Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-08-02
Foreign correspondence ct'thc Alias
SKETCHES OF PARIS.
THE PARISIAN EATING HOUSES.

ris, there is vast deal which is not. For
every f1e persons who dine richly, there
are fifty who dine well, one hundred and
fifty who dine poorly, and five hundred
who dine wretchedly. EidocQ, and he Is
pretty good authority, says that eighty thou.
sand Parisians arise each morning, without
knowing, not merely where, but how they
are to eat before night. In my wander
incs about the metropolis, have of;en
seen the urctchcd diners. DO not pcss
them by without observation. Believing,
as I do, that all revolutions in Europe
should be for amcorating the condition
no. ONLY of the middle, but also of the low.
cr. classes, | wish to know what, for these
latter. the revolutions in France have done.
Have they bettcred their habitations, their
raimcnt, their food! Doubtless in these
three physical spheres, to say nothing OF
the Intellectual and moral, they have achiev.
ed much. In The matter of food, however,
much rcme;ns to be done. Dea:h by star.
va.on of:cn loiics ,lncc in this metropolis,
and suffering from miserable dlc, takes
place oftencr.
The lowest forms of Partisan eating olav
be found in certain streets OF the Fau.
bourghs. and in the market places. Visit
the Marchc dcs Innocens at any hour OF
the day. You will see around its fountain
some score Of ola women, couchcd, in the
open air, BY the SIDE Of Their, little tin cook
ing apparatus. Around each are dcZen
men, and children. some standing, some
sitting, and all devourIng the bowls of
stcaming. partco'ored soup, which have
Just, for eight lizards or two sous each, been
Iadlcd forth. The dishes smell of garlic
anG Judging from signs in faces, canuot be-
over rcIishablc. The multifarous igredi-
ents that surround the compounders Of this
broth:
"The eyes of newt. and toes of frog,
The lizards legs and owlet's wings
remind YOU ofthat Of that "gruel thick and
slab" manufactured by the witches In
Macbeth. This is but the type in many
other scenes, and thus bankuet thousands
Of the Parisians.
Walk in,o the large meat market. At
one corner are halfa dozen stalls. In each
sits mutton complexioneI woman.-
Around her are twenty white plaiters, heap.
cd up with second hand, aud third, and
even fourth hand remnants. They are
remnants from the great Restaurants
And now here comes ragged man, bear
ing upon his shoulders, Il dirty bag
Bargaining Tor lis contents with the woman
OF stall, he outpoors a bushcl of half
nlcated bones, and half mounched crusts of
bread. The heap looks repulsIve enough,
and YOU pronounce it unnourishatle and
unpalrtable Your dog merely smells al
it, as hcpasses by. And yet on snch for
hidden food, are nourished thousands Of The
Parsians. Here are some sad facts, about
which your gourmand, at the Rocher. pra.
ting Of luxury in Partisan bauquets, never
dreams. There arc wide contrasts in Pa.
ris, and none more wide than those in eat
Ing. The scenes just visited have some
mourntul interest. amidst them com.
tiCLtSSu ttlii IiS lOt O!ettu III lllc lOTiIlcT
revolution, that cry which Was not sienccd
til the Royal Family were dragged, by
a starving mul;iule, from the palace ii
Versailles 10 their prison in the Tuilerics.
The next highest form of Partisan eat
inc NAV be found al the Naga=ins de Yin.
Of these establishments, there are seven
III tho capital. Tncy are the
nearest approach, | have here seen to the
croc shops OF the United Sta:es, and the
sin palaces OF England. They may be
seen in every quarter Of Paris, and chiefly
in Fauhonrg St. Antoine. Look into one
of them, if you would know, among other
things, how a Frenchman behaves when in
his cu;s At the entrance may generally
be inhaled the l!avors Of marrow roasting.
Within is a female, we-dressed, and seat
ed behind counter, whcreon stand queerly
fashioned bottles, glasses and TASKS. She
sells bread at the price fixed, for every
fifteen days, by the authorities, wine at 6
~ 10 so.s NJ. H".fl.., anl hoc- 3,i cider