The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26
LIFE In EXILE:
,rov Some Of the Transported Oommuainte
We're Treated.

sR ,r,.a r,a E;garo interviewed several Or the
.t., u q tim tnunsts and the following 70
4isS atnrv If one Df them We suHefeu .
@reat deal LII spite 81 tne uaa w SUI ~ ~,
I'M .,,ii,a ,ra were, but poor sailors. Yet thh
~ 1.,s ua was not bad one, and we were wei
4sas.T1d nnlv we had to eat mooiuy pisea.e.
4 "A niuht We were allowed Oh asck, ouI NJ u..ts
4 sEa AN wa had 10 retnaln below. w VIZ ~,
never iIl-treated Whsn M hnt the bare .
!.sss,.,a y, aleen In. II had beea raining, ana
4s, .n,.,,,aa was soaked. For three Gays aua
lhfsss nights we we're expnssi " e s -;
ON, cannot Imagine what rah vnty ntSe a -
those parts At b Last ant to t build mud has,
1917, III xyhinh could accomnlonate three inen
MU M. III ~. HIT most of them only one But
Y ss..nrraint, soon began, ana eaen ~ w nah
s!, .aa r,ste hut making In all I'VE villages.
4ls ss Ky mi liberty to do as We pleased. only
h s.aa n attend the roll call, which took
w =, n h,t nnee q week at first. After Roche.
t,.st,a escape however, the roll was called
s,.,nrv day. then, when the new Governor
Cans out every p.nsf My tboa se whn knew vs,e
*ao sSorked ut IL. Those who had no trade
4 k.T Nothing but government rations-tlat 10,
+ eEash meat every other d y, pottea meats on
! fn,,days aud Wednesdays and bacon OH
rsIdava Every day we had brown sugar,
A. aap ai,d oil. We had no wine given 'ls. We
k.a u buy II eecrectly from Euglsh ships 2,
4 sss,snlv III the canteene. but there ~ was 500
4 1T fifteen pence the quart. ana ~ ten
renee during the last monIhs g ou.
Inn the wine business have made fortunes
$fst.rs ia on board the Picardie one
1.ssaror who il bringing back more than ~ ,epo
3rnncE with him. Those VINO ilRen 20 wo.ts
lnr the military enElneeLs ~ heven'Ie ,nssali
4 stSrtsd s,nithy, but the iron was go bad sha1
had IA rive Ii up and conlina uiVseil W
MATING repnirs. Every six months they give
a. 4, I,air oil trousers. anu once yeal I.
Blouse Az for shoes we wore TO h ta W., navs,
IVA And very often we went bhreinotea lol
u a1iS ,anr,tha III u time. In the way 81 aiuuse-
Tstrsrt wa used tO gossip o. on evening" shp,A
fsIAy carda, talk of France, ana recall .le epl-
MD III the Commune, ana ono tiHe we
stas.tad theatre with the help OF the actors
f;sut wtslp among us. They played oaly OH
& SSun,iavp. MT Ia the afternoon. ana there
SHsTa tt, nnirasses. The uniform price was
u 1iva sous q head. The news that N an,
h S7Rsty HAD been voted WAS oonceaied IRON,
sss@ wv frat but we knew 81
<hrn,,Uh our chums who were employed
4 ~ servants by the authorities. y
Tns Officially announced to us at Tue emu :, "
April and we greeted the resnng o. E "a" nc
I'M or,a cried .Vive Ia Commune, though tha
Ssivht many pr ia drank freely. Alter Una
-ss waye III working altogether, because !
q vnnId have been six months before We c0uls
Sap what We might SOW, anu ave, az. W. we war na
f6 sell our crops for mere soma. We wv, wen
~ we'll treated on the voyage homo as eiscu.al
s s,o c wo,1ld permit. We had fresh mea
NV avon once every ten days. because the shlI
81 2hKt was 10 bring the oxen for our pfovlslon
wv w W. va had COWS flesh, ond yer.
Hsd N WAS. For my part, tin not i, eat NOR DE-
q affnr, Ave hounds OF meat during the voyage
81 SsSn nrew Jared the same as we DID. we s ~.
fsrs ~ II most however from want OF water. ", W.
6sd twenty -seven barrelsa days al ntsu, p ~
Svfafl the captain heard our complaints N
SsS added three more