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A FULL LIN'S OP
'LACK AND COLORED ALPACAS,
MOURNING GOODS,
OTHER DRESS GOODS !
J. win j He Latent Sortliies.
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' v. V :.:! :v.ul Stripr, Jiip;iiu-?e ClutL ;
A: r.iin l'niiiiis. nil colors e.rira hariminsi
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A COMPLETE STOCK OF
EU5EKEEPING DRY GOODS,
CASSniERES, JEAXS,
HDUVCV FOR IJOYS' SUITS.
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A-wci! r.- a flue assortment ft
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orsett, dc,
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AT GEIS FOSTER'S,
!;3ardl15C!inton Street, Johnstown.
at M ofeoed this week an elegant and
cLoice stock c f
WILUNERYGOODS,
ltKS, HATS,
melons and Laces,
J;oxxrr and hat chape,
Of ALL COLOHS.
PIECES OF .
1 '(1.'-,p','.n'''1 nn'1 now t'Kfr for Palo a most
" ' "-''-u tineut of gu ilty Ctrietvi
r,u-(tj Carpels
'"wl'ly Cat pets,
Ix'jrain Carpets,
and IVgi0011 Cmpet'
Hvif!0R 01LCLns,
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k'-'-'i uu.VIlr'v ""'i1 ,inost str,c'k of "lillincry
"j KOU.1.S, m town, on fxhibitiou
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Cos &L Foster's,
113 and 115 Clinton Street.
Johnstown, Pa.
GD.4iAT BARGAINS
" ''.M,nnTTUCK;v,.'t), t tho STORE
1'urchase.l an additionul C(J- aud having
ST0Ci52E.NEWC00DS
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p are now prepared to snrmK. 1, ,
PRICES FULLY AS Low
Ti f 'i '.'l'? MOTION'S, IMOTS, S, OFS
""-TO. CI(? s L,A,( (' l',SH' SALT. TO
tr "aiall, t h'.t 7 ?. iv a" ..ther "Nicies, largo
''Wactr r in . C t."untl in an-v 8t'- f like
SFi J" eount' 5 na as we intend to
'.V'CM-'SIVELY lor CASH
nlm 11 COUNTRY PKOUl'CE, 8 "
M' -k ,,.? n ,Ja'1. lebts' we fctl '"re that our
"-''in f '1,our Priws.wi11 nly secure but
m fr us a hu.ral ghare Qf iatnn re but
tARLY VISITS FROM nNFANn aii
ty mr !HCtu;'h l,otl'.s regards the qual
', ill , , ? "is ?n1 tbe ',ric,'s nk,'fl them.
li "lluinlv
f.a"'iof Shoemaker
lie no fault of the new firm at
" t rn-'.t I " v.'..,v K "- ,1f-r' street.
"u full vaiiu'V'H" wt " not forget to give
amc for your money.
V Co.. 1 1 it'll street
T3EGISTEK-S NOTICE.NotJce is
hereby jriven that the following Accounts
have l.tf-ii passed and filed in the lteffteter's )f
litK at l-ni nsbursr. and will be presented to the
Ui plians Court of Cumbria count v, lor connrm
ation and allowance, on M tdncslay, the 61k ihty
or si-),tem)u r nc.i t. to w it :
I irst and juirtial account of It. it. Edward?,
V".ar'.V.itu of t;oil'r Thomas, minor child of
John 1 homas, late of Johnstown, in the couuty
of Cambria, deceased.
T'il'Sf Jltnl H!llti..l n.-..i,t. rt 'it- T
uardian of Ann Mary Hickerstatr, minor child
1 ho first and fimtl accnuut of John Dovle and
1,. -r- .. ... t w r. jri Ut V 'rVlMIl,
Adm r of the estate of Charles Urumling-, late
oi Lumbrni county, deceased.
Account of Jonathan Horner; Adin"rof tho
foods and chattels, etc., of Mary M. Cover, lato
of Johnstown, deceased.
The second and final account of John M'Cof
mick and Francis 1 M'Cormick. Executors of
the last will and testament of Patrick M'Cor
mick, late of t he township of Stmimerhill, dee'd.
bust and linal account of W.C. Iewis, Adiu'r
of the estate of Mrs. Mary Hite, deceased.
l-irst account of W. C. Lewis, Trustee for the
sale t the real estate of Jas. 11. Mitchell, dee'd.
Uardi!iiiship account of Daniel C'u mining?,
t.uardiauof minor children of Jacob Shaffer,
deceased.
The first account of A. II. Lonyaneckeri Guar
dian of Elmer A. llodkey, u. minor child of Jas.
Itodkey, decei sed.
Tho first account of A. It. Longanecker, Guar
dian of Mnry Catharine Itodkey, a minor child
of James Itodkey, deceased.
The first account of A. It. Lontrnneeker, Gnar
",,,wr An"ctta Hodkey, a minor chUd of Jas.
l.odkey, deceased.
