Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-27

GUS, or eonipactly but in detached PORTIONS
probably brought under one hand by lntermar
riage. Thus, while in lS43 there were over
eleven and a hall millions of land owners taxed
10 1884 there were of these pqrcelies, or parts of
estates, 1913, 800 1888. Dcductng from this
number everything proper to be deducted, and
the rural property Of France is believed to be
divided into loo 100000 pdrcelles, and the ave-
rage area Of each parecie IL not greater than
one and quarter acres-half hectarc.
About Eve million families or three-fourths
Of all the inhabitants Of France are engaged in
agricultural pursuits The French peasant
clngs with singular enacity to his small estate
he Will not sell it, he scorns 10 become a hired
laborrr he Is bent on remaining proprietor
lie has no capital often bis land does not afford
him livelihood then he goes to the usurer
and borrows. Peasants whose estates Weld two.
and-a-hall per cent at most do not hesitate to
borrow money at the rate Of six or seven per
cent, rather than sell their land. The end il
easy to see the money-londer at last gets the
property. But, 50 poor are the peasant pr0pri-
etors, 80 stuI1rn, so unenterprslng, hat
landed property in France is mortgaged to
such an extent hat the interest payable in CON
sequences Is actually equal to one.thIfd Of ;ho
estimated rental Of tie empire. =
How BOTHsCnID BRorGIr THE "OLp LADY
OF iHRADSEEDiE STREET" TO HER MANNlBs
An amusing adventure is related as having hap
peled to the Bank Of EnsAnd which hid com.
nlted the great dsrespect Of refusing to disc uni
q bill Of a large amount, drawn by Ansem Roths
child OF Fsnkf5r, on Nathan Rolhschiid cf Lon.
don. The bluk bad haughti'y replied " that tseJ
/ discounted ouly their own bills and not those 81
/ private persons" but they ha to do with onc
stronger h4a TIE BluA. "Pnya.e persons ex
claimed Nathan kothscAid, when they reported
/ 10 hun The fact. "Priyte persons. will make
/ these gentlemen see what sort Of private person.
We are Three weeks afierward Nathan Ro,hs
| ohild-who bad employed the interval in gather
( ng the II notes lie could procure in England
and Oh the continent presented himself at th,
/ Bluk at tue opening Of the Office lie drew from
bis pocket book q Il note, and they natural,
counted out i've snreregns, al the same time
looking quite asioulshed that the Baron Ro,hs
child should have personally troubled himselt ioi
such TITLE. The Baron examined one by one
the coins, and put them into title canvas bag
then drawing cut another note third, tenth,
'HiHtA Ah'ti itN 'N'N4 lHt Wv sNNtq va b"tN lHt'
the bag withJu. serapuolsly examining them
and nsoms instances trying them in the balance
as be .aid the las gave him the right to do.
The first pocAet-book being empued, and the frs
bag fl4 be passed them to his clerk, and received
a second, aud thu, continued until the close o
the Back. The Baron bad employed seven hour
10 change G2l 900. Bu. as he had also niue em
rIo,ee- oi Dis house engaged in the matter, !, re
suited thai the house Of Roihschild had dmwl
E2l0,000 10 gold from the Bank, and that he hl,
50 occupied the eers tia. no other person cout
change single note.
Esyepthing which bears lie stamp Of eccsn
ticty has always pleased the English. The,
were, therefore, the lirst day, very much amused
at the little pilue Of Baron Ro,hschild. The,
however IA ghed less when they saw him re,uu
the next day 81 the opening Of the bank, flAnks,
by his nine clerks, and followed this time BY man,
dry', destined to carry away the specie. The,
laughed no longer, when the king Of banker
said with ironc simplicity: These gclilemel
refuse 90 Pay my bills, have sworn not 10 keel
theirs Az their lsiaurc-ouly notify then
that tnye enough to employ them for tvl
monlhs." "For two months" Eleven million
Of gold drawn from the Bank Of England whicI
they never had possessed The Bank tool
alarm. There was something to be done. Tn
next morning notice appeared 10 the journals lha
henceiorth the Bank would pay Rothsehd's bill
the sane as their own.