The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-17

beneath the outlook is the belfry, in
,, which swings the "Old Spanish Bell
Knowing that this is now Unitarian
church, the visitor will be surprised to
see a Catholic cross on the bell. If he
could read Portuguese and had not pre-
viously acquainted himself with the his
tory of the bell, he would be still more
surprised to find the following iuscrip-
ton: "Ao Bonn Jezus do monte compile
tao seus votos os devotos de Lisboa, Of
ferecendo HE mum complete jugo de seis
sinos para chamar pas avis adoralo no
seu santuario. Joze Domingues Dacosta
ofez in Lisboa noanno de 1870" The
translation of this inscription is as fol-
lows: ITO the Good Jesus of the noun
tain the devotees OF Lisbon direct their
prayers, offering Him one complete set
of six bells, to call the people to adore
him in his sanctuary Jose Domingos
Dacosta has made it in Lisbon in the
year 1910" OF course the bell must have
an interesting history TO account for this
inscription. That history is BRIEFLY as
follows:
A plague was raging in Lisbon and GER
tain people in that city prayed to the Vir-
gin Mary for the cessation Of the plague
and vowed to place a set OF six bells in
the Church Of the Good Jesus of the
Mountain if their prayers were heard.
THE Mountain is the name Of a certain
district in the city of Lisbon in which
there is a very venerable church called
as above. Shortly after this the plague
ceased, and accepting this as the answer
10 hi. -. Of fe--
Don proceeded to full their vows. The
work of casting these six bells was in
trusted to Jose Domingos Dacosta, the
best bell founder in Lisbon.
The six bells had been cast the mas
ter's labors had been crowned with sue
cess, when Capt. CLASSIFY of the Nan
tucket whaling fleet CHANGED TO visit
Lisbon. He had long wished to buy a bell
for use in his native town. In company
with Capt Clary he visited tie bell foun-
dry of Jose Domingos Dacosta. Capt.
Cary. it seems. was connoisseur in bells.
Dacosta applied the lever to one bell
tain its peculiar tone or tone quality.
but each time Capt Cary said: That
viii not do
At last Dacosta raised and struck the
bell whose history We are describing.
Capt Cary was delighted with the result.
''Ah. CLASSIFY" he said. you need look
no further; that's the bell you want; she
is a beauty. she sounds on r.
We'll. sir" remarked Dacosta, I'VE
consider that to be the nest bell we have
In the foundry"
At rst Dacosta demurred and could
not see his way clear to selling the bell,
since it belonged to the set of chimes de-
signed for the Church of the Good Jesus.
of the Mountain. and was appropriately
described and all. But Capt Clasby
would have no other Finally. DacoSta
decided. since the bell had not been con
secrated and since he could cast another
to take its place. that il would be all
right TO sell.
So Capt. CLASSIFY bought the bell. and It
was brought to Nantucket by Capt Cary
whose vessel was going home first. In
lisbon. Just before he set sail. Capt.
Cary heard of the declaration OF war
with Great Britain. for II was now the
year 1872. on the way over they We're
spoken by British sloop-of-war For
tunately. the Britisher had been at sea
for some time and had not Yet heard OF