Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12

OS. !, ID MS, PR
mo oTHER OF NAPOLEON.
d How Nine Mere Rose, from Pow
erty to srIendor: y
Mmes Mere Napole n's Moth-
S;erl tby Baron Larrey, is the book
which attracts most attention this
s season. Baron Larrey, as son Of the
s great surgeon Of rSapol leon is
ibett ter prepared to write 8 history
& Of the mother Of the great man in;
8 dern history, because from his
earl chill dhood he has collected
ocuments and prepared notes. u
Besides Baron Larrey has the.
advantage Of having been :,arson-;;;
ally + acquainted with laetitia
Ramol olina Bonaparte, as in 1884,
with his father, he visited Nine.
ERE in the Palazzo Rune Gin, her
home IN Rome.
Those who are familiar with
DavitPs Marvellous painting called
ss cremation Of Josaph phine, re-
member The astonished, trinm-
phaIlt. expression the artist has:
giyento Napo poleon,s mother, and
certainly her life was one success.
sion aof triumphs and astonish-
ments.
Marie Letitia Ramolino married
Ghas. Bonaparte at Ajaccio, Cor
sica, and became the mother Of
thirteen children; /; and whom.
her husband died, eight of these
children were still living. An in
surrection drove them from their
home, and withsab utely nothing
except the clothing they wore,.
Letitia Bonaparte and her children
Z arrived at Marseille However,
she was q brave woman, ,and Napo:
leon ut st. Helena said g Ny
mother had a mans head on a
woman's bod /" Those who saw
their more than modest home at
that time could never have dream
aed that each member Of that.
family would some day wear q
crown. The future mpress-moth her.
spnn from early dawn till late at
night Nhiiles Caro- line, the future
queen nsof Naples; did the market
ing Elsie, TIE tpre queen of
kept the a:c coants and.
'sPaunns, Who was to becoms Pfin-
cess Borgnese, swept and busted
the house. Their destinies we're:
in the hands Of . young man, thin
@and small, who Was placed near
the cannon at the siege of Toulon.
The port was ceded to.the English,
but the unknown young man re-
captured the town amid cries of
vive la republique. From that day:
fortune took him by the hand and
led him from victory to victory un-
til she placed him on a throne.
That young man was the youngest
son of the widow Who could hardly
buy bread for her children.
have counted among my friends
several members of the Bonaparte
family, and from them I have
heard of the astonishment dis
played by Bonaparte's mother when
she realized the change in her posi-
ton. She, who had lived in a poor
cottage, had a palace; she, who
had always walked, found coaches
and proud-stepping horses at her
disposal she. who had never
known the luxury of a servant, was
suddenly surrounded by chamber
lains; she, who had worried about
money to buy bread, allowed 1,0oO,-
coo francs year for her expenses.
Is it any wonder that she was as
tonished, feared it was 3 dream,
and could not continue? Pauline,
whoWas the tease of the family,
delighted III going about from shop
to shop. ordering jewels and gowns
in the name of her mother. merely
for the pleasure of hearing the
Corsicans say in her patois, be-
cause she never really learned
French:
Pauline, do not buy anything
more; you spend too much
money 81.
Nothing made Napoleon more
furious than to hear his mothers
e objection TO spending money, be-
cause he wished every member Of
hia family to behaye as thonph