Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-09-04
LOST Tribes o. ISRAEL.
Legends Pertaining 20 Their wapdcrfnEs
UP and Down tho Earth.

Legends Pertaining 20 Their wsudcrfngs
UP and Down tho Earth.
l. may not be inappropriate to recall
IN old legend extsnt nmong the ortho-
dox Jews of Russia regarding this SUBJ
ject, and which confirms the report of
the explorer.
runs. an exiled Jew on the bleak wilds
Of northern Siberia, in an effort to
reach an oyerhapging branch of tree,
placed his foot upon n log floating on
the water. No sooner had his foot
touched the log thnn it seemed inspired
with life and moved rapidly off, bearing
the exile away toward the vast ice fields.
which were plainly visible and plentiful
toward the north Rapidly the cur
rent swept the log northwartl, bearing
with IL the unfortunate jew, who was
so benumbed with fear and cold that
he was unable to formulate a plan of
escape from his perilous position.
For three consecutive days and
nights the prisoner chung TO the log,
passing through towering fields of ice
bergs and dashing under arches cut by
the current through the sky-scrnping
fields of ice. Out into beautiful sun
chime our traveller eventually emerged.
Tho grass WINS green and the trees were
CARRIED in the splcndor of nature and
birds made merry music on every
branch. People great in numbers were
coDgregated on either bank of the
stream all dressed i'm holiday raincnt
of the finest texture, but similar in
character to the clothing worn by our
ancestors 1000 years ago. The current
of the stream ceased to 'fiow, the log
drifted to the banloand the almost fam
ished and thoroughly frightened trav-
cler repeated Tor the thousandth tire
the Hebrew words, "Shama-Isracl."
and III uncertain manner dismounted
from the log.
Tho inhabitants crowded about, and
speaking in Hebrew, with which lau-
guage he was thoroughly conversunL,
learned of his need of food and rest and
supplied these wants, after which they
inquired whence he came and whittier
he was going. Numerous inquiries
were made regarding the people who
lived beyond their circumscribed world,
who IN reciprocity informed him of
themselves and their mode of living,
which had in nowise changed since
the advent of the Christian era.
They worked and worshiped even as
did the jew in ancient times when
Palestine was n garden and Jerusalem
the center of civilization. The trav-
eler learned that these people were tho
lost tribes of Israel. who had migrated
to this goodly country, led by tho
descendants of Aaron-namcd Joseph
who Ind passed away without leaving
any descendants. With them they hud
brought many vessels and much of the
pnrnphernalla of Solomon's temple, and
patterned their house of worship after
this famous temple of Jerusalem.
The traveller was told TINT the
streams current was active six DAVIS in
the week and oil the seventh became
quiet and did not move, but as he was
member of a different tribe to them
selves he would not be allowed to re-
main within the country. So he was
placed in boat, which was pushed out
into the current and was horne by a
circuitous route back to Siberia. Att
onward he was partioned, returned to
Russia and told his ndvunturc.-Atlun.
ia Jewish Sentiment