, 1876-02-21

bnhke tnott OH indhtihcafiou OF Nspubsl6An1am
and apoiat!ou. Tho immenaa ignorance Of rho
peaaAhtry has necessarily beon barrier against
tho propagation OF political ideas. 1t 10 not, nc.
cordlng to Mr.. ffamorson, TINT the FroncA poss-
nut doHpiscs knowledge 80 much as that hn docs
nal know there is such thing. lilo lives IN
world 10 largo and 70 vi.iblv important,-tho
pohsant worIu,-ilat Its opinion uf what Ia
necessary seoma tho final decision of common
Rcnao." Tho simultaneous appearance Of tho
pss,S sm1ns r. t. - ~ bn
osAtton OF tho satne chreo On Bilnilhs materials,
BECAUSE tho Frenc!t pcAbapt la iKnoshnt Of the
very existence Of ILLS follow peasants At dis
taneo; ilo has absolutely no Roographteal
peasant girl who loft lor native village With tho
family IN which aho was servant, and who had To
glvo up hot place. much agAinst her own will, bo-
cause her rolAttyeB threatened 10 tlIsnLerit her.
hcraeli In foreign parts." Yot slo was living
only 10 miles from home, and atilL in Central
Fratco:. Everything beyond thclt own district
IL equally unknown ground to tho ftnncti peas.
Lorraine arc, and Mr.. Hamorson found It im-
possible 10 convince ono Of thofn thai h war be-
twcon Italy and Lhpland ws1 improbable. Thoro
is 10 desiro Oh tho part OF the peasant to hts
dissatisfied with is lot either tor tmsolf Of for
tl.om, and l,o knows by a sure Instinct that II
they are educated thoy will ceheo to DO poAsants
or II tloy remain pcAaanta that tbey Will struggle
aganat that Weight Of custom Which to him las
AZ tho eacrodnosB of ro!igion. Now al tho
pcasanta droas allko, live alike and hAvo COM
mon seo!lng that education Will doatfoy tho old
rural lilo, tho old raral vittuoS and ovon tho
olu rural language. Tho rural VIRTUES asn
almost all stammoa up ln thfite' Many LII
9Ilshmon VIII resu Win Htlrpr1so Mr. Namor-
toms account Of Peasant cookery. Tho skill III
turning everything to account nna the ability
" laae , gu H. moa! ous oi tne moss oIu'-
whr,. ~ cn,rmonIv .s.noI.s Nv, Is.ona,,
sotuo,, ~ M' osIr tnvn @ a ~ Ll"ncn @
cassos. TIC possant. live much % iess ao eomGrt. t.
n;,ng ri,o}r 1,6a -, a,,so,,,rn.e. !.
,h,. tmGlI s; oau .. etttavaga.aeo !. Is 30 Gtcas
.xt USeso i
w." a1s 4.t on hss1s urena;ons
shne ,1 Il ~ w to,,nI, " r,"h 0o1.cu ueo
iu'3, iuSy WI" no. toaen, any in1y nAse sni pre-
.,hn,, sh 1.,sa - ~ ~
bonr"nn;s fsi, Iii t',,,n 40 l,,
esea sSou sho IL. ~" II. soryed Il sty hor aatar
~ y eso Tor dnner SIG
,,nrn Sran, sas ai,o nns",,, ~
Win i1o~ ~ ~ ao.tm ~ ,ost ~
ysi'n ~, Hhnso ~ ha iivn nu"s
of n. L esc ot aavc1a oas os Si So n u
tia,, ~ ,,s,otsia1s. ~. 20 ,.atr., ~ W." ~ n
tt,n ttuu W sass'HG,Go vi; " pas. ~ s h.oo' a.a
tentni1r rat,r"ino I'm ,,ort ,sv T., s
sn,,s ,o.atH snn @ Wy ~ ~
en- en- hm 10 at,nxsns. e naualiy ar'nks no N,ne
~. s;. o'anf IIu ke.n uluu =. n4aI4es ss
T.. " .,.e iu' :aasnnnt ns.ao ss
so.., W. %s ,a. ~ 70 i uASeanse "nIu
es, ~ w eiIsst3o ~ nras ~ a1n
Ia . 80. lhnnoa.ia., .i.at 1a, p,ouas p no.pIu
.uT ,n,sn ~ .a na e. a,o III
. .nan noMut ~ ~ - s.oa @ao oau' Muelo-
~ y. sus ~ ~ oAn
csoLIeesponaIsng soguiar'Ey Oh wnAs tho peasaas
''1uAo ~, 1oe"'ess oa''ay' ..-..
Tho Fronch bouIgeofslo havo very different
notions Of comtort7 but ah regards tho cssen-
tials OF 1fngAlatf hiey are hafd'y icss ramarka-
ple than the pcasantsJ. "Ihe genuine bouc-
ideas. invariably saves money. howover poor ho
may b. II thoy grow 1iehet thoy do not tn-
ctoaee tnelr expenditure At 81 10 proportion to
their Increase . o. Income. X they grow n1orGE,
even even, tor tlme. tles expena1sture Ia nnncl-
to 10 balanced "there may DO nou In favor Of
Gpoir." They arg "ondorfnlly FREQ from any
tondeooJ to desplso small gains or to think tho1n
hardly earned by considerable toil. MIR. Ham
astou mentions ono case 10 which .
man With E40o or G6o0 year mado
hla only son = railway gunrd; an
o!hor ~ Mh'ch tho posaessof or an income
q nearly she Same amount Nas clerk IN tie
rost.onca ~ 1so q year hposheF where =
young man with goou allowance from Ills
mother gave nus whole timo 70 WoEk involving
mlnutely HcArisomo dtudgcry for vory small
pay. " course tao excessive devotion to
mone5.gotfing W Nhich this im2l,es Las It's oytl
o'o0t AAts o7nH A~.ttJ oAHH6H t1"e
something should DO set down to tho credit OF
tGoso who are actuatsd by u, To owe no mAn
anything, aud to make provision for theit fAmi-
lsos aAalnse accideutal misfortune, aro rospsotA-
6le purposes, and the very parsirnony OF tlle
savos for those 1oonElnH to him moro than for
nlmsel1: ouo man OF Mr. uaucFlons acQuA!ht-
ahee' VINO naa tle feputatioa OK Doing extrome-
" avafielouB, aud hau meyer spent moro than
Ioeu year on nlmeeil ana hle WHO: had bought
4Ald lAtlbI cuuR Atttt FlUQGItY, Qhl Ll440
some yearly aliow9acG6 10 l,s own ana Ills wlfe'H
poor fcIasioils. had geSon us so'1-in. law EAo0
year whom no "as laiu aside from work. and had
o!ion asais1o4 n1enuss sun tho bontgoolB