Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-11-12
An American Dentist in France.

An American Dentist in France
Paris correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette has the following
CDR. Evans, formerly of Lancaster. Penn
syltania bnt for the last six years residen
Of this city, and now dentist to the Emperor
has Just received from the Emperor the de
coration of the Legion of Honor The doctor
Is quite proud of the decoration. In thi:
connection may mention that Evans prac
tice has become immense, and his charges
are enormously high. The doctor is also
dentist TO three other of the crowned heads
OF Europe, as well as to a large number Of
the nobility OF various countries, who come
10 farls to see him. He has gained this
env!able position through the influence OF
Louis Napoleon, with whom he is great
iavoIlte The Emperor lately presented him
gold snutt-box with his initials set in dia-
monds. and he has received similar present
from the Queen of Bavaria, besides many
other valuable presents from princes and
noblemen Three weeks ago the doctor had
occasion to visit the Empress at ST. Cloud,
who had the tooth-ache. He was asked by
the Emperor to come again at o'clock. At
4 o'clock the doctor was surprised to see
coach-and-four drive up to his door, all in
tul livery, with groom mounted on each
leader, and four out-riders, two proceeding
and two following the carriage The Em-
peror had sent for him. A large crowd
seeing the Emperor's carriage and livery,
which is now well known, soon gathered in
the street, expecting that the cortege was
waiting for the Emperor. They were very
much astonished to see our plain little
American friend come out, get into the car
rage alone, and drive off on gallop to-
wards St. Cloud"
awe WERE TOO Poor TO PAY."-Yes, it
was lovely spot-that village graveyard.
such one, fancy, as inspired the "Elegy
in country church-yard" There was less
pomp and show than in our city burial
places: but what of that-as Jeremy Taylor
says, "We cannot deceive God and nature.
for coffin is coffin, though it be covered
with sumptuons palI.' So a grave is
grave, though it be piled over with sculp-
tured marble
Then that little girl! How her image
comes up before me-bending over her
brothers. grave. naked her when we
entered, and was soon drawn towards the
spot where she was kneeIing. approached
cautiously there was something so sacred
in the picture of child weeping at a new
made grave, that | feared my presence
might break the rapture of her mournful
musings. | know not how long I might
have stood, apparently reading the rude
grave-stones, had not the child raised her
eyes and timidly said
"Our little Willie sleeps here. Yves too
poor to get tombstone; ne and the angels
know where he lies, and mother says that's
"Are you not afraid to be here alone 2,
l asked.
30, no; mother is sick and couldn't come,
so she said must come and see if the violets
were in bloom yet"
Chow old was your brother?" I asked,
feeling interested in the little girl
HE was only seven years old and he
was SO good; and had such beautiful eyes;
but he couldn't see Bit p
'lndeed! Was he blind?"
" You see he was sick long time: yet
his eyes were blue and bright as blue skies |
with stars in 'em, and we did not know he
was getting blind, till one day brought
him pretty rose and he asked,
9 Is it a white rose, Dora !'
Cant you see it, darling" asked mother
"No, can't see anything. I~fsh you
would open the window, it is so dark"
"Then we knew that poor little Willie
was blind but he lived long time after
hat. and used to put his dear little hand on
our faces to feel if we were crying, and tell
US not to cry, for he could see God and
heaven and the angels. "Then never
mind, mother and Dora" he'd say, "I'lI see
you too when you go away from this dark
place."
So one day he closed his eyes and fell
sleep, and mother said he was "asleep in
Iesus." Then we brought him here and
buried him; and though we're too poor to
,et tombstone, yet We can plant flowers
N his little grave, and nobody will trouble
hem knop, when they learn that our lattle
Willie sleeps here.