Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-03-08
VOL. s5, NO. 25-wHoLE NO. 1894.


WAY did she leave the bright hearth of her
youthful days? Why did you ask her TO give up
the eujoyments Of happy house? Was il sim
ply 20 darn your sockiBgsy mend your clothes,
take care of Your ehidren aud watch over your
SICK bed? Was il simply 10 conduce to your
own comfort? or was there some understanding
thH she was TO he made happy ~ her connection
with the man she dared 10 love?
Nor is II n sufficient answer that you reply that
lyOu feed and eothe her You DO this for your
hsap; you wouh do il for an Indifferent house,
keeper. She is yo,sr vile, and unless you attend
to her wants, npd IN some way answer the rensoD-
able expectations you raised by your attentions
before marriage, yOn need not wonder if she he
detected and her lieaYt sink into insensilIty but
| If this be so think well who Is the cause OF it,
! We repeat ii, very few women make Indifferent
wives, whose feelings have moi met with some
outward shock Ivy i've Indifference or thoughtIess-
lIess of their husbands 1t is our opinion that 10
a large majO ny of the instances of domestic mis-
cry the man il The agressos.
EVENTFUL LIFE OF LOUIS PHILIPPE
| A very interesting lecture was delivered IN this
city Oh Thursday evening, by Rev. MIR. Abbott,
on the personal history OF LOUIS Philippe, King
OF the French. The kPeturer commenced with
the observation that OF all romance the ruInmlce
OF reality the most wonderful. The truth oftlIe
| remarks mus, have been acknowledged by all
who followed him in the detail Of the chequered
lite OF the French King. Louis Philippe is now
sixty-four years obi. bis father, the profllga0
4 Duke of Orleans, was much distinguished for
! his vices as his mother was for her. virtues and
4 pety. Under the care Of the uier and the tut
n toa OF Madame de Genlis the youth OF the young
\ prifce passed. In the luxurious and vicious
\ court cf The Bourbens, he was n pattern Of sobri
n ETY. cad virtue. lie wus early taught to restrain
II his passions to cultivate hs mind, and to endure
y fatigue. He walked ten or fifteen miles day, and
IaiH hoi n rIcnv will mai
il He Kept daily Journal of his life, in which he
4 regularly kept account of the manner in which
H he had spent his Time and performed the duties
he oweA his parents to society, and TO God fse
Was depnut, sober, ehaste, aud Intelligent. His
life IL uHstained WITH vices, and he has been re-
ss,i for sis temperance with sound bsdy, and =
healthy rnnnd. When very young he entered the
arney, AMI there won early the reputation oil n
good soldier At the time when the reign of ter
ror MAS "keeping high carHval IN blood stained
Paris he was looked Upon by many us fi per-
sos 10 fitl uhe throne vacated 10y tue murder OF
LOUIS XVI as hss roya lineage would concate
monnrchisS, while his liberal principles would
satisfy the rrpubicnns. AS soonas report tethis
effect Aiuted to The leaders of the rubble his
fither WIS executed, his relations imprisoned, and
| he sared bis own life by u sudden fight For fifteen
mon tbs I've lived ia great secusion IN Switzerland,
aud supported himself Ey teaching the rudiments
of learning 20 young persons. lie went to Ham
| DWrg TOE tilc purpose 90 efnuu1King Tor america,
bur wlsen lie arrived there he had not sufficient
fluids to carry ont his 1nsenlion. He then iouv-
neyed in the extreme north of Europe, suffering
great prvaticns, and With the blood hounds OF his
enemies continually baylng in his track. He ai,-
proacled ana ny miles nearer 10 the North Pole
than any oitrer French traveller He eventually
escaped to A merica in 1906. Here he supported
himself by teaching French. While in Boston
he is said to have resided in the Province House,
nearly oppoi lite the old South Church, and he now
speaks of TN kindness he experienced from sew
eral BostOui ans with much gratitude. He then
went to Eng land was invited thence to Sicily, and
there nnrrie daughter Of its king. Upon the
overthrow OF NapoleoR, he went tn France, and
his sequesier I'd wste returned TO linn. I'm
iii the breaking out Of the Revolution of 1880, he
lived in ease and retirement with the exception o
the exile he underwent during Napoleon's shor
reign in France prevIOaS to The battle Vt Water.
loo. Though immensely rieh he fell not into.tbe
vices of the -af1uenI, but ia all his grandeur and
opuence, Remembered his lessons of youth Hi:
fortune has been estimated by French writer a
Sl00,000000.
Mr.. Abbott gave nm animated account of the
revolution in July, and tie causes which drew
Louis Philippe from retirement. he neeeptes
the kibgy Office with reluctance. He agreed with
Lafayette, that the American constitution was The
best in The world, bui that the government which
France needed = monarchy surrounded by
republican Institutions. Since his installnIent in
the chair of state his q,Iiet has been continually
harrassed by attempts upon his like, which have
gained him the nnine 81 the target king-and do
mestic insurr, ctun. Mr. Abbott thinks that CON
sderng the difficulties OF his station he has act
ed with mode ration ami Wisdom. He has strength
eHed himself by aanees wilh foreign States an,
II he can est ape ussas<ination there is good pea
son 10 suppose that he will keep his, crnyn unii
his death. When thai event occurs, France i,
morally certain TO be conyulsed anew with revo
luton. = Bos ton Times.