, 1873-10-26

tume in tho fao Of her 1lmba heinz braco,l by fo
Breit ~ tho hrcit MIR md hor head not bcg plagued
e. es aews S how bss' Z eoo oa
mon auet % onouh for n % hor s.ntIon a as 1,o fo Ss
wlst!ea bny9na 4 Homo day sle will marry 3eat and
At r,ayoux, timo pcema to havo stopped aorno
centuries ago. LIS Bilencn ID pooplod with 80
tunny nlomorlos, of wars no torriblo, md OF
legends so Wild md wotrd, TINT a book might l,o
writton about Dnyonx, mil callod " Tia raht !"
llove Implicitly in witches, iu l cnoH, and ~ fairy
rings wa arc told Nravcly by MI old habant that
KnfEhs of A,Eoracs, ,icer ayox, wan protected by
gonh fatry III hin ocouner with Bnho great enemy,
ia,ny. Of ho i1ouao Of Argo'Res, WITH fealo
other romantic ntores of tho dark nEoa Tint history II
IT, & sse4 ssSo se an IN nop sr9 na a1' ' tue
nouon, Oh tho othcr hand is modern, with
its uxpross. .trainB grand hotel, and now houses.
Wllat romans OF the old Ronen iB moro httrao-
tive to our tourist, and Ills book has for frontis-
pteco flno holiotype of tue house Of Joan Of
":rho Valley OF tho Seine " is ono Of tho pleas-
anfeRt chapters Of Mr.. Dnckburn'a pleasRut
book, And describes customs that soom strange
enough to uB:
Nearly every sMnday, after harveat~tme there will
bridegroom coming to lake the irst sacrament seated
II prominent place IN front Of the altsr and receiving
the oo1nonta heforo tho rcBt Of tho cungregnon,-o
bride placing white favor On the basket which con.
tains THO co'sccratcd broad and afterwards coming
high, tho bridegroom wearing drcss-coat, With tre-
finger; and, Il wo stand near tho c,'rcll-porch We
honor Of Tho occasion, md oyorwhulnod by tho elo-
qnence Of tho boat nn," who takoa thiH opportunity
Out viii sch familiar tono hat ~ u oa hnry reaae as
that NO aro In Franco,
Thu following paragraph may comfort III IL no
arc in the habit Of thinking thore arc really no
homes In france:
lave aomo money to commence life with the poorest
girls seldom marry without portion ii,dce i'm
ofa. y s considered amongst them ths there a5s
and they arc, with few exceptions proydcnt and Lap
~ n married !ifs; They arg 40 In tho country it
yeura' acquaintance With French society assures US
ss %sses e sas ssy s9a s ysw e.
ton Of MORALS ahe eays, which gcerny prora!la In
Paris, and waa 40 systematically aggravated by tho
ombodened writer's to foist these faiso pictures Of
married lie On tho world.
To give D moro adoquate idoa Of tho book,
Wish could send tho picture Of protty "toiler
Of tho soa;" but, for this nnd many other Curl
oua picturoa Of pencil md pom, tho book itself
must bo seen.
THE pANnunY NEWS MAN's ALMANAC
is noarly ready for publication by MeBsrs. shep-
ard i Gill. Tho artists part Of tho work IL, as
intended, quito laughabla; tho Ne,cs mans part
is Of tho unique pattorn with which everybody
has by this timo become familiar. 1t may not
bo literature. but 1t hits exactly the popular
senao Of mfrthfulncss 10 that $4,000 copies of
bis book hayo already beon sold: For instance,
to laughter, unlosB it bo Scotch Puritan Of tho
sort described by Sydney Smith, -iucapable Of
getting Joke into his head except by surgical
operation:
Ono Of our residents about to depart wcss aesircs
town. Tbs atoYe ID ono Of tho most powerful In
distance.
Aud those, under the head Of tAutumn in
Dnnbury," will brush cobwebs away from the
brain:
Several roopo with g1na nre moving through tho
Etrecta to-ay. Thcro nlnst be hookngcnt in town.
street. and peopo o have cats cuts and dog. they have
got through with should not neglect this opportunity,
which will probably bo Tho only ono this winter,
Tho Almanac contains several characteristic
:" Martyrs oil 1co," and People We Meet at tho
Show. In ono Of thom M explanation ia offerod
for emitting tlo usual Skeleton that kindly helps
to illustrate tho signB Of tho zodiac and tho
Of the period:
portrait Of the man rho las coat to Ills hack, nor
any to bis stomach, apparently. should have
something repllsive tn this exposure and cut ting him
open to cxcitg sympathy, with view to mitigating
diaguat, haa always appeared to to 10 and
diagrRcefnl artce. aud juat think for mo,neut,
Of The awful abaurity Of tile idea. Here perfectly
nude nnn, with shylight In bis stomach, and sur
rounded by things no ono can pronounce tho names
Of, standing with hts legs aart, and sarng ut the
horizon with as much intcnsity IN II hn had mate 1t
HIMSELF nu1 had come around to y1ow 1t from now
point.
who haH tecI brought up 10 respect society," man
whom It Is gonuinO pleasure to look at aud to think
Of In the twilight.
lie stands up there aud illustrates the for
hin clothes, anl looks after things generally and,
long ~ there ia eye to oienl check to blush,
shall strictly observe our part of the contract,
OF several people met at tho show, remarka~
bio descriptions arc given. Following isthe por-
trait Of q show-froquenter that neyor fails :
but tho moat remarkable character is the hoy who
whiatlcs-not softly and melodi0usly whistles, but
shry mud internally; noise TINT goes to the root OF
every nerve In your body, and makes you jump in
spite Of yourself. He, too Is in tho gallery but or
ncty whore, tho grave alone will reveal VIC foar. The
nterested aoner and observer downstairs hears tho
whcnco It came but the author Of 1t Ia not found
There Is Of boys before him, but tho uniform
simplicity and blanlness Of their facca batle Rn do
acription. He may hear that swful shrick twenty
mcB and as many times sock ita locality, guided BY
s sould hut tho man ia .iot alive was, who
has that boy and the sufferers only resource Ia
to acpTl severely and firmly near the SPOT az pp9-