The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-05-14
BY MADAME D'ABRANTEs.

who has n heart to do good, to claim respectful
~ the use OF its columns, as the proper medium
through which truths of valuable import might
ne conveyed to the minds OF the For yoPPSo% er and
wealth, particularly among young and com
mercia nation, the sudden changes of fortune TO
which families are exposed to render it neces
sary for every body to he prepared for the WOrSt
Would the inclosed translation be of some IL
tility? 1t may serve to prove that patience, in
dustry, together with the assistance of kind
Providence. are the proper means to counteract
despair, pride, evils arising from misfortune.
Should, on the contrary, this leaf, dropped in
the beautiful basket of the Rose, be judged un.
worthy rof being interviewer in the wreath, l
would repeat what in my boyhood / used to say
to my President
"Feci quod potui. mserere mei'
J. III. c.
In 1893 M. de Talleyrand was in Boston,
One day, whilst crossing the Market place he
was compelled to stop by long row of wagons
| all loaded with vegetables. The willy courier
so dead to all sorts Of emotion could not but
look with n kind ofpleasure at these wagons, and
the little wagoners, who, by the by, were Young
and pretty country women Suddenly the We
hicles came to a stand and the eyes of NJ de
Talleyrand Glanced to rest upon one of the
young women who appeared more lovely and
graceful than the others. An exclamation es-
| cnped from his lips-it attracted the attention of
the lair one whose country dress and large straw
hat bespoke daily visits to the market {: rs she
beheld the astonished TalIeyrand whom she re-
cognised Immediately. she burst out laughing.
| what! is it you?' exclai ned she.
Yes, indeed, it is l. But you, what arc you
doing here p
H., said the young woman, 'um waiting for
my turn 10 pass on. am 60
ing to sell my green's and vegetables at tho mar
ket.'
At that moment the wagons began to move a.
long, she of the straw hat applied the whip to
her horse, told M de Talleyrand the name Of
the village where she was living, requested him
earnestly to come and see her, disappeared and
left him if rivetted on the spot by this strange
apparition.
Who was this young market woman ? Mad
! anime la Comtesse de la Tour du Pin (Madem-
oiselle de Dillon, he most elegant among the
| ladies ofthe Court OF Louis the Sixteenth, King
of France, and whose moral and intellectual
" or,h had shone with so dazzling l,s,re in the
| society of her numerous friends and admirers.
AT the time when the French nobility emgrated
she was Young, lively. endowed with the mos.
remarkable talents, and like all the ladies' who
held rank Mt the Court, had only had time to
attend to such duties as belonged to her high,
fashionable and cour,lv life.
Let any one fancy the slIfferngs and agony of
thar woman born in the lap OF wealth, and who
had brealhed nothing but perfumes under the
gilded ceilings of the Royal Palace of Versail-
les when all at'once she found herself surround
ed with blood and massacres, and saw every
kind of danger besetng her Young and beloved
husband, and her infant child.
They succeeded in flying from France. 1t
was their good fortune to escape from the bloody
land where Robesperre and his associates were
busy at the work of death. Mas in those
times of terror the poor children themselves a.
bandoned with Joy the parental roof, for no hid
ing place was secure against the vigilant eye of
those monsters who thrsted for innocent blood.
The fngitves landed in America, and first
went to Boston, where they found retreat
But what change for the young, pretty and
fashionable lady, spoiled from infancy by loud
and continual praises of her beauty and talents #
Mons, de la Tour du Pin was extravagantIy
fond of his wife. AT the the Court of France
he had seen her, with the proud eye OF hus-
band, the object of general admiration ; indeed
her conduct had always been virtuous and ex-
"mplary but now in n foreign land, and among
uusoph,s,ic:,c,te ted republicans (ls93) what was the
use OF courty retine'i;;ssnts A thorough know
ledge of La Bonnie Fermiere' OF Parmentler
seemed to him quite preferable to a rondedm
of Clement or La Coguette' of Hermann
Happy as he was in seeing her escape from
all the pers he had dreaded on her own account
still he could not but deplore the future lot of
the wife of his bosom. However win me Pru
dent foresight of good father and bind hus-
band. he nerved himself against despair and ex-
erted himself to render their condition less m is
cradle than that of many emigrants who were
starving when the little money they had brought
over with them was exhausted. Not a word Of
English did he know, but his wife spoke IL hu'
enty and admirably we'll
Tbev boarded at Mrs Muller's good natured
notable woman, who, on every occasion, eVInc'
ed the greatest respect and admiration for her
fair boar,ler; yet M lie la Tour du Pin, was ~
constant dread lest the conversation OF that good
plain and well meaning woman might De the
cause of great ennui to his lady. What a con
trlst with the society of such gentlemen as M ne
Norbonne, NJ. de TaIIeyrand. and the highm'nd-
ed and polished nobility of France! Whenev-
erh he was thinking of this sad transaction lPar
ticnlarly when absent from his wife, ana hihs
The garden of the cottage which they were going
*She returned to France under the Consulate ,her
husband was Prefet of a Department.
tShe was an excellent performer, and played ad-
mirably well on the piano. -s. .
ia celebrated composer.
SProfesssor of Music to the Queen. ... d.