The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-15
THE MAN IN THE MOON.
Many Legends In Many Lands Tell
How He Came to Be There.

'lOW f't SoHlt 10 of lVtFts
Concerning the lunar spots. the
dark marks on the face of the moon.
there have been many strange fan.
cics; but nearly all agree in cred.
iting them TO the presence of man
in the moon. How this man got
there is yaiiously told by different
peoples.
Dante calls him Cain and places
him there in punishment for his
crime of killing Abel.
Another legend Identifies him
with Isaac. who is seen carving
bundle Of sticks ON his back to
the sacrifice.
In certain parts of France the
uniutorcd peasants fancy him In.
das lscariot. hanging from an 81.
der branch
A Talmudic story tells how la.
cob was transported to the moon.
and In proof asserts that his face
is sometimes visibly outlined ON its
surface
The Jews have this legend. one
Sabbath morning. while the chill
drcn of Israel were wandering in
the wilderness. a man was caught
gathering sticks He was ~ once
seized. taken without the camp and
stoned until he died. but this pun.
ishmcnt was not deemed sufficient.
ana the impiuus Sabbath-brcal,cr
was miraculously transported To the
moon. where he may still be seen
bearing his bundle Of sticks. and
shivcriug with cold as The frosty
air bites his back through his torn
clothes lie is accompanied 10y 4
dog. and is always climbing upward
without ever gaining q step.
The Germans tell somrwhot sim
liar f."y IN OH mn wen, 80
the woods To cut fircwood SUNDAY
morning When he had cut as many
sticks as he could carry he made
them into bundle. fastened the
bundle To a pole. slung the poll
ON his shoulder aud started for
home. lie had gone hut short
distance when he met fine look
Ing man. dressed In his SUNDAY
h..a .,h. ual.nI fp. an
not know 1t was Sunday ON earth.
when everyone was bound to rest
| from labor?
! sunday ON earth or Monday in
[ heaven. 10 is all the same 10 me-
/ was the irrryorcnt reply.
So be- it," said the stranger.
/ srculy "Rcar then. your fagots for.
/ ever: and since YOU do not value
/ SUNDAY ON earth YOU shall have an
/ everlasting moouday in heaven
standing for ,tcruity in the moon
rs warming to an Sabbath.break.
crs As the man uttered these
words ne vanished; and the wood
gathcrrr was instantly seized by
/ invisible hands aud carried To the
moon pole. tagots aud all
In north Germany the legend is
T told differently one Christmas eve
q poor man attempted to rob his
ucighbors garden Of its cabbag s..
Just as he had Illcd his basket
and was about to raise 10 on his
shoulder the Christ child rode by
ON his white horse. aud said:
because t'ou has stole ON the
molly night thou shalt Immediately
/ ST, i'm The moon with Thy basket
OF cabbagcs.
Nud in the twinkle Of an eye the
unfortunate man found himself in
the moon sitting hy his stolen bas-
Nct of cahbascs, and thcr, he can
4 bee seen even ro this day. Another
f version has j, that the robbvr was
captured by some of The Villagers
NhIl. nee WAS sucakiug away with
his pluudor aud that one of his
captors. indignant at the theft
wished the thief in the moon. In
snutly the man was snatchcd from
their hands, and when they looked
mp their astoulshcd eyes saw him
standing in the moon, q stolen cab
bapr ON his hack. and there DE-