Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-26

Perhaps the most singular fpure-or
SUP ersiition-in history 10 that OF the Wan
der'ng Jew.
Authors Of repn.e in all age. make men.
ton OF this N sferious individual, who i, :
said. is yes wandering about under some
disguise or other. having no resting place.
Novelists and dranatists have perp~tua ed
bis fame. Among the former. the thrilling
and remarkable volume of fiction concern.
ing BIN is by Eugene Sue, Many accounts
~ writers are given of my ~sterions men who
have appeared and disappeared after the
manner Of the Wandering jew 1t i. to 10
presumed that they were Ifnpostors wholas-
s1,,ned his character, and placed themselves
Of as the Jew for some personal advantage
\. SO called veritabie Wandering Jew
was seen about the latter part Of
TIE sixteenth century. He suddenly
appeared at Venice. making q great sen
ssiion there. He went by the name o.
Gauidi. and on account OF his great wealth,
learned and polished manners, VIA admit.
ted INTO the best society. though no one
knows Who he was or whence be came. He
~as v-rs-d in sill the arts aud sciences. and
conversed with such ~tluency and elegance
~ to astonish all who heard him. He never
wrote or received any letters, never desired
credit or made use OF bills OF exchange. paid
tor everything IN ready money, and lived in
splendor. He had a smaR collection OF
very hne pictures, which be readily showed
i any one desiring TO see them.
One day q Venetian nobleman, who was
al extraordinary good judge Of pictures
having heard Of Signor Gauidis collection
called and asked permission to see it. No,
Only was the permission given, but Gauldl
accompanied him through..ihe gallery. The
n~oblemans attention was suddenly arrested
by a very 6ne portrait. This picture was
drawn for you, SIR he said.
The Jew bowed low, hut returned no an
ser. The Venetian continued
You look like u man of City. and ye, |
k.,ow this picture to be by the hand of Titan
who has been dead a hundred and thirty
years. How can this BET
Gauldi replied, at is no, easy TO know
ali thing that are possible, but there il
certainly noting wonderful IN my resemb.
ling a picture painted by l%ltian,' AN evasive
reply that IN our day Xould p obab,y have
o.en construed to mean tina, he greatly re-
sen. oied some ancestor painted 10y the great
master. But the nobleman Immediately
concluded that he was in the presence Of
tn. Wandering Jew. and awe struck. re
treated from his pr.nence. He spoke Of the
matter 10 some friends. who determined TO
SEE the singular picture themselves, bu, on
going to Gsuldis palace the next morning
they found il deserted. The Wandering
Jew lad sci forth on bis travels again. One
hnir after the nobleman had noticed the
likeness Gauld, had lett at Vanicn
The affair made a great sensation through
ont Europe aud was noticed in all the news
papers Of the time. A mysterious man,
e%niowei with an eternal life on ear,h, no,
~>u'jec' to age and decay as the res, OF his
sace. with an endless source Of wealth, is no
doubt, a legitimate object Of surprise and
tetr. The Jew wanderings. even in America
nave baen traced by believers in his exist.
ence, and this is quoted as another proof Of
the prop -ecy tina, Tie Wandering Jew will
not lave a resting place TIL the day OF judp-
nent shall come to pass. But The spread Of
education IN America, The broad common
sense of her people, the vanishing of super
, stltlon, OWING to the advance of these ele-
ments, has almost laid the ghost of the
Wandering Jew in these our days, and rele-
gated him TO a place in weird fiction. hon
olabty occupied by the Flying Dutchmnn
and the drama Of Frahhens.eln.-Snnday
News.