Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 7, Vevay, Switzerland County, 1 November 1831 — Page 1

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i do !;i'f withn (lie y.sr. 2 50 d piil t the cTjra'i.n, 3 00 Cd : SE e or su-:". othir ptac may b3SfTC;d e. r f per ct di-duttiori tnsde sthn pid in

(jy ppT dis.-o; t''ud nnti! rr-erjrrs srr paid

rT" s htc ' s r ed b- pott to pa 5 em's ex-r

vpr'rmr.t- o-stried a the tiMi.t' rs.f-i

Subscript"'! es raid wi.hin two months, will be eiv-a.d red in advsn-c produce Ve-s'S- Cotton & !ix. irercntR. Mo'.'ntsterlJrp, are oUti.oriseU to receive produce frcin vr.r subscri tcrs For th- accommodation of nc.r su'.scri'oers en tl-c 9ts rr r-:ute. produce; rrm- be left with K'u rwi T G-.'tdard at bis store, in Ycrk township, Tliarl- s F Kr'itj. st h.s s'ore, in New Turk, Arb;' Gaz', y. nr-r Tr"v, ?sti i Hicks, rear Q-.ercu G ove; J-. s-ph xr-'-?'.'nrv, in CnJ'cn towrh p.

.hate indispensable octr.fion fcr them, and I

proposed to ue tlie tn to "gut me while 1 nn makirg clolhes tor my A!phoij?ne, in-

tf;CM,g toftst them ov cl d!!ler:nt szr, "

h? ta Ust tilt ihe wa foar or fire jears vi;

and ! raa-Je little shces lor her out ot bpj own.

Leonora hni rome tune fince refu;sd to icp

ply me Vith any arlitlei cf ilotUin for my sailed, hat n:;s! I cm'ni not L ...... v If. Az.-i

S!ie no r siJ.om ciioj ; she jli'f H mu; ; in'iiigence, and 1 contrived various- meai.of innuii her. I kt,- aj,;ivi wj-.n hv;i wexrj, fr.r siiei he r:ire a -ttb igV nnd !ft i;tM (ait or. ir.rooi'om, l'itakK". w; sur?i' ieiii to revivs h:r. She wjj el.-veti mt:!!,? t ,1, I h tj rc

vcr r.prI i.rr lansh. rer!( , t'.t cf!n

ch'ld, she said ehc could not gjt them

made wi'hout exoitinrj suspicion, and for the same reason she would not allow mv to send up A!phonine'e thiegs in the basket !o be washed. Mj own lotht! were washed with Leonora's, rd parsed for her?.

Th.ir night after I went to bee, rr ? ters

prevented m from sleeping when ! thought that the infant was slanabred quietly and

uncopscionslj beside me, was destine to pass

her whele life in the carern, an4 nerer egtin

to see the light. ith what anguish I reflected, that in the morning her eves would open on? on darkness; that when she began

!o walk, I must guide her nrst steps trembling and in terror with no light to direct them; that she must r ceire my caresres without

seeing me bestow them; and that she would

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nu4; one day in the cave oi the f.-.uUainliisten" to my roice without perctiring the d'sruTery hich tra.?ported me with joy. 'tfner:ieis end affection that would fill my

ejes. In dwelling on these melancholj thoughts,

I shed a torrent of tears, and my heart seem-

Xcin io my oratory, I wished lo wipe on jf,- n the niirifii some itaios cttused by the ai' -tji A liie water. I held my handker

chief! ; ..e huA and m taper in til other, (t-J t0 breek when I extinguished the lanp

when I pertem d the flaaie ot ttie taper he which was never more to bt lighted for my

i.: to wavrr, and I t H on my hand a blast oHrhild. Th morrow wal a dreadful day to

fresh .nr which rawe brugh the crevices of Ihr rock. I ai transported with joy at evn lhi! Isi.ltt sinptv.in )f orumuiiir.itiitr. with the tapper ilJ. Mr first thou'it s to run for in, citild w'rora 1 nad .eft asleep or, tbe icd, to bung h-f lo breathe tbij fieth air, wf.irh I siipp- sfd cm fioru the fir.'J rrgrdeii, Hi d pugged uer ilwers and Ter-diir-. I holding Alphnirip nesr the r;ck !-n At r heii.if to h trk. I wa muco s uprised, h it whs h.t th hour f L'- .'ioia's vi fit to toe trae-ijoor. ran thither a n. ar

