Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-05-19
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RUE ST.. HoNoRA Paris April, Goth
1888. When in company with Rev
PaXter Hood whose book on Oliver
Cromwell is i'm the Seaside Library
Mrs. Hood remarked that all good
Americans thought they would go to
Paris when they die. TO this | VEN
tured to retort that thous hit they had
a very laudable ambition to so while
they lived. Some Morris friends that
l have, metaphorically in my eye
would, feel sure like to visit the gay
| city SO few brief observations may
not be unwelcOme to them and to the
general readers of the TRIBUNE.
There are three routes to Paris from
London there is the Brighton arrange
ment, but it envolves Il longer sea-
voyage. 1t is Il good distance from
Newhaven in Sussex to Dieppe in
Normandy. Besides after crossing
the Atlantic, if one is not sea. There
are the London Chatham and Dovers
and southeastern services. We chose
the latter and went from London to
Folhestone, Folhestone is worth see
ing. 1t depends principally upon
visitors ond plrasure-scellers, Close by
is Shakespeare's eli fl, so called because
of the description of this cliff given in
King Lear. | don't suppose the lizard
of Avon"ever saw either Folhestone or
Dover any more than Longfellow ever
saw Minnesota when he described
Minnehaha and the Gland of the Da-
kOtahs," but until Macauley's New
Zealander takes his stand Oh IL broken
arch If London Bridge to sketch the
formation he called Shakspeares cliff. |
The boat started promptly. We were
only an hour and Il half crossing the |
channel. Midway we saw both coasts |
with equal indistinctness. The sea |
was smooth but several of the passen-
gers managed to be afflicted with NAL
dc mer. In a large congregation if
one person coughs it will be taken up |
by the others until the cOntagion
affects the whole. If Neptune the
NEUROLOGICAL god of the
sea manages to make one sick he
knows that others will soon follow.
1t is kind of harsh song that is sure
of a pretty general chorus. The sea
is sometimes blamed like some un-
fortunate persons, when it is really
innocent.
Belogne looks very pretty as you
enter the harbor. | had not an oppor-
tunity of seeing the town as we just
stayed long enough to have refresh
ments and get our tickets for the
train. had thought the train service
of England bad but France is worse;
even the superior carriages are either
stuffy with the gaudylupholstery or
draughty with the ill constructed
character of the carriages. With re-
gard to comfortable railroad travelling
America takes the cake. All that is
wanted in the West is little faster
then we may claim the
bakery.
The distinction setween the French
and the English is far greater than
that which exists between England
and America. The French are Il diff
ferent race; they have distinct type
of countenance their compilations are
darker than the English; thei: lam
guage is different: their manners and
customs are diverse to ourown. They
are all exceedingly polite people, but
I fear there is good deal of superb
ciality about them. They are more
excitable than we English and Ameri-
cans are.
/ have revived my acquaintance
with some of the Old familiar histori-
ch spots. / passed through the play
ground of adult Paris, the Avenue de
Champs Elyses. l saw again the
beautiful Place de la Concorde where
once stood the guilotine which de-
capitated the accomplished and
beautiful Queen Marie Antoinette
Charlotte Coriay, the young Norman