The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-10-31
The Three Iieroiues.

Reader, the three heroines of the
| French Revolution were Maria Antoi-
pette, Madam Roland, and Josephine.
Maria Antoinette was the wife Of Louis
XVI, king OF France, and daughter of
Maria Theresa, empress of Germany and
Queen of Hungry She beheld the com
mencement Of the dreadful reign of ter
ror, and, with it. the dethronement and
Imprisonment of her husband, her chill
dren, and herself Soon her husband,
whom she devotedly loved, was executed
because he was king; and finally, after
enduring great sutlerings, which she bore
with the greatest fortitude, was released
from all earthly care by the guillotine.--
Such was the end of the beautiful, affec-
tionate and amiable Maria Antoinettc,
daughter of the Cesars.
! The graceful, talented, educated and
accomplished Madam Roland, was the
daughter of an engraver, who resided In
Paris. By her superior talents she rose
to great eminence about the middle OF
the revolution, but soon fell a victim to
the tyrant Robesperrie, whose life she
had once saved at the peril Of her own.
According to his orders, she was placed
in dungeon which would have been ve-
ry gloomy had it not been for her highly
cultivated mind. Though imprisoned and
separated from all that were dear 10 her,
she did not spend her time in useless re,
pinipg, bnt employed herself in writing
her life, reading, thinking, painting, and
writing letters to her friends. When the
time came for her execution, because she
was the wife of nobleman and friend
Of his friends, she babe adicu to all that
she had loved on earth; walked firmly anc
gracefully upon the scalfold laid he'
beautiful head apon the block, and it was
severed, with all its valuable contents
from her body.
But Josephine, the lovely, amiable an(
winning Josephine, was reserved for
better tate. She was destined to be th'
loved and honored empress Of the French
Although her husband, the fiscount o
Boauharnais, had pcrished b. the guillo
: tine, his estate confscated, and Jose
phne imprisoned and sentenced to death
but by the death of RobeserrIe her val
liable lie was saved and her liberty re
gained.
0 Soon this young and accomplishe
: widow met with the youthful hero, VIII
/ was just beginning his great aud glorlou
e career, for the good of mankind. Thl
i, was no other than the unparalleled Napt
leon l. His great heart was soon capt
:, waited by her charms) though entirely III
! intentional Oh her part) and they wei
/ married lie proved friend indeed,
i her. aud a father to her tatherless chi
d drcn.
: Josephine lived happily for many year
II as the wife Of General Bonaparte, the ir'
d consul, and as an empress. Then tor ii
l. good of France, she consented to d
: yorce. Napoleon gave her the beautii
residence OF Malmiason, and SIX hundF'
a thousand dollars annually. Here he ir
n quently visited her, wrote to her, al
IS paid her every attention.
% Josephine was resigned to her fate
ID She spent her time in reading, palntin
D. visiting, administering to the wants
the poor, aud entertaining the lllustrlo
!, persons who called to see her VII N \
III poleon went to E!ba, Josephine, unat
to support this new and great mist,
ID tune. slckened, and after few days
er ness, died the sweet death Of Chr
* tian. Her two noble and beloved ch
ne dren, Eugene and Hortense. and the e
ce peror Alexander, were with her. III
an died the lovely Josephine, the last a
the best of the three heroines OF t
- French revolution