The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1878-05-16

wagons, loaded TO tho biim with
How oting roses, in pots and bask.
cts. screened from the withtrinQ
inhuonce OF the sun by canvas can,
opies, may be seel on tho road from
Nauterro to Paris any day. Next to
the town Of Grass, in Provence, do
not know of any place where have
seen roses in such abundance rs in
The garden of Nanterrc.
Our next stopping place is Rrcil.
and on the opposite bank of the river
lies the charming village of Chaton,
from which tho road leads 10 the ra-
nous race course OF Vcsinot. Rucil
suffered considerably during the
Franco-Prussian war; and the corn-
! Try residence OF Mr.. Jules Eaore.
which il here. did not escape, b1t
shows tho marks very plainly in its
succeed facade. In the pretty little
church Of Rucil lies buried the no
mains of the Empress Josephine
and her daughtor, queen tortonsc.
Let us finish up our drive by RI
ding over to Malmaison, the resi-
dcnce OF unhappy Josephine now q
bare and barren place, reminding
one somewhat Of Monticello, once
tho residence Of Thomas Jefferson
The placards, announcing tho sale
of the place Mt auction, arc still frosh
on the wall as il they hal beon
stuck M bat yesterday bIt the
beautiful garden is oyorrun with
weeds, and the plaster is scaling oil
the walls, leaving ugly large blotch-
es Of the bare stone exposed. The
mansion was built in lIi3, aud prr-
chased by General Bonapait in lI9S,
two years after his marriage with
Josephine. II was she who caused
the beautiful esplauade in the rear of
The chateau to be constructed. after
her design. and had 1T planted with
shrubs and trees, many which still
remain. The drawing rooms, coun-
ell rooms, aud Napoleons private
study, are on tho first floor, and on
the second or top floor were the pii.
vato apartments Of Napoleon aul
josephine. The small door which
separated these two rooms is still
walled up, and has SO remained since
the day, four weeks before their sep
aration. when Napoleon ordered it to
be closed. In Joseplino's bedroom
may still be seen the remnants Of
the gorgeous tapestry, Of purple
velvet embroidered in gold, with
which the walls were hung and on
the damp and cracked ceiling may
be traced the outlines Of rosy SUN.
mer clouds and merry cupils float.
ing among them, shooting golden
arrows down into tho room below.
The relics Of the reign of Napoleon,
formerly stored here, were removed
some years ago and Josephine 8
harp, the strings all broken and
twisted, is with some few other ar
ticles, all the souvcAirS that now re-
main Mt Malmaison to remind the
visitor of the noble women who once
lived here, and who here breathed
her last.
Let us return from Malmaison, so
rich in sad memories, by way of
Bouginal, and look, in passing, ut
the spot where Henry Regnalt, the
Communist leader, was killed in = |
by q shell from Mount Vulerine
Turning then to the right, we pass
the mansion of Of La Jondere, be.
longing to Madame Staub, and the
Beauregard estate which is now tho
property of the Countess lie Beau
fremont Half mile further down,
and we reach Croissy and the famous
bathing establishment of Grenovil~
liers, which is almost Asnieres over
again, so gay and lively it is,
thronged with bathers OF both sexes
and the air fairly filed with music
from the large orchestra on the riv.
er bank. And here we will dismiss
our driver, pay his fare, and give
him IN extra france po,cr 6ojre, and
return to Paris by one OF the little
steamers, that we may be in time
for dinner Mt Bignons S and tho The
atre Francais in the evening.
Louis.
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