The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-07-31
Salad for tho Solitary.


I ed his advances, One winters night Il
, visit was prolonged 10 late hour, IN Il
meantime deep fall Of snow had fallen. /
! he len, his footmarks would betray him, an
yet TO remain longer would expose him n
less 70 danger, Al length the princess r,
solved 10 carry him on her back 10 a reipbbo
INK house which she did. Ithappcncd. how
ever that from the window Of bis chambe
The emperor witnessed this novel proceeding
and In lhc assembly Of tho lords ON the f1
lowing day, when Egiphlrd and his dnughte
we're prcacut, he asked what ought to be don
70 man who should compel q kings d,uph
ter to carry him on her shoulders throupl
frost and snow, ON winters night? The
answered that ho Is worthy Of death. Thl
lo'crh became alarmed, but the emperor, ad
dressing Egiuhard, sid, "llada thou Ioyet
my daughter thou shuuldst have come 10 mr
thou az, worthy Of dclth,-but | give the,
Two lives take thy fair porter In marriage
fear God, pud love one another" This wa,
worthy ono Of the greatest Of princess aud
also worthy The imitation Of many a purse
proud urislucrat Of later times.
The story Of the marriage Of Ldmart!nc +.
also one of romantic interest. The lady
whose maiden name Nas Birch was possessed
OF considerable property, aud when passed
tie bloom OF youth she became passionatcl,
onnmorod OF the poet from the perusal ofhi,
"Mediialiousi' for some time she uurscd this
sentiment in secret, aud being appri.ed Of the
embarrassed state Of his affairs, she wrote
him. rendering him the bulk Of her, fortune.
Touched with thi, remarkable proof OF her
generosity, and surprising il could only De
caused by preference ,or himself he at
once made uu oayr OF hi, hand aud heart.
lie judged rightly mad the poe, was prompt.
ly accepted.
Many strange apologies have been urged
Tor marriage. Goethe said be- married 10 ub.
tain rr'Pcctab.iiy Wilkes welded to please
his friends. Wlehcrly, in hi, old age, took
his servant gil,to spite his relations. The
Russians have a story ola widow who was
40 incou,omtc for the los, of her hu, band.
that She took another to keep hcr Gom fret.
ting herself To death.
We remember to have read somewhere no.
account Of a most rScuuhr, instance &C ,s,.
JuG"I ldtltiy aud devotion, which II not
apocrylhal. is cglAiulY MilLnul- Il aarallpl-A
young nohlrmln Of Genoa, who held large
estates ia Corsica, whittier hc used to repair
every few years to regulate his affairs, had
married beautiful creature named Mouimia,
an Italian. They lived for some wears in uu-
felicity, till, alas for the mutations
of tine, thc devoted husband was compelled
TO defer no longgrn Ill IN Tic -l-l-l-..f l.i-
possessions. During his abscrcc, the island
being ut the time in q state Of iusuucction,
a report reached the cars of the anxious
SP"H-e, lhut hr had ftllru victim 10 the
popular fury and revolt. About the same
time, as be was passing along the harbor, be
overheard some sailors, who had just arrived,
talking of the d,Dtb.of Gcuocsc uublcman's
wife, then absent from the republic. The
name Of his beloved wife was at lcngth men
toned when all suspicion yielding to the
painful eotr-iction that it was indcc Ter of
whom they spoke, he became so ovcrpowrrcd
with grief that he swouncd away. On his
recovery he determined to lose no time In re-
pairing to his home, in order to ascertain the
'crtainty of the report. Strange as it may
'ppear, simultaneously with this, the equally
distressed wife res olved upon similar pro-
'cdurc. They both took ship-one for
Corsica, the other for Genoa a violent storm
overlook both vessels, and each was ship
wrecked upon dcsolatc island in the Mcdit-
Marmi's ship first made land, and
he diSc0nsolate widower, wishing to indulge
,is grief wandered into the cmbowercd
ccesscs Of ncighboring wood. Soon after.
wards the Genocse ship landed Monimia,
With one of her maids actuatcd by similar
emotions, she bent her sorrowing steps to the
,amc retreat. They each heard the other
of their bitter fate when, moved
~ mutual curiosity to see their com paniun
in gricf-iudgc Of their ama2ement and rap-
urous surprise, when they instantly recogniz-
ID in each other the dear object of their
lrdent solciNlde and affection. One long,
training and passionate embrace, and they
expired Their remains were
onycycd to Italy and rcpose, in their dream
css sleep, under a magnificent mausoleum.
1t is admitted on all hands, 10 be both T
clicote and difficult thing to pry into wo-
mans age; and the embarrassment becomes .
increased in the exact ratio of its advance,
specially in the case Of an Unmarried lady T
he precise epoch at which the epthet old
nay he admissible, is no less involved in .
MYSTERY. A fugitive passage from con-
empory pen comes to our aid in the present
imemmu. Douglas Jerrold furnishes the
blowing facetious paragraph, and the reader
ill take IL for what it is worth
Eve, it is well known, was sixteen years
ID when she ans awakened at the side of
et husband Sixteen years old say ancient
,ritcrs and that so boldly, that they, must