The account of Michael McGuire and Charles
McMaimniy, Adm'rs of Georare Jiruce, lute of
Allegheny township, deceased, accounting for
funds arising from pale of decedent's real etat.
The account of It. H. 1 a vis and John Dennett
Administrators of the estate of D.J. Davis, late
of i a m brin township, deceased.
Fifth and partial account of Geo. M. Read p.
Esq., Administrator of Hobert Davis, lato of
Ebensburg borough, deceased.
The first and final account of Wtn. Ttichter,
Adm'r of Joseph Kichter, late of Carroll town
Ship, dee'd. GEO. W. UATMAX, Register.
Itegister s Oflice, Ebensburg, Aug. It), 1S71.
WIDOWS'
APPHAISEMENTS.
ing Aonraisements ot certain Personal Proper
ty and Itcal Estate of decedent.set apart for tho
V idows of intestates, under the Act of Assem
bly of lit h of April. ISol, have been filed in the
Register's Oflice at Ebcnsburir, and will be pre
sented to tho Orphans' Court for approval on
l (tdicwliii, the nth di of SfptsmlH-r ncjt, to wit :
Inventory and appraisement of personal pro
perty of Michael Dm bin, late of ClOarfleld twp.,
Cambria county, deceased, set apart for Mary
Durbin. widow of said deceased 300.00.
Appraisement of the personal property and
real estate, to tho value of three hundred dol
lars, set apart to the uso of the widow and
family of David II. Evans, late tit Cambria
township, deceased :).ik.
Inventory and appraisement of personal pro
perty and real estate of Richard S. Welders, lato
of Ulacklick township, dee'd. set apart for yarah
Welders, widow of "aid decedent t300.(a.
Appraisement of the real and personal pro
l'trty of Henry J-amer, lato of Susquehanna
township, dee'd, set apart for his widow tjit).
Inventory of the personal property of Isadore
Iteaujohn, late of Johnstown borough, dee'd,
" t apart for Margaret Ueaujohn, his widow
t'Jo.75.
I.'ivcnfory of personal property of Dominic
Mcliriile. late of Carroll township, deceased, set
apai t for Margaret Ann McHride, widow of said
decedent SU.:i5.
Appraisement of certain real estate sot apart
lor the use of Eliza Wagner, widow of Daniel
Wr.uer, lute of ishicklick twp., dee'd SifcU.uU.
GEO. W. OATMAX, Clerk . C.
O. C. Clerk's Olficc, Ebensburg, Aug. 1(1, lbTl.
SUMMER RESORT.
"AlOUNTAIN HOUSE, Lorctto, Cam
hria Co.. I'a.V. Rexoele, f
Proprietor. This fine Hotel has ft-f
rece ntly been rgtltted and rcfur- s t S 'S
nished in the most comfortable jfVLs J SZ
and attractive f-tyle, ami is now AiSrLtdpfiS
open for the nccomm(lati(in of :-- sVa
the public. Persons visiting this romantic vil
lage will find it to their advsnf ago and comfort
to stopat this House. An ft Sl'.MMER RESORT
it cannot be excelled. The House is lanfc and
commodious, the rooms comfortably and well
ventilatcfi ; niul being located o top'of the Al
legheny Mountains, where thr. air is at all times
pure and invigoratinsr, ana being surrounded
tit the most picturesque and romantic scenery,
where the streams, are full of trout and the
... ............ t, . . mi. in nn Kin. i. ii is a most
desirable abid-.ng place for those seeking either
I. imasuip in me country uuring ttie
summer reason. Terms moderate, and will bo
made known by calling on or addressing the
propi-i.Otor. ' - May 'M, lS71.-am.
T AKERIA COUNTY EOKDS. The
Commissioners of Cambria Countr aro now
prepared to sell to those desiring tho same, th.s
RON DS of said county, in sums of Jinn, t'iK) and
fc'.OO. These Ronds are issued bv authority of
the Court of Quarter Sessions of Cambria con n
tv, lor the purpose of raising money to buiM
the New County Jail, ami pay interest at tho
late of six per cent, per annum said interest
being payable scmi-auniiall v and are redeem
able at the pleasure of the Commissioners after
tho 1 3lli la.v of December, 1 H t, and pay
nblethe 1 3ll clay of Hcplcmlicr. ISNI.'
Coupons art attached to each Roud for the scuii
annual instalments of interest.
Parties desiring to invest in this Roan wlli
please call on the Commissioners athc-ir Office
In Ehensburg.
, Witness our hands this 10th dir of April, A.
1): 171.
MAT'IUCE McNAMARA, 1
JAMKS E. NFASON, VCom'rs.
FRANCIS O'FRIEL, )
Attest J. A. Kennedy, Clerk, (apr.15.-tf.)
A
UDITOR'S NOTICE Having been
.... i... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
iipptiijit'ii ;iuuiiur oy me uun oi com
mon Pleas of Cambria county, to make distri
bution of ihe money arising from the Sheriff's
sale of certain real estate of Jamca H. Howard,
sold on Veml; K-ipoii No. ", June term, 1.S71,
fRenswanger & Klemm vs. James H. Howard.)
notice is hereby given that I will sit for that
purpose at the Council chamber in Johnstown,
on Friitdi,the lhtl(nii,f A minxt, inst., at one
o'clock, p. m.,- when and where all persons in
terested arc requested to attend.
