Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-01-18
ONE WHO HAS DIED WITHOUT LIVING

Jon, in Burgundy at the aue of H. leaving the fol-
lowing memoir, whereby he proves that he had
not lived:
All that is suffering, sorrow. ennui. despair. de-
sire, regret should be deducted from, life, because
we should ourself have deducted it had heaven
permitted. When three years old I was weaned,
at six could speak but hadly--at seven split my
skull u. nine was cured. / must therefore ex.
tract nine years from my existence; for surely TO
drink nurses sour milk, not To speak, or speak
badly, and TO split ones skull, is not living AT
the age of nine began my studies. Owing to
my cracked skull my head was a hard one, aud
proved stubborn to tuition required two years
labor TO spell the phabet. | was indebted to let
ter n alone for about four score hundred lashes
the other twenty -hree letters niade complete
martyr ofme. At the age OF twelve could read,
but my body WAS mangled with the alphabet scars
An attempt was made 10 teach me Latin and |
lost my French in the experiment. At fifteen
knew nothing AT ALL and forced diet of bread
and water had reduced me to the condition of q
skeleton. Six years more are therefore 10 he de-
Quoted. At sixteen my father made me notary's
clerk There commenced a new species of mar
tyrdom. l got up at six, swept the Office, ligh-
ted the stove, was drubbed bv the taller clerks
and my father overwhelmed with complaints a.
bout me, deprived me of my dinner. This sort
OF life led for five wears and from NV life I will
positively deduct them. AT twenty, my father,
quite Disguised with his son, put me on board a
ship at Cherbourg. / washed the deck, crept up
the topmast, mended the sails, and received thir-
~ lashes day upon my back. This was endur-
ed four years.
Attwenty-iour my father made me baberdash.
err. | married Mademoiselle UrsuIe Desyosins. n
turner's daughter; her portion consisted of 20 600
livers mortgaged upon n sugar estate Mt ST.. D,-
mingo. The day after the wedding found ont
that my wife had a wooden leg, made by nv faith
er-in-aw, the turner. The poor woman made n
e od I APOLOGIES ior her nhrmIy ana pardon
The St. Domingo blacks rose noa;nsi he whites
burnt the marriage portion, and the wooden leg
was all that was left to me. At thirty lost my
real leg. spent six years of marriage, repentng
every minute What folly / committed in taking
that leg! / therefore deduct those six wears from
my life. Having as every body else. silent n third
part of my life, deduct "a years of sleep, and
am below the right reckoning for | was a great
sleeper. year iost' adding minute to minute, in
searching ior tlie Keys OF my desk, which was
Gon'huaily mslaylng Does one live when one
LOOKS Tor key Three years lost in having my
sen shaved, powdered, &C. Five years lost in
sunerlng with the toott'ache, two nfiammations
OF the chest, with reapses and convalescence.-
ihree years lost IN saying w hats o'clock " we
nave had pad weather to-day How do you doi'
now Is your iady: i nave mad bad cold'-
MARLBOROUGH Sen va-t-en guerre-what mud in
the streets-whot winter this year, Six months
lost in having the mud brushed off one and six in
brushing ones hat. One year of endurance OF
the entractes at the theatre One year lost in lis
tening to the modern dramas, the chefs doeuvre
oil genus not understood. One year lost in com.
planning oil salt and taseless soups OF outlets too
much or underdone, OF indigestion or hard eggs.
Total IL years. beg leave to declare in giving
up the ghost do not give up any thing worth
keeping.
Tsbould we deduct from life al fine that b.a
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ones self or Others how vast the multitude who
may be said to have "Ged without Iiying."l
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