New-York tribune., 1868-11-06
PARIS.
~ FRUIT TRADE OF PARIS - GRAPES - THE
WINE CROP - sURESNES WINE-PROsPECTS
OF THE VINTAGE.


is pleasantly broken by the cries of the tnerant
fruitseers. pushing their hand-carts before them.
aud before these the longechOing notes of the good
things coming. Ch0sselas de fOntainebieaa! is the
,onorous chiefest of these fruitful airs now from
morning till night do not reeolect to have seen
in the last sixteen years such an abundant and ex-
ccllent crop of grapes They sold all along
from sly to twelve the pound there at four
and-twenty sous. tho extremes of sour and elegant
choice clusters. Half franc will buy pound of
finc-favored. well-lOoklng. ripe. tender grapes.
Those at six sous may be eaten without squirting
this year If YOU pay dearer than twelve sous, 1t is
To crafty Your own vanity and the eyes of your
table guests. Grapes in their season do not count
here mere luxury large if not the largest con-
sumption of them to the breakfast and lunch of
the curriers' and Ourieres; to the completion of the
daily meal Of the " little bourgeois they count as
food. In lS6G there were brought into Paris moro
than eight and a half million kilograms-ncarly
eighteen million pOnudsOf grapes. The importation
this year is very much greater. thanks to the supe-
rior quality and low prices of this year. Add to TINS
Immense supply the considerable yield of gardens
within the OctIoi wall. 1t is noticeable proof OF the
fine quality Of this frut this season. that Suresnes
and Argentenil, the only important wlne-gr2Dwing D
districts in the immediate DelghbOrhOOd OF Ialls
have sent in 40 much OF their ordinarily nhmaTket
able clusters TO the city. that theT WINE yiield
is less than it.. was in 1860. Inc gnaily gy
The Suresne folks tradtIOnally proud OF IT, Inc
legend is sacredly held there that Heny ~ was nsed
show a widc-spreading tree in the village, under
whose shade he wont to empty great cups OF IT,
Nicer antiquarcs have discovered th9t by one OF the
chateaux in a more southern Vineland whIch he
sometimes inhabited, was vineyard that stll goes
by the name of Suren which yielded q higher
Favored bbhle than the cOrruptlng phllooglsts OF
Surcsnes deal ont 10 their Sunday customers. For
their wine does not keep so well as the legend
does it bear transportation, on which
ieges vOuchsafed them by the authorities:
every Suresnes vintner may sell to drink IN t2c9 %
The price from five TO eight sous quart this
year 1t Will run near eight sous This brings throng
II drinkers from Paris. Good SureSneS wine is
pleasant bibble. Just for q tabledrlik and wash
down it is to an unaduterae palate nreferable-n0t
perhaps, To he finer wines of Bugundy and the Dor
helais-but 10 the muls and mixes that faTis, Lon
don. and New York restaurant keepers and Selstnlu
fying private hosts, knowingly or III snODDlsb snow
If cOnnoisseursbp pour out 10 You as the peculiarly
obtained pure product of the Medoc or Cote a. or crHs
Really pure as this thin grape fe S in pre"gn anantT iS:
Whence the other special privilege OF SntSnS OF
having stationed in thev village a brigade of
eondaTmes 10 protect its inhabitants from Their Gus
toners after o'clock or p. M. Sundays .