WM. H. SECHLER, Auditor
Ehensburg, Aug. 3, l7i.-3t.
A UDITOK S NOTICE IIavifiK been
aipointed Auditor by the Orphans' Court
cf Catnliria county to make distribution of the
funds in tho hands of John Kennedy and Jas.
Ruow.n, Executors of the last will and testa
ment of Ann Kennedy, late of Minister town
ship, dee'd, notice is hereby given that I will sit
for that purpose at my oilicc in Ebensburg, on
Tutxlau, the ZXt fUmof Aurriixt, int., at 2 o'clock,
v. M., when and where all persons interested
may attend. T. W. DICK, Auditor.
Ebeusburg, Aug. 3, 1S71.-3U
A UDITOR'S NOTICE Having been
appointed Auditor by the Orphans' Court
of Cambria county to make distribution of tho
fllll.Id it. fl.n fc. .. .. . 1 .. . T . . . t. .
jihii.ij vl .iajii r dniw.v, r.xccutor
or the last will and testament of Charles Keif
nedy, late of Minister township, dee'd, (upon
-- . ......,, ,,,,,,, otLiium,) nonce is nereoy
eien that I will sit for thnt purpose at my of-
n . ' - " v "itn, i-. m., wuen ana wnere
.person interested may attend.
' ftl,.ll IIOCK, I . M., W
o, io. x. W. Die
ICK, Auditor.
sitat tnyollioe in Kbe,nr n,tlH,t 1 wi"
f' of Aniut. inst at 2 .T.?n iv'""- '
where all J.er;,n,Vntcrlst
AK.J,lt. T. W. DICKAuditor.
pai.e,i a,Vd'n7,V .uv ,nndu re
in the wit rninnoS .rik 'I"1' liue executed
F. A. P1TOE tAKKIt 7
..fSEO. A- HEItHY.
ili I
March 11, ls71.
EBEXSBUIIG, IM.
AUDITOR'S NOTlCE-lfavinj, been
of afflaneounAtv,Ji!?r Y t!"5 "ThnnV Conrt
funds In the ?;n.'!.ke "lHbution of the
ministrator ,1c " ? )U X AO
of Robert Kli in ' tctamrto nn,e to
final acconnt V1"'. lLlc.'ll (,,l'on his fourth and
J7IRST NATIONAL SADDLeTaND
Proorietr, ir " O J El LU
BE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TKUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1871.
THE GREAT PASSION PLAY.
Its History, Tableaux, Scenes, Ac, Ac.
In along latter to the Pittsburgh Chronicle,
written from Munich, Bavaria, by E. M.
JesIcixs, Esq.. one of the Knights Templar
from Allegheny county now on an extended
tour in Europe, we find the following full
and interesting account of the great "Pas
sion Tlay," as it is performed every'tenth
year, and aa it was witnessed by him on
July 16th. at Oberaoimergau, Bavaria. We
feel sure that we could have devoted our
space to nothing -that would bo perused with
more avidity or with greatur interest by our
readers :
0 0 O Q o 0 o
It is now Sunday raorninr. Cannon com
menced Hiring at five o'clock, I don't know
what for, and bells have beon ringing 6ince
the same hour. Our house is very near the
theatre, and people from the neighboring
village have been coming in since day break.
The space around tha theatre is already
crowded with peasants, principally from
Tyrol.
DESCRIPTION OF THS THEATRE!.
The theatre deserves a description, and as
1 paid it a visit Saturday eveniug, I had,
perhaps, better give it here. It is built of
rough planks, is very large and so arranged
as to seat about 6,000 people. They have
regular prices of admission and have seven
different grades of accommodations, accord
ing to the locality. Part of the theatre has
a coveting and a part is without any.
Some of the benches are covered, but most of
them are without ; some portions have cane
seat chairs, while in others voti must stand
some places in the sun and some places in
the shade. The following are tbe prices :
1st place three florins; 2nd two florins,
thirty kreutzers; 3d two florins. These
comprise what might be styled the dress
circle. In the Parterre 1st place one
florin, forty-five kreutzers ; 2nd one florin ;
3d forty eight kreutzers; 4th thirty kreut
zers. This part Is without any cover, and
you Eland.
THE STAOE.
is so built as to represent two theatres, that
is ona Inside of another. In lue centre of
the proscenium, farther back, is a small
stage on which the scenery Is painted,
whilo at the Bides, are the streets of Jerusa
lem reaching back a great distance, and hav
ing representations of the palaces of Ilerod
and Annas. Whfn the curtain of the small
er theatre is raised, pivirg views of the Gar
den of Gethsemane, the Temple, the Hall of
Justice, Mount Calvefy, or any of the nu
merous scenes, a panorama is shown which is
very suggestive, and one highly calculated
to excite the mind.
