Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-11
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French Counts and ChevalIcrS Engaged
 in Humble Occupations.
 A French writer has, after careful re. search, made a list, which is necessarily partial, Of the represen tctives of some of the noblest families of this country who are now in the humble, not to say humblest, walks of life. He has found two descendants of Sully, the famous Minister of Henry w., working as masons' assistants or apprentices. A genuine ou-Bourdaisiere, descend- ant of great family of tho Middle Ages, making painful living by means of the washtub. A Count de la Marche, whose ancestors intermarried with Kings, is a house-painter. A Hauter- oche, great grandson of the chivalrous leader at the battle of FontenoY, who politely said to the English, Gentle men fire first!' is Q simple gendarme at Gramat, French provincial town. A St. Megrin descendant of the favorite of Henry III, hero of a we'll known play of Alexander Dumas the younger, exercises tho calling of Paris coachman. The blood of De Grailly de Folk, famous military commander of the fourteenth century, flows in the veins of chorus singer at the Grand Opera. Gaston de Folk, the most cele- brated of the family, which was of Navarro, was called Phoebus on account of his blonde locks and his remarkable beauty. He was devoted to the chase and had pack of 1,600 dogs. A prom inent miller bears the title of Baron de Rosgrand, and Q descendant of the De Retz family, ono of whom was the great Cardinal, tho bete noir of Anne of Aus tria during tho tiues of the Fronde, digs graves and plays the fiddle for rustic dances in the Department of Finisterre.
 The line of the De Crequys, family of Picardy, in the North of France, is said to date back to the year s57 The present St. Crequy is a day laborer in his native province. The present St. Paul counts among his ancestors counselors, Cardinals, prelates and con- fdential advisors of Kings of different epochs. He contents himself with @ small salary paid by gas company. A Marquis de Folligne is an omnibus con- ductor, whose tarnished uniform does not indicate his rank. A Beaumanoir is an humble employe of the customs at Guerande. p~ De Monitors and a D'Au- beans are occupied in the same man. ner. All these families are very an- cient. One of the Beaumanoirs was companion in arms ot the celebrated Breton warrior Du Guesclin. It is related of him that being wounded and suffering from thirst on the field of battle, he asked for water. Some one near him brutally replied: "Drink your blood; it will refresh you." A Marquis de Torcy d'Etallonde is an in-keeper at Carnac, and a Countess Aimee de Dieusse- Fremont, one of those annoying persons called ouvresues, is at this moment at the Chatelet Theater. No occupation could be more insignifl- cant unless 1t be that of seller of mousse traps, in which is engaged Count of St John. Of the families just men, tioned, the Bremonts were in the serv- ice of Charles VIII, with Saintonge. The Dc TaIcys were allied to the fam lily of Colberts, rendered celebrated by the, great Minister of Louis XIV. of that name.
 Descendants of Kings figure in the list. A law suit in Paris few years ago brought to light @ real Bourbon who was selling vegetables from a hand-cart. A descendant of the Valois Kings is letter.carrier in a provincial town. Not long ago Paris court sem fenced to prison two representatives of the old noblesse who lived by pretend cd subscriptions to charitable objects. About the same time a Frenchman, who had married an American girl and corresponded with American news. papers, was condemned for wearing the title of Baron. Paris is full of poor noblemen who live by their wits, and false titles there are as plenty as black berries. All of which should be a warning to American mammas on the lookout for aristocratic marriages for their daughters San Francisco Chron- icle.