The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-07-19

zened, tatiooed aud childish her occu
patton consists in eating sweetmeats, and
tossing about her clothes cmploymenti
sometimes varied by dances and songs
not very delicate.
The children Of each lady are brought
up separately, having no communication
whatever with the establishment ovcl
the way except for the purpose of max
ing themselves disagrecable to it When
ever they meet the opposition, there i,
usually stand.up fight in the same way
as there would be with their amiablt
mammas; but prudent parent usually
prevents the occurrence of any unpleas-
ontry of this kind, by not making them
acquainted with each other. A you'll
on leaving the horem, therefore. is often
astonished pt the number of his un.
Known re fes--more surprised, in
deed. than g,aiilied. Should he event.
uaIly become wealthy and powerful. a
sure title to his favor used to he to dis.
pose ofeciually of few Of them, no
matter how, SO that they were never
heard of any more but recently this
practice seems to have fallen off
Fine fat slaves, sound in wind and
limb, and good steppcrs, are on salc
daily at the bazaars and there is always
a largo stock on view for ready money
or the bill of an approved party. La.
dies once established in the family are
unsaleable by law; but all others may
be had at reasonable prices, according
to the season and demand. If Jew.
or even Christian want good service.
able slave, there are always plenty of
his own persuasion ready for inspection
Or to purchase The Mahommedans o t
our species ore reserved solely for Mus
sulmans A slave merchant is a highly
respectable person in Turkey; indeed,
almost on level with British horse
dealer profession much adorned by
our noblemen in fact all good Judges
of flesh hold both professions in the
highest esteem. On the whole, however,
perhaps the Turk has the best of it,
lie does not require stables and the an.
imals fetch larger price. lie has new.
er occasion to be solicitous about the
price Of oats, and need provide, for his
stock, nothing beyond strictly moder-
ate dietary.
Mr.. Urquhart gave tolcrably long
list Of things in which we differ from
the Turks, and in which the Turks diff.
fer from ua; but there are still some
Others. In Turkey, the left side and
not the right is the place of honor. The
Turks are SO losl to al! sense Of proper
feeling. as to bury their dead without
any unnecessary fuss or parade where.
as, We think it precisely the proper time
to make ~ disturbance. and to fire off
tic great family guns, 50 that the de
lightful vanities Of iitc may not desert
a man until we have quite done with
him. Their dead arc So buried as to be
dissolved speedily ours are preserved
precisely that we may be always in a
lively state of expectation for the re.
turn Of their diseases; and that as they
canno, come back to us, we may join
them as soon as possible
The Turk loves fine horses and ser.
wants but he is more or less indifferent
about his clothes As for the fine arts,
our excellent new acquaintanccs have not
hitherto, troubled themselves much n
bout them They think the acquisition
Of useful knowledge. and the motives
which founded the Penny Magazine, al
together beneath the dignity of wise
man of the East. Crossing your legs
and smoking an unmanagcablc ripo is
more rational aid moro easy. Such is
their opinion. Thus it turns out that
tho art Of writing is rare accomplish.
ment in Turkey; it is even trade. and
practissd by a very few. 1t is under
stood to take twenty years diligent sap
ping to acquire so much knowledge as
ma, enable an individual to look out n
word in Mr. Redhousc's Turkish die
tionary, AMI then the individual must be
Mr. Redhouse himself; indeed it would
be hardly going too far to say that every
man makes his own Turkish 1t is Ger.
tain that, during a tolorably close and
extensive experience in tho country |
never met two Intimate friends one of
whom would agree that the other un-
derstood his mother tongue, as it ought
TO be understood Printing is entirely
in the bac! rrund At Constantinople
/ there ale hut Two newspapers; and one is
constantly knocking up for want Of sub
scrbers There isno daily journal, and
there are six hundred thousand or sever
hundred thousand resident inhabitants
besides strangers This little fact vii
] h. N oil h.,
oughly our new acquaintances are likely
TO be informed on current events and
why they often suppose Great Britain tc
be and island in the Red Sea. Indeed
their wisdom and intelligence in sncl
respects is hardly to be surpassed and
the facts | have related aud few 9th
ers, seem to hint to me that their Ian
guage is likely enough to be extinct il
few years. The Greeks positively viii
not learn it, and the abolition of thu
Christian disabilities, together with tn,
abolition of the Greek kingdom-whicl
seems to be threatened--will throw al
most all public business intoGreek hands
, for nearly all the notable activities il
Turkey, whether political or otherwise
arc foreigners even artisans are strane
ers, down to the men who serve in th
docks and arsenals but it is not easy t.
: see how this could be otherwise, for III
= Koran expressly forbids the carving @
any kind Of image and, with refresl
ing contempt for practical people, d,
clares the finest efforts of handwork i
D the world, simply abominable The or
J ly real worthy employment for Regl
: ular Turks money appears to be builc
= ing mosque but the triumphs {
: Turkish architecture, Of late years, ha,