The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-08-20

A ana pfcuil3rlilSS OF Inc JEW lie Z:
said 10 be man Of fey words and o.
circumspect behavior. He does not
speak at all, unless when questioned
bv devout men, and then be tells oi
the events of old times, of the Incl.
dents which occurred at the suffering
and resurrection of the Lord. and Of
the witnesses of the resurrection
namely. those who rose with Christ
and went into Jerusalem and appear
ed unto men. He also tells of the
apostles, of their separation and
preaching. All this he relates with
ont smiling, or levity Of conversation,
as one who is full Of sorrow and re-
morse, always looking forward to the
Judgment. lest it should find him in
anger. who. when on His wav To
death, he had provoked TO Just ven
geanee. When invited to become g
guest Of any one, the story is that
Ahasuerus eats little, drinks in great
moderation. and then hurries cE,
never remaining long in one place
II was also said that wherever be
tarried for time he made a habit OF
attending places of worship, and OF
listening reyerently to the religious
exercises, ALWAYS reverencing with
sighs the name of the Deity or OF the
Saviour. He has been known TO re-
buke profanity with indignation. and
whenever be heard any one use the
name of the Creator fiippantly to saw.
"Wretched man, thus 10 misuse the
name Of the Lord Hadst thou
seen, a. ! have, how heavy and bitter
were the pangs and wounds Of the
Saviour, endured for thee and me,
thou wouldst rather undergo great
pain thyself than TO thus take His
sacred name in vain"
/ Some Of these descriptions of the
Wandering Jew purport to have been
written by persons who have seen
and talked with him. There ale
many accounts Of his appearance az
various times in different parts Of
Europe, and il seems almost impOssi-
bic 10 doubt the sincerity of those
who have chronicled these yisitations.
even If We admit. as we must. that
the writer's were deceived In some
manner Of which we know nothing.
After his visit TO England, just al
luded TO. he Is not heard of until
1905, when be was reported 10 have
appeared in bohemia, where be as
sisted certain weaver named kohot
10 find treasure which had been
secreted in the royal palace Of kohot's
father, sixty wears before, at which
time the Jew was present. He then
had The appearance Of being about 20
years Of age In l541 be was seen
in Hamburg, If We are to believe DR.
Won Eitzen, Of Schleswic, who de-
clarei that when he was a youth In
Hamburg, he on 8 eenSain Sunday in
Church, saw a tall man with his hair
hanging over his shoulders, standing
barefocted during the sermon. The
visitor listened with the deepest at
teniion, and whenever the name Of
Jesus was mentioned he bowed
humbly and profoundly with sighs
and beating of the breast After the
sermon he was inierrogated, and de-
clared himself 10 be Ahasuerus. the
Jew.-He had no other clothing in
the bitter cold of winter than pair
Of hoes which were in tatters about
bis feet. and coat with a girdle
which reached nearly to the ground
His general appearance was that Of a
man Of about 80 wears.
Won Eitzen saws that he. with the
rector Of the Hamburg school who
was a traveller and well read in his
tory, questioned the jew about events
which had taken place in the east
since the death Of Christ. and he
gave them much correct information
on many ancient matters, so that il
was impossible not TO be convinced Of
the truth of his history.
Ii is affirmed that the Jew was
seen in Madrid, Spain. in 1878, in /
just such dress as be had worn in 4
Hamburg In 1899 be appeared in
Vienna, If report is 10 be believed. 4
and Immediately afterwa ard in various i
portions of Poland. He was said TO
be upon his yav TO Moscow. where
be was seen and spoken TO by MANY
persons. In the wear 1904 be is re-
ported 10 have visited Paris; and a
writer Of that period declares that the
people saw the wanderor
and conversed with him Subse-
luently be went 10 Hamburg again.
and to Naumburg, where he was seen
n Church, and where he received
presents Of food and clothing from
he burgbers In 1888 two citizens
IF Brussels declared that while walk,
ng in The forest near the CITY thev
net an aged man in tattered gar
nents. whom they invited 10 an inn
he refused to set while he ate. but
standing be told his entertainers
-tories of events which happened
many hundred wears before, and init
mated that be was the very cobbler
Who refused to permit Christ to rest
IN his doorstep 4 history OF the
own of Stamford, England, tells
low, in 1858, upon the evening OF
Y Nhitsunday, a certain citizen heard
knock at bis door, and upon opening
/, be saw a Craze old man, who
sked for rafreshment. This was
'iven him, whereupon he impaired to
rs host the knowledge how to cure
diseases from which the latter was
The remedy was tried and
vas successful The appearance and ,,
onduet of the visitor were more than
atural, and it was believed then bv
lany at the time that he was the
jew.
In the earl v part of the eighteenth
entury, man protesting to be c
jew appeared in England, and at
racted much attention, particularly !
-om the ignorant ethrust himself
ITO the notice of the nobility, who Q
alf in jest, half in curiosity, paid
i'm and questioned him He de- j
Jared that be had been an officer Of
be Jewish Sanbedrim-hall of Plate. !
lie asserted that he remembered the
.postles. and described their clothing. q