New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-16

fem The venerable and Justly Beloved Bishop Of
Il the See, :, The very pubIcans Who bed nd bord
The pilgrims 70 her shrine. A number Of old women,
by four of whom was closely bssiesed Yesterday
n ornng, when approached the church, make q
living By ceiling little medals stamped with her
image. lhsve seen hem 1.-THE medsls. not the Old
wone ~ suspended 10 the nechs Of soldiers and the
watch chsns Of railway conductors and could have
seen them (the old women, not the medals) sus-
pended from the s.eeple. Well, say from their
fun .iions Of dealers in leaden saints, which would
have come 20 mu b the same thing sine their Iy.
ps-poor creatures depended on it. They 80 tor
uen,ed me with their trade, tried 10 escape on the
ground that was hereto, and therefore no. 10 be
eoub.ed On % customer. Our merry Sgiss.Ven-
dean eosed them on with the assurance that wasa
Aus,ulmap, whose conversion, by their instrument
t,ty, would be fine festher in their spiritual caps,
aid directed their attention 10 the unnecess ,rlly
ugly hat that DR.. B. gave me as an evidence of my
OurlaDdsh religion.
Tradition has preserved many wonderful legends
of 81. Radesonde. The following, which reminds
one of the graceful miracle Of Sain. Elizabeth of
Hungary and the roses, may serve as specimen
must premise that Rsdegonde hbe many worse
women, was married to gentleman of incom-
patible tepper"-in fact tn judge from what We
read of him and il. one Of the most incompatible
tempers that ever was. For King Clotaire, though
protesting Christian, was one OF the hyeiest sort
10 that degree that one day, after some high words
with the Queen, he killed her brother by way Of
left the ryal bed and board and went to live 10
.lieious retirement at Saix. At first, Clotaire
consented to the separation, but presently he
" cud have her at home again, and started to
bring her back. She, hearing of this, fled toward
Poiti. re, ard be pursued. As she saw that he was
gaining upon her, she came TO peasant who was
sowing oats. II, she said addressing him, any one
asks you when you the queen 60 by, answer that
you have stem nobody pass since you sowed these
oats: and with that she ran into the middle of the
field When Clotaire rode up and inquired OF
The peasant if he had seen the queen pass that
way, the man replied he had been hidden, and
pointtd to the field, which already covered with
grain that waved high above the head of the fugitive
and the king was astonished at the miracle, and
turned back with all his followers, and ever after
left bis wife in peace, and great goods and priv
ilepes to the convent that Prudence founded. Pru-
der CO. it seems, her name, for she was German,
ThuriDgian by birth, and RadeeOnde is cOrrup-
tion Of Rad chunda, the modern Rath Kunde, or
skilled in counsel.
Such IS an abriJgement Of the legend to be read
in the Lives of the Saints Of POitOua-yO'ume dedi-
Gated to and approved by the present Bishop OF
PUitiers, Mmseieneur Pic, an intelligent, cult
waited man. and, what is more, good and much
respected man. On this last point, / had better
authority than can be offered in support Of the le-
gend, for pretty Pauline is my authority and she is
backed up by the chambermaid, who is not pretty,
and by the gsrcon who wakes the staircase. Now,
Pauline is Protestant and goes on alternate Sun.
days to the Protestant meeting that is held in room
at the Hotel de Ville for the Professionals are in
small force here, and have cOnsecrated temple Of
their own The chambermaid is Roman Catholic.
The garcon who skates up stairs on wax-brush is
zeslous PauliDist. 1t is pleasing religion, which
would have more followers if the chief of the sect
permitted herself the least prosecuting coquetry;
but Pauline seems satisfied with her one sincere
worshiper, whose devotion is likely to receive from
her, one of these days. the highest OF earthly re-
wards. And when the young couple succeed to the
cement Of the inn, it is sure to be still we'll
Aept house.
fits odd but thinking inn of comfortable ease
and of that well-behaved, wel-looking young girl,
Just doing her duty presents itself in this living
world has quite taken the taste out for dry bones
and dead saints. Prudence WAS doubtless good
woman in her time and for her time, and the bishop
may be right in encouraging exaggeration of her
merits rather than let them be forgotten. prefer
Pauline, who is good little woman now, serving up
breakfasts which are only not miracles because
they are daily and for which and her let US be truly
thankful.