St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-31

| JOOSC RiSHaIu hOIIlS WeIe HhGWlSC VIII
8 nesses of the marriage of Miss st. John t.
Otto. This Otto played subsequently {
very useful if not brilliant part in tn,
affairs OF Europe. 1t was he whose di
: plomacy materially aided Napoleon in ne
gofiating the celebrated Treaty o
Amiens" in 1901. On the 10Th of Oct
ober of that year the necessary papers
!. bringing peace to two nations were ex'
changed in London where Otto was do.
miciled as Napoleon's representative
The London populace, oyerjoyed at the
consummation of peace, detached one
day the horses from the carriage in which
Otto and his friend Lauriston, abide.
camp to Napoleon, were riding, and them.
selves drew the vehicle and its occupants
through the streets OF London. Otto
was sent as envoy to Munich soon after
his return from London in 1902, and re-.
tanned, at this post, the confidence of
Napoleon for many years, and was OF
great service to him in the memorable
campaigns of 1906 and 1909. In the
latter year it was Otto who notified
Napoleon of the warlike movements of
the Austrians, and Napoleon leaving
Paris in the evening of April 10Th arrived
at Donauwerth on the 18th in the morn.
ing, ready for his brilliant work. The
| daughter OF M. and Madame Otto mar.
ried in 1912 the Baron Pellet de La
Lozere, lntendent general OF the crown
forests, and afterwards project, a depu-
ty and peer of France, and finally a
minister in the government of July. The
last letter in the book before us is a
pleasant rehearsal of an audience this
young lady had with the Empress lose.
phine at Malmaison.
The second child OF St. John, Guillaune
Alexander Ally, died in 1906 without
issue. The third child, Philippe
Louis, saw service in the armies
OF France, and suffered in the fright.
fui retreat from Russia. He was an eye
witness OF the terrible tragedy of the
passage OF the Beresna, Nov. Is. 1912.
where cannon ball carried away the
head OF his intimate friend. Hewas deco.
rated In 1906 or 1907 with the order of
" The Legion OF Honor" by Or
der OF Bonaparte himself. He died
IN 1850, leaving a son GuilIaume
Alexander, born in 1902 who was al
various times project of several French
provinces and Commander of the LIE.
gion OF Honor" Alexander's son Rob. |
ert born in 1888 was the author OF the |
interesting biography of his great-grand- |
father st. John, now for the first time at |
our service.
TO return from our depression. The
elder st. John, in whom we are most in.
terested, led the lie of an American far
mer unit! the year 1779, varying it's mon.
otony with occasional visits to the out
side world. Thus in 1854 he traverses
a portion OF the country which later be.
came the state OF Vermont. On this Jour.
ney he nearly persisted with hunger and
colo, but his wants were relieved bv
Christian Indians from Mohawk tribe.
lie spent the winter with these In
dams, going on to Montreal in
the following spring. In 1867 St.
John sailed for Jamaica and the Ber-
mudas. In 1772 he made long visit
to the island of Nantucket, of which and
its people we have graphic description
IN his book Letters from an American
Farmer" a copy of which is in the St.
Iohnsbury Athenaum.
In 1774 he made a journey of two
months into the interior visiting the
lands drained by the Delaware and Sus.
quehanna rivers. Then came the Reyo.
luton and its misery, and the high re-
solVes as we'll OF the American populace.
BY 1779, after an absence of rs years.
st. ohm was anxious to see his native
land. Armed with safe conducts from
Clinton and Washington he reached New
YORK without difficulty, but there he
was thrown into prison as a suspect.
and detained. He left his Orange county
farm on April 10, 1779, the anniversary
OF Lexington, but by his detention be
was unable to sail for Europe until Sept.
1880. He was accompanied bv Allv.
ms second child, but the ship in which
they sailed was wrecked on the
coast OF Ireland. He and the son were
saved and arrived in Dublin in
October. We learn of him next in Lon.
don in May, 1881. He made sale there
OF the manuscript of bis Letters from an
American Farmer" for 80 guineas. On
the End OF August, 1871, he finally reach
co the paternal roof, after an absence of
nearly y years. A few days after his
arrival, hve American officers, who had
escaped from English prisons and
the channel in an open boat. :
anded on the French coast not far from
ais fathers house. He befriended them.
gave them ASSISTANCE, and procured them
passage on vessel soon to sail for Bos-
:on. He sent letters by them to his wife
rom whom he had received no news q
'ince his departure from America. One q
81 these officers, Lieutenant George Little, c
nad relative in Boston. George Fellows
oy name, who by timely aid was to
make himself very dear to St. John and c
St. Ohm interested himself in the affairs
OF tne Norman farmers and brought out c
ton OF the potato. This little book t
bears date at Caen of January l, 1882,
and was signed "Normano Americans, I
1t is probable also that about this fine he