The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-08-13
WHOLE NO.. ll42.
Three Anecdotes of Inc Pone.
We translate the following from the
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W. translate the following from the
Courier DIES Etafs Uais.
Tie Holy Father, who has not at his
command all the treasures Of Christen4
dom to fill, as he desires, the hands Of the
supplicants who come to him, at least
knows how to bestow his alms in the
right place. One day n ofthose char.
%acters, whom the artists at Rome call
ROnGaaches, presented himself to Plus
lA. declaring that he was overwhelmed
with misfortunes. his wife was dying and
his children without bread. The Pope
looked at him and replied, that honest
misery would not wear so red q nose or
so shining a face, and that some trick was
perhaps lurking under il. But to the
doubts Of His Holiness, the fellow replied
that his grandfather was paralletic and
that the grandfather ofhis wife was stone.
blind. With all his family III upon his
hands, his case was truly pitiful. Album.
dreG piasters, no said, would be enough
to help him out of tho difficulty. Tho
Pope borrowed the money of his treas
uIOi' anu SdN0 ~ " nlW'
But a doubt took possession Of the do.
nor. "Have | bestowed my charity to
good ~purposel" He wished to know
what to think oft. He put on the outer
dress of a simple priest and presently
walked beyond the suburb of the Trans.
teverins, whittier the Romanache had
been watched. He stopped before a Ger.
tain house, from which issued shouts and
the joyous ringing of glasses.-He enter.
ed, and recognized his man in good com.
pany, leaning with his elbows on the ta-
bic in all the glory of intoxication. ITO
the health of the good Pope, who treats
US to such capital wine!" cried the Am
phitryon in a return of consciousness.
at is he who will teach you how TO act,
he who might have sen you to prisen
for having stolen the goods of the poor"
said Plus TX to the terrified and cast
down boon companions. "Let this serve
as a lesson, and let my indulgence for
the present help you to deserve full for.
giveness."
The Romans Of the present day. like
the Romans of other times, are the great
est lovers of art in the world, and esPe-
cially of the art Terpsichorean. The
dancing of Fanny Elssler had electrified
them so much that their enthusiasm had
produced a subscription of IL, 900 francs,
which sum they had converted into a
crowr of gold; this they intended to offer
to the object Of their idolatry. Never
theless, they recollected that there wasa
man at the Quirinal whom they preferred
to Fanny Elssler; they went to him and
said:
"Holy Father, we desire to give to
Fanny Elssler this crown Of gold, fit
will not be ~dispIeasing to your Holiness"
"Give the crown of gold, if that anu
ses you," replied the good Plus TX. smi-
ling, "onIy suggest that your present is
not logical"
"Why not, Holy Fatherf"
"Why, l have supposed hitherto that
crowns were made for the head, not for
the legs"
The Romans gave their crown Of gold
to Fanny Elssler, but the same day they
sent to Plus TX a thousand crowns for his
poor.
Not long since, Plus TX proposed a
new reform to his Council. Twenty Car
dinals, who were most hostile to the con-
slant disposition ofthe Holy Father, we're
present. Twenty black balls we're found
in the urn which contained the votes.
Plus TX was not Disconnected. taking
the white scull-cap from his head and
; laying it upon an urn. he said: "Now.
gentlemen, the black balls are all white"
The measure passed the next day. The
evening of that day NJ. Rossi, the French
ambassador, paid him visit. The Ho-
, ly Father, visibly moved from the i'm
!. preston produced by the scene Of the
> morning, described it to his visitor, adj
ding: 1.-THE opposition l meet with daily
S will no check me. / shall gain the end
t I propose for my government. for / pos
| sess the love ofmy people. And even il
!. the love of that good people should one
< day fail me-, l shall not be discouraged
for still there will remain to me the sup
: port of God."-New York Tribune.