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Chit Chat.
flute , the favourite of a dead son , surrendered by a starving mother , to procure food for her remaining offspring ; the locket that held a father ' s hair ; or more gloomy still , the dress , the very covering of the poor , is there , waving like a flag of wretchedness ancl misery . It is a strange sight . To those who feel aright , there are more touching memorials to be seen at a pawnbroker ' s window than in all the monuments in Westminster Abbey .
PRUSSIAN HEROINE . —We find in the Prussian papers some particulars of interest , relating to a heroine of a remarkable description , Grace Darling enlarged into gigantic proportions , residing in the town of Pillau . This woman , Katherine Kleinfeldt , is the widow of a seaman , with whom , for upwards of twenty years , she made the long-sea voyages ; and since his death she has devoted her life , for his memory ' s sake , to the noble and perilous task of carrying aid to the drowning . Whenever storm arises
a , by day or night , Katherine Kleinfeldt embarks in her boat , and quits the harbour in search of shipwrecks . At the age of 47 , she has already rescued upwards of 300 individuals from certain death . The population of Pillau venerate her as something holy , and the seamen look upon her as their guardian angel . All heads are uncovered as she passes along the street . The Prussian and several other governments have sent her their medals of Civil Meritand the
; municipality of Pillau has conferred on her the freedom of the town . Katherine is of athletic form and strength ; of masculine physiognomy , softened onl y by its look of gentleness and goodness ; and better furnished , in all save courage and humanity , for such wild scenes ancl hi gh deeds as make their common fame , than the frail girl who has for years filled a grave far from the scene of her generous daring in the Fern islands .
HEROICS . — - "Blanchard and Jerrold had serious thoughts of joining Lord Byron in Greece ; they were to become warriors , and to assist the poet in the liberation of the classic land . Many a nightly wandering found them discussing their project . In the midst of one of these discussions they vyere caught in a shower of rain , and sought shelter under a gateway . The rain continued ; when their patience becoming exhausted , Blanchard buttoning up his coat exclaimed , 'Come on , Jerrold ; what use shall we be to the Greeks , if we stand up for a shower of rain ? ' So they walked home and were heroicall y wet through . "Lytton ' s Blanchard .
DEATH OF ONE OF THE FEMALE IOWAY INDIANS IN PARIS —The loway Indians have sustained a severe loss . O ke-our-mi , the wife of Little-Wolf , died of an affection of the lungs , brought on by grief for the death of her young child in London . Her husband was unremitting in his endeavours to console her ancl restore her to the love of life , but she constantly replied , " No , no 1 My four children recal me . I see them by the side of the Great S pirit . They stretch out their to
arms me , and are astonished that I clo not join them . " The Little-Wolf had not appeared at the exhibition for some days , not having quitted his d ying wife for a minute , watching over her ni ght and day , and suffering no one else but himself to perforin the offices of tenderness which her condition required . She charged him to make her acknowledgments to the physicians who had kindly attended her , directed the dress she was to be buried in , and requested that a medal of the Virgin Mother of the Great Spirit of the Christians , which she wore
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chit Chat.
flute , the favourite of a dead son , surrendered by a starving mother , to procure food for her remaining offspring ; the locket that held a father ' s hair ; or more gloomy still , the dress , the very covering of the poor , is there , waving like a flag of wretchedness ancl misery . It is a strange sight . To those who feel aright , there are more touching memorials to be seen at a pawnbroker ' s window than in all the monuments in Westminster Abbey .
PRUSSIAN HEROINE . —We find in the Prussian papers some particulars of interest , relating to a heroine of a remarkable description , Grace Darling enlarged into gigantic proportions , residing in the town of Pillau . This woman , Katherine Kleinfeldt , is the widow of a seaman , with whom , for upwards of twenty years , she made the long-sea voyages ; and since his death she has devoted her life , for his memory ' s sake , to the noble and perilous task of carrying aid to the drowning . Whenever storm arises
a , by day or night , Katherine Kleinfeldt embarks in her boat , and quits the harbour in search of shipwrecks . At the age of 47 , she has already rescued upwards of 300 individuals from certain death . The population of Pillau venerate her as something holy , and the seamen look upon her as their guardian angel . All heads are uncovered as she passes along the street . The Prussian and several other governments have sent her their medals of Civil Meritand the
; municipality of Pillau has conferred on her the freedom of the town . Katherine is of athletic form and strength ; of masculine physiognomy , softened onl y by its look of gentleness and goodness ; and better furnished , in all save courage and humanity , for such wild scenes ancl hi gh deeds as make their common fame , than the frail girl who has for years filled a grave far from the scene of her generous daring in the Fern islands .
HEROICS . — - "Blanchard and Jerrold had serious thoughts of joining Lord Byron in Greece ; they were to become warriors , and to assist the poet in the liberation of the classic land . Many a nightly wandering found them discussing their project . In the midst of one of these discussions they vyere caught in a shower of rain , and sought shelter under a gateway . The rain continued ; when their patience becoming exhausted , Blanchard buttoning up his coat exclaimed , 'Come on , Jerrold ; what use shall we be to the Greeks , if we stand up for a shower of rain ? ' So they walked home and were heroicall y wet through . "Lytton ' s Blanchard .
DEATH OF ONE OF THE FEMALE IOWAY INDIANS IN PARIS —The loway Indians have sustained a severe loss . O ke-our-mi , the wife of Little-Wolf , died of an affection of the lungs , brought on by grief for the death of her young child in London . Her husband was unremitting in his endeavours to console her ancl restore her to the love of life , but she constantly replied , " No , no 1 My four children recal me . I see them by the side of the Great S pirit . They stretch out their to
arms me , and are astonished that I clo not join them . " The Little-Wolf had not appeared at the exhibition for some days , not having quitted his d ying wife for a minute , watching over her ni ght and day , and suffering no one else but himself to perforin the offices of tenderness which her condition required . She charged him to make her acknowledgments to the physicians who had kindly attended her , directed the dress she was to be buried in , and requested that a medal of the Virgin Mother of the Great Spirit of the Christians , which she wore