The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-10-28

themselves understood in any foregn language
The tcinaik is not new nor IS inc idc' nsen' 40
tar as it is admissible, difficult ofeAplanatlon
living language is most easily learnt in the years
which follows infancy these, IN England are
generally employed in acquiring the rnaiiheh's
of the dead languages the study OF ~hicn III ai.e'
years is found to occupy no incohs'oerao'e 'o'''o
of time; while the northern na,iohs engage nu'
ltle in the p,lrsui, OF classical literature but
there is another reason the presses OF oWeoen'
Denmark and Russia, supply so very rev pooAs
in their own languages, tina, they arc on''seu "
have recourse 10 those Of England, France, ana
Germany which, being OF more extensive use
III n their own, they find their advantage III
learning. -,
The custom Of taking the s;eSto IN the middle
Of the dy is not c0nfncl To the more souther"
i,i,uu les; in Stockholm, every traleslntn s"u's
10 lis shop from lwp till iour 10 eHloy his r:P"se
"Au EHrlishman Who ofa!l men, is ino'' oh ms
l"gs, u.iacquantel with tins way ol Setth5
through business il Stockholm, sets out ~ VI Sc
hos irs 10 60 what is called shopping. 'ir directs
his step, 10 the principal street winch Inc book
sellers inhabit, and kopcis at The dtor oi VIZ.
which to hi. grca, surprise he finds ron?te"y
closed. After irving IN vain % Obtain adfi'ssio''
he walts ever ,le WAY to annhcs fn@i inS per
hp.,s. s. M death in the f,nlly mgi,' ha'c occi
sioacd tais sa hl,n suspension 0tbusiness. ne
hni, the second house ever the dn', and shonli
Ii. 20 10 :. dozcn he would notbe more Fortunate.
At th,t lime Of the day, which IN i-ondon ana
other large cite, is uriS'ly Distinguishing lpf bnN
Vie and business, the s re4ls o StocNhoim are
camparaiiy,lv deserted, silent and dismal, from
the shutiir up IT The shops and, II IS s. ner" y
MT in between four Al, five tia the sii 'Pk epe
.gIin re.opcns hls sleeping sha atcrs TO admit M
asnt, ani his door 10 his custoncrs.
The Curnit'M ut Paris.--A ceremony
which has been observed for ages at Paris,
on the last davs Of the Carnival is the pro-
ccssion Of the Bnuf Gras, designated in other
parts Of France La Bceuf Vile, or Vlotc, CT
Nellie, undoubtedly because the OK is led
through the CITY to the sounds of violins or
lcym3als 4 writer of the eighteenth CEN
turv, in pclkins of this ceremony, suggests
til It it derives its origin from paganlsm, and
describes it as celebrated at Paris III the year
| 1889. "Ihc butchers of the Bouchcride
1 Rapport Paris" SAYS he, "did not wait TIL
the usual day for the procession ct the b@ul
Gras, but on the morning preceding that OF
Ieun de Gras, they led through the city an
o.. covered with tapestry, and having d
large bunch Of laurel Oh his head. The OK,
adorned rs the victims which the ancients
led to the alter, bore on his back a child,
Who was called Kingof the Butchers, decor
a.cd with blue scarf, and holding i'll one
hand blue sccptre and in the other sword.
Aoult fifteen butchers boys, dressed IN rcd
waistcoats, white hose and red turDans or
bonnets, bordercd with white, accompanied
by the l}oeuf Gras, two Of them holding the
animal 10y the hoons. The procession, pre-
ccdcd by violins, flies and drums, travcfscd
the streets of Paris, went to the house OF the
Magistracy, and finding the Chief President
Of the Parliament absent, proceeded to the
grand hall Of the Palais de Justice, by the
stairs Of the Snntc Chapcilc. After pre-
schting themselves before the President, the
butchers led the OK through the variou )
apartments of the Palace, and then descend
ed by the new courts towards the Place
Douphine. On the following day, the butch
crs OF different parts OF Paris performed the
same ceremony, but did MT conduct their
Bout Gras into the Palace. The escort is
now more numerous than formerly; but the
animal which is led through the streets no
longer bears child On its back; the latter
follows the Bcnf Gras in All ornamehicd
triumph:,l car, but without the sccptrc and
sword This innovation OH the ancient GUS
ton. first tJok place in lS22.-L9adon -lir-
rtT.