Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15
Fran slated for Appletons' Journal
A Forgotten Celebrity.

The following advertisement appears
every now and then in the COrriere dl
IOrin0.
lessons in German, English and hungarian
s'''''' ~ l.. KossUTH.
I6t Strads Nnoca."
The advertiser is none other than the
celebrated dictator of Hungary. lie Is
now almost utterly forgotten, even IN Hun
gary; he has grown very old, and Is now
so poor that he wilt gladly give you les
son for IA single franc. This would seem
very humiliating for him, and yet he is
proud of his poverty.
He says:
Three wears ago my friends at home,
in Hungary, offered me n present of fifty
thousand tiorins. Irejected the offer. and
never have regretted it, even when | was
hungry, and had no money to pay for
fire."
| had occasion, the other day, to call up
on him. | was no stranger to kOssuth.
Twenty years ago he had given me, in
London, a great deal of valuable informal
ton for my book, " Hungary in 1Sf9.o
found him in a very small room. in the
fourth story of a dingy old building. He
sat alone in an easy chair, poring over IN
Ola NoIuIllt. w iltll L tulCItt Itt Ni' iA''
recognize me- recognized him, and was
shocked. What change these twenty
wears had produced in his once handsome
and interesting face, His hair was en-
tirelv white. his cheeks wan and hollow.
and lis eyes utterly dimmed. His form,
once erect and proud, was now painfully
bent. He almost groaned as he raised
himself to bid me welcome.
,,-.,- l..,,1x- ,,,Dy-aI when | ipformp n
him who | was. His face frightened rs
he warmly clasped my hand.
"Oh. YES, oh. YES said he in German,
L know YOU now. Everybody forgets
me: no one calls upon NE: no one cares
any more for me, Why should | remem-
Der those who once were my friends?
To this objected. | asked him how he
could be forgotten when his friends IN
Hungary wanted him to return to his ma
tive country. and take again an active part
in its affairs.
Kossuth smiled very bitterly.
"Oh. yes" he said return To Hun
gary dishonored, with an oath Of allegiance
to the Hapsburgs who murdered my friends
and kinsmen, and who set Il price upon
my head. | am neither a Deak nor an
AndraSsy.
asked him how he got along.
Well. said he. sadly, We're my gooC
children and my poor wife alive Yet.
would be happy. even in my old age AM
poverty But they are all dead. and | am
very lonesome, That is what renders my
exile here, where people are 50 very kline
to me. so distressing. 1t would he n'
better in Hungary. | have no kinsfolk
anywhere hut in the New World.
:. WHY, then not 90 to America again
where Your name is still revcred?
vcnturrd to say.
oh. he replied, Il have often beer
sorely tempted to 90 back to the nlte'
States, but there are two obstacles in th'
way In the first place, 1t would COS
more than have to spare; and next, an
almost sure that. in my present enteeble'
condition. would be unable To bear th'
sea voyage.
All this was very melancholy. and has
tened to change the subject of our conver
sation.
| showed him the proof sheet of the chap
ter on Andras>y in my new work on Aus
tria He put on his >pectacle>. and hold
inc the paper in his trembling hand, rea'
carefully what had written.
Meanwhile had time to look around il
the room. Against the rear wall stood
narrow plain bed On the walls hun!
portraits of Mazzini. Bixio, kisz and
strangely enough, of Louis Napoleon. On
the bookshelf by my side noticed Veto
Hugo's AIMEE Terrible kinglake'
" Crimea, and ten or twelve well-worl
grammars On table, close to the bee
lay loaf of bread and II plate of drieC
meat.
To my dismay found that my glancine
round the room had attracted koSsuth,
attention.
Yes,'' he said with IA smile, You SCI
for Yourself now that am very poor; an'
vet, when Ileft Hungary in 1S49, | Wa
charged by all the mean organs OF th'
Hapsburgs with having enriched myself a
my country's expense. DO You know
what my whole income was last year
Within a fraction of eight hundred lire.
CLess than two hundred dollars.)
| shook my head sorrowfully. He tol'
me what he thought about the chapter OF
Andrassy, gave me plenty of valuable ant
interesting information on the subject, an'
then dismissed me, saying that it was tim
for one of his pupils to make his appear
ance.-Dr. Mr. Schlescngcr, Frankfor
GdyeUe.