Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-04-06
Jenny Lin d.

IHe IOllOWlnb from tne tiOme Jour-
nal, will warm the heart of every
reader to the amiable Swedish
maiden:
During her two years engagements
in London, Jenny Lind hired the sub
urban residence ola stout and worthy
citizen, taking his furniture, carriage,
coachman, servants and house belong
ings of all descriptions, on rent. The
only addition that she made to the
usual service of the establishment
was the attendance of an English
chaplain, who, upon the open lawnof
the garden whenever the weather
would permit, or in the drawing-room
performed the devotions of the Eng
lish Church for the assembled house,
hold.
r., The coachman, as is the custom i'm
England had accommodations for his
family in a wing of the stables; and
his wife, %the mother of two or three
young children, was employed as
washer and Inoner.' While, with
profers Of attention. and acquaintan-/
ce from the rank and fashion of Lon-
don, the fair Swede was sanavailipgly
beset--a kind of tribute to her genius
and character which she consisi emily
and unvaryingly refused-the family
OF the honest coachman were COM
monty enjoying the much sought pri-
vilege. While duchesses and count
esses were refused at her door, she
was seated in the centre of the hay
NOW, hes favorite resort for every
hour of leisure, tending the coach
mans baby, or teaching the older
ones to read. On this humble family
all her every day affections seemed
to be expended. When away, concert
singing at Birmingham or Liverpool,
she wrote to them daily as if to her
own family, and With a tenderness Of
broken English which was as touch
ing as it was curious. ,..
These letters avere lent and shown
to the neighbcss and others, and the
friend (of our own) who had seen
them and gives us these particulars,
says that no daughter could have
written home more familiarly and
afectionately. The coachman's wife
still wears, stitched TO the sleeve Of
the calico gown in which she works.
and changed and re-stiched carefully
to every dress she puts on, most
costly diamond bracelet, her parting
keepsake from Jenny Lind. 1t would
be hard extremity of proverty that
would induce her to part with it.
!. The famous opera singer had been
more than a year the tenant of Mr..
C, and the staid and elderly
!, citizen had never seen her. He had
j his Iodings in town, near his place Of
) business, and sent his clerk to Bromp-
!; ton quarterly to receive the rent.
Some question occurring, however, at
one of these quarterly settlements
which an agent could not very we'll
disposes of, it became necessary that
| Mrs C should call on his tenant
in person. The stout landlords ac-
, count Of his visit very much amused
his friends. He expected an uncom-
!, Portable degree Of pretension and
ceremony. The servant at the door
showed his old master 10 the drawing
$ room, and the next minute Miss Lind
/ came running in from the garden, as
: cordial as the oldest friend he had in
the world.
E She seized him by his two hands,
f crowded him down into large arm
: chair, insisted upon knowing why he
t had not been TO see her during the
r longtime she had been in his house,
e and finally seated herself on the floor
e to talk over matters. Quite over
y come with his last condescension, the
+ deep-down chivalry of the honest
t Englishman was aroused, and drop
s ping on one knee, he declared that
d he could not sit in chair while she
;, sat on the floor. At this, the uncerc-
e monious Jenny jumped up, and taking
Mr.. C's. hand drew him to window
It seat, and squeezed herself (for he was
e very fat man) into the recess by his
y side-"and a very tight squeeze it
n was" added the old gentleman in
telling the story. Here she pulled
d from her pocket contracts and receipts
d proceeded to business, which was
3, soon settled; and the landlord took
Il his leave, delighted with Jenny Lind,
d but not quite sure that he had been
s in full possession of senses.
e Just before the celebrated singer
: left this residence, a lady who had
y been brought in contact with her by
g some circumstance of neighborliood
J. and who had conceived a strong affec-
+ ton for her, asked one day, something
ol as a keepsake. Jenny few|to her
dressing room and brought down
y jewels and costly articles of dress,
y and eagerly begged her to choose any
N thing she possessed; but an article
ID of value was not what the lady wish.
10 ed, or could accept. TWAS with the
Ut greatest difficulty that the impnlsiye
" Swede could be made to agree to lei
i'll the keepsake consist of ONLY the bo.