The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-19
Special Correspondence OF the Globe.
EOsEuGN LETTER..
Partisan Life.
PARIS, Oct. 90, 1873.
MORNING.


PARIS, Oct. 90, 1878.
MORNING.
Hours before the stars begin to dim and
the gaslghts to grow sckly in the gray of
the early morning, all the principal avenues
to Paris are thronging with the two-whcel-
ed dog, donkey and horse carts of the mar
ket women, as they trundle into town from
Passy, st. Denis, Antreuil and all the sub
urban villages with tlicir freights of vege-
tables, flowers and live stock.
THE MARKETS.
No more characteristic and interesting
/ pictures of the life of the 50u1yooiwa exist
than those presented during the early hours
of the day among the great covered market
houses of the city and around the open-air
flower marts upon the quays along the
Seine. The buildings themselves cover
vast areas in the heart Of the city, the
| plans of which are those of great sheds,
with latticed sides, to allow free passage
of mir, as a means Of preservation, in the
absence of ice, for the perishable articles
in stock. The markets are arranged in the
form of "a cross, with broad, tiled avenues
diverging from the centre, along the sides
of which are ranged the stalls like the ia
bles of a grand fair. Free passage is al
lowed, and all classes of society, in the va
rious costumes of different nations, meet
and blend their indivdualitics in enc cos
mopolitan tablcau.
Along the arcades swarm the purchasers,
while ever and anon is heard the cry of
pardon, Messieurs, sill vous plaib," as a
large Flemish horse is led along drawing a
load of vegetables or crate of live stock
the yells and screams of which accord with
the voices of the costermongers.
TIE MARCnE OF ST. noSoRE.
This is, perhaps, the most famous market
i'll Paris, and the one to which all strangers
pay visit Tor the novelty of its interior
Passing the heavily gated entrance, before
which stands two gendfrmes, guarding the
motto Of the Republic 'Libertc, Egallte
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pubic view, and which, bye the bye, greets
one at every tuln throughout the city, the
visitor enters the crowded avenue and is
among the meat stalls of viands dressed
and 'arc naturel, as the hallelujah chorus
declares.
French taste is to be remarked in
the preparation of the joints which,
although not to be compared in quality
to those of the English markets, are
SO finely dressed as to be far more attract
i've
There hangs stag from the lIartz
mountains, with gilded hoofs and his horns
decorated with oak leaves there lies a
huge porker with mantle of leaves upon
his shoulders and IA garland of roses about
his head beef is almost universally orna-
mcntcd with n skillful cutting of the outer
cartilage, which produces flowers and
tracery according to tie butchers devices
Here are kidneys arranged within wreath
Of green peas. and there are sausages
framed with arichokcs, or chops with
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AIRY skill of the French creates an appetite
by the mere arrangement of wares.
Across the way are poultry from Brit
tany, German ducks and Dutch eggs !;
pheasants from the south Of France; water
fowl from the coasts of the North Sea, and
a brace Of English grouse, rarity. nestled
in bed Of water-crcss. Next. the various
odor of French cheese announces Il new
department. The products of the dairy
are to be seen in great perfection here
brown and yellow cheeses in small round
cakes rest in piles upon the pavement ;
little Swiss cream cheese, in neat papers,
are offered for sale upon vine leaf ; great
rolls Of butter are cooled in cabbage leaves
milk and cream from Normandy are dis
pensed from high, quaint cans, while here
and there stand little French cows, ready
to be tapped for the lovers of truly fresh
milk.
The dairy stalls and the remainder of the
market where vegetables are sold are en-
tirely managed by women, among which
the broad frll, the small white cap and the
broad, black head-dress individualize the
Norman, the Partisan and the Alsatan
peasant. Men alone attend the meat de
partment, allowing the gentler sex to kill,
pick and pack the poultry. 1t is not I'M
coMmon sight to see two French women
mounted upon their market carts, and toss
ing fowls from one to the other over the
heads of the by-standers Indeed the wo-
men of France are accustomed from early
life to do the service usually allotted to
men in other nations they not only man
age the extensive diaries but are Obliged to
care for the comfort of the cattle in feed
ing them and cleansing the stables. Wo-
men universally work in the fields, gather
the vegetables and fruit, carry them to
Paris and appear as the merchants of their
produce in the markets OF the metropolis.
The vegetables and fruits of the Marche
st. llonorc are worthy of visit alone to
admire the perfection of their cultivation
not that they attain the great size of those
of the western world, but for the perfec-
ton of contour and the delicacy of favour.
Salad is standard dish among Paris
ians, often taking the place of the potato,
and In consequence every available green is
utilized, even to the stem of the Dandelion
blossom, which, when highly dressed, is
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