The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-08-03
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WOMAN OF l7OO.-This extraordinary woman
was one Of Ludi's opera troupe. She was
equally fond Of both sexes, fought and loved
like man Tor devil and resisted and fell
like woman. She was married to young
man, who left her to take IN Office to which
she ran away with fencing master, Of whom
she learned to fence. They first went to
Marssilles, where, as they had good voices,
they were engaged at the opera She soon
fell in love with young woman. The OBJ
ject Of her whimsical affection was shut up
in convent, when she set fire to it, and in
the confusion ran of with her tavorite Maui
pin was taken, and condemned to be burned,
but as the young woman was restored to her
friends, she was pardoned. She then went
to Paris, and made her first appearance on
the opera stage, 1895, when she performed
the part of Pallus in Cadamus, with The
greatest success The applause was so vio-
lent that she took of her casque to salute and
thank the public, when her beauty caused
them to redouble their applause. Her success
was, from that time uninterrupted, but her
strangest acting was not upon the stage.
Dumoni, the counter tenor, having affront-
ed her, she put on mems clothes watched
for him in the Place des Victories. and insis-
ted on his drawing his sword and figting her
which he refusing she caned him and took
from him his watch and suffbox The next
day Dumoni boosted at the opera house that
be had defended himself against three men
who attempted to rob him, when Maupin
told the whole story, and produced the watch
and sntf-box as proofs of his cowardIce and
the Gaming. Another person only escaped
her chastisement by publicly asking her par
don, after hiding hmselfa the Palais Royal
for three weeks AT ball given by the bro
Their ofthe king of France. she put on mems
clothes, and having behaved impertinently
to lady, three of the friends Of the lady, sup
posing her to be man, challenged her out
tor it, and she killed them all, when cody |
returning to the ball, she told what had hap
pened to the kings brother who obtained |
her pardon.
After some further adventures in Paris,
she went to Brussels, and became-the favorite
of the elector Of Bavaria, becoming tired of |
her, sent her purse of 40, 1000 livers, By the
husband OF the woman whom he made his
next tavorite when she threw the purse at
his head telling him it was IL recompense
worth such scoundrel as himself She then
to the stage, which she Quilted in
100. She was at length seized with tit of
devotion and recalled her husband, passed
The rest of her life with HIM in II very pious
manner, and died in 1907 aged 81 wears
When Daniel Webster was delivering his
memorable speech at the dedication of Bun
ker Hill monument the crowd pressed for
ward to such an extent that some were faint
ng and some being crushed. Officers stroye
n vain to make the crowd stand back; they
aid it could not be done. Some one asked
dr. Webster to make an appeal to them
The great orator came forward, stretched
orth his hand, and said in his deep stento-
ian tones, Gentlemen, stand back 1t
annot be done, they shouted. Gentlemen,
tand back, he said without a change Of
dice. 1t is impossible, Mr. Webster, im-
ossible.' Impossibley repeated Mr. Web
ter, impossible? Nothing is impossible
n Bunker Hli,' and the vast crowd sway
d, and rolled back like mighty wave Of
he ocean