Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-02-25
THE BELL NAPOLEON sroLa
After Varied Career It Calls Paterson
 Children. to Their Studies.

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 Children, to Their Studies.
 When Napoleon I in behalf of France carried war to Switzerland he found In one of the cantons there an ancient convent. During the course of the war this convent was destroyed, and the bell that hung in its tower was carried off as a trophy by the conqueror. The bell was at that time reputed to be sew eral hundred years old. It was cast of copper and silver. The silver, according to the custom of the times, was contrib uted by the peasants of the canton, who believed that their prayers and prospects concerning worldly and heavenly affairs would be improved in accordance with their sacrifices.
 Napoleon carried the bell with him to France, and retained it as prized curi- osity until hisdOwnfall and banishpent tc St. Helena. when he gave it to his broth CT, Joseph BOnaparte, who likewise be- ing banished brought the old relic to America and hung it in belfry at his home in BOrdentown.
 There 1t remained serving as dime. DC4 OAl JAiC AehA Ill., 4lo IAoOOl un known until Joseph's recall from exile Then it was lost sight of and for years forgotten until one day some curiosity seekers rummaging about in one of the subterranean passages that thoneycombed the place came from all sections to visit the 90 called catacombs and see the historic bell. At that time the Cam d.. o-J A~,ID,,y ro51rOo1 ba1 ,11f Iaan built, and the old bell was sold to the company, who placed it in their depot at BordentOwn to tell the arrival and departure of trains. It hung there for years, but finally, through some channel or other, it fell into the hands of the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad company, and was destined to another period of obscurity. At that time ths company operated it's road by horses and the bell was hung in Enc Jersey City station at the foot of Bergen Hll to an, swer the same pupose that it did at Boz 1entOwn-
 When the great railroad revolution took place and steam cars were suhsti tuted for the old horse cars the bell Wa; OAOAt5ub IO tA44S CASJs AAA tLAOoC IAs terminus of the road was where St Johns church now stands. Two trains were run each way daily. 4 small branch manipulated by horse power however, ran from tho main depot cr Market street at it's conjunction witl Main street. Here theOld bell was hun2 on post, and its duty was to ring for half an hour before the departure oi each train. Passengers could board the horse cars without extra expeLse and ride to the main depot, whence they could take the train for New York. As time went on. however, improvements developed in the railway service. The Market street it was then Congress street, branch was abandoned and the old post oD which the bell hung routed and feE down.
 But Paterson was also beginning te make great strides forward Then the only educational facilities were private institutions and subscription schools The public spirited townsmen fnall5 concluded to erect a public school and selected the site. Here building was constructed and the old bell was placed m it's tower. In years gone by some of our older citizens remember the peals of that bell. Then the pupils grew in nun hers and the old school grew too small Another and more improved building now known as school No. Dwas erected and tGe ancient bell, whose mellow peals echoiu3 from the walls of the dizzy Alps seven centuries ago called the humble peasant to worship, now startles ths youths of Paterson from their Inornins beds. NapoleoR's voice may have made tho whole world tremble, but the voics of the little Swiss bell rings furtbar thar a4a-.-Pateraou ~. J.) Call