The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-27

plexion was coarse and sun burned, she
had no gloves, and her hands were so dir
ty that the original color could not be
discerned; she wore shirt and vest, and
the same short gray petticoat, and held
ridding whip in her hand. The budding
Grand Monarque actually took one Of
those dirty hands in his, and led her to
table; and whatever may have been the
amazement of the Court at such a strange
visitant, not only was their no expression
ofit, but all honors were paid, and the
general opinion agreed with that of Mad
anne Motteville, that after the first half
hour she "could not help considering
Christina with interest, and even with
admiration. On Witnessing in the French
and Italian comedy, she laughed immod-
crafty, loudly expressed her pleasure or
disapprobation, So as to attract every
wondering eye, and would sometimes
retire to the back of the box and fall into
a profound reyerie, from which even the
queen could not rouse her. Madame de
Motteyille says: "She often sang in COM
pany as well as dreamed, was unequal in
mood and free in talk as well on relig-
ious as on other subjects calling for mod
esty in her sex; she swore, never remain
ing long in the same place, and in pres
ence of the king, queen and court, put up
her legs on the seats. In spite of her
strange appearance and stranger habits,
she always sustained her dignity, could
not be approached familiarly, and seemed
everywhere Mistress She left Paris in
November, all her triumphs now at an
end, in a hired carriage with but few at
tendants, hercosts through France defray-
ed by the king. An absured report ran
that she had wished to captivate Louis,
but it never gained general credence. On
her return to Rome she felt so much the
absence of all demonstration, and the evil
dent Indifference toward her, that signing
for the gaieties of France, she found pre-
texts-among others that of Witnessing
ballet in which Louis himself was to dance
for repeating her visit, and arrived at
Fontainebleau. in October, 1857, vainly
expecting renewal of the former honors,
and not yet alive to the truth that she was
no longer a novelty, or how largely her
eccentricities and conversion had contri-
buted to the general wonder and admifa-
ton. She now appeared in an sold worn
out vehicle, an old yellow petticoat, an
old red jacket, and dirty hood" and
was attended by Chevalier Santineli, CALI
ed the captain of her guards, and the
Marxuis Monaldeschi, her chamberlain.
She took up her quarters in the place of
Fontainebleau, and there committed that
strange and mysterious deed of horror at
which the whole of Europe stood aghast.
She left some maxims, after the manner
of Rochefoucald. few of which we give.
"Fools are more to be feared than the
wicked ~
Whatever is false is ridiculous.
There is species Of pleasure in suffer
ing from the ingratitude of others, which
is reserved for great minds alone.
We should never speak of ourselves
either good or evil.
There is star above us which unites.
souls of the first order, though words and
ages separate them.
To suffer for having acted well, is itself
a species of recompense.
Life becomes useless and inspired,
when we have no longer either friends or
enemies.
We grow old more through incidence
than through age.
The salique law, which excludes wo-
men from the throne, is just and wise
law.
Cruelty is the result of baseness and
eoWardice
This life is like an inn, in which the
soul spends few moments on it's Jour
ney.
To speak truth, and to do good, is to
resemble, in some sort, the Deity we wor-
ship