New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-25


the paren and eodparents No sooner Is this over tan
the et listening feast" transpIes lo t IIrah,sa
pro ~ ev no remarked. not mODopOllzed ny the
TGfal districts but existing also amons Tha acbr{ste
Tons and emil ghtened legislators. Inc ., ,,rin
Ing feast usually take, PIa'e vi at te tie
cpal ea6dyei or inn; OF we hiA"sstt before
ne CHESTS is PLAIN enough, 10 be sure but is spheeh
attractive to MAKE iS S n mostly consists Of cab
bace IN various FORMS fish, sour bread souIeI VINE a
Snests having assembled, and the father ana mother
being seated at the head OF the table, the east =.
tbis late day Not a word IL spoken during the nsb
course consisting of light white wine ana soup IL Is 9hy
red wine and eairie that the hlarity Of the company
breaks out in artculate meriment II Is RUE tlat az
sions TO this end the father leads the rest man rs
net a man who leaves the table sober. The women IN
and devote themselves TO the of their husDsnds
the greater part of whom spend the night on me no0r OF
the inn The baby III honor OF whose arrival ia w, IT,
ant world this feast is given, is always the hero OF ~ ne
Tor she) is brought in his swaddlng clothes rs hanucu
about with vast complaceDcy by the grained malna
and becomes the victim, among these Oesotteu
the most afectonate but not always inc ee' az ,h
christening feasts is prOmiscuous Kissing ana Ionnk
Of the women by the iquorWarned lords o. creaton
which docs not always keep within the strict BOUNDS OF
prOprety and sometimes brings fierce quarels when
result in tumultuous breaking mp OF the orgy
Another remarkable ceremony is celebrated when a
boy reaches his seventh or eighth year.
This is his first lesson in ntoxcaton day OF pubic
festivy is chosen for this event. which is presided over
by his own parents his grandsre be living he Is the
chief priest Of the occasion The boy is seated on that
venerable mentors lap and - gwen sevetgd rus d "
group Of friends meantime standing by and hugely egy
ing the scene The boy soon becomes ntVNeateu
the family He is expected to follow this lesson up by
further selftaught instructions whlen asuaiy ~ e
through life From the time Of this Imitation WIN te pre-
dominant vice Of the peasantry he Is allowed 10 JON III an
the festivities which tfaspre ana ,e b ore Nc
that this custom is almost universal that the wee is
found to be almost universal also SO utterly caous
the sentiment Of the community that to drink deep ana
be drunk often is looked upon as rather credtaDe 10
man than otherwise Eyen us worst results i ~ seio
as the least warning 10 lnVegh against success =.
drinking would be 10 call down deTision ana contempt
upon your head The i'll effects Of the vice are Is true
in some degree counteracted by the necessity @
the to work long and hard every uay ana '
their coarse blood more easily resists the Influence of
drink waste their energies The cause OF the preya
lence OF drunkenness among the peasantry Is easily
seen Privaton IS always provocative OF excess. the
comforts which are within the reach OF the peasant are
have recreation at its end. This one luxury drlnk
Se are the cheap products Of Breton soil and very many
peasants themselves manufacture them tey are tnus
nisht-fsli When after weary day OF toll he lays down
his farming tools is the little cabaret where his euston
boon companions is awaiting him. fete Or church holt
day in the country is simply 40 occasion Of spending the
Here the hours fly swiftly with gOody stock Of white
wine. edidepe cider, beer, and that Indispensable com
panon Of the peasant pipe and with that rough zest
ant character - ~
The ingenious essays on the "AIoral Uses Of Dark
Things" by the Rev. DIT Bushnell, are continued in
paper on Winter" the advantages Of which as an ele
ment Of human culture impressivey set forth We
take from it single striking paragraph.
will name one other occasion, or contingency OF Win
ter that sometimes takes wonderfully strong h0d OF
our religious instinct, and often produces effects more
decisive than trace ourselves speak OF our Nlncr
funerals To friend I'm Winter IS Kind OF tflal
that connects strange inward CONNECTIONS OF ieenug
which difficult TO master We have cleared away the
snow and hewn passage down through the sOld pave
ment of the frost and there I'm that nhospable place.
we come TO bury departed, be II child or wfe or
mother, or much loved friend Our heart shudders IN
cOnYulsive Chill at the fOIlOrn last offices we are come
to perform While feeling protesting, the solemnty
so-ealed goes on, and before we have gotten our own
consent the tribute Of respect" Is ended Inc frozen
chips Of EARTH OOsened again by blows are piled ON the
loved ones rest and we turn 70 60 VIII it storm 10
night The wind alas Ia bowling even now IN the trees
and the sleeting is already begun OGod II shall not be
We going TO be fools, but now the spell is
broken Our departed Is not in that hole and we scOrn
TO say farewell It! Let the SHOWS fall heaVy
they Will and the wind pess and wild above ours
IL shall be thank Thee, Father Lord OF the warmer
Cline that dead lives with Thee" Practically
almost nothing will more surely compel faith IN nlnOr-
friend In the Winter. And, matter OF fact u Is not
in the fresh Outbursng life OF the Spring, or in any
softer Of the year. that we think OF immortality
with half the tension that do at the Winter funerals
We ask it instinctyey, We do lire Tor the cold
The remainder OF the number has several valuable
articles including paper Insanity and Usefulness
Science and Faith" by the Rev Dr. Giett, and con-
tnuaon of Representative Cities by Professor Tyler
treating OF ConstantnOple.
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