Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-10

=, hfndered by reason of state from
| showing his affection for the son OF
Lafayette. BE took the young man
to Mount Vernon and laviShed upon
him, until his departure for France,
all the attentions and care of loving
father. His father, the Marquis de
| Lafayette, and his other so1I. visited
| the United States directly after the
close of the revolution, and again in
| 1924.
| In 1896 the young duke of Orleans.
, who thirty-four years later was
| known as Louis Philippe, lie Ral des
| Francois. after his father was guillo-
| tined fed to America. He moved in
! the best society of New York and
was universally respected. He be-
| came charmed with one Of the daugh-
tiers of William Bingham, Of Phila-
| delphia, and made her an offer of
marriage. The prudent father de-
clined the royal alliance. and thus a
| Philadelphia belle narrowly escaped
ascending the throne of France, or,
perhaps, giving the world another eli
ton of the Bonaparte-P Pa tterson case
In 1897 the dukes brothers, Duke
de Montpensier and Count de Beau
| jolais, joined him and engaged in
| business. Louis Philippe, after he
| became king, adverted freely to his
days Of exile. He startled a foreign
ambassador very much upon one oc-
casion by remarking that, ''When 1
o1r1-0 Of To ~
say that he was the first king who
had cleaned his own shoes"
Constantin Francois Chapeboeuf.
Count de Volney, French author and
freethi1ker. eXiled from France after
confinement by Robespierre, came to
the United States in 1895, and re-
NAMED three years. He was followed
in 1896 by DR.. Eric Bollman, who
had acquired some celebrity by his
, bold but unsuccessful attempts to
liberate General Lafayette from an
Austrian prison in 1895. He re-
manned in the United States for many
years. Prince de Rroglie came here
in 1872, and the Duke de la Roche
foucault-Liancourt in 1894. He was
also an exile, and a nObleman of an
cient lineage and liberal views. He
was particularly intimate with Gen
eral Henry Knox.
Andre Michaux and his son,
colonists, visited New York in 1896.
The latter was commissioned by The
FreDci. government to examine the
natural productions of the United
| States. He made a third visit N
! 1906.
New York had seen French noble
men, the very flower of that aristoc-
racy which, Notwithstanding it's many
| faults. was admired for its chival-
rOuS courage and elegance of manner:
she had seen the sincere patriot and
the demagogue; she had opened her
hospitable doors to a future king of
! France: she was now to see some
members of the Corsican family
whose eldest son. himself sitting on
the throne of the BourbOnS, placed
brother after brother on the thrones
of the countries conquered by his
military genius. frail monuments of
an insane ambition, which We're
destined to crumble into the dist Of
oblivion long before the young Amer.
lean republic would attain its full
growth or the last of Washington's
companions pass away from the face
of the earth.
Jerome, the youngest of the Bona
parties. whom his brother NaDoleor
had placed in command of French
frigate. came to New York in 1903
He did not remain very long. and. tc
all appearance. did not make much
impression on the New York bellies
although he was q handsome young
fellow, with a soft heart and softer
head. He went to Baltimore. where
he was more successful, for there he
won the heart and hand Of Miss Eliza
beth Patterson. the fascinating daugh
ter Of William Patterson. mer
chant The young couple came
to New York in 1904 on thei7
way to embark upon Jerome's frigate
Tie President The presence of some
English cruisers off Sandy Hook max
ing the voyage unsafe. they returned
and finally left this port in 1905.
1t seems as though Miss Patterson's
good genius had tried so long to pu
obstacles to their departure as warn
ing of the bitter fate which awaited
her in Furone. It were idle to re
count here the story of the yonne
wife'S wrongs to tell how the weat
hushan nd succumbed to NaDolaon't
stern will and renowned the wife HI
had sworn tn love and project. Thi!
American girl did not nine and di.
Of a broken heart because her hus
hand was taken from her and mad,
kline Of WestDha1ia. neither did sh.
crafty the desire nf the Omninotan
ernneror and consider herself simn1
Miss Patterson. She never ahdica +eI
hnr RIGHTS hrt rnfained nroUd1v tn,
. nann of Mrs Ponanartn She hora II
r,nrr17lin1 nv any act Of hnr-s. until hn
1aath az an advanco1 90 and DIR
mo hn- lone ar1 lonely life she SOW
thn n1i~htv Nan ,1eon buried from hi
inona~ia1 throne his hrothnr,
wandnrerS mon the narth and hi "
6nath She 1ivnd n 500 the enhn
neral restoration Of +ha Ponanar.t
dynasty. and her own rrandS ~
ornn+od as a cousin If The trird Va
no7non. She saw the fall of tho Sno
nnd annire end France q rnnnh1ic.
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