The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-08
NJ IserIe. Of I.odgers In Paris.

A correspondent Of a London weekly
SAYS; 1T Is stated that numbers Of
Americans who wero IN d measure settled
in Paris are leaving altogether They
shake the dust off their feet, having had
difficulties with proprietors for which
the prhilral juries, f" from patriotic mo-
tiyes, would give DO redress. Sonic
heads Of English families rather than go
on paying fancy prices for wreiehed
Paris lodgings, have made up their
minas to let the proprietor sell their
furniture. larenehmen, as q rule, love
to exercise power, and are greatly tempt
el 10 misuse il. proprietors have both
the will aud the way Ia tyrnnize. They
can aud do assert an authority, when
there IA no written agreement tn the
contrary, and pat out the gas lighting
the stairs at half past ten instead OF mid-
night. Strangers not familiar with each
stair, curve. or angle, risk breaking
their necks. A visitor, il not Nnry. may
tnmble down u fight when descending
from your fist Another proprietary
way Of annoying is 10 take screw out
of the pump-hahdle, pretend II Is an ae-
cilent, and find some excuse for not
making the necessary repairs. The ten
ant Is in this way placed on short com.
mons as regards the water supply. IL
hs buys furniture 10 suit las fiat, and
puts down carpets, the o0aciege reports
at headquarters that ha is sEugger than
any wren In SIS nest Forthwith Nj. le
Proprietaire comes on Il visit Of inspec-
ton. He politely asks you 20 let him
see chimney in the bedroonl, which he
is afraid wants repairing, the kitchen
stove, which he thinks ot improving, or
drcssing-r0um window, which NiH mel
ther shut nor open. When be j. salts
fed that the tenant has made himself
comfortable, and would be a loser by
demeHGge ge.eHf--at least until the carpets
are worn oat-he discovers that he Jet
the place too cheap, and tightens the
screw arcardingly. Your life may be
rendered inSuPpertable by the ncighbor
overhead, underneath, ar on the sane
flat The o0bbler on the sixth who is
mot obliged 10 study the eonVenience OF
the inhabitants ON the fith hoor, may
find il necessary "a the Well-heiag Of his
family b. keep tapping at soles and
heels through the small hours Of the
AAlNAhAAlSs - AtNi sAAAtN Af4@ bAsA A-tts falA%
still greater pest. She subjects her fel'
low-lodgers 10 nameless Insect inva-
sion, 20 say nothing of either things
which offend the nose and eyes What
do YOU think, you who live in detached
villas, Of the retired groecr inhabiting
the pavilion in tho garlcn aud keeping
poultry Having passed forty years IA
his Raubourg ST. Martin. this estimablu
member Of society fancies a house entire
y.ie q iariia, near the Champs Elyseos.
in the country. TorcaliHe the pleasures
Of o rural life, and the comforts too .-ior
he is fond OF fresh esg, he peoples hss
patch Of ganien with gallinaeeous erca-
lures. As ho is heavy, plodding sort
Of person. and. il his wife does not cal
umniate him, snores like ploughman,
il does not matter 30 him when n city
life derangos the nervous system 81 his
cocks and hens But nobody who Is at
all uakeinl can enjoy a really refreshing
sleep within hearing distance pf the noe
tnrnal growing aud caekhng Of the irs1-
tatcd birds And what, IL you live on
the first door, would you not do were
the proprietor % let the shop on the
ground flom 10 butcher, or 70 an indi-
vidual wanting 30 start an Office for wet
nurses Imagine the elattcc Of twenty
peasant female. all speaking different
Dafsis, and the mrEiings aud wailings Of
as many newborn babes Who - there
that lives IN Paris that is not subject 10
one or more Of these anuoyances