Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-10-05
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biography Of the venerable Father in
Christ Frctdsam Gottrccht, the late founder
| and superintendent Of the spiritual order
| ofthe solitary in the barony Of Lancaster
In Pennsylvanis compiled by Brothers
Lamech and Agrippa, Ephrata, printed
| lIs6. 30 reads the second title page of a
volume printed at the 1NrELLioEScER Of
fee, and just published by s. II. Zabm x
Co., nv. translated by the Rev. DR.. J. Max
Hark, Of this city. The page also bears
several scriptural texts, and fac-simile OF
the ancient seal Of the order. This rare and
very interesting book has been translated
from original German 40 peculiar az al.
most to be called distinct dialect, and the
tran slater has succeeded in giving TO the
English version a quaint and peculiar
flavor, in thorough keeping with the
thoughts and doings here recorded.
| This book opens TO the reader life
aud thought SO foreign and strange
that he Is continually asking Himself
whether II Is possible that these people
lived close by this city of Lancaster only
| one hundred years ago From the hurry
and hustle Of the nineteenth century. when
men are thinking of work and duty,
| wealth and family from the noise Of con.
tending politicians and disputing econo-
| mists, we look back through these pages
| on community of men and women whose
| .,,o ob,oc, Ia U1o ,,a. 4, ,.,.o ,ho,r so,,. /,
Riuoted marrow. minded and iouorar, tl,ov
| nav be calIed but their .o,r'dor,,i n,aty
and hard Iabor tbeir siun,,ci,, ,,ir,,a
and bonos,v wero tho .dn,iro,to,, ,,r al,
ms, men in their yo,orot,nn Thav re.
| gardea thar u,no,in,ondon, ,s ,ho
| So,,da, 100. called i,h .o,oro,oo
| smoun,,,o IA owo so,nn ho,;oya., ,h,,
a, ,Imos be bacono i,y,.,hlo .na
| was g,rod y,;,h ,nys,or;o,s ,owors rho
| 6,ut noto nj ,bis In tho ,J,o,i,ou ro,,,o. 20
his carly yo,tb In f.orn,.,y u,ho, div III.
| illumination no was aIso yiyen a s,rapyo
insight into the secrets Of patnro bo IN a
| short time became tho most ce,ebro,od
bakcr i'm tho citvr This gio bo,yovor IN.
direetly bclped 10 1et him into troub,o for
when made " seryitor of thu cbeat ,, by tho
bakers guild ne ronrovod Thorn at ono oc
their bannuets and tho Jealous mastor
bakers had him tbrowp into iai, as /, ,,o,ist
and finally banjsbed. IL is worthy of
note that In that dav Of rc,igious i,,o,or.
ance n Jewess intcrceded tbnuyb inoto,t
usIly. for the miraculous bakcr So ,b.
superintendent came 10 pennsvIvania aud
| many and strange were the doipps of tho
| community be founded WHARF sovontv
Young men and women bpiIt tbomsolyc cs
| a brother house and sister bousc and lived
| IN celibacy and stern SIMPLICITY under his
| iron rule while a large COLONY of tho mnr-
| ried followers dwolt around tbem. What
| n scene II must have been " hen that s,rappo
| band was drawn up on the banks of the
| Cocalco for baptismal ceremony, Four
separate companies of tho s;ny,a aud
| the married brethren and sisters all
| wearing the long wollen robes devised nc
| tho uniform of tho order. white MS snow
| and closely similar to tho habit of the
Capuchln monks. And then their original
and very remarkable singing. that bec,mo
so famous that when thew paid visit Ia
PHILADELPHIA even the bousetops in ,beir
| neghborhood were crowded with attentive
| listeners. In these chronicles tbcro ara
| recorded with touching SIMPLICITY incidents
| and lives that might make thrilling vol
umes of romance. The prossness of the
| times leaves its trace, but as a whole II is a
| truly wonderful bit of history and one that
we Il i, nllers uear the scene know too little
Of Here iSg fact of local interest. from
which 1t would appear that Indian name.
| may be fcarfullv twisted i'm our yeopr,,hv
"The Delaware Indians. who inbnhited
this region, named IL and the stream that
flows past Ephrata Koch. Halokunu that
| is Serpents' Den on acconnt of tho n,ny
| snakcs found ,bore Tho C,ro,,.,,, -,
| tho word. hut pronouncea II Cocal;co hinh
ia also the name ,f ,ho to,yn.hi,n ,Ina
book is bound In canvas Win !, Iaha, ,i,,n
| and in nanar nrint,n, AMI h;n1;,,,.
worthy of The f,rst rank IN hook maIim',
|
| Rroomfio,d Str,o, Ret, NJ ~,
will be given heartily ,n ,bis ,o,.c,,,,o,. -,
| tho mayozipe 6eId f,r !, ,,n,os LEI 49,,
air of yapka ao yigor ,,o,i ,onaI L,. ~,
| cul,nro a,a ,', s,,,,a. 'o''oh '''''i
! laugh nj both tho vim and ro0nono,, =,
New England its writer's aro we'll v,I,od ali
over tho land perb,n. Tho So,,a,,,t,a.
number was n little too excIusivoI,,
Yankee. and il certainly ,honnds In or,
| trsyavant l,ud,tiop of those ,,,,h ,,,,,taol
old pilgrim fathers, but tben that WINS the
| Plymouth number, made mn updcr the
stimulus of tho doaicatin, ~, ,ha
| Plymouth monument which was a s,roa,
event in the country tributarv 10 a,ho
| Hub" The October number has MANY
articles on education. and gives a cron,
deal of space to DIR Ho,mes whiIo D
Hosmer continues "The Haunted Rel, y
There are many illustrations.
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| The JACKDAw OF RHEIMS. Thomas
Ingoldsby's poem is published i'm the
| elaborately illustrated form of n holiday
| gIt book nv Raphoel uncG 4 Con, 900