HISTORY OF THE PASSION PLAT.
I have been able to get a book of th.e
Passion Play .but it is printed in German.and
I can pick bat very little from it, but Zip
lett has been reading it, and I have gotten
some information that I will give you before
I attempt to give my Impressions.
It 6eems that fifty or sixty years ago such
plays as the ''Passion Play" werevety com
mon all through the villages of Southern
Bavatia. It may be also necessary for me
to say here that there are no farms or farm
houses in this country. People lire in viN
lages and farm the neighboring hills and
valleys in regular and allotted portions, so
that the country is one continuous chain of
fields or vineyards, and villages, not ovor a
mile or two apart. Fifty years ago there
was hardly one of theso villages but what
had its representation cf the Passion Play.
It became so common and so ridiculous, and
so much that was calculated to shock people
was performed that a royal edict was issued
forbidding the further ptrformance of these
playc during Passion Week, the time at
which they always had been played. This
edict closed up every place, except this one
llaze, which was excepted, at the urgent in
tercess: n of the monks of the neighboring
monastery at Ettal, under whose supervision
it had been performed for nearly two hun
dred years in expiation of a vow with
propriety, decorum and piety. I learc that
in 1G33 the village of Oborammcrgau
which means literally "high town on the
Ammergau," had been terribly drained of
men for soldiers, in the wars of Gustavua
Adolphus, and that the regular attendants of
such a train followed : First, famine, next
pestileuce. While the plague was at its
bight the good and pious men and the monks
vowed to God that if lie would stay the pes
tilence they would perform a lloly Pas
sion play during Passion Week. The effect
of this tow was to arrest the plague, and no
more died, and all who Were afflicted got
well, aod from that time till 1779 yearly tbe
play was performed. When the plays were
abolished, and the special exception was
made in this case, even these people were
restricted to every tenth year, so that now it
is performed but once in a decade, though
tho performance is repeated five or six Sun
days during the season. Last year was tbe
regular year, and it commenced, but after
one or two representations war was declared
between France and Germany, and this vil
lage furnished seventy men, many of them
performers, and among them Joseph Mair,
who took the part of Jesus Christ. All re
turned but saven, two of whom were killed
at Sedan. The other five died in hospitals
from wounds, but as they filled minor parts,
their places were easily filled.
THE CHARACTERS IN THE PLAT
number about five hundred, and from the
smallest child to the oldest maD, all belong
to this town. The parts are given by a
committee who select those most competent,
from their pious and exemplary lives, to fill
the various parti. In most- of them it re
quires years of anxious 6tudy to fill them
creditably. I am told, and I believe it; that
the lives of purity and strict observance to
their vows which theso players lead, is fe-
fleeted upon their countenances, and some
particularly that of Joseph Mair seems
almost divine.
CHORtS AND TABLEAUX.
The performance begins at eight o'clock in
the morning, and the signal is a gun fired
from a neighboring bight. As the Sound
dies away, from each side of the stage come
filing slowly nineteen men aod women,
dressed in Oriental costume of all colors,
richly embroidered in gold. These are the
chorus, who explain in verse the tableaux and
reference to the scene to follow, and who
range themselves directly across the etaje.
The spectacle or performance was of two
kinds. Firtt a series of tableaux from Old
Testament subjects, each giving a scenic
representation to the part to follow. After
Uie prologue was sung, the curtain of the
inner theatr.e was raised, and the chorus
ranged themselves in a semi-circle around the
smaller stage. The first tableaux was Adam
and Eve expelled from Paradise. The scene
waa a beautiful one. The angel of the Lord
stood there with a flaming sword in h'i3
hands, driving Adam and Eve out into the
world, while the beautiful surroundings of
flowers, fruits and shrubbery, lent an en
chantment to the scene wonderful to the
beholder j the chorus took up the chant, and
the curtain fell and rose again upon another
tableaux,
'heavenly angel bringing glad tidings
upon Earth,"
represented by a beautiful Cross of Calvary
in the ccder, mounted on a rock, with a
great number of children, dressed to repre
sent angels, grouped around it. It was re
niarkable the extreme quietness and immov
able fixedness of all the. figures, even little
children not over thiee years, looking like
statues. The chorus, who had again ar
ranged themselves, and who Continued to do
30 in a similar manner, through all the tab
leaux. sang the explanation, the curtain fell
and all left the st&ge, aud the first scene
commenced.
