Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-02-08

OF Weimar has founded his admirable
drama You know the history of that
famous doctor, John Faust, born at the
same time, it Is said, in Anhalt, Sua-
bia, and BrandenbUrg, who learned all
the sciences Of his time knew tragic,
and who, always pushed forward by the
ardent desire of knowing all things and
enjoying all things, ended by giving
himself to the devil, who appears III the
shape Of little gray monk, on condi
ion that this little monk would crafty
! him in all his caprices during "a years;
at the end of which time, the soul OF
I Faust, IN It's turn the slave of the evil
one, should go to roast IN hell the rest
Of eternity Ihis history is old in Po-
/ land, where we have a Faust, much an
! tering to that Of the Germans, whose
neck the devil wrings toward the end
Of the 10th century Ours is called Pan
/ Twardowski, or, translating in French,
/ Monsieur de Twardow He lived at
! Cracow, when this poor little republic
I (our interview took place before She
month of February, 1S4S) was the proud
capital OF Lech the white, Lech the
black, and the other Piasts, precursors
of the Jaeellons. The Polish, like the
German doctor, cultivated the entire
tree, OF human science, was a grea5
necromancer, far beyond any other, and
in his despair aE the incomp.eteness of
/ his knowledge, ever realizing only his
ignorance of the end OF all that he learn
cd, he also finished by signing com
pact with the devil Then, knowing
every thing and enjoying everything, he
exhausted the craving Of his soul for
science and pleasure.
Until this point, everything CORES.
ponds in thetwo legends; which proves,
10y the way, that that of Faust is none
the less a satire fabricated by the monks
against DR.. John Faust, Of Mayence,
who was one Of the inventors OF print
ing Thus in Germany as in Poland,
1T is aptly shown in apopular apologize,
that just punishment follows the pride
aud temeuty Of science. 1t is again,
under another form, the forbidden
fruit, tempting serpent the expulsion
from paradise, and the fan Of man, But
toward the end there is radical differ
ence between the two narratives. Now,
then, attention
My friend hemmed, Like an orator
who prepares himself to speak and /
lifted a corner OF my fur cap, for often
his words were frozen in coming from
his mouth TO my ear. He.peSumad
g Faust had made contract with
the devil for lease of a years, at the
end of which time payment was TO be
made. 1t was a foolish thing, which
would astonish me on his part, if learn
ed men were not habituallv the great
est blockheads in the world, However,
the continual looking forward to- this
fatal date, which would terminate his
ephemeral Joys and begin his eaeruai
punishment, was sufficient to empDison
all the pleasures that offered them selves
for his enjoyment, and made hi-Q feel
while in this world the leli which aawait-
ed him ia the next
" Upon my word, our Pan Twag6ow-
ski had showed himself much more
wary. He had stipulated, by IA ex-
plicit clause IN the compact, thlt the
devil (the latter was called Czernebog,
or the black god should capture him
in the city OF Rome. He took care, then,
as one may imagine, not to go to Rome
any more than he would go to hell {; |
thus, never approaching the city OF the
popes, he detied the devil, whom he
held for an arrnnt dupe, and led in
peace u pitu buoRu. But this Was not
the reckoning Of the evil one. His
satanic majesty always knows how to
merit his name and he laid an ambush
for the confident doctor, which neither
Escobar nor Sanchez. nor all the order
of Loyola wouId ever have imagined
zone day, being ut Cracow, Pan
Twardowski was invited by nelgbbor-
ing innkeeper to hold his newborn in
FAINT at the font for baptism. The god
mother was pretty-perhaps a Margu
erie--whom the rejuvenated magician
coveted in his inmost soul. Heaccept
ed at once the invitation, that he might
call her his associate, and sent to her
some magnificent bon bons. On the
day agreed upon, the parents and
friends were gathered together in fes-
tive attire in the great room OF the Inn,
IN which the curate OF the parish was
To throw the holy water ON the brow of
the baby, whom Pan Twardowsli, the
sacrllegiOus, held in his arms, all the
while oEhng the godmother. But scarce
" was the ceremony of baptism fin
ishel, when, issuing from a bottle OF
schuaps, the Devil appeared before the
godfather, and, holding up before hum
ms coniuring book, said, Follow me,
Pan Twmdowski I Follow you
said the doctor with disdain, Are we
at Rome / believe You to be better
geographer. Go aud read, replied
CzerueboE, without being in the least
discoCcerted, the sign OF this inn, and
you will See on it, Ar THE Cry OF
ROME. The condition of our compact