Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-10-23
DEcAYED NOBILITY.
French Counts and Chevaiiers Engage,
In Humble Occupations.


French Counts and ChevaiIers Engaged
In Humble Occupations.
A French writer has, after careful re-
search, made list, which is necessarily
partial, OF the representatives 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 Babou- Bourdaisiere descend
ant of great family of the Middle
Ages, making painful living by means
OF the washtub. A Count de Ia Marche,
whose ancestors intermarried with
Kings, is house-painter A Hauter-
oche, great grandson of the chiyalrous
leader at the battle of Fontenoy, who
politely said to the English, Gentle
men, fire first" is simple gendarme
at Gramat, French provincial
town. A St Megrin descendant of the
favorite of Henry ILL.,, hero of we'll
known play of Alexander Dumas the
younger, exercises the calling OF Paris
coachman. The blood of De Orally dc
Folk, famous military commander OF
the fourteenth century, flows in the
veins OF chorus singer at the Grand
Opera. CASTOR dc Folk, the most cele-
brated of the family, which was of
Navarro, was called PhGbus on account
OF his blonde locks and his remarkable
beauty. He was devoted to the chase.
and had pack Of 1000 dogs. A prom
inent miller bears the title of Baron de
Rosgrand, and descendant of the De
Retz family, one Of whom was the great
Cardinal, the bette noir of Anne of Aus
tria during the times of the Fronde,
digs graves and plays fiddle for rustic
dances in the Department OF Finisterre.
The limo of tho De Crequys, a family
of Picardy, in the North of France, is
said to date back to the year S57. The
present st. Crequy is day laborer
in his native province. Tho present
st. Paul counts among his ancestors
counselors, Cardinals, prelates and con-
fidential advisers of Kings of different
epochs. He contents himself with a
small salary paid by a gas company. A
Marquis de Folligne is an omnibus con-
ductor, whose furnished uniform does
not indicate his rank A Beaumanoir
is an humble employee of the customs at
Guerande p De Monitors and D'Au-
beans arc occupied in the same man
ner. All these families are very an
cient. One of the Beaumanoirs was
companion in arms of the celebrated
Breton warrior Du Guesclin. 1t
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 q 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 insignifi-
cant unless it be that of seller OF mousse
traps, in which is engaged Count OF
ST. John OF the families just men.
toned, the Bremonts were in the serv-
ice of Charles VIII, with Saintonge.
The De Tarcys 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 a real Bourbon
who was selling vegetables from a
hand-cart. A descendant of the Valois
Kings is letter.carrier in provincial
town. Not long ago Paris court sen.
fenced to prison two representatives. OF
the old noblesse who lived by pretend.
ed subscriptions to charitable objects.
About the same time Frenchman,
who had married an American girl and
correspondent 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 fol
their daughters, San Francisco .Chron'
icle.