The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

fering with or Disturbing those who
would worship, Al D o'clock we at
tended the beautiful church of st.
Roche, whore the oil paintings are
grand and beautiful and where God is
worshipped in earnest, At 10 O'Clock
the religious exercises Of the day arc
over, Then went the thousands and
the tens of Thousands to walk, to saun-
ter, to rest, to visit TO see beautiful
things. Places of dissipation were
closed, as were the churches. Into the
gardens, along the Champs Elysees,
along the seine, along the boulevArds
and fsubourgs, out from the rues went
men, women, and children. They
witnessed pantomimes and innocent ell
tertainments Of short duration at mod
crate prices. They saw pictures, met
relations and friends, and instead Of
eating until they were sleepy went out
and rested their brains, 90 that Monday
they were ready for work.
The boulevards are the great avenues.
The faubourGs are the wide streets that
lead direct into the country. The rues
are the narrower streets that connect
and lead into other thoroughfares. Thus
from home or apartment to rue, from
rue to boulevard or faubourg-from
labor to pastime and refreshment go
the people. No one there interferes
with the conceded rights Of others.
No one is hog that wants oil. Thus
the people are happy. As Mr.. Beecher
says, "Let the bands play in all the
parks" and let humanity be encour-
aged to religion by diet Of fields and
innocent psstimes rather than scourges
and Sunday priso2f.
A correspondent Of the Chicago in
ter ocean has been looking iuio the con-
dition Of the Lincoln monument at
Springfield and thus writes Of things
- he finds them:
"The correspondent finds that the
inner walls are of soft brick, which
are already rotten, and in many places
wood and granite chips are thrown III
to fill the spaces which should have
been solid masonry. In February, one
of the arches running the entire length
Of the terrace fell, and the flagstones
which form the floor of the terrace are
held up by timbers put in by the Gus
todian. This arch has been keyed up
with pine wedges and chunks of NOR.
tar. In places where the granite blocks
of the terrace floor were not long
enough to reach the wall there inner
ends were supported by inch pine
boards. Where the heavy granite col
umns for the statuary rest on the ter
race, they are levelled up with pine
wedges, and the stones are broken by
unequal weight. The inner walls are
loose, and are held up by long props,
now rotting. The heavy stone over the
crypt in which the remains of Tad
Lincoln rest, is supported on pine
board. The whole terrace on the south
and east sides has been taken out to
prevent the heavy stones from falling
on the collins below
George Augustus Sala tells an eastern
story about an Arab Sheik who, pursu-
ing on horseback his way to Damascus,
gave a lift to an old, haggard, and rag
ged woman whom he found lying, con-
vulsed with pain, at the foot Of palm
tree. The ancient crone told the Sheik
incidentally, that she was the cholera,
and that it was by Allah's will that she
was going to Damascus; but in consid
Grafton of the kindness which she re-
ceivcd, she promised that she woulG
slay only sixty persons there. Soor
after her arrival the pestilence broke
out, and tho people died like sheep witt
the rot. The ohcik reproached hel
with her breach of faith. "Not So,
quoth Dame Cholera; 81 kept my
word. killed only sixty. Fear killed
the rest"
Among the passengers yesterday il
an uptown elevated car sat a wizcnet
up, middle aged woman with look O
, saltpeter resignation ornamenting he
r nose and across her breast, worked OF
red flannel:
, "Salvation Army-Dead to tn
} World"
"Humph; she could 20 anywher
| safely without that sign" remarked
meditative, bald-headed man so lou
that twenty persons who were looking
:, mods and smiles vote aye.