I !nd hul rri criild n the bed. I iouud ilss

me; Alphonsine cried almost continually, and her cries pierced my henrt, for 1 uppoied lhe"r rnal b cauied by the darkness. I

walked with her in my arms for hours. From this isd day my unfortunate child, till she was old enosgh to begin to speak, fretted almost incessantly, bating no exterior thjects to attract her attention and nothing to anias? her. However, her health was good; she

M. f,t, ana fed and slept perfect! well. Leoiicr:i always p-:t a bottle tl n?iik in the basket. For my purt. I son iea'rtea to wash and

Irtss her neath as well ic the dark as in tbe

haling lr.!c-n his c -liar, uhjeh wis ..lYilvpr.

nd had ihrce h-iis at!?t he) rt it, I made plaything nf it for Alphonsine, 2xing it to that it could not bur h r. Thi liit!e ccutriTance procured me the tloasure of hearing her laugh for the first time. But great as was Hi)

lev, l started and w ept, to thin how strange war tbe sotinJ eHanehter in this disieal uUu e.

Next day I asked Lo rrr fora d..zon littlt?

bel!;, which I nrrr.r-gcd around an ivory pet cil case, and this little plajtbin" made a' poor Alphonsine very happy . I found it difficult to teach her U walk i:i

utter daikn-jse. She was very timid, and it wa? long brfoe she ventured to tke a step

without holding ray hand, and if her foot

lauUered, ib.2 wou.i start and catch by mj dre.

Whsn ber first birth-day arrived, I passed as much of it at 1 ce!d frocj my daughter.

i prayer, in the aralary. In the rtornin I

had given Alphonaina a liftl Uu, which item

ed to charm her. bhe wri delighted ben I fanned her face, having never before felt any freib air, but the little that cant thro" tbe crevices ef the rock at tbe founUia. She kitged and emkrared me a bai,drd tirses; I then put tbe fan into her oa hinds tod

taught her how to uit it, .ind fcr a long while it was her favorite amuscceu?. That night I intended to indalne (r.Vc.lt

with a eiht of my Alpbonaine. iiat wl.tn I was lying en the bar.ds;a before I pwt hrr to bed, I heard her crv. I t'.n.'Uf ht it barba

rous t draw a tingle tear from her, to pro

cure mystlfany gratificatien, however rre.t.

ana I loose on toe oanduge Hi d laid ber de v.i in the bed, but she still cried, and I found it difficult to pacify ber. At last shm Oil a!r.

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iM-iipi . u,ual, and it contained a h.'t trctn jli-ht. To ntake my oil hit as long as possi L i ra 1 opened it trembln. a. a-.d rtad ti. Jive, 1 only lighted mr lamp for about two

naurs errry evening, after I had put Alphon-

!, ii bed, nd I than occupied inyself rnos'

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E xa trt cunt, to allow you no rr.-re light. juuiustK.usly ia sowing far her or in washing Y a have still seiae oil and wax rc-msHbe cflher cloibcj. I had ohtaiat d from Leonora

your former supply. Manage it wtll, (it it sonit: scur wj:.jth I usd very econeoj.tallj ; jstheUst je,-j wil! ever hav.-."' jl d;.j aJ these things iu the' cavern of the This terrible decree fell on m like tiit?r.fountHir, that I mxM have the ccuveriieace

na.'i, and en her second : ib a.ty I uiade her very btppy by giving ber snme .'";oit, which. re never cefore ta?'od, end sorre new play tbiri.s th:t I had cocsti uctd fjr hr r. I ;.cC33tnjd my daughter ty havii g a bin. Jg fre j-ent!y tied ovr her eyes, that i:

cxst i .liiaia uua n neerreary to ngs.l low liiijin wiiile she tvas awc.Lc. 1 might do it without fe.:r tf distressing hrr. That wii.er was less n.ild than the mra nf Spain nsunlly are, and wo felt it e r iu eercattiii. My child aagbt a col l whch atflicted exrcdiegly, and r? fOin a be got well, I bc4.ie. roysif indisposed w ti: the ta complaint, aed the necessify of tii.j eseiy oiler day to the c-ve of fbe tia. -Hour, m ich retarded iv recovery. ! implmed Le

onora to gise tae food, not otly for twe ts, b.it to fumibh ee with piovisior.. t'.at aihi

Ijit reeral nth, nd I utc ranti.ied (his requett with a bribe often ducaU. Leonora

consented with a tolerable grace, ft;.d i. r e veral weeks she. came evrry day to thsr trap

door, and iusteed ot ne Susket she bv ubt two: She gave we a lara;e quantity ci mdrbred, biscuit, dried fruits, swe'ste s, thoccUte, sugar, wioe, syrups, d a sm.hII aparatus for boiitrg, heated srith fpirs of me.

