Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-04
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PARIS, France, November Is. 1870
Th. p.,,.;.r ,acoonizss tina approaoh of
90,
autumn oy csl'Ain s'sn p"
liar to him. The departure OF Inc swai'
lows for q warmer climate is hardly
noticed by him. He rarely sees the
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some suioy sa" ~ .nsn 'a'5
dy low along the Boulevard, skimmering
and twittsring, Just above the horses
heads. For the Partisan, the signs Of
the approach Of autumn are the arrival
Of yioiets and Of the roasted chestnut
sellers. violets arc at Paris humble
and modest friends, that all love. II 10
almost the only emblem Of Q fallen dy.
nasty that did not share In the disgrace
Of those Who adopted Ii. The violet was
too modest 10 incur the wrath Of any
ons. IL Il. indeed. no modest that Il
viii only row to perfection In the soli.
tuds Of ths woods. You NAV see In the
gardens round Paris, at Boure.ls.Rs Refine,
for instance, whole sorss devoted to the
culture Of violets, bat they have little or
no perfume. Like the wood strawberry,
which the enormous berries grown by
the uurssrymen have been unable to
dethrone, the wood violet will continue
TO hide its pensive head in the grass.
While the flower girls are arranging
their trays. the chestnut rosstsrs, robust
children of Auyercne and Savoy. are In.
stalling their furnaces at the corner Of
some freousntsd street, Like Diopenes,
The morc6aud des morrons does mot take
up much room; hs only asks about three
feet for his round frying stove and him
sell. The stove Is q kind OF braxisr,
over which Is placed q tray perforated
with small holes. In this tray the chest.
uuts are placed 10 bake and q cover put
over the whole to keen the heat in. The
heat Ia given by the charcoal Are In the
braxisr. You should zee with what q
large and Kind smile he receives his
clients and distributes his sous worth
of chestnuts. There ID still, perhaps, q
touch Of care ON his brow and some
thing melancholy In his benevolent grin.
Il IL not cold enough. When 1t freezes
hard enough TO split the paving stones
be il happy, for then people buy many
chsstuuts.
Music teachers, especially. are great
consumers Of roasted chestnuts; and
a they 70 from one pupil to another
they never fall 10 buy q packet OF chest.
nuts, They form an excellent, frugal
and uncostiy breakfast, and they have
the further advantage OF warming the
hands OF the cousnmsr. II DR.. Palsy.
the author Of the famous Evidences OF
Christianity, had ever visited Paris.
hs would have made use Of this arRu.
ment a q proof Of design In the creation
Of the world. In creating the roasted
chestnut seller. the finger OF Providencs
excuse the mixed metaphor) had In
view the frozen fingers Of the ambula.
tory music teacher.
The American colony in Paris contin.
ues to flourish and expand, and will re-
main to hold before the Carlists and
Communists q bright example Of how
much p~lsasanter Il IL to live In Paris
without perturbation about any princi.
Piles at all. Why should people who
| can live comfortably in Paris be con.
cerned about any further millennium II
was q little Parisian girl who said to her
doll : dolly, II you're good, you'lig
to heaven; but II you're naughty, you'll
90 10 4 still MASTER place" The Ameri.
can in Paris has much the same feeling
about any other country or even Para.
disc ; removal from the boulsvards i'm.
plies q choice of evils. Yet the beset.
ting sin Of English blood survives ever
in the American snobbery. II the Re.
public only called about Il more titled
people. I suspect mapy Of the American
| COLONY would like II better. Some fami.
lies that come over here appear to be
Wild In their alteration Of Counts and
| Countssses. Lords and Ladies' with 4
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