Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-25
NUMBER: 38.
BONAPARTR PRINCES.
Lueien Marat, and Joseph Ron.p.rt.
I Mannsel B. Fields "reminiscences {

luoien sfarat, and Joseph onaparte.'
I Mannsel B. Fields "reminiscences of
Men contains the following:Z -,
In. the spring of the yeaf 1873 Imade
q flying trip to Europe for HID benefit
of my health. We 1elightfil
passage, to whish the 1tiEeeahl lenassaof
my fellow-passengess largely contrib:
nted. One ofsthe nest pleasing and
entertaining of them was Prince 0ucien
Murat, next TO whom I acsids si1tAlly lap
xss % s5Eag e. Sgk Is 4f.beSs i! dsske <hst as
advantage, be could from thensvolufion
Of the previous. FshEparJIssA found
him most good humoredt zjoviaf com
panion, possessing switkal, oas good deal
of = certain kind of Wit and shfewdness.
He was extremely careless sabout his
person, -voraci0us feeder, and ~the
Wost~ ~foEasiii1 eaDa2e-s met.
Unfortunately for me- his, state-room
was exactly opposite nine and, as lie
always slept With the door open, / en-
|joyed tho fnli. hene9t, of the. terrible
noises he made in lis sleep. More than
once, after lying sw1ke f6f hours 7
used, in sheeR. .despesatiou, 10. .hurl; my
boots at his berth, which rather forci-
ble protest he always: took very: 3imhia=
bly,. His, proportions webesalseady> Of
the Daniel: .1embezt, ,ordez,, b9s they.
increased consid derably aftelwafd. The
last time saw him was ii .the wear
1861 at Paris. 4,He ivaa then in full
uniform, and covered With orders and
the "brilliancy Of 1his sttire, united
to- the prodigousnessr ;of his person,
made him . sight to behold, What
changes his fortunes have undergone!
To be elevated from - 1srts of New
Jersey sQuatser TO- b. asmenbec Of the
Imperial family OF France. With. at one
time squiht at the throne of& Naples,
agsin 'stnk position of an Of
shoot ofsatls outcass dynastS ii
The sge Prince used to ryeex upon Bis
head q very o!d dirty, and dllapidhted
soft telt hat, which in it'll 6ssts estate
could hardly have been. ornamental.
Apropos Of this hat he told me shat,
before he left homo, his Wife, Who re-,
NAMED in this1 eountty Aoavuitsvents,
insisted that he, should procure
proper black hat as soon as, !. he
reached town; that unless he: would
promise to do 90 she declined to &c:
company him here and see him eof1.
That he told her he could not afford the
extrayagance, and. it, she imposed 30
unreasonable . condition, upon giving
him her company TO New Yorf. .sLe
might astays in New ,Jsrseys He had
with him the famous white plpmewhich
field Of battle, or rather the Whalebone
remains" Of II the feathers having long
ago fallen victims to time and the
moths. r,j T.. .-~~;-n;t
He had acquired great and some.
what enviable reputation in New Jersey
as a horse-jockey. It was said thatshe
would start of from home fox = Jour
ney upon. the back of . sorry Roslnante.
and return, after IN absence of several
weeks, driving stylish peix Of horses
before an elegant carriage, the whole
being the result of . SeFies of success.
ful ssoaos He possessed . great natu:
cal taste for mechanics, and, from his
conversation, seemed TO consider Hr,
Stevens, Of lHoboken5 the greatest
sas e. g 3s1y sse sseh sse amused asa vith con.
versation had With him one afternoon
about his uncle, J0seph Bonapaste. /
we'll remembered the ex- King, for 10 .
child I had spent beveral years - .
board9f at TIE st666l 6f the brothers
Peuenet in sNev,Yotk, gdistinguished
officers Of the Grand Army, st whose
house Joseph was . frequent Sunday
visitor. = / viii tRysto Fereat wla& the
Prince said - neerlK =. 1eenresolect
it, in his own words; =,
'e ''sMy'unole Joseph wsas 4 very yestima.
bic man, with one greattweahneasr-his
excessive and ridiculous a&ectation.o of
philosophy and maftyfd0na. He had
besn King of spain; and yet rbes had
become resigned to iye IN ObscuEity in
republic He used TO bore me TO
death with his 1onsense, Until OFT day
/ lost my patieDee and almost ny tenn
per. I am weary of these absurd pre-
tentio1s, r said t6 him. You are not
half the .plilosopher II am Q6midre
for . moment onr respective fates, YoA
were born miserable Corsican peas
ant. You happened TO Have brother
who; possessed moro brains than are
frequently allotted TO mapkind., He
grasped the scepter 81 the world, and
elevatedyou to the rank 'of>a sovslAign.
You had not very quiet time of it in
your exalted position, It ID trne, and
! you weie soon compelled to deseend
kemr it, But you eaaesto tho grousd
unharmed-with not feather rpa1ed !;
and While your illustfiods' brother was
completing' his destiny On s1barrea
rock ip. the midst Of q distant ocean.
| you retired in safety to this charming
place, where you are living like q
Prince auxroundad hx ~ the refine
ments of life, with the comfortable in.
oome' Of sixty thousand collars pei
annum. II, ON the contrary: Nj; born
on the steps of q throne. Ny father
Twas shot in Italy; 7 was condemned "a
q hkerfateat 0ibrsltnrf escapod with
Iextreme difficulty, and with nothing but
my life :: / got to, America, and have
ever since bee1 . poor New Jersey far.
! ner. w And Lteket thiags as. they soome,
without even imagining. that I bays
fcahse fdr complaint: 10 say nothing
ofinaztyfdom, ]: :sm . hundred times
more = philosopher than you arc. - y
Saint Nich9iaa.SyT 80 ?"
Sneakin9 of tho .,paksOn, ss6dnt q,