Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-09-08

And waking me up with the beautiful Hght,
Oh, keep me from naughtness all the long day
Blessed Jesus who taught little children toPray!'
An angel looked down from the sunshine and
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But she saw not the angel-that beautiful child.
ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE.
The following marvellous and interes-
ting narrative is given in letter from
the Paris correspondent of the st. Louis
Republican
The venerable Abbess of the Ursuline
Convent of Neverc, whose life was, per.
haps one of the most eventful on record,
died last week at the advanced age ol
ninety-eight years. For fifty years she
has been an inmate of the convent, win
ming the love and respect of all who ap-
preached her.
In the summer of 1859, there broke out
in the city of Paris disease very SINH
lar to what is now called cholera, and
which was quite as fatal in its conse-
quences. Although not contagious, the
immense number Of persons attacked by
it, led the people to think it was so, and
terror took hold of the minds of all. Mo-
theirs abandoned their children, wive S
their husbands, sisters their brothers, and
almost as many perished by fright as by
the disease itself In two months thirty
one thousand persons were buried in the
different burial grounds around the city.
The hospitals were crowded-so much
crowded that the physicians and nurses
passed with difficulty among the beds,
and the demand for admission was so
great that every day long file of sick
might be seen at the door, some supper
ted by relations, but the most part lying
on the ground waiting until their turn
should come to be admitted, but often be.
fore night the half of them were carried
| to the cemetry instead of the infrmary.-
AS may we'll be supposed the task of the
physicians was no light one and, finally
they were obliged to organize their labor,
and force themselves to repose Ger
tain time every day, and take the SER
vice in turns, in order to be able to bear
up under the extraordinary efforts they
were called upon to make.
One day as young physician, he who
twenty years later was known as the eel
ebrated DIR. Soulie, was leaving the hos
pital to 90 and take his turn of rcpose, a
servant man, breathless and pale met him
at the gate and asked him if he was a
physician. The doctor answered in the
affirmative, and the man begged him fol-
Gods sake to go to house in the neigh
borhood and see sick person. AL
though against the rule they had estab-
lished, the doctor consented, and was
conducted to the house by the servant,
who showed him into large handsome
ly furnished room. In this room the doc
tor remarked first tall, handsome wo-
man, with her hair all in disorder, and
her face pale as a corpse, standing near,
and screening child, who lay upon q
sofa. Around her was collected a group
of twelve young girls, who looked to the
doctor to be nearly of the same age, and
made him suppose it was boarding
school, particularly as these young girls
all wore dark green silk dresses, and had
their blond hair braided and tied with
blue ribbons. The doctor could see nc
difference between any of them; they had
all fair skins, small blue eyes, light hair
long noses and large mouths but before
he could ask any questions about them,
the woman advanced hurriedly, seized
him by the arm, led him to the sofa, and
in hoarse voice said:-" Look at tha
child" The doctor looked-bcfore him
lay beautiful little girl of about ten
years of age, but utterly different from
the others. Her hair was black as mid
night, and hung in ringlcts over hel
: shoulders her eyes were closed, and
her livid complexion and contracted fea
lures showed that the disease had fas
tened upon her.
open that window said the doctor
and bring some vinegar Immediately II
rub the child's body
/. What? cried the woman has she go
the plague?' 80
why. certainly, did you not know it?
answered the doctor.
No, no, take her away, take her away
She shan't stay here to killus all. Com
my daughters, come away quick! Oh
the wretehed child, she win be the dealt
of you T. and she pushed the twelve girl
out of the room and went after them.
But the doctor sprang after her.
Are you the mother of that child " h
, inquired. --.-
/ YES; but take her away-she shan
be here III