Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-05

THE LITTLE STEAMER.
celain. You go to st. Cloud by rail or
river and then drive over to Sevres by
diligence or voiture. Some does one
way and some does the other. rode up
on the Seine, aboard Of little, noiseless,
low pressure steamer about the size of a
sewing machine. 1t was called the Sill
VOC Play, think.
The fare was thirty confines, or, say,
three cents. After paying my fare, and
finding that 1 still had money left, l
lunched at st. Cloud in the open air at
a trifiing expense. then took bottle
of milk from my pocket and quenched
my thirst. Travelling through France
one finds that the water is especially
bad, tasting Of the Dauphin at times
and dangerous in the extreme. | adj
wise those therefore who wish to be
well whilst doing the Continent to carry
especially in France, as | did, large,
thickset bottle of milk or kumiss with
which to take the wire edge off ones
whistle whilst being yanked through the
Louvre.
st. Cloud is seven miles west Of the
center of Paris and most ten miles by
rail on the road to Versailles-pronounced
Vairsi. st. Cloud belongs to the Canton
of Sevres and the reimbursement of YER
sailles. An reimbursement is not any
thing reprehensible 1t is all right. You
could belong to an reimbursement if you
lived in France.
st. Cloud is on n beautiful hill slope,
looking down the valley Of the Seine,
with Paris in the distance. 1t is peace
full and quiet and beautiful Everything
is peaceful in Paris, when there is no
revolution on the carpet The steam cars
run safely and do not make so much
noise as ours do. The steam whistle does
not have such hold on people as it does
here. The adjutant general at the depot
blows little tin bugle, the admiral of
the train returns the salute, the adjutant
general says "Allonsp and the train
starts off like somewhat leisurely
young man who is going to the depot to
meet his wife's mother.
One does not realize what a Fourth of
July racket we live in and employ in our
business, Lillian, till he has been the
guest Of a monarchy of Europe between
whose toes the timothy and clover have
sprung up to a great height. And yet il
is pleasing change, and shall be glad
when we as a republic have passed the
blow hard period laid aside the ear split
ting steam whistle, settled down to good,
permanent institutions and take on q
restful, sootheful, Boston air which
comes with time and the quiet self con-
graduation that one is born in Bible
land and Gospel privileges, and where
the right to worship in strictly high
church manner is open to all.
The Palace of st. Cloud was at one
time the residence of Napoleon in sum
mer time He used to go out there fol-
the heated term, and folding his arms
across his stomach have thought aftel
thought regarding the future of France
Yet he very likely never had an idet
that some day it would be thrifty re
public, engaged in growing green pea
or pulling a soiled dove out of the Sein'
now and then to add to the attractions
Of her Justly celebrated morgue.
Louis XVIII also put up at the Palace
in st. Cloud several summers. He spelled
1t "palais," which shows tibet he hat
very poor early English advantages, o.
that he was, as have always suspected
a native of Quebec. Charles X alsC
changed the bedding somewhat, anC
moved In during his reign. He also add
ed a new iron sink and place in th'
barn for washing buggies. Louis Phil
Hppe spent his summers here for a mum
Der of years, and wrote weekly letters t.
the Paris papers, signed "Uno," IL
which he urged the taxpayers to show
more generation for their royal nibbs
Napoleon III occupied the Palais in sum
mer during his lifetime, availing him
self finally of the use of Mr.. Bright
Justly celebrated disease and dying a
the dawn of better institutions TO
beautiful but unhappy France.
/ visited the Palais, which was burned
by the Prussians in 1870. The ground
occupy 900 acres, which offered to Blu,
and fit up, but probably did not dea
with responsible parties. This part 0
France reminds me very much of Mort
Carolina. / mean, of course, the naturs
features. Man has done more &c
France, it seems to me, than for the Ts
Heel state, and the cities Of Ashevill
and Paris are widely different. The pc
lice of Paris rarely get together in fror
of the court house to pitch horseshoe
or dwell on the outlook for the goobt
crops.
And yet the same blue, ozonic sky,
I may be allowed to coin word, Il
same soft, restful, dolce frtme1h air
gentle, genial health, and of cark d.
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