Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-10-28

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| clear.
About the middle of the same cen,ury
the Wandering jew cropped up in Ham.
burg. bishop Eileen narrated that, wher
young man, lie saw at a church in thai
city tail barefoot pilgrim, with hair hang
ihS over MS shoulders, standing opposite
10 the pulpit, listening inlently to the ser
mon, sorrowfully and sIghing, and often
! smiting his breast. a rumor spread thai
ne was the same mysterious person that
had recently been seen in England
France, Italy, Hungary, Persia, Spain. Po.
land. Muscovy, Lapland. Sweden. Den
mark and Scotland. Bishop Eitzen sought
hlm out, aud asked him many questions
ne Stranger replied that he was jew.
Ahasuerus by name. u shoemaker at Jeru,-
salem; that he had been present at the
crucltixion: that he had lived ever since
travelling ia various parts of the world
Questioned further, he declared that he
had regarded Jesus as a deceiyer and a
hereto. whom he helped To bring to Justice
that Jesus, on passing to the place of cru
cihXion, stood moment TO rest Mt the
shoemakers door, borne down by the
weight oil the cross; that the reproot came
70 Nun, II shall stand aud rest, but thou
shalt go 10 the Last Day; that after viii
Messing the cruciiixion, he was struck with
foreboding that he would never see his
home a. ain, but would wander from conn
try to country As a mournful pilgrim. Re
turning TO Jerusalem many ages after
wards, he found its buildings RACED TO the
ground, insomuch that he could recognize
none OF the localities again; and he re-
garced this as Judgment on him for his
misconduct The bishop, to test him, cues
toned him concerning historical events
IL hs,h
teen centuries, and I'VE are assuredI re-.
ceived satisfactory answers. lie was ab.
stemlous and humble, silent until question
toned, and never tarried long In one place
lie spoke the LAM ua.es OF all the conn
tries he visited, and-so ends Bishop Eit-
Zen'> narrative.
Two Papal euyoys, sent to Spain about
the time OF the Spanish Armada, declared
on their return that they had seen the
wandering jew at Madrid and that he
spoke as good Spanish a. he had before
spoken good German at Hamburg. Anoth-
e flying rumor located him for a time at
Vienna
France was not likely to be without
something 10 say concerning this incxpIi-
cable being. At the beginning OF the sew
cHtrcnth century annali>t, ana chronicIcrs
often mad" mention OF him. We next hear
"i th" ndyi0g one at Naumburg, listen
second lime at uambnr". ,hnn a, n,ni n ,",l
where Ne 1rr tnl,l n, hnli,y. ,'.If,,,..,
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.d colIeob,ns ar ovfo-d a,I S,.t, "a, u
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chuiz are awar. thot n. riIo, ,1.,o'i,
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In same instances hren rnirad "ppe"i ~ NH "a 10
story or ,h. Wordori,'I, Iop "p w" t"e
thatis dittirpIt N say ! e (, - lH>o''luG''
and thr n,hn, heain: Ia,ho ''I In onr enu>
tafn.-, r.,inn vail .ni,.d w. ~ ''' s,o"n.
sunerhnman or nr.,.rh,,, ~ VI W
wild Uunt,m,p !, hnri,,.d r.. a",.' Ill
npasaptrv ~ ~. ia ,.ri,,hy II ="
himself hut vi,I, +. u,,Ia -, .'""' 20
duuf incident. N. II
t,.-n c.pturi..s and ,,or,.a ~
stifIrr .Ie.,i. ~ dri,,L. I"
Of hor>etrough. but contemptuousIv
pointed out to him the hoocnri, ~ !
horse, in which little water had collect.
ed. aud bade him quench his thirst There
with.
Instead OF the Wild Huntsman nth.r
gend, and beliefs have come 10 be mixed
up With that Of the Wandering jew, There
are paris OF France i'll which the sudden
roar of a gate at sea is attributed 10 the
Nanderer passing by there In some conn
tries he has been regarded as a kind of i'm
personatiou of Jews generally. One YER
sion OF the story associates him with the
servant whose ear Peter cut of; while
another consipers him rather AS the lmpen.
itent thief. The Gypsies are brought into
the melee by some theory, which nroponnds
that the onward moving Stranger belongs
10 that community, aud that he il doomed
To undying life because he refused to shell
ter the Virgin and Child during the fIiuht
from Egypt. In Switzerland. there /, a
popular story TO the effect that the Wand.
cring jew was one day seen on the Mat
terberg, spur or ofshoot from the Mat
terhoru. viewing the scene with sorrow
and wonder; that he had once before been
there when il was the site of a flourl,hin.,
city, and that he will once again be there
on the eve of the Last Day.
The biblical record ~. nsriod an,o-t
or to the hood whan hnman ,ie,
a :. -. - . ect