Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
CHARLOTTE'S MADNESS.
Distressing State of ter H1ind-Hovv
the Unhappy Empress Passes iler
Weary Days.


the Unhappy Empress Passes ne.
Weary Days.
Correspondence Of the London Echo.
The recent stories about the Empires.
Charlotte OF Mexico ct the, point oi
death were so far from being true thai
it now turns out that this unhappy lady
is in the possession of perfect bodily
health. Her mental malady, however
is worse than ever. She still remain,
at the Chateau of Tervueren. He1
madness has degeperated into kind o.
childishness, but is unaccompanied BY
any violence, such as is generally the
case with female lunstics. The EN-
press's mind is overcast, disdainful
and sometimes imperions, but quie,
and gentle, and as nearly all bel
caprices are satisfied, she has no rea
son to feel tormented.
She lives very retired and almos,
alone in two rooms Of the chateau,
where she takes upon herself the care
of her little house keeping. The only
person she will converse With-and tc
whom she appears attached, and VII
has an influence over ner-is the learn
ed and clever DR.. II -, Who II nov
charged exclusively with her treatment.
She receives him every morning fol
half hour, and is calm after ea0h OF
these interviews. The nine-and-twen.
ty other persons of all ranks who form
her household are far from enjoying
such favor; the Empress accepts their
attentions, but with vepuRnance, and
often rejects them. She dimes always
alone and standing. She fetches her
own plates from the adjoining room;
she arranges her own dishes, and clears
the table. The Empress is always
chilly and insists on having q blazing
fire. She lights and attends to it her
self. She is also fond Of having q
number of candles burning.
In order to prevent an accident, .
guard with lock and key was placed
before the fire; this precantion an
moved her greatly, and she complsirsd
to all the servants, and wanted thekey.
DR.. H-tcok the part of the Empress,
and, having pretended to scold the ser
wants, ordered the key to be given to
her. Since then she has kept 1t, and
always talks of the great victory she
won over the doctor. The greatest
part of her time is occupied in sending
telegraphic dispatches to Napoleon
III whom sine still believes to be on
the throne, and conversing With spirits,
which, she says, haunt :he upper stories
of the chateau, whose language she
boasts of knowing, and whose advice
she follows. Now and then she orders
q rich toilet to be made, which she
places on chairs and dummies, and
goes through the ceremonies of q court
reception. In her eyes, these dresses
and bonnets represent ladies of France
and Mexico. She fatters some, insults
others, and so passes part of her time.
She never wears any of these fine
toilets, and always appears in her
dressing-gown.
Not long ago she cut of oil her fine
hair and put it on one of her dummies;
nevertheless, abe insists on having hel
hair dressed every morning, and q do.
mestic has to 60 through he ceremony.
sometimes she takes q walk or runl
| about in the park. No affection has
remained in her heart, not even for he1
brother. She will not see either thu
king or queen, and the family are
obliged to content themselves viii
looking at her unobserved when sh<
goes into the park The fear of being
poisoned has disappeared, and she eat
anything with good appetite. Al
hope of cure has been given up, ani
the doctors say that her health il sucl
as promises long life.