Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1870-11-26
The Wandering jew

lie story OF the Jew who had " it.
messed the Crucifxion and had been
condemned to live aud wander over
The earth until the time Of Chrlst's
second coming, is one Of the most
curious Of the legends of the middle
ages In 1925 il is said that certain
archbishop Of Armenia came to En-
gland and stated that he had often
entertained the Wandering Jew, who
told his story as follows: At the
time ofthe suffering Of Jesus Christ,
when the Jews were dragging him
forth, and had reached the door,
Cartaphilas, Z porter in the hall in
Pilates service, struck Jesus on the
back with bis hand, as he was going
out, and said, Go quicker why do
you loiterf and the Savior, looking
back on him with a severe counten-
ance, said to him, Il am going and
you will wait til! return. And ac-
cordlngly rs was said this Cartaphilas
is illawaitiHg his return. At the time
of our Lords suffering he was thirty
years old, and wLo, ho attained the
age Of one hundred years he always
returned TO the same age as he was
when our Lord suffered. After
Christ's death lie was baptized bv
Annag!as and called Joseph. He
dwells in Armenia, or other eastern
countries, is man of few words, and
does not speak unless questioned b,
bishops or religious mon. and then
he talks OF old times, Of what occur
red at the resurrection, and of the
Apostles, their preaching aud creeds.
He never smiles while talking, and
looks forward with fear TO the coming
of Christ, lest he should mud him in
anger lie refuses III! gifts that are
offered him and is content with sim
pie food and cooking. lie was sup
posed to be wandering about the
world, but was not seen again until
he made his appearance in Hamburg
in the winter OF ljl2 lie had now
changed his name TO Ahasuarus, and
had modified his story somewhat.
He said his original occupation was
thatof q shoemaker. and that the
Savior said to him when he spoke to
him 20 rudely, Il shall stop and re-
pose, but thou shall 90 on :" upon
which the Jew was seized with an IT.
resistabc desire TO wander, and had
lett his wife and children, whom he
had never seen since, and had travel
ed from one country to another till
he came TO Germany. On this occa-
sion the jew spoke good German, but
when he or another person under the
same character, appeared IN the Meth
erlands in 1915, he spoke spanish \
few years later he arrived in Suas-
bourg, and presenting himself before
the magistrates, informed them that
he had visited their city Just two
hundred years before, which was
proved to he true by a reference to the
registers, and returned thence 10
France, where he made hi appear
ancC IN 1904. and caused considcra.
blc sensation. As during the time be
was there the country was visited by
hurricanes, it is believed to the pres
eHl day that these visitalioas accom-
pany the jew in all his wanderings.
In April, 1864, nc Wandering jew
or some person who personated him,
appeared in Brussels, where he told
his story, but changed his name to
Isaac Laqueden The Wanderer has
not since been heard of but is sup.
posed to bc travelling in some I'M
known part Of the world.
The New York Herald made the lol- I.
lowing final eNhortation before Mr.. !
Greeley was voted upon: "Pious peo-
ple who intend TO vote today for Hor- /
ace Greeley should append 10 their
tickets the following, which We find in
Western exchange: Horace Greeley
lately visited Western town where /,
swearing is punished by a fine of TWEEN.
ty-five cents for each offence. Some
one stole his umbrella and put litter
Of kittens in his old hat, and, 10y conl-
promising the matter, the $500 he got
for his lecture Just paid for his swearing
and four dollars over Horace, there
fore, is hardlya fit man TO send TO Con-
gress, for II he were to get in one Of his
rampant moods he would swear the
dome of the Capitol. What Horace
don't know about swearing ii would he
a difficult matter to tell