Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-09-20

! 10. A more thorough contrast there never was
seen than Herman and Frederick, IN person anI
! mieh Fred's eyes are smiling, So blue aht
serene, his mouth is So delicate, rosy anu clean
Herman's eye had, at times, quite sinister hast
and often saw crumbs on his nasty mnuslache
| 20. Then Herman, yOu knuw, was unpleas
antly small. while Fred is 50 elegant, slender ant
| tall He wears such diamond. and sings SO Ill
vineiy, and plays the guitar and violin So t'nely
| He has sweet place on the shore 0l the Day
aud a four-slOry mansion just out OF Broadway.
| 81 | feel quite content, and ny dear IofeiSt
beau IS welcome To marry for money or show !
Poor fellow! pity him -grubbing away at those
rusty old landscapes OF mis-, day by day Here:
my parting advice to that pupil Vi art. beg, Dor
row, or steal, sir u conscience and heart
%. with these small additions 10 your stool
in trade rest assured my dear Hernan,yonr fortune
is madeu Good bye. beloved Amy, ill early u
| jan. Come along-we!l, we'll say by the ,entl
-ifyou caa (; your image will fill my hearts III
nerinusl Granny, while life warns the breast y
vour own attached ANNIE.
Lifo and Death---A Short and True Story.
| One day last week, early in The morning, tha
miserable conveyance which takes The poor ant
friendless dead 10 the City Cemetery at the city:
expense halted IN front of a house in street II
the southern part of the city. The driver alight
| ed from the wagon, entered the house, but ap
peated again soon after, carrying, IN company
with another alike dslntcrested looking man. Z
coffin made of rough boards. The cutiia was
placed on the wagon. and it made speed over the
deserted streets towards the cemetery.
No one followed the wagon with sorry look
no one sinod at her grave with a feeling heart
when the earth fell upon the coffin; and yet thi;
coffin contained The corpse of lady WIN once wa:
sincerely adnred by hundreds who could comnlanI
riches. and who but few years aga, before she
trod the shores of this continent, could expect ;
happy and conIented old age.
This lady was Rosa NeScheni, the danghte
of an immensely wealthy Polish nohlen.an. II
eaily youth she was taken 10 the imperial Cuur
of Austria, where. in her eighteenth year, she was
Darried 10 French nuhlenlau, who was also very
rich Rosa Neschemi lived many long and hap
nv wears, partly upon the possessions OF her hus
band, partly travelling through Germany, Spain
Italy aud England, and gave birth 10 three sons
who received the best education. and upon whom
the eyes OF the parents rested with great pride
But when the July revolution at Paris came
Rosa's husband took considerable aud actv,
part in 1t. and on the 2Sth he fell rom the effects
Of three shots which he received. His name L
still honored with place On The column in INT
Place de la Basllle.
OF the suns, the oldest one an exceedingly gift
ed young man. was surprisingly successful II
Spain and was, at that time. private secretary Il
King Ferdinand. After the Kings death he re
moved to village in The neghourhood Of Vslen
cia. where, as is believed, he fell a prey to, lh
dagger of an assassin.
The third son. yet very young, remained Wi!
his mother, who found an asy Iuin in Switzerland
whittier she carried the remains OF her ruined for
| une In his sixteenth year, he left his m1ihe
aud came To America. In New Orleans he spoi
| found employment and earned much money. Bat
associations and his own inclination 10 dissipation
.ausrd him TO deviaie from the proper path, ant
Sume five years ago he gfaSped al the last ant
most contemplate means 10 sage his credit--h
persuaded his Old muther to cross the ocean. Sh
could not refuse The prayer Of her only son. AM
arrived. She succeeded in bringing with her 81!
thousand dollars. VIII ch sum was spent by her sn
! "a short time. About year ago he ended hi
career IN New Orleans-being employed as depu
" sheriff, he killed Creole hy s;a"bing hun
He escaped To California and his old mother, Il
whom New Orleans naturally became place u
extreme hatred, turned her steps towards 81. Lou
is.
One day las, week, early in the morning, tn
miserable city nearse conveyed the reiuaios q
Rosa Neschemi to the last unWept tor rel'rn!
place Such is life st. Louis .4neeinSer, HI
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