THB ENTRANCS INTO JERUSALEM
was so rematkable and so wonderfully im
pressive that some description must be given
by nie, no matter bow tame or lame. All
the streets represented on the stage, grad
ually began to be filled with Jewish people,
dresjed in their traditionary costume; they
seemed to be descending the slopo of Mount
Moriah, which was represented by the ac
tual hills in tbe back ground. They then
came in irregular procession, siuging and
waving branches of palm. They were of
all ages, men and women, old and young,
girls and boys, and infants in arms, and all
seemed so natural, that it required but a
weak imagination to carry you back to the
ancient city and see yourself an actual be
holder of the scene. As the head of tha pro
cession began winding through the streets,
and making their way toward the front of
the stage, a scene is presented away back
that causes almost the blood to stop circu
lating, it seems so natural and vivid. Tbe
meek and lowly
JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM.
riding on an ass, followed by his twelve di
sciples, each clothed in the costume so well
known and bo often described. At the ap
pearance of this spectacle, every souud
ceased, and the attention of the crowded
plain was fixed on that one figure, and each
person seemed struck powerless with aston
ishment at the marvelousijess of the scene.
It seemed aa if Christ himself were there,
and that we all were participators in tho
drama. He had the mild eye and pensive
look, and pale completion, with the exqui
sitely moulded fcitures that have been ac
cepted as the prototype of Jesus Christ tor
ages, and when I remember the loug flowing
purple and crimson Vesture, and the well
known Oriental sandals, tLat are handed
down by the pictures of the o!d masters, cf
which I have seen so many lately, I cannot
help but feel deeply impressed, as are the
five or di thousand people who fill this vast
theatre.
And then the
COSTUMES CF THE APOSTLES
have been carried out with such fidelity that
no difficulty is experienced in singling cut
each at first glance. Among the mojt proni
iutnt are Peter, John aud Judas, Judas,
with his half satisfied laok, indicates at once
that he is jealous of the position that Cbriat
holds, aud recognizes it in a way thai very
plainly shows his feelings.
The second scene is
JESUS TURNING TUB SlONEY GRANGERS OOT
OF THE TEMPLE,
while the third shows his departure from
Jerusalem.
LIST OF THE TABLEAUX.
The following is a list of the Tableaux and
the scenes following them :
TA BTjEAUX.
1 Adam and Eve expel-!
led from Paradise.
2 Heavenly Anirel.s:
SCENES.
Christ's entrance Into
Jerusalem.
Turninp the Money
changers out of the
Temple.
Departuro from Je-
. rusalem.
brinif (Had Tidings
upou Earth;
Jacob's sons'cotisplre
against Joseph.
nitf-h Triests and El
ders take counsel
to brinjr Jesus into
their power.
in.
1 Tobias fakes leave of
his parents.
2 The'Ilride bewails the
loss of tho Bride
erroom. 1 The journey to Beth
any:
2 The Supper at Beth
any.
3 Jesus takes leave of
It is mother at Reth
auy. IV.
ivinpr Ahapuerus ex-
1 Th East Journey;
Two of the disciples
sent forward to Je
rusalem to prepare
. the Supper.
2 Judas tempted to be
tray his master.
ilestheproud Oueen
Vasti, and elevates
Esther to the throne
v.
1 The Manna descend-11 The Last Supper;
inir to ttie t'nniren
of Israel iu tho des
ert. 2 Tho Grapes brought
iroin Canaan.
vt.
1 Joseph sold by his;l Judns cornea before
brethren. I thft Hijrh Priestmd
I agrees to sell Jesus.
vit.
1 Adam and his famllyil Judas arransrtnpr for
toiling in the fields. betrayal of Christ.
2 Joab, David's tiener- 2 The agony id theirar-
al, kills Ainasa on
don.
t hc5irctense of klss
intf him.
3 Judas betrays Jesus
with a kiss.
4 Jesus, deserted by his
disciplcs.is led awa"y
by his betrayers.
5 Peter's anguish at his
denial of Christ.
This part clones the first part of the per
formance, and-one hour's intermission is given
for refreshments, after which a gun is fired
for the performance to begin with the second
part. The Tableaux and Scenes are aa foU
lowe : .
PART SECOND.
TABLEAUX. SCENES.
I.
1 Micah, the prophet,
prophecits before
Abab.
1 Jesus brought before
Annas.
ii.
1 The innocent Nabothll
stoned.
Jesus brought before
Caiaplias.
I e t e r ' s denial of
Christ.
2 Job insulted and derl-I
ded by ins wiie.anu
friends.
2 Peter's repentance.
4 Jesun insulted by the
soldiery.
ARE SLAYES BESIDE.
III.
1 The murder of Abel.ll Repentance and .
iruish of Judas.
2 Judas returns the SO
nilM'CS f vilt'n,.
3 The Council of Hirh
i nests confirm tho
death warrant or
U Judas hangs himself.
1 Daniel before DariusJl Jesus before Pilate.
1 deHdldbytheKi' Jc3u e Herod,
istinca. I
VI.
show Jacob the coat
of many colors
stained with blood.
2 Abraham about to of
fer Isaac as a sacri
fice when the angel
uppeare.
tnrt
II
Pilate orders Jesus to
ue scourged.
2 Jesus buffeted, scour-
geu ana crowned
with thorns.
VII.
Jth2rJPJj& Tilate attempts to ?et
their deliverer and
Jesus at liberty, but
tho people demand
the release of Rar
rabas and the cruci
fixion nf Christ
Honored by them.
