The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-16
The Patterson-Bonaparte Mar
riage
riage

mate-Beauty On JaChaSos WV
From the Washington MAY 22) Correspon
dence New York World.
Among the residents of Washington
are some charming OLD ladies who coulu
All column after column with the :" 81"
cial GOSSIP of other days One OF thes'
was = schoolmate OF Madame Bonapalte,
and has much to say OF Betsy PatteI
sons" conquest ana the way IN which u
was accomplished. OF the brilliant
beauty and remarkable conversations
now, RS OF tn S woman, whose history ma
had so much of tragic romance ABOUT T.
her friend says too much cannot De a'
firmed. She was justly entitled 10 All
the admiration she received, ana, ever
now, that her beauty Is gone, her Intel
lect is clear, and her wit ana readiness III
conversation have lost little OF the nre o.
her youth. Mary" she exclaimed, III
an earnest address to her frlead, le"
wears ago, TO think OF a woman or my
ambition beng SO crushed Sne show
ed a most beautiful Likeness ct herself, az
she was, to some ladies, with perfectly
innocent and surely not wonderful pride
in It's ioyeiiness, and said: Do you see
how pleased anu happy look mat
was because ali the time was sitting the
arust was telling me how much ne al
mlred me, and how handsome was.
Sbe was told she ought to allow Inc pie
ture to be copied, but she Indignantly
refused to do ST., saying IL was ior her
grandson, and no one else shoulu nave u.
'Ihe captiyating of Jerome Bonaparte was
done of 8aaLtce prepopSe. she had heard
tb;s a rival in Baltimore, and when the
ladv who tells the story went to visit her
at 6.r fathers country seat, a few miles
60, that clty. ON the York Rad, The
conver,at,on turned on tue newly arrived
Eranchmau Said the visitor: :" You
must come and see me soon, Betsy, ana
- R,nanarte." II shall come, re-
piled the young lady, "prenared Tor con
ou,st. Oh, To 60 to France as MS WIZ,
and be the admiration of all Europe!
A few days afterwards she went to Bait,
mnrp ;. heard voices in the street,
saws the friend, land, looking out the
window, | saw Betsy coming on y 3@c6-
nss I'm this way i seems the beauty
rode on to glory. The next day there
were races. and Betsy attended them,
wearing white wig.
Il wss the fashion in those days for la
dies to wear wigs of every imaginable
color. A belle might appear IN INC
morning with red HAIR, at noon WIZ"
white and at night with brown, her own,
perhaps, being black, as was the case
with Miss Patterson's, which was OF
heautiful shade of black-not the lnky-
black, nor vet the blue-back wearing
har white wig and seated In the carriage
with other ladies, she was introduced by
Commodore Birney to Jerome Bonaparte'
Who was at once struck with admiration
of the "Grecian beauty" rs she was Cal
Ia while rival belle, who afterwards
,,,srr;.d one af Jerome suite, was known
90 +ba !. Roman beauty. The same day
General Smith, the hero OF Muuloi.'' ;,
gave dinner to the Frenchmeh' ao "illcl
Miss Patterson appeared, wearing n'l
own hair, and completed the conquest ~
the spot. Jerometold her sac was 81
much more beautiful when adorned py
her natural tr,sses thar she coaid posi-
bIy be in any wig that she never again
donned one of those moHstfos Ties
In the course OF few days young 30
nanarte gave grand ball, and Miss Fat
terson was his partner. In the dance ht
threw over her head gold chain, tf
which was attached a mlnaturr likeness
Of himself set in diamonds, and the lady
bnre i, off in triumph Thus the engage
mont was made. Miss Paterson's father
however, disapprovtd. and sent hel
swav TO what is termed the wllds OF
VIRGINIA. Jerome's low penetrated ever
70 that secluded spot, and he succeeded
in having letters carried 60 her Wheh
Mr patterson discovered this, he made
NO further violent opposition, but brough
his daughter home, and, In snort tlme
the marriage took place. WI eh TIT
Young couple were ready to goto Europ
Mr. Patterson, who was merchant arc
sbinovper. fitted out one Of his own YES
sells "a convey his daughter In regal styl'
70 that France which she hoped to con
oucr by her besuty. Alas ! alas! SIT
reached It onlyto find every port CLOSED
against her by the Emperor order'
message from Napoleon that MS ofoIhe
should come at once to Paris to consui
with his Majesty was conveyed 10 tn'
ship, and hoping all things, the Dflue
groom departed, making sure hes coui'
win his sovereign's consent 10 MS mar
riage in a personal interview lie neVe
saw his wife again. The emperor TOT
hade his return, and she, after awaiting
him in vain. was taken to London 3,
her brother. There her son was oorn
She met Jerome once, years Afterwards
in Florence, in picture gallery; Inc.
recognized each other instantly but u
gentleman who had accompanied the dc
serted wife led her away at once am
the next morning Jerome Bonaparte lei
the city.
An.xarRous PLAYrHING.-A lady wa
recrntIy out walking, accompanied by ne
nurse and two children, near st. Louis, VINE