I:i tais tnstnnr a large stock of prutisi-ir.g whs laid 'ii, but no entreaties could prevail or ber to -tllow me ligh suffkiei.t to hurt atl diy . How and then 1 had biibcd L' onora to give ie a little oil or a fev wax-tapeM, but sh yielded with the greatent relnctar.T-, telling me every time ti use them only in ms3 of absolute necessity, fas they were th" IhM 3 should ever have. And tbe fear that Lcona ra would become intiorable on ihi swjert.

induced toe to per&tvere in keepi e My no fortunate child ignorant of the rxi;-ie? of iigLr. When Alfbeniine had attained her third year, she was in many rvsperti aiur h m r f. rwafi than children csv.Hy are tt that ae. Mer extreme affection fot we seerr.fd I

hn a degree cf intelligence, superier t ih

whieh results only frooa cjuitknes ot , ei.

derb -li. I evpposed that tbe C9ut;t, tirci c!

the eiuteace cf myself and my inf int, and bj'.

of the wafer. Llefore I extinguished the

lamp. Inrranged in btkct whatever things

fteirg Hbte to bring his m-.nd cr Leonora s toll should want for the aext day, and then 1 the .e-oluhou cf deatrovins is at ouce, hndireturned in the dark to air chavaber and anv

jev;d this meds of adding an insupportable jtleeping child, and weit to bed for the night,

daueiiler could love no one lse, She ' a J

i:ever received any n se hui oc e, r i o was tbe only voice he had ever hen? d. d I h indeed the wboie wcrld ber. F, ailil ot nSirtitig me. she never ew i. ried alr.ud9 and when tbe wept, it was so toftly, tn-.t I o ly knew it by feeling her ters. Ofien

wtien i was a le miou'.ce wuniiUi tpe sw g,

and I seated myself by tbe budiide, holditgi'T. All children love their mothert. 1u ny

ona oi ner utile oanai. in aboat a quarter of an hour I twice felt tkat hand start, ad it was toon burning with fever. I knew th'. the hfd a large taoth ready to f ierca tiie gum, and 1 feared th-t she woslJ have i erivulions. I knew sot what to do, and 1 rryed to be in

spired with tome idea tl.-t would benefit cir

iiuiiiu( tiiiiu, out awose anu criec. i re

collected having once re id a medical bock. Ul'4' urpoed tht I alo was cryirig in iieecett

that when ycung children arc tlireatuiiad jSae would thea j ass her little ha' d ve; trj with fits, they should be imiKGdiHteh eiPf.sedM-ft i'd i be felt any traces of tes., ha

would tnrow ueren on say oopon., .-vc chiiip, "OS! toy dear Kiothtr, cever try aginr.:' I hd now inhabited the cavern fo'ii yean. Heaven still blest my Alphoesine nr cicel-

-ilant health, and each was the sweeM.e, finer

eieesilion,tbat I i sver had occn,n i0 i. fiict

r eaouiii whs halt open. I cipetted c vcr ui her the lightst punnhmeni. bheoner

lr ;nnnent to nee ber expire in mv arms, and licrivd without a ca'.ue, but an Vi.reie;. !'. m

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even, ui.ii u was postal?, wnai vouia sl-cu a(-ttt.- t? see her ae fct great, t:;Ht I deter- weahl have lafcen oi! the bar.da that ! Lad' me less tender than viuet, At to her a elife be lor my unfortunate child. iVtth-vnimir.-d c-e night when 1 pet her tr ted, lot:? hied over her eyre before I liehied th lan jvere reprimand. I had etcciiti.mfd hti" f-om

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ngtji, now cowicj l lane care oi .i.p nona:n" : z over her etet. t hen th?. hr.ditern, ot-iy ! ;

to the air Wy oBeninsr a Window

Ala! I had no window to cntn; but liabt

ing tbe lantern, I ran with her to the cave ot

priaiioii to the misery of our captivity, in,r.K?r.g placed rrj basket on the table by the thefentain, and held her tirar the largest the hope that our sufferings from tha want cf.bedrda. crevice of the rock. SLe was rotioetets,her !ihr wuld slwlv, bat sire!y, put 31 em to! Tin pf?ed tadiy rn, ard it wss now four.ce was deadly pal,., and tor pelse was alour u ihappy l.vts. no!-thi sir.ee 1 had" seen mr daughter. 1 1 most eone. her lip had bftciae Hue. ai.d