& The sin offering for
the people.
2 P i 1 a t e washes" his
hands and orders
Jesus to death with
the two thieves.
VIII.
1 Isaac carries wood to
Mount Moriah for
the sacrifice.
2 The Rrazen Serpent.
3 Moses shows the peo
ple tho brazen ser
pent. IThe procession to Aft
Calvarv.Jesus bear
ing the cross, and
assisted by Hiipon of
Cyrene, met t.y his
mother and the
Apostio John.
IX.
1 The Crucifixion,
2 The Descent from the Cross.
3 The Burial in the Sepulchre.
1 Jonah in tho -whale'sl The Resurrection.
,TY.-., , 2 His appc-manco
2 The Children of Is- Marv Mn,iir.-.
to
rael crossing the
Red Sea.
Xi.
The Ascension.
DURATION OF THE PERFORMANCE.
The time taken to play this remarkable
play was right hours, the hour for opening
was eight o'clock, and first part closed at
twelve, and ended with the betrayal of Jesus
by the traitor, Judas. The second part
commenced at one o'colck precisely, and
continued with unflagging interest till five
o'clocaj when'we, having our carriages ready,
drove at once away for Weilheim.
This letter ha already been drawn out
far beyond the limits of an ordinary one,
and may appear in soma places disjointed,
because most cf it was written in the theatre,
during the time the chanters were explain
ing the tableaux and scene to come, which
being In German, I could not understand,
and consequently did my writing while it
was goiDg on.
We traveled five hundred miles out of our
rodte, and spent and will spend a week
from our party, aod have been put to some
trouble and expense in order to have an
opportunity to see this wonderful perform
ance. And though I don't want to see it
again, having seen It, I would not have
missed it for anything. I caunot give you
any intelligible accouut of it.
OUR CORRESPONDENT'S IMPRESSIONS.
I cannot Cud words to fullv express my
feelings of wonder at the correctness of the
representations. The fidelity in which the
costumes, down to the smallest degree, are
followed out, and the exact manner in which
all play their parts, each one, from Joseph
Mair down to the little child who takes the
part of an angel, seems to know that the
success of the play depends alone on his ex
ertions, and all are so identified with their
characters as to be hardly able to seperate
themselves from it.
THE PART OF JUDAS,
taken by Gregory Lechner, was performed it.
a masterly manner. The man who took
tbe part displayed a wonderful genius, and
would make his mark on tho stage; in fact,
so would they all if the play could be per
formed in New York. With all the charac
ters taken by the individuals whom wo have
to-day seen, it would be pronounced the
most perfect by all critics.
I have given you the tableaux and scenes
in the order in which I saw them. Some
are the most perfect copies of pictures left by
the old masters; For instance : "The Last
Supper" was a correct representation of
Loonardi d: Vinci's celebrated picture. The
annoint'mg by the Magdalon was truly car
ried out. "The Agony in the Garden,"
another scene very touching. "Christ's Trial
before Annas, and the Jewish Priests," aud
before Pilate, who actually does wash his
hands of "the blood of this just person," in
this scene. whichMson a balcony, with the
rabble on tha streets below. Christ and
Barrabas are brought on to the balcony of
the IJoman Governor, and the people de
mand that "Barrabas be set free," and
' Crucify Jesus, crucify him, crucify him."
From this part, till the tragedy ends it goes
on deepening In solemnity, and yet all of us
are prepared for the denouement. We all
hoped for some divine interposition to save
poor, meek Jesus, who bore his troubles
with a patience, a fortitude, and a resigna
tion that qnly Jesus could. . Wo saw the
soldiers buffet him, and smack bim on tli
cheeks till the blows resounded through the
theatre; and no sound, no murmer came
from him. We saw him scourged, and the
blows fall on bis back with such a horrid
sound that we involuntarily drew oMrBhoul
ders together. We saw the rude soldiers in
a guard house sit him on a stool, and in
derision, crown him with a crown of thorns,
and the soldier who put it on his head had
to put on his gauntlet to lift the crown from
its position to place it on Jesus' head. We
saw him push down that crown, that he
dared not lift with LU naked hand, upon
Jesus' devoted head. We saw the involun
tary spasm of pain cross his face, and the
blood, which the thorns brought, slowly
trickling down on to his garments. They
then clothed him in a parpla robe, and. put
a reed in his hands, and bailed him "King
of tbe Jews." I can understand now the
cause of those terrible outbreaks that for
merly occurred against the Jews. If you
would look at the countenances of the poor,
ignorant peasantry, who , witnessed the
scenes, you would see that Viere would be no
place for a Jew. And then wa saw the
procession to Calvary II ill, and "Christ bear
ing his Cross," after Paul Veronese, where
Christ is seen stiuggling, worn out and ex
hausted, up that steep hill, bearing the
great heavy cross, with the two thieves 'nn
each side ; aud Simon of Cyreno, who stands
by a spectator wondering at the scene, until
he sees poor Jctus suffering under his load,
when, touched with pity he rushes forward
into that excited, maddened crowd, and re
lieves Jesus of his terrible load. It was a
deed well done, and nobly too ; and theu to
seethe grief of Mary, the mother of Jesus,
who stands by with the Apostle John and
sees her son led to execution how terrible
and how natural her sorrow And then the
hill is reached at last, and the terrible end is
being enacted. The two thieves are tied to
the cross, while Jesus i nailed, and then
the crosses are raised and the s?eno cf horror
is at its bight. The look of agooy that
Jesus gives, while suffering as he dots, touches
every one, and I doubt if there was a dry
eye among the six thuusaud people who saw
it ; and the executionere at the foot of the
cress casting lots and dividing his vesture
among them ; and tho final scene, the 3lo
man soldiers piercing his breast till the
blood spouts out ; Mary and Martha, with
John the Apostle aud Joseph of Arimathea,
at the foot of the en ss ; aud then we heard
the words so well known. "It is finished,"
and saw the head fall upon his breast, and
I fiaw the tragedy end. and the "Descent from
j the Cross." after liubens, "The Entomb
ment." by Raphael, and tho tcene where
Jesus bursts the bonds of death, and while
the four Roman soldiers fall speechless to
the earth, Jesus walks out from the tomb,
the door of which had been riven from its
place, and we saw the literal action of those
beautiful lines in the well known hymn
"Marv to tbe S.-wiour's tomb,
Hasted at the early dawn,
Spice she brought, and rich perfume.