The Moniteur TiRicOie, an authority IN lts klhu,
civo this week a vintage review of all France. Late
irosts, hail storms drouth and burning sun, and the
new grapevine disease, have done grave mlschef IN
this and the other great wne-gTowlng dlstTlcts OF
which American drinkers of real and so-caled Bur,
cundy and Bordeaux and Champagne never heard
tho names On the whole, there Is promise OF more
than an average Yield. In particular the So'e IN W
I,urgundyl the GirOade, and especially the Med0o
m vineyards (}ordeauXl, and the best Champagne ais
VI trcts promise than average quantity OF quail
itv that in dcault of comet this year 1t is proposed
to designate as Vim dc la Lanterne The enormously
prcpOnderating of French wines pressed TINS
year they flow out from tens OF thousands OF IN
named wine districts into cask and bottles and silly
cOnnOsseuTs' glasses through the hands OF dealers
ia drugs and chemicals. in pure and adulterated
water in consular and custOn-hOnse certificates, III
pati-eOlored sealng-waX' ana In varorun labels IN
artificial cObwebs and fine old crust" added table
ak OF pee pGGuSy liar yel a0H GGI tbat Goes dU%n
With the dessert will become fine Bordeaux, Bur
gundies and Champagnes. The little Clos Sogeot
alone will serve "a label tunnel to hundreds OF thOn-
sands of more hectOlitres than could be squeezed IN
tho fruitfuest of seasons from all the nelghb9rlng
vineyards. Drink TO me with thine eyes, saith the
,kful dealer in the pure and binding ink Juice OF
vino labels. To whom. IN hopeless opacity
with a. sham knowing wink at the glass;
the seGkloa f an UReT SO1HSSSe"M Nv g@ dear taba
friend and American wine faster, who never drank
French WINE at all till you were past grown up do
you really suppose that yOur taste blunted by tobae-
80 and whisky, you can by any possibility dlstIn-
guish between wines clearly manufactured to meet
your dull sense, and the real, rare, pure article
which, the chances are. yOu have next to never
tasted In any case pray don't talk about 1t at
tablc-least of all, at your own table. All the by
steTs must. for courtesy. verbally agree with you.
But my dear fellow if you only coud hear what they
say next dav-especiay those of them who set mp TO
be wine taSters as well as you
GOING TO JAIL-IHE PRISON OF STE. PELAGIE-
LIFE BEHIND THE GRATING-A BANQUET IN
DURANGO VILE.
lFaOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
PARIS, Sept. ls-There is a large and respectable
class OF people in the world who have not been to
Jail There is IA large and respectable class in France
who have. belong to tho second class. The way
I came to join is this: gentleman of the press and
Of nv friends was charged with the review Of the
last salon in art jOnrnal In of his articles he
expressed views regarding COurbets great picture of
4 BegGar giving Aims, which. the tribunals decided
erroneous to the extent of 5000 francs in cash
and three months and halt in prison. His accom-
pccs, accessories after the fact the publisher and
printer. were considered as pecunarly culpable as
thc principal and had to pay twothirds Of the fine;
bat by temporal measurement the printers guilt was
bus half that Of the publishing editor, which. in
urn was but half THAT Of the critic whose opinion
was condemned TO two months of bolts and bars. |
allied upon him last Sunday at Ste Petdgie.
Until the great Revolution of 1879, Ste. Peagie
was a convent. Ii is appropriated 10
three classes of offenders l. Criminals proper, that
is persons who would be styled criminals in a free
COUNTRY either awaiting trial condemned for less
than year. 2. Persons whose expression of opinion
u print is offensive 10 tho pTesentSwOrn interpreters
of the laws on the press b Persons otherwise po-
itcaly offensive to the powers that be. but not
offensive that the distance Of Cayenne need he put
between the wind and the nobility Of the reigning
powers. or that they need be condemned toperpenal
imprisonment. When the present ruler of France
entered the fortress of Ham, TO perpetual residence
IN the which his death penalty had been cOnlmnted
by his predecessor on the throne, he asked OF the
Governor How long does pcrpetuty last in
France r. Some other folks are asking now. preca-
tory and imprecatOry, How long o Lord. how long
and hoping for as speedy an answer from time as was
youchsafed Louis n BOnaparte
Not being used TO going to Jail, the novelty OF the
thing and a view to the possible interest of your
readers of the first class, led your correspondent to
note the order of his going aud of the gOingson
there. You 60 down the Rue dc Ia CIef (Keyst I'll
YOU come to RHe dH PHitS rHermite tIermts Well
ST.: Ste Pclage is appropriately situate the cor
ner Soldiers OF the line, sort OF prisoners con