At im, I could net cerceive the f o$;Ss.'aty ; ecu id not tu-tk at her while sh-? Uept, lttt the r.."!t ofliving in total dtrknrss; and pr-.r-inj;,iigr.! of the limo should awaken her. ?ly!nn

hnw ould I bring her threerh t'w etm of her

ifai.cy what woild becom;? i her if she tholi be sick ! These thoughts ? emee! to ton, . t jiiccus. Ilo-vever, recollected that t'.i xittenee of mv dauchter deiiended

been :letp pom tiaie, I lighted mv Ian

ac. trebi : vri'.b y,y nd KndeM-.ess 1 aj proschfti tre ta j. ut.'d. fell cr- rv.- kt-ec-s be

side ;t ! r U-ei ibe taltt c.-i the' t--.b

ot-ly I f'n.ired that th; udJ:: cineiker infancy to the most ?t-rfect obedience.

would hasten ber lust rrtjaants. 'ind she could not conceiv e the poiibitl, f 'o wore? tn dc-ict ibe ay a for. v. At hst rloiog not thing contrar t my desire. She

s'-.e noi( d ai.d rlrctt be d out her .um ; I start-! ncvar followed oi to t'nc Irap-door. Befote I

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rihiert Ol

cn my tortitude and ingenuity, and 1 tried tojfcctio:!. ; l h- b?da.2 cen-.-ealed too much

ber rk-ar liui fce: btretc, hsr eye

I'lJ.-eJ, lhu,k.Jng it i,e iiu.gi tf death. I cl?p

Ki -eo t ,nv os!W h!iu uytst intj tears, he-

lvj' ti'' myself u-ader thi last dreadful l.h.w

I itiei.t i Jwet.ii: cdr vn tbe b-' nor of' Li r.-v i.u t'lon. I -Bdetvo?rd to ;!., t ie.'nin , tl.e mean t" arrul.i rlc it

p-it cl hsr forehead, and nertyflwi

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D'it all 'Ji.it I taw w.iSj'.isi s:i""

wetit tbitLer, I alway t tilatrd ber os. on of

the largest cushivty rr y chamber, a-d I wfia sura of tin dip g 4-;ci uere when 1 retimed, lint if 1 stayed 'loji Uiao usual, she alwaye

w.il';d. ()'. ! .o charming was the jshe d teurs. As sor.a the beard my return

for I t ok her A. aj t is rnx:, sbd put her ftfiT,! r..U!i j mviiork: she Visaed me. and she

I had juit endured.

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touia E'i7.? on i.r cneeks iresn- i ch-ri-i tay ur.Uiinttr to ner aeu. ami si e

1 h id only remaining tix potfea- cf wax roses, V. r tweet "meuih. i.e-r white .vf k,;t-:-cu fell iutu Qcit -Inraber: I lav down be-

?ers and one b:. '

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her for more lima an hi.ur,

regretted that ry rv''d would in f.:t:ie h;c:.r.ti::ued to look at

like a blind person, a-.,d tt."l eye wounl ;..-.?. then extinguished the lamp with a sigh, never open bat o.-i to'al draL'e. 'i ! Haw happy I w as when she cut her first

vent her from prievi g after a I leing shejteeih, f which she did with unusual erne) and

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viy tai.y,

her after,

r plueapaitd dimpled I :;-.d a-j fret. l(si.J b ;T. but ? ,s tc-i h ppy to frlec-p. Vben

rout.l n it hope to ,jov, I thrniiht it wouldjwhfa i'.." l-e!i: to return, rnv ki-r-het to let hjr k...) nothing about the( resrr s. S!: attempted tu sp-':k i ?iKht she was never t see, and the werld ehelfor tV.s.e whs nythiT;ij tu distract

sit. How fw then would belt ion, when t ti-k pains to tcth her the word J now that 1 c,nM not hate j I wished her to say. Hew ran I tli-c ribt

w n tiever to vi

? er ideas. And

'i happiness of l'-achinj; her t read, to

rite, to sw or to driw. 1 should have but icat'ty meant of i.i?iru tiogor in. rtg ler. Nothing cairiiH the feeling hk the ncecssiy ol active ernployi.nent, tsnd I was obliged

