The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-02-25
zion. lie proposes 10 work less with ships,
and more with legs and sledges.
Lola Monies.

Lola Monies.
This notorious woman addresses Ecitef
10 the New York pape-s, from which We
quote the following passages
Nv career has been one Of such vicissi-
,ude and adventure, that it almost equals
those given in popular works of fiction.
sometimes look back on my life and won
der-"is it true 7"--''have existed r.
ado live 7"-or dis all a dream?." havo
been wild and waywnrd, bit il know my
self, never wicked can appeal to every
companion or servant in my whole life Of
nv own sex. to say if ever treated them
unjustly, unkindly, and will add, ungen'
erously. have peen lraduced, and SLAM
dered, and viified more, think, than any
human being man or woman, that has lved
,or a century. If all that IS said OF me
we're true may, if hall Of it were true-t
ourLt 10 be buried alive. The very a'roci-
ties attributed 10 ME, themselves show their
lalsehood At the age ol thirteen, inJudl-
cious, out well meaning friends, constrained
tIlc 10 an dlIldIlCC WIN obO hiuSh ny
in years, but who had not my affections,
who did not seek 10 win them. and from
whom was obliged 10 part myseii-No
one ever accused me Of fasehood TO my
vows of fidelity to him.
OF her relations TO the King OF Bavaria
she says:
King Louis was convinced. in spite OF
all the scandalous fabricaIions that were
circulated, that was his friend, as was
most truly. For long Time his proll'ea'e
and iaihless councillors could no! imagine
| from whence their betrayed and abused
master learned the facts as to their conduct.
When they did, what torrent OF scandal
and fasehood was opened upon poor me
was everything that was bad and vlle' b"'
they could not injure me with the goou
old king. The king defended and justified
me, and .dinauiced their aspersion and
calumnies. One day, he told D'Abel III
reply 10 some observation denouncing me-
that She Is right she told me the truth.
| will do as she tod me- D'Abel replied,
"She is King, then = Yes said the
good old Louis, she is king,' and this re-
mark, so made. was distorted, reported 10
The public, and made the theme Of the
thousand scandaous and ridiculous stories.
This venerable man was slandered with
respect to me. lam a poor, weak, little
woman. ] loved MIN al | would love
father 1t is not love that any woman
need be ashamed OF. am proud Of Ill He
was my friend, and while live shall be
his friend. l despise and loath the msera-
bio wre,ches who have slandered that kind
old man and myself. For the injuries 10
me forgive Them, and pray that they may
be forgiven by all they have injured but
for thote to him, invoke Gd's justice up
on them, not Ills mercy. 1t will surely
oyeriake them in this world, and in the
world to come.
Lola. in conclusion, expresses a hope,
tha, her simple story, told in herpoor way,
will be believed by the American gentle"
men and ladies'" She says at is true, as
live. am not the wicked woman you
have been told. ] have never harmed any
one knowingly. | am not The enemy oi a
single human being living. am an huns
bic, unobtrusive, defenseless dsnseuse,ln
foreign laud with no relation, and no long
tried, unsel6sh friend 10 appeal to.""l may
have erred in life often and again-wbo has
not have been vain, frivolous, ambit.
ons-proud but never cruel, never un-
kind"
81 have repulsed from my doors all who
have not been assured were worthy. cor
rect. honorable, and respectable gentlemen
, and shall persevere in so doing nor will
associate with fools of my own or The other
:. SEX Lola appeals 10 generous pubic
TO sustain her in her efforts to better her
fortune in an honorable profession.