New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-05

making the people Of Paris uncomfortable. I'VE are
all getting uneasy the ongcontinued drouth.
do not know how many weeks IL Il since IL
Tancd but must lie than two months since there
has fallen any water worth the thinking Of Early Vege-
tables suffering greatly; they are small IN size ana
scarce; their DEAFNESS follows as matter OF course!
Strawberries began WELL but they greatly fallen of
in both size and quality. Cherries have been and are
plenty enough, but very small read that at recent
county horse fair q man who could not sell some cart
horses he had brought turned them adrf as he said he
could not afford to feed them And you may judge some
thing what the scarcity OF grass amounts TO when you
read that the has recently thrown the
Crown to the people for pasturage. The privilege
was demanded by food OF petitioners Fires, which
naturally enough follow droutbs have been very common
OF late. The woods in many quarters have taken
fire from careless pipes from locomotives from inten
tional matches in the hands of people with grudges
The fire which has interested the public most
is that which destroyed part OF the
forest Of Fontainebeau. I believe it was
not the old trees that were burned, but some
pines and frs that were of comparatively recent plant
ing. The artists living at Barbazon little village on
the edge of the forest, were obliged to come To the
rescue their persistent efforts the fire was hemmed
in just the official fremen appeared on the scene
with their highly ornamental brass helmets and with
their observation-disclosures which answers here Tor
fre-engine and reservoir in one.
Speaking of this lamentabe drouth, you may like to
read extract from letter written by French peas
ant which my mind recalls that touching description
in Piers Ploughman's VISION" of the English peasant
and his wife OF that early day. l will copy Remy La
rents that is the writer's nance French literally Ills
letter. which am allowed 10 read and to copy from, Is
written Olerable hand on good paper but the French
may perhaps prove puzzle to those young ladies and
gentlemen who have learned their French from Olen
dorff and from the mouths OF cultivated professors
" tn cal Dien que jai touour ell du MALE ct Jeu
aurae tOuOure usqua la mort ii que la que mes peine
niron ct je croyai tOuOur que ayais un rere ct une
Sour ct ie vol que je mai plus personne Car 10 sui
oblge daler TRAVELLER forge de moyenne deux lieu
de Chez ct la moite pied faute que e ne peu
pas en- avoire dautre. Car c e avoire des egume
il aut que e quite journe pour les plante, ct pour
les pische" he irregularities Of this poor mans gram
mar, of his spelling, rather are worth noticing
Further back he spells the nnitive correctly but in
"pldnt" and "pSct" he only secures the sound C. CO.
"faute que femme ma pas power rien fare ct Ce-
pendant c'est bonnie ouvrlere." (e has said in
passage have not given, that his wife "a etc Malad
pendant tro moi ella hytropise avec une Maadie
de matrice, &c, &C." a good reason, Think why she
cannot work with the spade and pick in the field! c. CO
Mas cOntre les forces il pas de Resistance ct
quande au nouvele du payi ie to drai que fat une
grande cechcresse eehereSse drou Car TOME les be
dc la de persse tOue lie grain est dea 4o sous reg
pomme de erre peuye pas lever les tIOls qare sOI
sec dams les trou ct sont pouTT &c &C.. II one couu
get hold of few hundred peasant letters ike TINS from
painted Wonder if the coloTng of it would be as som
Der as this would seem to indicator ,
wonder, too, whether another specimen or trench
composition, drawn from source that would probably,
claim for itself much higher rank than that OF my
peasant letterwriter will be of any advantage to my
to readi The author OF the paraGs$ pm
ture VicOmte LetOuriere" would seem To nor
indeed man at ALL titled untitled but plain woman
This may perhaps take the sting out OF the paragraph
for some who would have been crushed TO the earth II
real Vscoun could have had the heart to say such cruel
things Still it IL none the less true that many such things
and
know that after all the time and money, ana lhtlglhg,
that some Of our American women eXpend III
the noble chase after titled company, ana
after invitations to the houses of the
noble fqu6Our1" they should have such vile cOmpar-
sons thrown at them in newspapers like La Lib< The
VcOmte de LetOuTieTe," alias Mrs jenkins, after de-
lighting pen with the most exalted descriptions OF
the toilets OF certain ladies at one OF te EnpresS MOL
day Receptions thus compares the girls OF France with
those of America Ny English is tame enough by the
side Of her French but take for what can get out
of it, "They charming our young french BirlSl
Serious with all their naiyete, their purity breathes
forth perfume; their wit, that dehcate ana hSSlEe
Wit sap of this land Of France which runs so lively
in the veins OF our youth! Educated Dy carelu
they have learned nothing Of life but what Is pure; helr
souls too lmpid to be made tmbd, too white 10 be
spotted, ignorant of the dangers that may beset
them, and preserved from such by Their very
chastity they pass through the world like doves across
cloudy sky. The bolts Of heaven do not touch Their
wingst How virginia. they show by the side OF TINS mop
of american girls, dressed IKE horses on porode Notg
is wanting to these creatures they are complete from
name TO crupper! What is the need OF forever inviting
these young ladies from the Dsunlted states, OF wholn
some are always to he found in the third galleries or the
their hearts in small-tak with dandies and ballot
dancersl In these democratic times, the daughters OF
the Yankees dee with their plebean feet the royal steps
Of the Tuercs, and the noble descendants OF te great
baru and the crusaders seek their ruined cateaus 10
hide their dcsplsed nobility" Oh, jenkins! Oh eiel
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