Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1893 — Avenged by His Pets. [ARTICLE]

Avenged by His Pets.

Meinrad, a famous Swiss saint, who flourished in the ninth century, led a hermit’s life in a cell in Einsiedeln, where he was often visited for advice and help. The companions of his solitude were two tame ravens, to which he was much attached. In the year 861 the saint was murdered in his cell by some men inspired by «reed of gold, which they supposed the poor man to possess. After the foul deed they fled toward Zurich, whither they were followed by the two ravens. There certain pilgrims identified the birds, and inquiries having been made at once, the murderers were arrested and punished. The saint’s ceil remained untenanted for nearly fifty years, but was rebuilt of stone about a century afterward, and some two hundred years later the great convent of Einsiedeln, still the richest aud most frequented in Switzerland, arose on the spot where the lonely preacher was slain. Talk little and well, and you will be taken for somebody.