Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1919 — The Great Bell at Metz. [ARTICLE]

The Great Bell at Metz.

As for Metz, there was a sound In the fortress town which dominated all others. La Mute, the* great cathedral bell, pealed forth victory and deliverance. She rang the knell of the town in 1870. when the Prussians came marching through her streets, and ever since every child has known that If deliverance came, then would La Mute be heard ringing Lorraine back „to France. For over 400 years l»a Mute has rung for all the joys and sorrows of the Messtns. for she Is the last of a long line of famous bells cast In the Metz of medieval France. —Christian Science Monitor.