The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-10-11
1tllstellaaeous,
Street Trades in Paris.

In Pari, there are said to be sixty thou.
sand persons who wake in the morning
without knowing whether they will have
anything to "a during the day. But they
must all cut and they find their food, al.
Though their existence is phemeral, and
trul from hand 10 mouth. With them,
""re than all hers, the proverb is true,
"Aide- TOT ct Dleu t'aidera."
The story OF the black poodle on the
Boulevard Mo tmnrtre, though twenty
years old, Is still told sometimes. Some
Of NY readers, perl APPS have not heard it,
or hav' torgor'en it Tnis black poudle
always kept f'it"fully by his masters
slnr, and pal or at attention to the pass
ers 10y; II hanusomely dressed dand,
came along, the poodle thrust It's fore paws
in tie gutter, and ran off 10 place Ihem
Oh the dandy boots. The natural result
was that til, gentleman must have them
c,eanen BY the nearest shoehlack, and this
hapleneu 10 be the p""de's mast r.
Wh,n the trick was blown, all Paris wish
ed to Nre th' clever dog, iu order to have
their /, OILS dim, d BY the poodle and clean
ed b, Its mast, r. The latter then appoint.
d his fur children as aids, as he could MOI
himself satisfy ali his Gust Oh ers, aud III
the course OF few months he saved up ,
small capita, with which to establish him.
self els where" If 1t rains 10 Paris, we
St, pl,D OF uilnl,teling spirits who offer
an umbrella ~ hire. Four sous the hour,
aud as rul' "a d,p"sit of two francs for
,nch at umbrella is not worth more, and
hence tue owner ruus no risk if 1t is not
brolg"t back These people also have a
Oiass plat, with their number and nam,.
Of tier stree t, 20 that they can be easily
tuu'u tn are not nearly 81 stupid a.
they look, AID know at once with whom
they have to do. ltby chance gentle.
nan app les 10 them, they look up bet
ter umbrella, aud uec'ine the deposit, by
saying very HUI bly, "Monsieur lar
un seusteur GU d'un ancieu pair de
France cest gala"tle me sutfit." Whu
Gould resist Ills aud not pay double tor
OF course YOU nee rot be senator or
peer t" gam the t. mplmcnt; good coat
is sufhcIe,t. You eau also give your ad.
dress, auI the umUr, liza lender will call
next mornlus TO fetch ms property but
al this o. course euTails extraordinary ex
pense, yon do not get pff under ten sous.
Further un s'ands another man at =,
small table. H. i, All artist, he saws, re-
cogulzed ny the Government, and stands
unuer the -pccla' protection Of the Minis
ter. HIS ExcellrIcy, lie iuf'ra us, has
rep atcdIy "hereG hun a situation in the
writing ANA reckoning -schools but he de-
clined III order 10 srrve the public. At
the sam' time ne IS perfect artist with
the pen /; vt rapid, sure, aud grace vi
lues he draws III a few instant, the eagle
with outs retched ~ings-of course the
imperial on"-''w hich has co.. quered the
world" or The Vendome pillar, or a Dor.
trait OF IL ur' w., or, lastly, the well ex-
ecu ed liken, IS OF Napoleon L. lie then
offers them tot spectators gratis, and
merely iur the hour of having his ,aleut
recognized Uy au amateur At the same
time he sells steel pens, which are good
aud cheap, and b nestly declares that hi>
art ba Ell oD The pens, which persons
need "nlJ buy III order to draw and write
like hm. I'll taut settlement un peu
d'exerclse," he adds with knowing
smile.
Aud first the pbble man, or phomme
aux caiiioux, who las exhibited for years
i'll PARIS, and whose secret no one has as
yet succeeded in discovering. He does a