and a
half centuries ago, the first attempt at print
ing was made. Gutenberg tried it here.
and Peter Schoeffer, who helped him when
he crossed to Mayence. and improved by the
casting of letters, was citizen of this CITY
u me forth to the Herb market and admire
David $ noble statue to Guttemhurg. in " hat
Is pow Guttemburg's place" Poor David
His corpse had a difficulty in crossino the
frontier home. as you may know If You are
reader Of Beranger or Father Prout's Re
lques.
Not far off. in st. Thomas's Protestant
Church. is splendid monument to Marshal
Sake he of whom You read in O'Callagban,s
History of the Irish Brigade aud Davis's
''Fontenoy":
On through 1!g the camp the column trod-King
49, troops remain" ION
fReTa GiPe are he Ro,a Syss yoH have your wish
Inc marshal almost smiles to see so furiousIv
he goes.
Wen, here is Marshal SAKE in marble
caithiy descending into the grave, whilst the
1air iorm Of France yearningly seeks to de-
tain him ard to stay the menacing attitude
OF death. Sake was Protestant, and some
what Of a free liver
1t may be some instruction for Protestant
rrussIan sympathizers with YOU to know
that one-third of the Strasbourgers are Pro
teStHnts' aud contribute their quota of war
riors to rePe the Prussian army.