The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-11-22
III RDPEAN NEWS.

Ey the arrival Of the Europa. we have
news from Europe TO the l>t instant
TE"VEIE> IN FRANCE The rnmor. os
discomfort and in>urrect,on comm, trom the
poor cla>cs in Paris have great si1niiirarlrc.
They must have some other foundation than
the Imagination of let,er.writcr>. or political
spectators. We hear of the secret societies.
extending their ramlfica,ionS into every de.
partmen: OF France, continually Receiving
reinforcement from dl>con:rntci ar,izan>.
We hear OF dear bread. OF hirh rents. Of re-
strlrtIons upon the press. OF cxtravacant gov
eminent expenditures. of b,>rlc>> financial
fabrics. OF political Iuacks administering the
government. Of heavy dtii~i.s In the Bud
get. And all of the rumors must have .
foundation in fact they canno, be born of
the winds. Aud now We hear q. the "tprr!!r
question of rents" from late letter of the
Paris correspondent of the New Orleans
Picagune, quoted by the CorHr. which
shows us that the annual agitation has
come and then there is nothing wanting but
a leader to effect revolution.
The hard handed work man who quits his
garnet where he has lived and loved this
MANY year-cur>e> LOUIS Napolron as he
trurdlrs his bed. looking glass and clock to
the remote taut,urC: the wife. As she dmin-
,shcs the meat IN the pot az fen to make up
for the high price OF bread, curses Napoleon
Government is the roo: of all evil SO great
has the popular discomfort become that it is
now very evident. what was predicted from
the beginning. that the famous Cassie De
Bouan"erlc cannot keep up the price OF
bread beyond market rates until 1t has re-
reived the advances ii made during the las,
two years to keep down the prices of bread
The sailors have phrase IT is hard work
ing for dead horse TO cypress tn. irksomc-
ness Of toiing fo- eninvrd benefits. whose
sweetness is forgotten. 1t is too hard for
Frrnchmrn 10 practice they know no tense
Of time but that of time present judge
wha' an addition to the debt Tor il was ONLY
last week the Cassie begun to recover its adj
vances. The budget of 1884 presented a
deficit of $1,000, 900; that of 2S56 shows
co OOO. 900
Few and far between are the honsps where
a family with children are allowed 10 rent
rooms. Two, three. and even tour hundred
francs are now paid for garrets. which four
years ago were abundant at one hundred and
one hundred and fifty francs have never.
since 1913. seen such wretrhc,inpSS az | saw
Yesterday in the streets What racs conceal
men and women What miserable furniture
was borne along to the new garrett"
Fun IN THE CAMPAIGN OF I4.-Tbe
Boston 1rdreiler relates the following anu.
sing anecdote -
Henry Clay was the Wing candidate. -
A Liberty party man was making a speech.
somewhere in New Hampshire. and object
ing very strongly to the gallant krn,uckian
on the ground Of his having been dnplli>t.
This done, he began 70 glor,fy his own party
as small in numbers, but destined to achieve
great things. He compared it TO David 90
ING forth with sling and stones to the combat
with the gigantic Goliah. P,Iinc TN the clio.
quence, he reached the climax at last, and
cried out and then-ihen, fellow cifizens
what did David do?" "EV q d,eI. Sir :"
came in shriil tones from one of the assem-.
bly,. This may be an old story. but it can
90 no harm to tell it again, to exemplify the
care with which such rhetorical edge tools AZ
illustrations and analogies should he PLAYED