St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-11-23

on the always white charger is there.
One painting represents Gen. Wash
ington and Gen. Rochambeau giving
their last orders before the battle at
Yorktown. Gen. Washington has a
stern, Remember the Maine" look
upon his face and has not the sanity
look which the ordinary steel en-
craving, with which l was more
familiar, gave him. The private
apartments of Louis XIV are still
intact with their furnishings. We
were permitted to sit in the chairs
which had very regal feel. The
clock with the whole planetary sys-
tenn. calendar and all is there. BY
this clock he never infringed on the
close fishing season but the alarm
was always set at ga. M, May LIST,
and he invariably got good string
before noon. The bed upon which
be was wont to stretch his weary
limbs when tired with the turmoil OF
the days reigning, seems to be a
very easy, comfortable looking peice
of furniture. 1t would compare
favorably with the beds in many OF
our spare rooms" at home. Louis
had bad habit of not going to bed
early and thus needed more COM
Portable bed than many of us would.
Louis XIV is said not to have been
man whom mothers would hold up
to their sons, as person whose
character should be emulated, but
he had such good taste in great
many things, and especially in land
scape gardening, that were present
and his name were proposed tor
membership in the lodge of Eternal
Happiness, l should let some other
hard hearted fellow cast the black
ball.
Upon Nov. LIST and Nov. 2ad, All
Saints and All Souls days, the ceme-
teries get their full share OF atten-
ton. 1t is the custom on those days
to decorate the graves Of all deceas
ed relatives and friends. Several
hundred thousand were estimated
to have been the number of people
who visited the cemeteries this week
upon those two days. The decora-
ton which seems most in favor with
the poorer people is wreath made
from colored glass beads. They are
very ghostly looking affair and /
hope will be kept here in France.
But the custom will approve itself to
nearly everyone.
We have visited only two churches
as vet. These two are the Eglise du
Sacre Occur and Notre Dame. The
first named is situated upon the tor
of a hill near where we are living
1t is not yet finished but has beer
occupied since 1891. 1t will be q
beautiful structure when completed
OF course Notre Dame is known al
over the world. Its architecture i.
a marvel. Its gliding and paintings
are fine, and the man is indeed E
hardened wretch who gets by thu
row of appealing nuns at the en-
, trance without helping out on thu
expenses of the ensuing year. Thu
hours for services will accommodate
any person as they are PRACTICAL.
continuous. The bells can be heart
. at great distance but are very sof
= and melodious in tone. The street
e of Paris are very clean, a stream @
pure water is run through tn
cutters several times day. Al
=. refuse is swept into these stream
r and as a result one sees but littl
b dirt as compared to other grea
!. cities. The poor horses have a
hard a time as in London, as tn
pavements are the same and yer
II slippery. The drivers are yer
J, cruel lot of men and are CONSTANT
n beating their horses. / hope the
: will eventually 60 where / hay
mentally consigned them sewers
c times each day.
e The observance of Sunday is diff
a rent from what it is in New Englan
o and is chiefly noticeable by it's al
=, sence. The stores are nearly all ope
u all day Sunday, the men are all {
e work-a few stopping at - M, bt
J. for aught you can notice, you ST
O scarcely any difference on that da.
1t is in marked contrast with Lo
don where everything is so quiet c
t. Sunday. Working seven days in tt
n week together with the intempe
is ance of the people provokes son
4 wonder as to what the people W
~ be in 500 years more OF it. Ever
" one drinks to some extent. To
ct sure wine is mostly used, but a
as sinthe claims a fearful number
g victims and the number grow
80 larger every year. The hospit
' wards contain plenty of these cas-
re in all stages of paralysis and idioc
as Then too the cheap red wine is adj
err terated and consumers get form
a. chronic lead poisoning after a tin
. All vice is licensed by the COVER
a. ment and statistics show it to be
be fat failure. People too easily |
10 lieve when they cannot see a thin
m that it doesn't exist. 1t is simp
-. the old ostrich story. 1t makes
s. ordinary sinner feel a bit like
ey Puritan to roam about city Ii
ut this.
he The weather is lovely here.
overcoats or wraps needed as y
49, just fine for sight seeing. Have h
gu no reminders of winter yet but "