Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-09-19

n This event drew to Mile. Lenormant
the attention Of Mile. Uollien, Nine
Recamier, and the other intellectual Ia
dies ofthe Directory, who were then Gre
ating anew era in the salons ofthe Lux
embourg.
But the prediction seemed about 10 b
nullifsd. The widow of The Yicomie d
Beauharnais was TO marry young sol
der Of fortune.
1T is poor MATCH said her friends
you are about to do foolish act, Wbicl
you will one day repent
SIT is true, that In marrying, I abdcate
thought she. The dreams of ambition
had been abandoned for the impulses o
the heart.
Before she married, she resolved once
more, in company with her intended, to
visit the sybil, who, consulting the cards
announced that no change had taken
place in her destiny, and then taking Ma.
poleOn's hand, who had come there care.
less and inc.edulous, she gazed at il with
emotion, and tracing lie lines, spoke Of
his secret designes, his warlike projects
and thefuture successes Of his arms.
Bonaparte listened with astonishment.
4 shall endeavor to realize your predic-
tlons, said he, on leaving.
And l. said Josephine, leaning with
pride on his arm, feel 20 longer anv
doubt Of the brilliant destiny which is
reserved for me-
The accomplishment of these predic.
tions increased still mere the popularity
of Mile. Lenormand.
One day the Empress Josephine enter.
ed the Enperor's room in tears.
4 know the project you are preparing 1;
/ am 10 be sacrificed for reasons ofState'
The act ofdivorce is already drawn
She was right; bu: whence came her
information2
Il will discover the author Of this trea-
SAN said the Emperor, 'and whoever he
may be, he shall meet his punishment
'She who announced my elevation, has
predicted my fall. Mile. Lenormand is
my informant.'
Within an hour after this scene, the
sybil was before the Minister Of the Po.
lice, Fouche.
Announcing TO her that she was q.
bout to be sent TO prison, where she
would probably remain for a long time,
Mile. LenOrmand turning over her
cards which she had brought with her re.
Piled:
'Wbo knowsf here is jack of clubs,
who will release me sooner than you
think
.Inde ed! the jack of clubs will have
that honorv
Yes. for he is the Duke lie. Rovigo,
your SUCCESSOR
The fall Of the Empire re establish.
ed Mile. Lenormand in her popularity.
She had been prosecuted for predicting
The Restoration; the Emperor Alexander
had honored her by consultation moth
ing was wanting to7her fame; and she
continued peaceably and
proftably her profession with success
and popularity which never abated till
her last moments.
Her residence for the last forty years
was at No. 5 Rue de Tournon; and 0, |
YER the door was the sign, SMILE. lie.
norm and ,librairie.' She disdained all
The usual apparatus Of magicians the in.
IerioI Of her apartment was arranged as
4 simple parlor,with a set Of fshelves con-
Iaining number Of cabalistic works.
She herself, of late years, was a short,
fat woman ofa ruddy complexion; wears
ng large light wig, surmOunted by a
semi.orieniai turban; the
est Of her costume being Of the sim
1lest description. -.ss,
Her Investigations were Of different
kinds varying in price from four 10 six
hundred francs.
She would take the left hand of her
lister, and ask, 'What is your age?-
Which is your favorite flewers TO which.
'nimaI have you the greatest rePug.
lancef @.s
These questions were put ina monot
nous, nasal tone, and 10 each answel
he would respond, every good" conr
,nuing 10 shuttle her cards, and presen-
no them to the visiter wItha request to
nut them with the left hand. Then deal.
ng them on the table, one BY one, she
would run on with her prophecies with
voIubiIity which it was almost difficult
o follow, and which Sc eemed like reading
rom book or repeating studied lesson,
n this food Of apparently unmeaning
words, one would be suddenly struck
With a luminous trait.
She excelled particularly in depicting
he character, inclinatons and tastes Of
ler visiters, it was not the physiognomy
which guided her, for she scarcely look.
ID them in the face; all her science lay
N the various combinations Of her cards,
which rarely deceived her She never
failed to tell many truths respecting the
past, and the most OF those who have
consulted her, declare that her predicf
lions were almost invariably realized.
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