Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-05-24
OUR sTORY-TELLEH.

The Fainter Of Nuremberg. 90
Who has not heard Of Nuremberg, The
the quaint old Bavarian city Of the mid
die ages, which, even in these days Of
railroads and new Inventions, still re-
tains lis old-worId customs, and itsmed-
ievsi beautyg There tIe moonlight
still sleeps in dim, narrow streets, where
every house is a pictured splendor of
the carver's art; where grimed-laced
gurgoyles peep EIom gable ends; where
dormer windows with diamond panes
let afaint, soft radiancsz zof light creep
through to the Oak-paneled rooms
within; where the slender spires Of the
churches pierce the blue air, with their
delicate tracery almost untouched by
the hand of time; and the Nuremberg
of to-day is scarcely different from the
Nuremberg of 147l.
I. + In Chat year was born a genius, who
5eiongs not alone to Nuremberg, not
alone to the Fatherland, but to the
world AlBreeht BHFer. Albrecllt was
the youngest son, wayward and impuls
i've; petted by his mother, ruled severe
ly by his father, he grew up a bright
boy, aud all Nuremberg said 'he viii be
great mani Joseph Durer is the faith
erOfa genius. But Joseph DUror did not
believe this. The boy has no applica-
ton, said he; he will neverdo as well
as his brothers have done Now these
brothers had been paced, the one at the
Court Of the EIector Of BaYaria, and the
other at that of the Grand Duke ofSaxe
Weimar, where they had risen to high
honor and to the titles of Count and
Baron.
'Albrecht, said Joseph Durer, you
must be a silversmith as I am And
Albrecht complained and begged for
crayons, pencils and canvas. j would
rather be an artist, said he.
But Joseph insisted and Albrecht
obeycd, and in the early morning, when
all the rest of the Durer household were
asleep, young Albrecht stole away 10
the house of his friend Hapse Martin,
the painter, aud under his care learned
to draw from the antique and laid the
foundation of an artists education. Jo-
seph Durer found out and forbid these
visits; upon that Albrecht ran away,
ana was heard of no more by the Nj
rcmbergers for long years. By-and-by
the young sister of Albrecht was mar
ried to rich merchant of Lubbock, and
Frau Durer cried and said: They are
ali gone now, even my Albrecht and
my Lottehen'
Time passed. One day a group of cit
liens were gathered around the town
house of Nuremberg reading notice af-
fixed. 10 one Of the pillars, and which
ran as follows: 80 sa
BE it known unto all citizens of Nu-
remberg, that 1, Joseph Durer, silver
smith of this city, do intend to make a
general sale of all my rich goods and
wares, this evening at four of the clock,
in my shop in the Clock Place
TSignedl Jos. DURER.i
iHau said bystander, what is this?
The rich silversmith Durer about to sell
his wonderful works at aUction What
hath brought him to this?'
You do not know, good sir said a
stout burgher, that Joseph Durer had
married his daughter to merchant of
Lubbock, who was thought to be i'm
mensely rich; but this unworthy SON
in-law has gone of, we know not
where, leaving his wife and young chill
dren unprovided for, and many heavy
sums of money unpaid
And so it is to repair there misfor-
tunes that Durer parts with his treas
ures? He must be good man and a
wise one; but has he no SONS who could
aid their father?'
He has three sons replied the bur-
gher but the two elder are nothing
but court lacqucys. They have forgot
ten their old father; and as for AIbrecht,
poor fellow! no one knows whether he
got killed in the wars, or whether he is
alive yet
At this moment the great bell tolled
four; and the public crier stood in tbe
Clock Place and cried-'Oyez! Ovezl
Oyez! The sale is about to beginr and
as he rang his bell and repeated his for
mula, the crowd of citizens, idlers and