Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-27

dorf), gentle as Phiinta, Obliging aS
Bonneau, Il shameless fatterer, all IN
faithful talebearer, and, when need is,
culumniator. A prince in his pupila ge
(Holsteinbeckl, smoking his pipe,
drinking brandy, never knowing what
he says, ever talking on what he does
not understand, ready at any time to
fly TO the parade, to hunt, to go TO
church, to go to brothels, or to go TO
supper with lieutenant, a lackey or
Nine. Reitz. Another prince (Freder-
lex Of Brunswick, famous for the
pains he took to diShonOr his sister,
and particularly his brother-in-law, the
present king; a libertine under the
monarch who was called an atheist; at
present Il mystic when the monarch is
supposed a devotee; a pensioner of the
FreemaSon lodges, from which he an
| nually receives six thousand crowns;
| talking nonsense from system, AMI,
for the secrets which he wreStS, re-
turning a multitude of half secrets,
| which are partly invented and partly
useless. A kind Of mad captain
| (GrothauS) who has seen all, had all,
done all, known all; the intimate friend
| of the prince of Wales; the favorite Of
| the king of England; invited by con-
greSS to be their president on condition
of conquering Canada; master at
pleasure of the cape of Good Hope; the
only man capable Of settling the af-
| fairs of Holland; an author, a dancer,
a runner, a jumper, farmer, bOtanist,
physician, chemist and lieutenant col
onel in the Prussian service, with an
! income of seven hundred crowns per
annum. A minister Count Arnim),
/ who dreams instead of thinking, smiles
instead Of replying, reasons instead of
determining, regrets at night the lib
erty he sacrificed in the morning, and
wishes at once to remain indolent ON
! his estate and to acquire the reputa-
ton Of a minister. y reigning prince
(the duke of Weimar), who imagines
he has Wit because he can interpret a
rebuS; is cunning, because he pretendS
to swallow his own sarcasms; a
philosopher, because he has three poets
at his court, and a species of hero, be
cause he rides full speed in search of
wolves and boars. Such being his
favOrites, judge of the man.
DO you wish to estimate his taste
by his diversions? Tuesday was the
great day OH which he went to enjoy
the pleasures OF the imagination at the
German theater! Here, in grand pomp,
he was accOSted by a dramatic COM
pliment, which concluded with these
/ words: May that kind providence
that rewards all, all great and good ac-
lions, bless and preserve our most
gracious king, that august father OF
his people; bless and preserve all dhe
royal house, and bless and preserve
us al Amenr' The king was sc
highly enchanted with this dramatic
hOmiIy that he has added another
thousand crowns to the five thOuSa nc
: which he had granted the manager
and has made him a present OF foIl
chandeliers and twelve glasses to dec
+ crate the boxes. tSarcaSmS innumer
able. on the French theater, accom-
panied this act of generosity.
Would you judge him by military
: favors! a pension of three hundred
, crowns has been granted to Captain
! Colas. VINO had been eight and twenty
, years imprisoned in the citadel OF
, Madgeburg, and the rank OF Lieutenant
, general bestowed on Borck, his ma
jesty's governor, who is eignty-tW'
, years of age.
= .'Or of his court favore The cham
t berlain's key sent to that extravagan
: baron Bagge, who, indeed, presented
: hundred louis to Reitz, and forty Il
| the person. who brought MIN this gif
: Of royal munificence.
1T has been insinuateu to his ma
{ jesty that he had displeased the cltl
zens, on his return from Prussia; the
army, from tie tilst day Of his reign
tie general directory, by :en lering i
null; his family, by b"ins polite IN
7 stead OF friendly; the priests, by hls
project of 4 third marriage, the pen
, sionerS, by the suppression OF th'
: tobacco monopoly; the court, by NE
confusion or the delay i'll the State
t mem OF the accounts, and that there
; fore it might perhaps be imprudan
/ for the present, in the moment Of eff
feryescene. to accept OF the statue
) that had been proposed by the city
Of Konigsberg.
care you DESTROYS of an index to the
respect in which he may be held by
foreign nations? The Poles have re
fused a passage to the horses, for re-
mounting the cavalry, coming from
the Ukraine. l need not tell you such
! I, refusal would never have been made
to Frederick H.
The fat king not only neglected lis
queen shamefully, but kept her sadly
short of money:
The queen is not satisfied with the
choice that has been made Of Count
Bruhl, neither is she with the regula-
tons of her household, and therefore
she is again contracting debts. She is
only allowed for expenses of every
kind fifty-one thousand CROWNS per an
mum. 1t will be difficult for her to
make this sum supply her real wants,
her generous propensities and her nu-
merous capriCes. Blind to the amours
;; of the king, she can see the disorder
of his domestic affairs. The day be-
fore yesterday there was no wood for
the fires of her apartments. Her house
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