Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-18

american continent. weighs rather less
than thirteen tons. Ii will take rank.
therefore, very credilably. among the
largest bells of the wOrld-the largest
in England, the Westminster bell,
weighing about the same. while one in
Vienna. the largest in actual use In
Europe, weighs about twenty tons
IL is true that the monster of MOSCOW,
which lies broken and PROSTATE,
weighs more than 200 tons; but II
was simply a huge mistake. which.
having failed as bell, Is now used as
chapel 1t is stated, too that there
il mOnstrosfty somewhere In China
that weighs about sixty tons: but its
shape is abominable, and its tone eX
circulating 10 any but Celestial ear.
But these figures Of weight convey
but a very vague Idea of size. The
great Chinese cat-call Is said to be
fourteen feet in height. but IL is
shaped like a barrel. The CINCINNATI
bell. which Is east in the true proper
tiOns for beauty and melody-being
modelled after bell in Erfurt, Prussia,
which Is accounted the sweetest in
the world lis seven feet In height and
nine in diameter Mt the base. That is
to say. III II rested, mouth downward.
on the ground, the talleSt man could
stand upright under IL. and If II were
set ON edge. and schOolboy were 10
cling with his hands TO the upper rim,
his feet would dangle about where the
clapper will hang when the bell IL
finally in position. This clapper will
weigh no less than $40 pounds. lmag-
Inc the effect when II comes In coils
ion with fifteen tons OF resonant bell
metal! Nowhere else in the world is
such mass actually swung. The Iii.
ametcr OF the wheel Is fifteen feet and
two ropes will be attached. II Is slip
Mated. indeed, that the bell shall be
so poised that one man can ring II: hut
unless the services Of SandOw could be
secured as sexton. the task would be
altogether too ardu0us- the dOu-
BILE rope Bells have been east which
require the combined efforts Of more
than twenty men to swing them; but
Exchanging. as well as bell-fOtInding,
has made no small progress. and such
cumbersome arrangements belong to
the DAYS OF creaking OK carts and
wooden plows.
The ornamentation Of the Cincinnati
hell is believed to b. more elaborate
than that of any other In existence.
Civic and ecclesiastical decorations
will both have place making II at once
an emblem Of patriotic feeling and n
copsecrated instrument Of worship
Encircling the body Of the bell, just
above the sounding bow, is the Latin
text Of the Lords Prayer In true Goth
r. characters about seven inches high
Above this, ON the civic half. the
American eagle hoyers over the great
zeal of the United States impress
sion of which was sent directly from
tie White house Beneath this is the
seal of the State of Ohio, pierced by
tie STATS that support the stars and
stripes. which fall IN graceful folds on
the other side: and beneath this is the
seal of the city Of Cincinnati. Medal
ions Of the deceased donor and famiIy
complete the design. TN the ecclesi-
asticaI balf Of the bell. under the sur.
I, mounting tiara. Is medallion Of Pope
Leo MIL. with his seal beneath If.
{ Just below the medallion Of the Most
Rev. William Elder. archbishop Of TIN.
cinnati. through which are crossed the
STATS Of the papal banners. Right
and left of this medallion ARE two nfli-
ers Of Archbishop Purcell and Of
Bishop Fenwick. the first bishop OF
Cincinnati. Beneath the central me-
dallion Is one Of Vicar General Al
brink.
Around the crown, or upper part, in
Gothic relief. are two verses Of media.
eyal Latin hexameters relating to
bells. which read as follows:
LaudO Deum vert.m plebum yoeo, con
GRECO cierum;
Funera Drango. flIlgilra FRANCO. Saba
"a pangO.
This may he approximately though
not completely, rendered by the quaint
old English lines:
10 call 80 folde ate meeting tyne.
We clyne;
When ioye and myrtle are on yc
wynRe.
We rynge: