The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-07-22
FOREIGN LETTER.
Correspondence OF the STANDARD.
HOTEL BRANooS,
D.pta Tuna 10 1870

PARIS, June IS, 1879.
/ left London after short stay for
this city via New Haven and Lieppe. -
by this route we reach Paris in eigh-
teen hours--seyen Of them in crossing
the channel. The country from here
to New Haven is composed OF hills
and dales, all under the most perfect
cultivation and dotted with neat little
towns and villages. On this side the
channel the country looks more like
our own, as though land were too
abundant to till il very carefully
! Then there are forests in all directions
which makes the resemblance more
striking.
/ have been here a week, going all
the time. Have visited the Madeline,
Notre Dame, the Portes of st. Dennis
and st. Martins. the Columns Of the
Vendome aud Juliet, the art galleries
Of the Lorne, Napoleon's tomb. the
morgue. the empty buildings of expo
sition and its grounds. which look as
though torn up by an earthquake, as
uncovered cellars. deep bitches, sewers
and debris OF oil kinds now cover every
rod Of ground, and it will take years
to restore the Champs de Mars &c its
original condition, think. In com.
pany with party from our hotel Wis
tied the Bourse, aud IL the men who
/ frequent ours in New York deserve the
name OF bulls and bears, these French.
men should be called tigers, for at
some distance from the building we
could hear the growls, and hoarse aud
LOUD they were. From one Of the gal.
leries we looked down upon the excited
groups. but OF course understood moth
ing Of what was said or done.
As all know, this is a very beautiful
city, aud that there is much to enjoy
and admire here, and in the French
character; but one Sabbath dose spoils
Paris for me. Ga one side of this ho-
tel there is large building going mp,
on the other as large one coming
down. The first sounds that came TO
me Sabbath morning were those OF the
workmen Oh both these buildings, and
the hammering and pounding, the loud
calls for mortar and other materials
went on through long day. All shops
were open. the cafes overflowing. and
descriptions. went 10 the American
chapel in the morning and heard a
! good sermon from n Chicago ID. d.,
and while there realized IL WAS Gods
day, bat "A soon as outside all that
per,ained to the holy day vanished.
and / saw nothing more that could he
tortured into a resemblance To It. IL
those people az home who think we are
too stlct in this regard could spend "A
few weeks in this Goddess city, | think
they would ever after thank God from
iull hearts that their homes are in
land Of Bibles. Sabba;hs, aud God. for
here these are utterly ignored 10y the
masses, and this complete setting aside
Of Gods laws shows itself so plainly
in the brutal way in which dumb AMI
mails are treated here. They need q
thousand Berghs IN Paris, for | have
never seen horses treated as here (sRve
in Philadelphia during our centenniaD.
The poor creatures are on the street
from early morn till midnight every
day OF the week aud month, doing
their eating ont 81 bag attached 90
the head few minutes at n time when
they can do nothing else, and no mat
ter how tired they are, go they must,
aud 60 they do, il the heartlesss driv-
era can make anything 10y il, aud the
sound Of the lash is heard always, and
felt, too.
As some ~ your readers know, |
had planned on leaving home To spend
the entire summer in Franco, deyoting
myself TO the acquisition of the Ian
guage, but | tiud 10 is one thing TO
plan AT home, quite another to carry
them out here, and consequently ]
shall remain here but day or two
longer. / found three American Ia.
dies here. two Of them having been in
Switzerland for the same purpose that
| came here, and they are very kindly
u
where they spent the winter; but IL
this plan fails, as il is too late TO go to
Rome alone, shall go back 10 England
and spend the SIMMER IN Wales and
| Scotland.
LONDON, June -.
BY the date OF this yon see that /
am again here, as my plans for Switz-
/ erland failed also. Am greatly disap-
pointed, yet trust il is for the best. J
came here q week ago to-day, and have
/ improved the time 20 the best OF my
ability. 10 has rained every day since
\ / came aud il is 80 cold that am dress
ing a. warmly as | did in January, and
l see ladies on the street in fur lined
and iur-trimmed cloaks, aud gentlemen
| in overcoats, dressed for March instead
of june.
DR. Falley wished me 10 speak of the
small things OF life over here, so / will
write of some OF the things / notice
! among London men in the street, and
first, that large proportion Of them
wear stovepipe hats, carry silk umbrel-
las, and always have their shoes nicely
blacked. Secondly, that they do not
turn TO the right or left for man, wO-
man or child, but keep righ, on, and
IL they run over yOu they make u all
right by saying, beg pardon" Third
", OF all the gentlemen that have
seen here walking with ladies, have
vet TO see the first man who has bur-
dened himself with the parcel or CLOAK
which the lady was carrying; bat times
without number have seen the gentle
man hand-free, while the lady had al
least one, aud sometimes two parcels
so II the observations L have made on
the streets here for the last seven days
are an index Of all time and ways here,
1 can only conclude that there is great
lack Of courtesy among Euglishmen 10
Englishwomen, for j see none Of the
delicate attentions paid 20 women here
that We In America expect and receive.
Another phase Of London life, aad
which / am more tran glad 10 record,
is the absence Of all profanity on the
streets, for in these seven days OF rain,
aud cold. slippery sidewalks, the col.
lisions of umbrellas, and blocking uI
of streets, / have not heard one oath
not one-which I think most wonder.
ful. The observance of the Sabbath,
too, il very marked through the day,
the streets seeming deserted, compare.
lively speaking.
iud the expense Of living increased
here since 1873, but less in France.
To-day, as all Saturdays, the Houses
OF Parliament are thrown open TO the
public; so with the crowd l spent an