Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-28
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Translated for Every Saturday from LIE Temps j
met at Amiens Picard who had just
returned from Paris. SAID to me: "Sir,
l reached !. the capital Sunday evening,
1 had letter of Introduction to tavern
keeper. He gave me cordial greeting,t
-and proposed to me to share his cook IS bed,
which, having no more aristocratic chum,
l was obliged to accept; I ofsa truth the
cook did not ineonyenience me- He went
to bed at two O'clock "a. NJ, and at four
O'Clock A; NJ. he got up to go to the mar
kets.5 But, L did not see! one Of the marvels
which carried me to Paris. AT the review
| was behind the horse of o Municipal
Guard, and the horse had no regard for de-
cency. The crowd kept showing, until for
one moment I was between the horses
hind legs. 1 went everywhere to see the
foreign soyereigns go by 2 but the Court
coaches rfiewz by in a cloud of dust and
hOrscmen. There were, however people.
who were delighted; they had stood four
hours to see a dragoon's helmet, and said
to each other as they went home: .taiiati,sao
"'I am sure twas the Car 81 caught ae
glimpse of a red cordon.' 'ta9q- A-NAaa.'isA
ssNeta bit of it; twas the King of Prns-
..iYe are both out; twas the military
household of the Czar going to the Elysee
to escort him.. asi .iuI I,rgu{ dido s7t5srsI
'.Just at this moment a pastry-cookl
apprentice, who was sprawliHg on a limb,
fell on my head. The crowd began to gig
gle. while was attemptingto persuade my
smashed hat to assume something like
cuse, but only said
"'Boss, have flattened your stovepipe.
VIII you take my cap in exchange?s' II
thought proper to decline, this exchange.
Badly as my hat looked, it nevertheless
was more in. conformity with court eti-
quette than the pastry cook apprentices.
cap. The blow given me by this fellows
fall nearly put my shoulder out of joint. Il
wished to take a hack. The driver looked
at me, scratched his chin. and said in a fa-'
miliar way to mes:S Hacks, old horse, are
not for your phiz.l II am engaged to Count
de Bismarck However, l represented to
the driver that was wounded, and out OF
huinani ity he agreed t0take me tony hotel
for ten francs above the, lawful rate. I
ble-hearted man I met in the estimable
class of drivers. All the others, when I
tried to speak to them, would fly away
like butterflies. observed, stoo,a carriage
with q load init goes on a walk at Paris,
while an empty carriage goes on a gallop.
One day got into hack which was stand
ing before vitner's. The driver came up
and swore he should not take me to the
Exhibition. Fortunately policeman in
teffered, and ordered him to drive me
where l wished to co. But, taking advan-
tage of my ignorance of Paris, he carried
me to the Marche du Temple, and said as
he halted: Here, is theyPalace of the ESi
hfbition, amuse yourself in it old 'uh-
After l had walked about it for ten min1
utes, I clearly saw that collection of old
clo' could not represent the wonders Of the
Worlds Industry. Instructed by expert
ence, and guided by passer whom asked
to point out my dWays went towards the
Champ de Mars. q Nhen see reached the
Champs de Elysees my volunteer compan-
ion proposed 0 We should tbreakfast!1 He
declared that he was host, and should
give me a, breakfast worthy of Paris.
We breakfasted like fighting cocks. =
The bill fifty-seven francs. After
coffee was served smy friend went out
to get cigars. waited an hour and
half for him, and then, as he did not
make his appearance, l expressed my
astonishments to the waiter. He gfinned
-"tMonsieur is from the provinces? he
asssI am from Amiens.' .-siama ai 7Eil
"sThat explains all. There are just now
a great many Parisians who breakfast with
provincials; but when the bin Is brought
iny they have a pressing engagement spne-
where else. batXf W "
...Is was. obliged to pay 1.-THE Eifty -sevei,
francs, or rather the three Napoleons, for
L Hdu W SttO GuICC AldHCo W buC WdlbCl
who received so inconsiderablc tip quite
disdainfullg. when / quitted the restau-
rant, turned my nose towards the EXhi-
.bItion ,efor L sstill wished to, see it), and
went to the tramroad to get into Its omni-
bus. There WAS a. great crowd waiting
their turn. l was given ticket, with a
number on it. Night began to fall when
my number was called. gave up all hope
OF seeing the Exhibition that day. Since
then, 1 have been prevented, some.
times by one incident, and sometimes
by another; so that know nothing what
ever about the Egyptian palace, or the Chi
nese house, or the restaurants, except by
the descriptions given by the newspapers
which l might have read quietly, coolly,
e sand at ease, in the arbof of my garden. !
need scarcely say, was extremely ambi-
tious to be present at the state perform
ance, given at the grand opera. n Twas in
formed by public notice that no tickets
would be delivered except to people Tol
. high, aristocraticS rank. Nevertheless, |
ingeniously went to the ticket office, and
Oaskeds for a parquettc stall. was asked
LI4 "tAre you connected with an embassy?
NJ "sNo, am not.' -s5 t.tl -ss - ls- a.1ssD
- "".Then you must be, at least, the King
Prussla's body servant "---ll :. ~
= -,s No, amt. ,c.,.v,....
"tPerhaps Count de Bisnarck's foster
brother s-2rugrsl aa-sl-.ls1 r.5s7s1f5ss, zf
ai mot bit OF it, q .'@ sisf.a ail1rg e1E1,
/ / K 6 You are an adyenturer, then; clear ou
from here, clear out from here!' .si.57
.ias'I withdrew, mortified to death. At tht
door of the opera was accosted by maj
smelling very strongly of brandy. HI
beckoned meito follow him. We-entered
svitner's. e - q e. s.- A Q ~ Il
s.He said to me: have parquette stall
: but to use itrequires discretion and tact
= for all the tickets tor the state performance
-.
pass yourself Oft as a secretary of tn,
Turkish Embassy. 1twould be wise pre-
' caution if you blaeken your face somewha
with burnt cork. But. if the check take
Z does seem to suspect your identity, yol
: must pretend to fly in towering passion
and you must unsheath your sword, bawl
ing, aAboustracos! Calamed6s! 9s5sAbde
Meiid Eunachas potentatiasosG Then IL
will let you go on" s5-J19 J Wb III.
'@ .Iasked,, And pray how much will thi
shrove-Tuesday farce cost me?'m III ''l'
sssA thousand francs. There, are only
four tickets in the market. These we go
from gentlemen belonging to the most aris
~tocratie families, who prefer supping a
ssthe Moulin Rouge with 'heuris, to- playing
the part of supernumeraries in theatre
where the leading parts will be filled BY
Emperors.'
asia Thousand francs. Why that is twic,
as much as give for my house in a year
l declined the offer. The stall was sold t.
an American, who could not believe tn
ticket was good, twas so cheap. He said
3 'Pll be teetotally squashed, if could hav,
got such seat in New York for less thar
a thousand dollars in gold.' 1 was no
more fortunate at the other theatres. l sue
ceeded in procuring a stall at the Varie
ties. When evening came, l found a mar
!, in possession of my seat. The check-ta
I ker explained to me that mistake hat
! been made, and two tickets had inadver
Sently been issued. He politely offered t.
return my money at the theatres rates
/ He paid me seven francs. 1t cost me thirt,
francs at a theratical agency. At lasi
humbugged, jeered, swindled, jobbed, el