INSIDE PARIS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 2799, 26 January 1871, Page 3

INSIDE PARIS.

—' ♦ '•■ (Pall Mall Gazette,)) The pressure of the siege has compelled the Parisians to avail themselves of every t means of economising as well as of ob- i taining provisions. The bears in the Jardin dcs Plantes have been found too costly curiosities at the present time, i consaming as they do or did an amount ' of fresh meat equal to the rations of ' many persons, and it has been determined ] to slay these animals and use their i flesh as .food. The blood from the i slaughter-houses, which formerly ran into < the aewera, is now carefully collected and i used in the preparation of black puddings, which are in great-esteem. In a single day 8000 kilogrammes in weight of these puddings have been sold. Beef and mutton suet is melted up into a substitute for butter. Raised pies are also In favour, containing a mixture, of blood> liver, and rice. The Journal dcs De"oats reports the proceedings of a Democratic club at Belleville, where the bourgeoisie, and especially ' the smaller shopkeepers,, were denounced for the most unpatriotic vices. ' c Ask the citoyennes present," said the speaker, "what they get when they go to buy four sous worth o£ horseflesh pudding." The women.present exclaimed, " Yes, it is infamous." " Grocers, butchers, and bakers," continued the orator, "are monopolisms and thieves. Have we not for the last two days seen them even here in Belleville chuckling over the idea of an armistice, and insisting upon thß necessity of peace, as they have already suffered enough, and it is time to put an end to the war V