The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-04-11
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u,,rIo. March 3, 1901. A rare re-
al Of the Scriptural saying concern
tt4 honor of prophet in his own
ps ,ty is found in this sequestered
U h place of departed greatness.
u l,,s+s Of all the Bonapartes seem to
" THE stranger at every step, from the
W. s,ss where they lived to the crypt
,r. they lie. Nearly every street in
-,vu bears the name of some men,
,- The family. Statues and portraits
Avn every square and public building;
J" hardly rock or tree for miles
.o,i {, without it's tradition of Napo-
neyhood. Even the city walls,
.nr fortification overlooking the
- were Napoleon'S work, when he
Young lieutenant in the service
.a,.a The fort, with its wide moat
r5asing battlementS-now garri-
..Jy french troopS-is ludicrously
..r.a., for the time and place, but
-st, may have been more fit in
5,.0heu The little island was striving
.-A l5s for independence. In the
.,rsl a plain and remarkably ugly
..,.tlfco ii the 10th eentury-you may
a angels in the same font where all
81. glr Bonapartes were baptized
...., -r,pecting then that five of the
... .ds would afterwards wear
--or, AID the custodian will tell you
.t4-r.- ufant Napoleon howled like
.-.oael Wien the water touched him.
-.ot -g. best buildings in the town
t. .lote lie Vile, near the market
r.5.-., exclusively devoted to relics
,-. B1uaparte family. Among the
ras IrrIrsting of these is afull-length
,srar # Carlo Bonaparte, Napoleon's
a-rer scattered all over the world are
,rt1ai, vi his handsome mother, but
r.- few were ever made of the obscure
-H.e. Vho died at the age of thirty
..f eaUe his later illustrious son was
,4- slnpiing. The guide-book says:
Ht Is represented in his lawyers
.--,. hlt if that is correct, impecuni-
n, IaRp rs must have been gay crea-
rrts DIV orsica' He is painted as just
sister, from a golden throne. clad in
e.t- arin trousers, crimson velvet
oa- trrkly embroidered with gold and
-4-, finest lace, one hand stretched
MI .rtoucally toward the distant sea.
In rer08ck hair is carefully curled,
,r-, ar-e. black and beady: mouth and
.n rather weak, and eyebrows ex-
-me.r fevated-as if in establishment
4, ts- luxurious surroundings, which
r.aHIy he never knew in life. Walls
aa tables are strewn with portraits
l ustS OF his wife, Letitia, still
eu ailed Madame Mere" and of
u child, Napoleon, illustrating
.uB 'age in his meteoric career,
l-rr even a bronze mask, taken i'm
leIHy-iy after death by order of Able
uga. whom Cardinal Fesch sent to
), ir-ua to administer the last sacred
lie- The dying Emperor. There is
oue title bust of the King Of Rome,
T0.I van in that curly-headed age in
..4 the spirit of his sire in the
full throat and firm, square jaw.
T. H- conner stands a life-size statue
# IWfIer Jerome, as King of Wur-
-H- presented by himself to his
-tft Town. There is also an imposing
arls If Uncle Fesch. in his Cardi-
%. l.eS several ''presentiments" of
g--r- son: and so on through the
a.- list Of relatives, all made famous
,1e Nan of Destiny.
u,a the Bonaparte subject in prop
'oTg vOu should take a carriage and
le Trough the Cours Grandival, to
Ell s.. tNiltu NIOuuO dl tllc oAUloult
i--oftne town where the boy Napoleon
.s~, .o spend much of his time in dreams
aud eslons,-especially after having
--1 rdiculed by his playmates, with
-.n .e was always unpopular. 1t is
4H ta'lya grotto, but few enormous
Q'asrs tumbled together, forming a
Sf uatural arch on the olive-coyer-
cd Slope overlooking the town. 1t is
.lryf ne most enticing places in the
lagnuarhood, and in full view of the
parade ground. Perhaps it was here
'at Apoleon, lying for hours in the
'-aoe and watching the troops at their
aAg conceived his first ideas of mil
.al glory A little farther on in the
dAe suburb you see large and hand
"aeHG1se, standing well back from the
Road u the midst of carefully kept
selAas shaded by noble trees. The
g'sirS perched in stiff row along the
0'sr Of its roof indicate that it is in
'At way connected with Napoleon, the
Lelenr and enquiry discloses that
4s"as the home provided for Madame
Ne'e by her dutiful son in the days of
Us li0~perity, when the house in St.
aoi'e- street was no longer befitting
"emot.er of so many kings. The place
: l'" "ned by Count Hoccichi, a great
sai'l7on of Eliza, one of Napoleon's
Sisters
'hH back to town you 60 to visit the