Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-01
A LOST LIFE.

Three weeks ago there was found dead
in hi haase al Djou, France, Paul Le-
grand, u man of seventy-one, and Il we'll
KNOWN character Of the city. Evidence
OF sticiie, ia the presence Of u bali emp
tied laudanum bottle and . tumbler with
Ehe degs ofn dose ofpoi,on in the bot
tom, were at hand, and on the table be-
tide them was the folio~ing most curious
memoir-a memoir which Will take its
place in the collection OF the literary GU
riosities Of ihr century. aud by which the
authur seems to have proved, very con
ehsiyely for himself At least, that, dying
Al the age Of seyenty-one, lie had not re-
ally lived nj all
/" An tsuttrring. pain, ennui. dr-pqir,
sorrow. de,Ie and rgret, should be tux
en from our lives" be writes and then
proceeds 10 deduct those experiences
fr,nt bis own seoieof yralsisnd to foot
np the loss.
The whole memoir may perhaps be ex-
pniped by one "i it, opening clsu o.:
,weansd. lii sa.ys. - At six | spoke. hu t
badly; at seven years | cracked my
skull, and at nine WAS cured. ] there
fore deduct these nine vesr- from nv ex
irn'e-for il eau not be csH,d lite to
dint NE solir mix Of nurse, to speak
incoheicntiy. Ia mack one. skull.
At min" year, I began NV studies 4;
but having u bad head, 10 Consequence
o. nv cracked .kull, I Wa slow of in
ktruction. At the end Of two years |
Knew nv slplmhet, but et what cost
The letter alone cot me ] 400 blow.
Nib the ruler. aud the 4 aeehlyaIiiep oil
ers maftyrrd ne. At tWrlve years |
Could Rad it was true, but my body
wns wraled with those a 'phsbetica scars
They now cnaeav0rod to teach me
a,ih. afia ] mre5t my French. At ff
tr'H years knew absolutely n"'hing s.,
all, srd in consequence Of II brenl and
wafer diet wns mcIe -keleion. there
fore 4 duet Cor, my scha6l-days, six year,
moro rom miserable life.
.7" ~ fft,r.n my father appreutirod me
ssa clerk TO n notary. Nov commence
a new SPECIES Of maItvidpm. rose ~
fiA, swept the Office. built HE fire. nd
Wa kicked tg tlnshond clcrk,, while my
father in consequence uf tho complaint.
mad" ""nin-t me deprived me- nf my din
ner. The Eve wears spent thi. way !
deduct IF whnt i, left of my life.
. a: twenty years my father, di>gnstod
viii ne. shipped me on . ves,el IT Cler
bourg. I washed the foroosstle. coilod
the cah'rs. cliHbpd the ma~t-. reD'eA the
sails and received thirty blows on the
back with marlio spike every dpy.-
This lsstad lnr karvcars, and at the end
hod no buck lrn at an
At twenty four g,trs nv f.,lar mqi
me- a m" Ger, and marrid me 10 the
daughter ot,as tu ner.s rOu the nirht ~
tn" wedding / discovered that my ~iG
had n wnodrn leg manufactured hv h.r
fnih"r. The pnur woman ma3r M q
thousand exc l-cs, md pn'1oued her IN
Consideration Of her duwrv ot 90oc(
frames, invested in a mortgage on Gnut.
alpupe sugar plantation. PA, soon ih
ncgroes Of Gaudnlolpc rcvolted aud burn
cd my dpwry. Nothing was LEFT me bui
the ~ooden leg.
: AT Thirty Yeas lost my wiz Of 4
tnmor ON her good leg. had ps-sed tho
six years Of NV married i.a 'epesting ev.
cry minute, What fool was 10 tax,
that wooden leg :! therefore deduc
the-e six years from my life.
Having, 1iEe AZ the uotla. spcnt :
third of nav bite IN sleep, Iid..iuct twcn
ty-t"ur wears more, which j. le.s ihsn u
Just estimate, H. nm great sleeper.
" One yrnr bot, inmate for minute
In hunting for the key OF nv secretary
which | always misinid Three year,
vsnished-by my-HesItipg sneir rrrr,, lya -
What time j. it p 1t is bad wrajhol
10 day, Fmtrea.' Mon Dion Mon
Diau !! etc, etc. Six months spent IN
backing my bonts. aud six il brushing
my Int. One year lost ~ the he'ucrt
acts at theiheatre. Another IN lhteniuc
TO new plays. One year again in com
claiming OF soup. with too much ssit in
them. or oveldqne ctlet-. h.diS@tial.
aud hard eggs. Total, then, seventy one
Sest'.I MA IA CHA %~i f
"d~tlfink. then That IN rfndcring n
my life 10 G ID, ] am not ma in! him a
present q siiythiqg.of' much account"