But the Lord the loved had gone."
True History oriloblson Crusoe.
BY THE FAT CON'TKIBUTOIt.
Robison Crusoe was born with an ar
dent longing for the se. Some might
call it a EOtion of bis, but was an ocean
which be was a long time in getting
over, if he ever did get over it entire
ly. This longing for the eea manifest
ed itself at a very tender age, though it
is hard to think of Robison as very ten
der at any age, his career was so very
tough. When they attempted to teach
bis infant lips to pronounce the letters of
the alphabet they never could get be
yond the C". A and IJ went well enough,
but when he got on the C there he stuck,
a strangely prophetic indication of what
hia, future life was to be. When be
cried it was on the C sharp, anil when he
got a cold his bnrk was on the C.
As be grew older he yearned constantly
to be ou the water, to the great disgust of
his father, who was on tho whiskey. lie
used to sit for hours at a time on a canal
bridge near bis father's door, and, as the
boats passed under, imagine he was plow
ing the mighty deep. It was so much
easier than plowing out corn. He hadn't
any mast to climb, but in the absence of
a mast he would "climb"' a younger broth
er, or any neighbor's boy w ho wasn't tjuite
bis size.
But be sighed for other climbs. lie was
irresistibly inclined to ramble, so much
so that he rambled in bis talkj bis ideas
being all abroad.
When at last be announced his deter
mination to go for a sailor, bis father en
deavored to dissuade him from it.
"Why," said the old riian, with tears in
bis eyes and a choking voice, "why go
for a sailor when there are so many other
people to go for who have more money !"
Then he pointed out the disadvantages
of a life upon the ocean how he couldn't
be in early nights, or take long walks over
the hills before breakfast, or go buggy
riding with the girls (unless he could bor
row the captain'sgig), or go to the beer
gardens on Sunday night?, or come in
when it rains, or go squirrel hunting, or
attend ward meetings, or vote, unless he
happened to be at one or the other of the
"Poles," or receive a line froth any of
bis friends, with tbe solitary exception of
the Erjuinoxial Line.
He tried to show how much better off
be would be to pursue some steady em
ployment oft land, if it wasn't anything
more than steadying himself by a lamp
post. He pointed out the perils of the
sea told of the "old salts' who bad been
drowned in it, producing its salty flavor,
and of the difficulty a green hand encoun
ters in wading ashore when a storm arises.
lie ciled as a warning the case of an
other son, who, against his father's warn
ings and expostulations, ran away nnd
enlisted as a soldier in the Mexican War,
where ha was killed by falling from the
mast-head while charging a battery.
Young Crusoe was bo deeply affected
by bis father's words that he made up a
little bundle that very night and ran away
to sea how it was himself.
He met with numerous adventures and
disasters before he succeeded in getting
himself shipwrecked sufficiently to make
out a narrative for general circulation. The
first vessel he embarked on was wrecked
in Yarmouth Roads, it being so dark and
stormy they couldn't tell one Road from
another. After that vessel was captured
by pirates, and all sold into slavery to the
Moors, the Moors being ignorant of the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
Kefusing to accept theso Amendments as
constitutional; and scorning any "New
Departure," Crusoe took his departure in
the old manner he ran away.
We next find htm on board a vessel
tailing for Guinea. They have a miscella
neous cargo of trinkets, toys and trifles,
which they propose to exchange with the
inhabitants of Guinea for gold dust, ele
phants' teeth, guinea pigs, &c. , also any
able-bodied Africans who in their eager
ness for the ballot are ready to leave home
and work a few generations for nothing.
