Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-04-02
CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL O. 1879

of sacred cbapts nj nr;ests tho air was
fnll Of incident songs ot n ribald SOL
dierv Thennbonny narent djsregard-
inc ibe bavonets which threatened him
knelt on tbe stones before the iron
rates beat;ng his breast and wcenino
es If his heart would break. he reeited
the nravers for the dead and beoped
God's nardon and mercy for his cbild
whom he saw denrived of Christian
burial and the Cburcb's boIv benedic.
tion II was heart rendinp. and made
me m for davs "
You must exouse nv friend. the in.
Conference of INV narration; / write
iust as nv memory recalls the Incidents
without anv nretence Of order seven
years have passed but NV mind i still
80 strongly impressed that all the
varied details ara fresh in NV recollec.
tion, although | may not, in this terrible
whole, recall them in regular sequence
What | relate have suffered, felt or
seen, and give you the exact truth
as it runs from my pen.
We had reached the most critical
period-the height, so to speak--of the
rule of the Commune. Although as
women we were exempt from any call
to military service, our situation on
that account was none the less terrible.
The ruffianly hordes who held Paris in
their grasp were subject to no law, no
restraint, save that of their own ca
price, and they gave full vent to their
passions with daily renewed delight. If
any woman were good. Hooking, they
hesitated at nothing to satisfy their
brutal lust II any one seemed rich or
well. l.to-do, they simply decreed what
they wished TO take aud pilaged with
out ceremony. How many homes were
plundered and burned, prisoners shot,
women ruined by these bloody miscre-
ants
Rut I will cont;pe mvself IN my own
sxnerience Oneat,erooon afteya dav
nassed wi,hout food went 10 seek as.
sistance from a sis,er whose husband
was emnloved at ,be Imnrimerie Ma.
tionale She lived IN Rne VieiIle dn
TemnIe hut as paris was full of bar.
ricades I had IN make a long detonr
/ was re,nrning home abont dark tired
On, and disheartened at The li,,le helm
nv nv E s;S,ar oonid atrord hn, hrrrv;nrr = =
hocL 70 NV nnrchases for our even;n e e
maai AZ Pa oarner Of ,he Rue de
TSa,o.. T S,Ean 'ns un;oado and no
nass;ua ras allawad ,ho of,cer on
,nard ed,;sod mo 20 ao rornd hr tha
Bna do Rondv and n6t heing drink
limited his ;mnertinences N words
nan, ronnd ,5o l;,,le souoro ,encsd in
hv an Ion ra;I;na and an,arad tho Rno
ds Rondv Here was guardbonse
@ "a y, ,Sa aaasa sont;nai rsal;na ahon,
with b;s mnsIet on his sbonlder
"Who aoes ,bsre ~ ba cried / an.
a,ranod nO % ,,;sh ,roohi;ra ro;oo 90 or;cL
I, asI oonid ond triod ~ nass A
s,oand ,;n,a 10 roared oa, "opi v;vo 9i
ond ;n,rad;o,o,r tollowod ~ ronort q,
Liz M ,nna,,o, - and HaII wh;s,Ied by nv -
oS oara FiIIsd I m;,h ;nd;ona,;on s1rano
coward @ tho rnt,ian hardly had / reach
Dwa'u .no iun'au n"iu'y nov 49,.
ed MS sioe wheh from tue guaruhVusc
came an omcer IN ePaulels anu nace
more ike beasts than men. who sur.
roundad mo The oficer tried 10 com.
prebend NV complaint of the brutal
tahar;or =; M san,;noi bnt bo wos
too r,nch nvercomo 70 understand and
sndsavored 10 throw b;s arms oronnd
no and an,hraoa mo s,rtter;n, On,
With dr,nLan h;cconsb aAil rigbt INV
nrs,,v c;,;1en nv soldier triad ~ In
thes d;d he9 Wan ri be kinder thar
he md I,n nrove 4 IN thee. come y
7 snaro rorr oars tbe words bo used
hri YpI o. i, v ,r;od 70 se;rs % mo in b;s arm,
,rasnod ,he n;stol hanaina in h;s halt
"a snr;un;no hocL cr;a5 on, am bIou
,he MANS opt Of tbe first man WHO
tonobas ~ now aUaI horo iaugbef
ona - ,ha ros.oIs comnan;ons asb,
Ias Ino - on;oL ,n hand ,ha l;t,ia woman
i"aL E ont tor harn GRv Cod . exclaim
od SJ ,ha oeicor asbe nIessos mo wan,
% Sor az and ri have her p Again be drew
near I aimed tbe nistol at his head
ia ,ronsnor,ed With rage and fnrv
cr;ed [ aTrv If von dare Nv fnge
,, was t;cbten;n;ng on the trigger w6e,
an old woman loading n litile girl b,
,ho hand anneared and rnsbing inf,
,ha crowd Win orms akimbo exelaim
od I sWeIl, weIlI What Il ali tbisY Tn,
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