Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-06-24

sia in 1739. His parents were Ehe
me1ium SIZE. and hal a family .s s;s
children. FIVE sons AMI one ldaugssso sor-
Three Of the former, when fat arpwn
exceeded the middle stature bnt tie 9th
er two and the danahter attainal anIy
that Of children oe about the age Of Ef,ur
years. At the time of Joseph's birth he
measured only s inches in lcngth Ia,
he was neither weak nor defect se "a
his mother. who sucked him her. Fl. =
quentiy stated that rcsses esof tsssss.. t-s
gave her less trouble than be. His sis
ter, AnasjaSia seven years younger, is
represented by Him, in bis Memoirs, as
80 short, that she conli stand under his
arms. She was perfect model Of SYM
metry and beauty, having a lively and
cheerful temper and feeling and bene6-
cent heart At the age Of fifteen, being
then > inches high, hs was presented to
the Empress Maria Theresa, whc on one
occasion took him on her lap, ear.essed
him, aud asked him what he thought was
most curious qnd interesting at Vienna.
Ite answered that he had seen in that city
many things worthy OF admiration, but
nothing seemed so extraordinary as that
which he then beheld. And what IS
that O. inquired her Majesty "To see
s. little man on the lap Of so great a
woman, replied Brulawski. The En-
pres then wore ring on which was her
cipher in bri.liauts is hand ing in
hers, and &c looking attentiyc'y at tbls
Jewel, she asked him whether the cipher
was tre;ty. Il beg your Maiesty's par
don, replied Boralawski; cit IS not the
ring chat am looking at, but the hand,
which | basepch your permission 70 kiss;
at the same time raising it to his lips
The flttored Empress thereupon took
very fine diamond riag from the finger of
Marie Antoinette, then child, and put
it on Borulawski's. The notice Of the
Empress procured him the attention Of
the whole court, and the marked hinlucss
of Count I{aunitz By-this time the 1t
tie man was abou. . Inches high, could
bear fatigue and lift great weights IN pro-
portion to his SIZE. possessed mental en-
crey and accomplishments, auI judg-
meut very sound understood arlthme-
tie. spoke German and French, was in
eenious in every thing he undertook,
lively in his rcpartees, and jast in his rea-
soning.
Bcsag once upon the lap Of the Prin-
cess Nassau Weilbourg, she said, . Are
YOU Ret very sorry you are not taller J!
No ne rsrI7s.,s,isif .n,i, I ~ should i, not
knee" Borulaa twice the VIC
tim cf tie tender passion, his first love
being an actress, whom be wished to mar
~, bat who laughed at him. The second
was a young French lady, lsalinn Barbu-
tan, whom, after much opposition from
his patroness, Countess Humlecka, he
married. Being informed, in few wechs
after his marriage, that lie was likely to
become father, and being somewhat I'M
pecunious, 1t was suggested that . second
visit to the courts Of Europe would cna-
DE him TO procure the means of leading
life of comfort. The king supplied him
with convenient carriage, aud oil ho
went. In due TIME daughter was born
to him. He travelled over Europe, had
letters to persons of the highest position,
so that in a few years he was enable to
retire with ease ard comfort. At the
end Of the last century, having been seen
By some Of the prebendaries of Durham,
he was prevailed upon by that body to
take up his abode for life in Bauk's Cot
tage, near their city, they engaging to
allow him handsome income. He ac-
cepted this offer, and enjoyed the clerical
bounty UP to the time Of his death, which
happened at the same cottage on SpteA-
ber 5, 1897, when he was niuety-ol@ht
years Of a5e,-W A. Seaycr, in Ho"-
per's Htg,t-ins for J,dy.