New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17
large horsefar carried on arPisrenoy just as ""'

large horscfair carried apparently Just as 1t may
have been carried on for ccnturiess IT.
n was very different from English fair-one couid
hardly saw IN what STILL there general outlandlsn
mess about eyeTyt ts Tes AT homo more sharply than
would those accustomed TO foreign travelling IneNe
M # roest that IL was much crueer way-by ropes
fastened round the under lips instead Of tho orinsy
halter am IL they coud protest against u thtS
would even thoush their very ncighing mad Deeh III
French, as We f.ncicd il sounded. - san.
The men who attend them were hke-and !et nov N
lilc-the same set of which finds At an Engls
fair. Equally uniike-as different as
plowmen from Coclncys-vere they from the Ia
we had left miles behind The whole typo OF rue
lad changed. The sharp city lace, ana snd hones
active frame merged into larger hnpeu, n' INF
loutishness not the same British loutlshhess -
still essentially provincial, anddaTe say ~ ~ ino,
ing accordingly. 1t was quito comiOrtlolo ~ I,ht.
nc those tanned fellows, big and brawny, rosy u -
haired lOungiug about IN their blue bousas t oyfr
nous sab0ts, and ohatteTing to one word
ydiOis of nch we could only catch an 70
mere and there There were only TIt i hrsc c9lers
guard the beasts the remainder farmers ~
r. as they would be called in Scotland Steen II
being absent at their dGeGHer; Tor IL was oo'"''"
Nov notin% strikes ono in different countries more
cirously than the difference in feeding Ony i, to
'P,fil, farmer at fair aud setting him down "
nlidov meal of coffee bread and butter, Few aPP ~
or bottle OF rim ordiHdtIc! Yet IecIie' tionar
a.tS6oUscs VIC nasged the Cafe de France DC o.
ore and several others, which surround the diyo We
sty were fied with customers, lercoIEeu 80 stont
kind OF food on drink And the consumers wco tbey
bHai.lv men large mbed and strong lnane' or 49,
raj M their little marble tables ate tnel I'M, fey
iumTs of bread, and Quafed Their lnoeJntt w IT,
he =
Farmers intent upon their beef and fat bacon tnea
her or brandy ending condition OF mIOAIGalVn ~
,o,rrnan as 10 be considered quite msepuaoie Honi
attending fairs. . .,,,. 60 tbo rroncb
rcasaut. he e, NOT drlikard Sometimes as We he'Id
In N0rluany he succunbs 20 the influence OF mat won
drnv nasty compound, cider brandy put ~ is so Pc
tent M uoXiyis that lie drinks himself TO death very
o he dos not live in that perpetual state OF semi
fndle uecuar TO beeTrnking agrlcntural aDortr'
Nor is he brought mp 10 consider beer or splIluOuS
lioucrs essential to working strength; nc Knows
or proves without knowing, AS all smpe-lvng' an
viue-bhbng folks do, that alcoholic stmuant Is not
necessity; that IL Is not drink, but medicine; useI
in its way, an medicines are never 10 DC liLeu mo
an IabiUiial want. But this Is preaching and cynlc
readers may say, without my text SINCE II the French
peasant could afford strong drinks, he would very hty
goi rs drunk as any EnciislmGn. He might; put sun,
m present lie does not In all those faces which we saw
about the fair, we noticed one Which was the lace
Of "a confirmed sOt.
The volume will be read with peculiar interest at
the present moment for its vivid pictures OF the
French rural population just before the commence
ment Of the war which has given a new expression
10 the whole aspect of society in France The cheer
ful spirit Of the author imparts constant charm to
her descriptions while her admirable good sense and
reflective habits inspire confidence in her opinions
and clothes her statements with value and import
ance that rarely attach to the rapid sketches OF the
tourist.