Douglas Island news. [volume], February 01, 1911, Image 4

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Dr# Simpson's Story of His Visits
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Old World
COLOGNE (Continued)
Some years ago 1 was in Scotland at
the head of Lough Tay. Here the
Dochart, a small* river or moun
tain stream P empties into the lake.
About a mile from here is a beautiful
glen and here the river divides so as to
make a small island. For hundreds of
years this has been the country of the
McNabs and this island was the burial
place of the chiefs. About 350 years
ago the McNabs were at war with an
other elan called the Nieshes or Mc
Nieshes,. and in one of the fights the
McNabs almost cleaned up the Nieshes,
the old ohief,Findlay McNiesh, and a
few of his followers escaping. Their
houses were burned, women and chil
dren killed and cattle carried off. Old
Finlay took refuge on an island in
Lough Bam. During the following
year the Nieshes lived cn what they
could plunder. When the anniversary
of the battle drew uear the McNab chief
sent some of his men to Perth for a few
loaves of white bread and a few hun
dred gallons of whisky to celebrate
with. On their return they were at
tacked by the Nieshes^some of the men
killed and everything taken fromthem.
The McNab chief had twelve sous, the
eldest being called "Smooth John" be
cause he was so ugly. The McNab was
Bot in very good humor when, he heard
of the loss of the whisky- Me threat
ened the sons^but they said they coald
not reach the island^as the Nieshes had
the only boat on- the lake. At last one
proposed, that they should carry their
own- boat over the mountain to Lough
Earn. L t is eight miles by the shortest
possible way and is worse than crossing
Douglas Island at its widest part,. yet
they carried it over,. a boat large enough
to carry twelve men. They reached?the
island r found all the men except old
Findlay in a drunken stupor? the re
suit of the McNab whisky. Smooth
John attacked the old man,, and as he
wae too old and too weak to defend
himself against snch a m?n as John he
went under quickly. J*ohn seized his
long hair, dragged him to a log and cut
o?5 his head^which he carried home to
his father. The rest ot the Neishes
were killed, most of them without
waking up, with the exception of one ,
grandchild of Findlay, who slept
through all the fray and was discovered
next d?y by a monk who had a cell near
by. The McNab had had the Nieshe's
head pul on his coat of a?m& and at the
hotel where I stopped at Callander the
Nieshe*S head was etched on every win
dow in the house. The McNab became
very chesty after this and thought he ,
was a big toad. He did not know what j
to do for a tomb, as the McNabs did j
not take to- tomb carving. He made a ;
trip to the island of Ioua, where many ,
abbots and old Scottish kings are
buried- He looked the tomb over one
pleasant evening,, selected one and that
night his meu "lifted" it. They carried
it over a hundred miles through the
roughest kind, of a country* and now
the tomb. is doing duty as the tomb of
the McNab.. There is a stone recumbent
figure, but no inscription.
In the chapel of St. Stephen in the
Cathedral of Cologne is the tomb of
Archbishop Gero, which is over a thou
sand years old,, he having died,.! be
liave, in 8T& On the tomb is the re
cumbent figure of General Von Hoch
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kirchen, who was killed in 1703.
in the chapel of the Virg.n is the
tomb of Archbishop R?'noldfv?? ??
sel, who broogbt the bones of the ' three
magi to Cologne. He died in 1167. O
bis tomb is the Statoe of Archbishop
von Gereney, who died in 1362.
not know if there are two men occupy
ing one tomb like St. Lawrence and his
partner at Rome or if they did like the
McNab? emptied the tombs and put
other men into them.
St. Eogleberts chapel.? The original
promoter of the cathedral was first
boried here, but bis remains are now In
the treasury. .
Chapel of St. Maternm.? This was
the first bishop of Cologne. He lived
about A. D. 300. In this chapel is the
tomb of the warrior archbishop, Pbilip
von Steinsberg. I do not know why
he V called the warrior archbishop,
nor do- 1 know why the newspapers al
ways allude to Admiral Evans as
"Fighting Bob Bvans." For hundreds
of years the archbishops of Treves,
Cologne and other places had temporal
as well as spiritual power and in those
days when "might was right" an arch
bishop was compelled to fight to defe
his property or territory and protect
the lives of his subjects, and an arch
bishop Wbo was not a warrior had a
very uncomfortable time of it. ihts
archbishop's tomb is surrounded by a
little city wall with gates, towers and
everything perfect. This is m allusion
to the fact of his having strengthened
the fortifications of Cologne in 1191.
On the wall is the original ground plan
of the cathedral. *
Chapel of St. John eontama the tomb
of archbishop Conrad von Hochstaden,
who began the building of the present
cathedral. Engelbert meant well, but
was killed before he had done auythi?*
and twenty years later Conrad did
something? in fact, he did a great deal.
His plan was followed until the cathe
dral was actually completed in 18KX
The plan of the whole cathedral as
originally drawn is in his chapel. It ?
torn in two and was lost for years afte
the French occupied Cologne. At last
one piece was found in a farm house,
and the other in Paris, where it had
been takeu by a French soldier. I he
authorities had to pay $100 for it and
considered they got it cheaply.
Next is the chapel- of the three magi,
or wise men of the East who visited
Bethlehem soon after the birth of
Christ. For hundreds of years it was
customary in taking oaths to swear by
the three wise men, or the three kings,
of Cologne. Their bones were in a
convent in Milan for hundreds of years
until 11G4, when Frederick Barbarossa
besieged Milan. As the people put up
a good tight he vowed to hang the mayor
as soon as he took the city. The may
or*s sister, who was Superior of the
convent, went to Archbishop Remold
von Dassel (whose tomb *e visited a
short time ago), and promised him the
relics of the magi if her brother s life
were spared. When the town was taken
the archbishop obtained permission
from the emperor that the Lady Su
perior should be allowed to leave the
town with whatever she could carry
away. She was a good strong woman
and hoisted her brother on her shoul
ders and marched out with the ban
playing and colors flying. The bones
are now in the treasury.
4T0 be continued.!
I.J.Sharick
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