1 xsif diatetv to rornrnei.ee making prep.iri-

; n- (or h lite of darki.f'ts. 1 ar.a-.geu my nsmher, my cl .eU. e.nd my ch-t in m b a waitt.er. that without a liht I could tnd whatever 1 wanted. 1 could already i?o to

e oratory iu tiie dark, an I I had counted the

what' I felt, when onj moinini? n I held ber ii

my nrms, I hsard her articulate distioctly. the woidi ' My God." It seemed tome the yoiseof a cherub. She wat but ten nai:iihs .ld. She spoke, and her first words wen

addressed to her Crenlor. i clasped her clo-e ly to my bosom; I felt on my knees, and I prayed mentally, but I could not then join

iny voice to that of this innocent child. Tie he repeated the words; and it seemed as if

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t i 1 1 pure ana spotless luiant was mvoainz to!

ing footatfipr, vhu beaan to call me. b tbe ten-

dcreit nauts unJ evinced tbe a-cet auisnattd Tfcd touchir g df hubt. 0:.e sr.cri; g Leonoia anr.eui ccd to me

eXHwioed ht ni'jntb text dn. I found that I Iribt she fc,erll ill and ftverish, and that

tVe large tootlt had cciuj thrcugh, ud in e't wout-j probably be several days before stie 'hert t:3? wy Alpbecsiue wus as well hkj'-rcui.t m any more food. 1 bad pienty of 1. ipiuv isions, tut I vti Unified at the idea 'h.t

Atiw-M-K j--.nt: n! J, t?v :t.-c:h'f : Ulied". c?. il;pes aiihl he long, that ptflinps rho and wtlk .'il. unJ eoasprchved-.-d every thiegj r,vg lit ! , a;.u ihci! Kij cinld -n.d myself iitatt I said to bsr Slu as not ;ay, (alsl how j'i.tu pei i?i ,t,i gotlon in a duegton; tl.- couitl

criild she ! o,- but she x.wned Nlredy t'?!i leu CntaLuaa, &'.;d gore to resiut? at ex'.ter.e senvibiitty. She c:re.ed rxe in the Aladrid, wl.f ie, as Le or inieirned aie, be

m,it jiff-cling oiat.er, 1 er i,aiid vt re i-iniotllhaii ;:i.,rned a widuw of large fortUfte.

-r.viij m esme, aii J l! -..he cut tiist SU' i. u e oi ..ier I hau lmil tue trap-coot, L.eo. era bear e speak, she feaied Unit 1 had lef'i l:er. culled ijse bac k. ''vh.do jou wili t say

I coil-J not induce her to play uiies I held her or y Up. Slse frequently amused herself with Ator, whom the already loved, aed I often heard her kbt him, but the idiots laughed, and ber laub seetccd always (ol towed by a sensation of sadness, for tbe would risch nnd hv ber head on my hou!dar.

().. of tier greafet plet.turet was ta hear

tool ' said 1. 2l-.w heiititcd fer a few mu. i.fDts end thxct i.nd "Can y. u ioigiv ma ',.i nil tbe Bullring 1 have caused you, n. d 'Srs'iil tf'.i'i'ig tj betray :Ty n.-itr'. timi? ' 1 ixv ting sines tried It d so,'" 1 rcpiuJ. nt d now fort;ie you as a Christian buld.' -Well, thetV'eud Leonora, "prtniis ti cL -r up a r,i.ivev t xpresiv lor nc, 1 ietl

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nurxne-r i .-leps that desefnded to the ca- her mother and herself, the compassion of the me t-tll;. I invented for her little s'orias a myself v, ry ill. "1 will ir ueed pray fj y. u, Ttrn of the well. I placed my table bud my Almighty. dapted to her cotapl-ehenaioii, und ttie listen- I leplied Si" fr.e.V.e i ne, nud hMiiy de .t;er firi iture in SueH a way, as net to im- After the bad rendered to her Maker tbe ed to theei with wrapt ci'OMlioi;. Aisd f jui ted. i'V It t t.t;nurU J pede my prtj;rei whn I 'vaHced. I .tuide homage of her fiil ueeents, 1 taught ber to taught her ta repeat little venes, which she i; ot.e .. in Iospih the pounds of w.tx call rue mo. her, and in a few days tfce pr'- bad learned wilh urpris:: g facility . Ceuicnt i wealth, the- lit hes of ibe mirrl, ':nnt!lt, deterjsiued to icei?e tbtm cartful- uoouccd the word distinctly Most fort cutely bar health continued p n tao reaa wbocu hi tistouie fd