The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-09-07
From the N. II. Palladium.
Life in Paris,

wonders pcaled, clap after cap. upon me. that 1
was iain 10 cry enough such crnlipuxd strain
Of magnifcence, that my sated curiosity asked for
something common by way vi relief / was in n
painful state Of tensity; ! began To fear that my
eyes would not relax to their usual diameter, and
that should present myself III quiet Geneva with
ncoupe oi proiruding eyeballs, as though were
fresh from some soul-hsirowing fright By night
II was the same; gaudy pictures, ON walking
frames, marched slowly, making me obei.ance;
whole palaces danced polka without shaking
down BRICK and, perhaps YOU will not believe
II, but more than once woke to iud my tongue
sutiiused in floods Of saliva Which imne mary del
icgcies had evoked. THUS i ,gns vcari,ome bv
day and fever by night, md WAS as hot in the
morning as if ! had slept over nndlnrd Wills
bakery; a1d | grew fashionable. too, in Pnris---
Ecpt late hOtrs, and tiled 10 20 the elegant triil
lng dc,0c Why mott lie Who has hye dollars
to spend Is r. lirl and important rs long as il
lasts, (und lis manner ii sIcuding 1t suggests
more. as he v ho ha- 5000 a. i. uot the reality
Ct the i!ns, yon perceive, uor the selfsutisiac.
ton that You aIe what YOU claim to be-. which
measures Il mans comfort but public opinion---
the estimation ul Others, tuulur never requires
- man To confess himself Ounce a Tic world
confess him Cli,lton So mrg the hotel bell
mulu,udincusly, called garcon up something less
than 500 stairs TO scod him aJoutthe boots, yaNn-
ed into the breakfast room mt ten o'clock, slipped
my coffee and called for "Galignani,' took my
VINE at dinner as though had been used to it,
aud patrOllcd the streets till midnight
/ The true Pari-ian never secs the sun rise; he
takes lis coffee and roll perhaps in bed certainly
in hsrooni, breakfast on chop at eleven o'clock,
generally ut a cafe, where le collects the morning
gossip then goes and gets shaved aud permmed
hy his barber takes saua'"r on the Bouleyards,
then dive on tie Champs Eiysee,, comes home
t. dinner, and here lis morning commences; from
ibis time to three u'clocl, past midnight he is in
lis element, gay, hri-k, v0vaciOl,s, gliding from
opera to theatre and from that to bail till his bed
rests him for the same insane life another day
All Paris is alive IN the cNouu: the gay. tic
simple, the vile, the mere cazcr like myself the
sharper, the revolutionary, stately danes and
ambitious politicians arc al abroad. Shops are
brilliant streets buzz with the many voices, the
pavement pattcts 90 the many sounding feet gas
lights glitter, the false llir as.ail YOU ut every
step, the cafes rebound with laughter, dice and
domino Every he'll of amusement is crow ded--
the saloons sparkle with llto bright array; fash
iJhable folly rules trump 1ant in every corner
On Sunday Is this particularly so then the devil
n d all his imps have holiday, and they keep it
IN Paris. Every body ,coms itunticailv determ-
incd to do all he darcs IN tic face of Heaven and
atironts the great king more ,lan he would dare
an earthly polentate There WAS opposite to my
hotel very fashionable maSu1ne or dry good.
store, as We call such Dn SuiJay It had what
we called DISPLAY" l. e Tie ample halls were
thrown open, decorated nS' taeJt iuIIy with the
richest goods the world Affords 10 the INSPECTION
Of the public. | watched tie scene from my
window. The rain i,!, in tnrrcnts,ye the streets
from one end 20 the 9tl,g, was iainmcd in witl
fashionable carria-c' ti-cI,l,,'iug tlcr costly
clothed inmates NJ ur near the door of this temple
Of fashion. But ,l.is was % mere innoconcy to
some other things dJ l-; s,c how tc French
whose character insane love Of pleasure, can be
anything but lriyolGrs hollow hearted, unsub,tan-
till, incapable Of anything ho, Is great or immor-
tai.
Ny letter was cnute euo,.gh abou; the great
sights Of PARIS The bread iur instance. ] uey-
or saw any ycastv compound compare with it;
absolutely some ol it WOULD shame snow for suri-
tv, or might stand in the world. metaphor lor y
standard of wltencss; white rs Pans bread -
Upon my word thought never could eat
enough. Il is u famous t.ple in Paris, forming,
with sour wine, the sole ldmo,t) subsistence OF
half the population. 1t Is one Of the articles
which Government insists an keeping cheap for u
hungry Parisan populacc would be 4 dangerous
thing to dead With. Therefore you may see it fes-
toonlng windows Cratip, houses in all manner Of
complex and inviting i1rrS; it l. jrundled through
tue streets you see iHSsri ufcth7 innhchi1S 1t
~ street corners i,"!'r- a. yen kn"" immaculate
iy; empha't"''y The stan 'i iIIe here Tor have
. seen man Juggling along huge post Of bread
the P'i'e oi ieW sous on winch ae could well
icah as a ''u'e4--3i you WI! see II IN nm form,
o'S "'a cl'' |heci or else IN !y'i large enough
tOr u cannon target
a. ,"J "o''' !, "".E'' you III i''!S about
e,Eh' 'ncI'' ~ 'c''E'n' WI" l,DNh c',P crust
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