Mower County transcript., 1889-05-01
THE cHARTREusE, MONKS,
Lore and Legends Connected With tn,
Ancient French monastery.

IHE SnAH nEOSE' MONKS. =.
Lore and Legends Connected With tho
Ancient French Monastery.
A native of Grenoble who has known
this ancient monastery and it's inhab-
itants all his life. and has visited it on
ouvrier en- artistic and on touriste at
all seasons of the year, gives an &C.
count in one of the French newspapers
of some of the lore and legends con-
nected with its history. LIT il always
with sense of fresh pleasure says
the writer of the article, that l knock
at me hospitable gaze of the monks,
behtnd which a brother makes sn ex-
"a HAtion OF the arrival, in order to
uae~s out lady visitors, who are no. ad-
mitted. And with what formidable
appetite. sharpened by wsss 1of six
or seven hours, I sit down ~ table in
one OF the three large halls bearing the
names of ancient French provinces, and
into one of which the pere procureur
Il believe that is what they call him)
shows travellers according to their
position, as far as the latter can be
judged of by their dress and their man.
/ ners.
I'm all tie three halls, at all the di.-
serent tab - t >yfood is exactly alike.
1t is the 7 { snly, which varies. those
:aho appt>.~s ~ weulthie- among N .
visitors ps., ,7sligEhy more thar t>e
rest. As tt: d. fare, it is always sim ~
but abuna tpt. s.:d deliciou l. prepare !
that is 50 Say, fish Or, Nfts. .ve:f b
tables and bus tier are an fsc. =
change from the meat OF .Iaa.y
table d'hote. The butte ~epsds!iy -
gco6- heavens. what p it is! a
veritable Gre . .nJocent Of the tist-
ence of sus T4ilg !; ;Emargs48ine.
Tnen there 4 fevitable little glass
Of yellow ! X tica is first offered
as i 4lpe: E; : 4 ii: en- again handed
ai, "a" ! S 4 Nobody complains
!iici-: T. IL j.. "a ltfis place the lie ~
is @aui' 7ar::l / e it is ata the .tsss'
race <o* .$-se1i III <se heuleA scd ca IS.
.! IL - hearG> an witness I'D
tn. stcry Of q lacy who enter.l tne
monastery. dressed in men $ clio t,e5.
at the side. OF lter lord and mas xsr.
The fraud hae been successfully ac-
complish.i, and the fair intruder
visited ctlaLly ;he curiosities of the
cloisters witch were shown and ex-
planned by II lay brother. But habit
| becomes second nature, and nature is
a terrible habit. All at once the lady
in the dress coat called. out, Pardon
me, brother, but where has my hus-
band gomez The poor monk was first
quite stupefed at hearing sweet voice
come from behind the stiff, white col.
lar, and looked terror-stricken upon
the hypocritical overcoat and the fal.
lacious trousers. Then some servants
came up, carrying an old arm-chair
into which they put the intruder and
carried her out of the monastery gate
''Here is a story which does credit
! to the old General du Chartreuse,' who
is said to be most independent and
stiff-necked among the followers of tn {
! Holy Father. It was in the terrible
year OF 1870. After the first defeats
which filled with surprise and with woe
French hearts all over the country
some young people at Grenoble founded
a Republican society o; young mer
whose object it was to assist by every
possible means in the defense of the
country. This society had the happ,
idea of organizing a stage play for tht
benefit of the wounded, which was
prOdigious success and realized 4,OO(
francs, an amount which the director:
of the Grenoble Theater had never be
fore realized.
''We had, before the play was per
formed, sent q number of tickets to the
various authorities and notabilities o
the district, among others to the Gen
e1al of the Chartreuse, to the Superior
of the Jesuits, and to the Bishop. Tht
Bishop returned the tickets, but added
no money. The Jesuits kept them anG
forgot to pay for them. But from tht
General of the Cha-treuse we got a let
ter to this effect: Gentlemen, we re
gret not to be able to be present at tn,
entertainment you are about to give fo
the benefit of our wounded soldiers
but as we should like to participate a.
much as possible in your charitable ant
patriotic object we are happy to senc
you check for three hundred francs
The graceful and gracious note was
concluded with a few words of th ank!
for having remembered the inmates O.
the aStery.'-LOndOn Times.
Preferred to Be a Slave.
An old neprO Madison Pitto hoe ;,,e