Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-09-08


the sum demanded. under penajiies,Ior non.
fnliment. But it had become Fsiday piph,.
and until their Sabbath was finished. thew
could not be induced TO move step, sa,ui.
day night they at last buried him. and The
officer paid them nothing. Before this there
was an Armenian who brought bread and
water to Marko after the death Of the Jew.
He burrowed in all parts OF the dead mans
dress 10 find something to take for himself:
be received a sum Of money TO carry the
mans bed and throw il into the sea. bnt kent
the money and slept on the bed He then
caught the plague and died. and Law nv che
side ofzihts s,ill mUre SICK 1ihfko The
neighbors bury their fellow counlsynan
and a Christian Jew procures at high
price, another, who agrees to watch over
Mako But the neighbors aroused, insist
that Mako shall be carried out into the
fields, TO spend there on his sick couch, in
tent, his forty days OF quarantine. This is
carried into effect, and the suffering boy com
pletes his day of puri6cs,ion in the months
Of December and january, in season of
cold storms Of rains his disease becomes
more settled; his body swelIs from having
taken cold; he is again carried back to the
purified house, but died in few DAYS the
third victim.
Another case, was OF German woman,
whose husband was in Odessa She was
serving in the family OF another German
woman. and one Of her companions was at
tackled with the plague and her mistress
turned her away from the house Sick
feeble and faint, she finds her way TO The
Chancery Of the nation by whom she was
protected. The Chancellor is requested BY
her to give her ticket for admission to the
plague hospital. He replies. that being a
Protestant he can give her none. She had
right. however. whether Protestant or Cath
ole to admission. and was in fact legally
Catholic. Disconsolate unable TO find
bed under any roof she wanders TO the bu-
rying ground. and passes the night be-
tween two Turkish monuments. Finding
herself suffering much from the cold, and
obliged to pass still another night on the
ground, she wauders 10 another field of the
dead. and finds as comfortless place by the
side Of another monument The passers
by throw her few paras. but no one inter-
es,s himself in her father at last, the third
day, a good hearted Turk, (like the good
Samaritan passes by, inquiries into the case,
and induces her TO follow him TO the Frank
hospital, where by threats and entreaties he
obtains admission for her. She finally re.
covered to tell her tale. and is now in Mr. SIS
family
Our English teacher found himself in a
family where the mistress Of the house was
attacked with the plague. Her eight board
ers and servants fed. He was himself
pious man, and ordinarily had the greatest
fear OF the plague Seeing her abandoned
he determined, with what is well
considered by her an extraordinary degree
OF disinterestedness. not TO lorsake her,
though she was woman regarded in very
poor circumstances The plague doctor is
called, and says, DO nothing; she will gel
we'll" The Homeopathic doctor comes
and prescribes an in6ntesimal portion Of the
plague matter itself as certain cure The
regular physician will not come at ALL
The priest is called in her dying moments,
and from aiar Off sprinkles upon her holy
water; but touches her not with his hands
to anoint her with oil. She dies. and no one
will lay her out for her burial The gen
lIeman does it himself He orders a coffin,
and the carpenter will not bring il 10
the house, and be brings il himself He
calls on the consul for constable TO con-
duct the funeral. He dares not for his own
personal safety furnish one. for one dead Of
the plague. This womans body, unattend-
ed by priest, or any one else save this gen.
erous Engllshmun, is carried on the back
Of single porter and thrown into its grave
There appeared to be $4,000 piastres in sill
yer in the house, but this man claimed not
one cent Of ]. in recompense. Priests and
hose who came not near her during her
sickness took the whole.
saw one day grey bearded old man,
toiling up hill that led TO
Pera, unaccompanied by any one On his
eff shoulder was dexterously disposed SO us
o hang down as much as possible. his pea
acket He was carrying under it the body |
If dead child, three years old entirely ma
sed, which he was holding by one leg,
while the other limbs and head hanging
lownwards projected from under the jacket.
With this melancholy burden. the aged ia
hei looked to the right and left in suppica-
ion TO receive few lathngs from the multi
udes through whom he passed, as he was
'ntering and going through the town. He
vas too poor TO have friends. and he wished
or whercwithal TO pay for burying his dead
should be long before finishing my dis
naly painful story Of the woes of the
,lague These that have mentioned, are
'ut "a few that have occurred under our own
We have heard reports of
Whole households Of seven, fourteen and
weniy. being carried off this year, one after
he other, among the Mussulmans, Among
he Christians where they keep quarantine.
here are rarely more than one. two or thren