Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-03-27

terest in the incidents OF the seven
years war. She hoped for a moment
that saxony would receive an increase
OF territory, but her hopes were dis
appointed.
Family Affections.
The humiliations of Saxony during
the seven years war We're a great
blow TO her pride and her affections.
as they deeply affected her father and
her mother, whom she had never seen
since she came to France. and who
Doth died without having the conso-
lation of saying good-by to her
She had other troubles and losses
very close to her. The eldest of her
daughters died very young. as we'll as
her second son the Due d'Aquittaine.
She lost the Due de Bourgogne later.
when the child was already ten We RS
old This child seems to have resem-
bled in many respects the pupil OF
FenelOn, who bore also the name of
the Due de BOurgOgne; he was not
urally very violent and irascible, but
gradually became mild and amenable
He was extremely pious. but even
when he received religious lessons of
humility, he did not forget who he
was When the story of Esau was
told him, he was already i'll and in
bed; he protested that he would never
sell his birthright for a mess of pot
tage, not even for return to health
The dauphin himself fell i'll during
some military maneuvers at Com
piegne, and became consumptive He
had grown very much attached to his
wife, for their common sorrows hac
brought them nearer to each other
They lived together with great SIM
plicity. He called her Pepa; when he
felt himself dying, he insisted upon
her staying near him, contrary to the
rules Of royal etiquette
After his untimely death, Marie
| Josephe wrote to a bishop who was
her friend: q don't know any more
what 1t is to be happy. I come and
go, speak, | even laugh at times, but
sorrow never goes out of my heart:
all that might give pleasure gives me
! pain, for it reminds me of my mis-
! fortune. All the pleasure have is to
weep over what l have lost, and to
| speak OF him with those who really
| loved him" She now occupied her
self exclusively with the education OF
her children. When the Due de
Berry was Of manageable age. she
was not consulted in the choice of a
| wife
Marie Antoinette.
| The king announced to her that, for
| political reasons, he was inclined to
| choose an Austrian princess. She
| merely said that the late dauphin had
ether views for his son; she added
| that the best way to keep the court of
| Vienna in a proper state of feeling
was to keep it between fear and hope.
| After some time, however, the mar
! rage with Marie Antoinette was de-
| clded on; this marriage was the work
! Of the Due de Choiseul.
| Marie-JOsephe fell i'll and for some
| time was treated by the famous Gen
! evese doctor, Tronchin. 1t was of no
avail she died, on the 18th of March
1867, and was buried next to her hus-
band. Her life had not been a very
| happy one; what would her thoughts
| have been if she had been able 20
prophesy the dramatic, We may say,
! the tragic, destiny of her three sons.
who We're all fated to wear the
| French crown? Victor Hugo. in his
| Voix 1nterieures, speaks of the early
days of these three princes and of
Marie-Josephe, their mother-Paris
| correspondence to New York Post.