St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-02-26

man who made the SOu-loaf OF bread
and the other who made soup for sons
and saved the lives of thousands of tn,
poor of Paris, were such political econo
mists a we want Just now in America
Then, Frenchmen, too, honor their Ma.
ton by their courtesy. 1t is no small
good to Il nation that it can be said tina
It's citizens are enthusiastically courte
Gus.
The first-class passengers were mostly
Americans and from New England.
have made acquaintance among them
which | shall always value. a fellow
passenger in whom we are interested
soon seems like an old friend.
We busted ourselves variously. With
books and good companionship there Is
no need Of ehUul on shipboard indeed
the sea itself is enough, and it is always
new. 1t gave little relief to our daily
experiences that we must talk with
Frcnchmen who knew as little of Eng
lish as most Of us of French. | could
once read French measurably well but
| have come to the conclusion that a lit
tie French learning is, if not a dangerous,
at least an inconvenient thing. Indeed,
it Is likely TO be u dangerous thing in
Paris. If one would keep the better
side of his purse in Paris, as against
coachmen and shopkeepers, let him get
/ the conversational French well. or mas
ter a few current phrases, and as for the
rest, keep stW.
Then, Frenchmen drink a GOOD deal of
wine, but they do it deliberately, and |
doubt if they very often intoxicate them
sevc, with it. \ Frenchman sips it an
Englishman and an American guzzies it,
At my table a young American from
san Francisco sat opposite the surgeon
Of the ship. l used TO watch their
drinking habits; they were characteris-
tic. | am heartily ashamed of TIL, ten
dency to excess Which | see in Americans
travelling abroad. \ FrcncImam PLAYS
poker, but there Is not much gambling.
such as one might see in New York \
silly fellow from New York. who made
a point OF demonstrating his ex.r;Na-
Gance. used 10 put up Little sum, OF mo
ney, and before he reached BreSt he was
badly out Of pocket These Frcncllmcn
laugh 1t such men. These fast men are
the hopclul> who sheer at New England
puritani,m. But God save lis from
Fi""ov A,"eri..ruzcI.
Upon the second Sabbath our. W.
were to have service. and was to preach.
but the day opened with such discu.r>c
from the Almighty as ailencrd our speech,
and we listened 10 His voice through ali
die day ard night. Perhaps you have
heard of the disaster to the Prriere.
When four days out from Brest, about
the 10Th, Il westerly gale came down up
on her, and She was OBLIGED to put back.
\ sea OF 100 tons weight dashed over
her, brought the mainyarI TO the deck,
washed the boats and davits OFT, crushed
in the main deck, filled the first cabin
with six feet Of water, cXtinguished II
OF her furnace fires, killed ,ix persons i'll
stantly, and seriously wounded % others.
1t was this gale that Il day or two
earlier came down upon and passed Us
W ran before it, and escaped disaster
Some of the knowing ones thought. or
to think, it Il light gale; but if
we had been head on TO it. we should
have experienced what the Perere did.
l have u sort Of human feeling for the
gallant ship that rode it out so bravcly, .
and brought us to our desired haven. .
There was a solid, massive grandeur
about the motion of the ship, rs she .
would plunge and roll, and then mount
the wavc-crests, that Is seen in nothin.
else. The whole scene VS. the crown
point ci magnliicence; not at all the
less ihat there was 50 great a touch OF
The fearful in it. | have not seen the
but the grandeur of that sea.
hat seemed an endless, rolling range of
Alps. with horrid gorges, and SUBMITS
white, rs with winter snow, was incom-
'arable. 1t WAS such preaching as few
If lis had ever heard the stormy wind
utilized His word to Us. There were
tw in that slips company that were not
,ubducd into thoughtiulness and when
some OF us sang out into the tumut our
lymnS OF praise, there were voices Will.
L. that were not used, | fear, TO such
words Of praise: and hearts unwonted
o such emotions. And when at last we
were entering safe the harbor at Brcst.
md we met III the saloon to return
hanks ior our deliverance and safe con-
Iuct to the shore, there were none who
ctusci to come, or to join again our
Iymns of praise. l.. OBJ.
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