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The Charlotte Journal
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
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Reminiscences of Louis Philippe's youthful attachment to mechanical pursuits, excelling as a cabinet-maker and basket-maker, including manufacturing furniture with his brother for a poor woman at St. Leu, highlighting his adaptability across various stations in life.
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A writer in Fraser's Scottish Magazine is furnishing some interesting reminiscences of the youthful life of Louis Phillippe, King of the French. He states that the citizen king was from his earliest years attached to mechanical pursuits and to family occupations. He acquired a practical knowledge of many trades. He excelled for instance as a cabinet-maker, and as a basket-maker. At one time with the assistance of his brother the Duke of Montpensier, he manufactured for the house of a poor woman at St. Leu, a large press and a table with drawers, which were as well made as if put together by an experienced workman. It is this happy faculty of turning his hand to any thing, of adapting himself to the most varied circumstances, that has enabled Louis Phillippe to be useful and honored in any station; as the humble teacher in Switzerland, the cheerful exile in America, or as the powerful Monarch of France.--Wil. Chronicle.
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St. Leu, Switzerland, America, France
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Louis Phillippe from his earliest years attached to mechanical pursuits and family occupations, acquiring practical knowledge of trades like cabinet-making and basket-making; with his brother the Duke of Montpensier, manufactured a large press and table with drawers for a poor woman at St. Leu; this adaptability enabled him to be useful in various stations including teacher in Switzerland, exile in America, and Monarch of France.