Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-04-02
VOL. 5S--WHOLE NO. 2,6l5
PARIS UNDER THE COMMUNE
a YOUNG GIRLS EXPERIENCE.

of Paris on the 18th of March over the
dead bodies of Generals Thomas and
Lecomte. M. Theirs had retired to
Versailles, and government spring.
ing from the lowest orders of society
installed itself of its own authority in
the places abandoned by the fugitives
AS was to have been expected, the first
few weeks of this reign OF Scum wers
passed in squabbles Of every kind. The
walls were covered with new laws, new
ordinances OF every description, and
especially with prohibitions; nothing
was heard but the drum and fife, and
everything and everybody not OF, OF
belonging to, the National Guard was
suspected OF treason and treated accord
Iingly. The Phrygian cap was every
where seen, and the red flag spread its
dishonored folds over the public edi
fees.
At this time--about the 21st oI
March--our landlord renewed the no
tice he had given US during the siege
to vacate our appartement In our pov
erty and sickness to do so at once wa;
impossible, and refused he invoked
his rights before the law, but knew
he had rented the rooms to Prussian
and dealings with that hated race
would, il known, be his ruin. | played
upon his fears by threatening to de
nounce him, and thus gained time tc
seek for other quarters as soon as my
monthly pension fell due / found three
rooms in the Rue du Chateu d'Eau, and
on the 10Th OF April we were to change
our present abode. | received my
hundred and twenty francs, but, alas
our debts to the baker and the butch
er absorbed nearly the whole Of
IT, and with such scanty means We
were put to our wits ends to manage
the moving of oui furniture. To hire
vans was out of the question my
mother was sick and helpless, my
brothers were but children, and for my
self, my strength was well nigh ex
hausted by suffering and the privationt
| had undergone But necessity knows
no law. My brother hired band.cart
and we set bravely TO work the con
ciorge helped, and with infinite troubl,
we got our bulky articles to the street
and I nnshin, we made on frs, ionr
nav n wos an horcnIean ,asL 70 re,
,hs articles nm the stairs ,o our new
home hnt na;ghhors wore lind ~,
work ed with a g;li and dr;nn;ng viii
nersniration we returned idr q new
| load
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Itrnndle that hand. cart haok and fort n
wbeol;no burdens far heyond on,
strcnatb A. las, our weary ;onrnev
were aver onr honsebold Goods war,
settled and nj dark NV mother an,
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wo bod No God nv ,nonoy uas aon,
and The larder emntv / nawnod th
cloct from The maniIeniece tor fif,ee,
francs which sunnl;ed our wants fo
tbree davs
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