They voyaged prosperously for niany
days, but at length a great Uorm arose.
If I recollect right ft taught them when
Terms, $2 per year In advance.
NUMBER 28.
they were in seven degrees of Masonry,
twenty-two minutes nnd fourteen second'
to a prize fight, l M-, north latitude, with
the wind blowing north oast by east by
south-eou-west by norlh-nor-west by east
e-east by we-west by by jimminy, this
is too much sailor lingo for me 1
It Was too much for Crusoe as well.
The tornado increased in violence, nnd
the waves rose higher than he had ever
known them to be, even when gold was
250. The vessel was wrecked on an is
land, and every soul lost except our hero
who, in his bewildered state, thought it
rather rough to save l'obisoe and use tha
rest of his Crusoe.
He was washed ashore, after being
pretty thorougly washed on the sea, and
as soon as the waves subsided he built a
raft and brought away from the wreck a
few such necessaries as a keg of beer, a
hoop-skirt, a billiard table, a box of paper
collars, a deck of cards, a pair of corset?,
a compass, a case of Walton's Hitters, it
botile of hair-dye, an unibiella, a volume
of the Cvngrtssicitul (Jlcle, a boot jack, a
piano-stool, a cigar-holder, and a bottle of
Dr. Kerr's llenovator. With these arti
cles be hoped to get along Very comforta
bly, I am thus particular to mention this
because he didn't act as many do go and
sue the iusurance companies before trying
to save anything.
The inland proved to be Juan Eeinnn
dez. It is a lonely, uninhabited island in
the South Pacific, off the usual track of
ships, or of any railroad track. It might
be Juan Fernandez, but it wouldn't bd
any Juan for me.
Uut Crusoe, solitary and alone, man
aged to get along very well there for sev
eral years. He had no neighbors to quarrel
with, didn't have a gas bill coming in
every two months, wasn't threatened with
having tho water stopped, hadn't any ond
to scold him when he came in late, wasn't
kept awake by the firing Fourth of July
nights, nor harassed by any life insurance"
agi'nt.
He tamed a number of wild animals
and he taught them various tricks, some
times giving entertainments at various
points on the island for the amusement of
animals that were not yet tamed. Dot
this is not peculiar to CruSoe. All men
ageries do that right atohg,only they make
the wild animals pay as they go in.
We are enabled to gather some of his
habits from the familiar poem which lid
left behind for purposes of school declama
tion :
"I am nocarch of all I survey."
(He knew something of surveying, evi
dently, and amused himself by laying out
town lots all his own.)
''2ly right there is none to dispute-'
(He was a pugilistic skilful with his
and there wa3 none to dispute it )
"Froin the Center all round to tbe sea."
Fenian, of course, and heaJ-Centro
oil round to the sea
"I am the lord of the fowl and the brute."
Mind on the ring yet won't allow a
fuiil., and can handle the brute.
Crusoe wa3 greatly alarmed one day
by seeing the print of a human foot on
tho sand. It measured something over
fourteen inches to the foot. No savage,
ha thought, short of Long John Went
worth, of Chicago, could sport such a
foot ; but be immediately reflected that
Long John was not yet on earth, so it
couldn't be be. . He concealed himself,
and quickly saw a boat load of cannibals
land with a prisoner in their midst; a gen
tleman by the name cf Friday, whom
they prepared to roast for dinner. Crusoe
being conscientiously opposed to eating
meat on Friday, interfered and rescued
him from the cannibals. So from that
day he became llobison Crn-oe's man.
Friday, doing his chores, blacking hia
boots, running of errands, and voting at
every election as Crusoe directed.
After years spent on this lonely island,
a ship touched there for water, there being
nothing else to touch there for, and took
Kobinsou Crusoe to England.
liobison, from bis boyhood up, had a
habit of crowiDg when surprised or de
lighted. Years after his delivery, when
speaking of the first glimpse be caught of
that ship, he userl to say, never was thero
a period in hi3 life when Koblnsoh Cru
soe. When Uobinson died he imagined he'
was surrounded by enemies, for his last
words were -
"D Foe ! De Foe 1"
Cincinnati Times and Chronicle.
There is Nothing Like Style. A
little travestie of fashionable correspond
dence was published some years ago,
which puts in an amusing light the ab
surdity both of writing pet nacicS" and of
fashionable precocity. The wi iters are
supposed to be youdg ladies of eight years
or thereabouts such young ladies as are
now figuring in "children's balls" at the
watering places, if the "correspondents'
truly report. The fust note ran thus:
"Miss Minnie Smith's compliments to
Miss Maggie Jones, and desires the pleas
ure of her company ibis evening, lie
fveshmcnis at eleven." The response was i
"Miss Maggie Jones compliments to Miss
Minnie Smith, with regrets that jn-iur en
auynienin preclude the pleasure of accept-
ane Shh 5a tn lift whimied :it sevens anil
I to 13 sent to bed without her supper at
eight."
A MN whom we can put up with A
good livie! kce-pcr.