Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-11-27
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!. CorsotATroS.--I' great phiiosophe
V]fTovHfLus said one day to a lady Cypress
ed BY grief for q heavy misfortune. "Ma.
, darne, The Queen Of England, daughter 1
Henry the Great, was as unfortunate a
} yourself. sbs was chased from her King
dom, che nearly persisted In ! storm d
sea, and she saw her royal husband e1pir,
on a sesfIold.' II am sorry for her" sal,
the LAZY, who continued TO shed tears owe
+ her WI misfortunes. atsu
"But," said CilOphilus, ~'recoIlset Ma,
Stoarti she lOved~-hu In all bopor--a
very handsome musician. Her husband
slew him before her eyes, and aferwards
her good friend and relation. Queen Ell
zabrth' causcd her head 70 be cut of on n
saatfold hung with black, after having kept
her in prison for eighteen years. .That
via very cruel" answered the lady, rslap.
aZNEH
sing Into melancholy.
"YO1 have perhaps hoard said the com
fofter. "ofthe beautiful Joanna Of Naples.
vto was taken and sirabgled I" have
a eonl1led recollection oft, unswsredthe
n0urnef.
Il must relate TO you" reioined he, THE
adventures Of q sovereign who was de-
throned In my time, after supper. and who
died In . desert island" II know the
Whole sioty," replied the lady.
well, then, let me tell YOU What Lap-
pened to another great princess 10 whom
! have taught philosophy: she speaks Of
nothing hut Der in ]sEortunes." Why d. Won
wish, then, that | should moi think of mine y
said The lady. Because" answered the
philosopher, you ought not 10 reflect on
them when 50 many great indies have
been 80 unfortunate. II does not becomn
you 10 dtsaair. Think Of Heeuha--,tink
of Niohe." "Ah - replied he iady, "f !
had lived in their time, o. IN that Of the
beautiful princesses, and It. 10 console them
you had related my misfortnnes, do You
think they would have listened 70 you p
The neat day the philosopher lost bis onlq
'on-~Ilo WAS ready TO expire with grief
The lndy made out d list Of all the kings
VII" had lost their children, and carried II
10 the philosopher. He read il--found |,
perfectly correct, hut he did not wepp the
lpsa. 'a
Three months after, they n1st again, and
were mutually nstouished at each oshsr's
rh%r"rfnlness They caused To he erected
beautiful statue 10 Time, with this ms.
ITO him who consoles. "--Freuch
# Voitairs.
a BEAUTIFUL EPrrArH.--Ata ma sons
lard in this city IL q head. stone. with these
"ords: "Our dear lille buby;' and the :
upon which affection has cut
he sentence, 10 as small and a. pure as 4.
~ infant. Surely, here IL a pc ~rfcction in I
N cPitaph! Tho ago Of q dying child is 8
and need not be recorded: and
Is there ID a name when the heart
earns for the firm. This little stone has .
% mark for curiosity, and cold history :
frown 81 il; but n ~parrnt-an, par. !,
nt-entering thn grave yard where tha, +
ably rests, and that small marble tablet
my stand. would carefully avoid treading
n the little grave, and yet would stand a
'sre, conjuring up the once bright eyes Of Il
'as baby fixed on a mothers love, aud i,s h
opening for y fathers f,ndnsss:--and u
'en. alas, the dirnming Of those eyes. and q
rs dropping Of those atms--the silence, Il
nd what 10 more sad, eta dead child;--
nd tho father and mother beret ofaiI hut r
lis cry of naturs--"osr dear little baby. {.
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