Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-07-07
A LEsEND MO. Of ALBERT

IL was pleasant day in October, In tn
|year 179S, when large group Of s,ran
gers. idles. and quidnulc, wer
gathered together near one of the pillar
of the City Hotel, in Nuremberg. Th
!pillar was almost entirely covered by a
en0rm0ns notice, or which the following
Is copy:
Joseph Durer, silversmiih. of this cit,
informs hts fellow-citizens that he intend
to make this evening, at his shop, in c loci
Place, general sale of his stocks in tht
silversDlth line, consisting of articles too
numerous 10 mention. The sale will com
mence at four o'clock.
What! suddenly exclaimed one of the
bystanders, with . little surprise, who
might easily have been taken for foreign
nobIeman from the rich style and mag
|nifcence of his dress, 1.-THE rich silver
smith IF Durer going to sell his wopder-
full productions At auction! What fatality
|can have reduced him to so cruel an ex.
tremityr
Probably you don't know s,r,' replied
. mechanic. that Joseph Durer has made
an immense sacrifice to sustain the house
of his son-ia'law, who not long since was
one Of the first merchants of Lubbock.
This son.in.law has absconded, leaving
many large debts unpaid; aid it ito re-
pair this misfortune. it is to preserve the
honor of his grandchildren. it is to main
tain pure and unsullied character. that
the good man parts with his precious
productions, which are the pride and joy
of his old age, anc which are IN manner
identified with his very existence. This
noble and honorable conduct is very
much to conciliate public esteem in favor;
but why must q sad remembrance inter-
rnpt this general appreciation, as if to pre-
vent this unanimoue sympathy?
Can dare, without indiscretion,' in
quired the stranger, to ask an explanation
of these last wOrds?'
Willingly, sir. Joseph Durer had three
sons and one daughter His daughter he
married, giving her ct the same time q
large dowry. to . merchant of Lubeck,
who had just failed. His two eldest sons
hy means Of enormous sacrifices, were
placed, one at the court of the Grand
Duke Of Weimsr, and the other at the
court of the Grand Duke of Bavaria.
They have both run. SO far, . rapid and
brilliant career, forgetting their old faith
Ter, and exchanging the simple name Of
citizens for the more pompous titles Of
count and baron.'
And the third son, what has become OF
hlmr
'Albertr replied the mechanic. "Al.
bert wished to be an artist; but Joseph
Durer was opposed TO it. You must be
. silversmith, rs I am,' replied his father
- Albert begged him for crayons. CANVASS
and pencil, or else you must leave my
house,
And what became Of himl' inquired
the stranger.
'One day he disappeared. and has not
been heard Of since. Whether he 10 dead
|or alive. Or whether he hes become . sol.
|dier. no one knows.'
At that moment the clock struck four
the silversmish's shop was opened. and .
crowd OF virtuosss and ldlers entered,
when the public crlsr began to give notic<
lof the sale.
Plates. dishes. ewes ahd pitcher of gold
Isilves and silver gilt. were first disposed
of. Then came the precious productions,
the masterpieces of the silversmlth.
These were splendid tsbsrnacles. elsbo-
|rsdea with ths greatest ingenuity; Gothic
|edi6css, 6araeen chspels. which had ths
NJ heinz snaaAa nf lacA i'm.