Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-04-20
NUMBER IA.
Lwcretia BoJgia.
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l4hcittt bll10, Hh jbtu al noble
lirth, was one OF ,he most celebrated
boarding house keepers Of The Guecn.h
century. Bli a Strange Fatality seemed
to ovel'ale ihe mos. of those who ale
their hash at her table \ boarder
would apparently be perfectly well st
dinner, cracking his JOKES wiki Luereli1.
and sending his plate Tor ano;hrr piece
OF liver or asotag fora second piece If
pie, aud yet be a corpse before night.
The neighbors began to tail, about i, al
ter awhile Thcy shook their heads
every Time they saw an uadcuakers
wagon back zap in front OF BOrgia',
house; aud e. nan was observed to fall
down suddenly on The ,lrec, ana gasp.
aud gIoan, aud torn "a variety OF COLOR,
they woald a.. him "what caused thi,?
Did Lucrcti1 boarl yt?" anal il he nod.
ded his head they kacw yery wr. he wa.
gone goose.
Lacrc,ia was q whole .oaicl generous
hearted woman. /, she dtJ any nice
ptlalab!e poison e51a. Jhc holso She a.
ways wanted some one ID have it. ia
boa,dcr lelt a li.tlc sicA. she stood ever
ready TO give him dose. and never
charged q ccnt. Arsenic as every body
knows wh) has ever taken cousdera-
bic quantity OF il. is very expensive
laNury, costing man lis life frequently,
and yet LucretjA gave dead loaf. of 20
biks. Nothing mean about her. She
nsyer made am account OF stryclnne,
not on the bill OF fare, and very gener-
ously through in corrosive sujIima,e
with the yictuais. Prussic acid served
in rooms without extra charge. 40 OIL
lection to children and nur,cs eating
Paris green at the first table. There is
no boarding.house Keeper ike her now
adsys lhat we kuow OF. Her coui,ine
was furnished with the very bet The
laboratory afforded. anl - tor wine, it
was simply drag ut her table.
Her death occurred in a singular man.
ner. She had son, by her first husband.
VINO. ignorant OF bis paren,age, went by
the name Of Geunaro, and was . soldier
ol fortune, though he hamtaay lo.tuue.
worth speaking o. Lgcrct.a snew who
he was. however. aad constantly Kept an
eye ont Tor him. She followed him
abou, to masquerade balls and the ike.
which excited the jealous ugo OF old
Borgii, who diln't know who he was.
bnt supposed h. was her lover.
Although such . thing a. a married
woman having a lover is almost unknown
in these days, il was quite common in
the fifteenth century. The Duke gave
Gennaro lot OF cold poison one night.
which Lucretia had laid away to warm
over for breakfast but his mother was
ready wiki IN autiIo,e. She read to
him resume OF the TI,on Beecher
affair; the young man vomi,ed and got
well.
But regarding the death OF Lucretia:
A lot OF wild young men OF Farrara com.
ing home from bal at daylight, had 10
pass the Borgia mansion. They chalked
insulting words on the front door. and
when Lucrctia saw them she determined
on revenge. She invited them all to
hex house to banquet Gcnnaro includcd)
dosed their wine. and sen. them all TO an
early grave. GeunAro she expected to
escape, rs he had sworn oil before a JUS
lice OF the peace The day before, but al
though he did not mean TO count the
time, he fell wiki the rest. lie lived
long enough however % ayenge his
friends, who had gone . liulc ahead OF
him. by stabbiug Lucretil, when she de.
clared the relationship existing between
them, in li,lle speech oi some i've min
utes length. Although young man.
aud lie WAS very dear TO him, when
Gennaro heard that he was Borgia, he
laid right down and yielded his breath
with resignation. Gentle reader has
Lucretia bored ye