The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-11-24

III
>"c'a, lIt" IN us>;a-Trzar>A"v-C.'oa arl i.s r,ce
''"'Ial f'ii'"> Hnd cur factories IN il. yicir
IV-iu-S'In H1r'a,l> commenced or ,,.r..r,od
and !"ir importance in ,!..y.,on;n~ .b r..,,,,r..'
al ''ic EnHr" -:"'erliofi and ~ I'nI,rc- Cr,,.
>N' ana cIimH>c oi the Allied Fl...-T..
dr,nkIng ~ En>>ia-l'rc',ars';n ;n.i> ;r fine VIM.
''''".'' :" .!p pt q Il. ths Linz, nyS,, =, ,,,
Trz,r>kry-ceo. the Imperial viIla,e. y,
Heaven of the Gar. is distant ahou, twenty.
hve vr7>'S from the ritv. This is the favor.
tie resort of ;hc Imperial family in au,um,
and spring. Situated far back from ,,,e r;v.
rr. on comparatively high ground. il ;s No,
:" damp from The river evaporation and ;s
not 20 subject 10 the sli.l,; and uu,ook ed for
showers that suddenly ovrrtaSc the va,
tr IN Peter >hurCh almost ever, dav. and pcr.
haHs halfa-'loz"n times dav during these
portions OF the year. T.:rea, - this d,.I;,h,
'"' Village 70" can take the railroad ,r,;,
S'"rraI times day, Or you can take a carr;
age. f'v the former. Won rraci, it in AN hour
by the latter IN about two hours Th,. latter
m":c Is preferable If the 'lav hc fine. of which
v"n can never be certain ill it IS pa<t Rv
coo'! fortune. when made the trial tho d,y
turned ont rr'r''i"u>-lt was the last SUNDAY
IN Summer. We had a iine barouche. the.
cost of which was only seven ronb!cs for tbe
day with three horses abrca>, rartv cop.
>i>tin. of two ladies' and two gentlemen w.
won't out hv The Moscow ratr. u,nn , ro,J
wide. smooth and hard. perfectly straioht
and so level that We could see the cate fifteen
or twenty ver>'s from the city. On either
>ide rows of shade trees stood stretching ont
their lratv arms to protcc: US from the h,a,
ot the sun, which some diyS seem. :, s,r;L d,
y"n IN this tar north latitude with pccuIiar
power. Our host h,d put aboard tor,n;,ht's
store OF comfort FOR the inner man, not even
oml''In" the champagne an! sherry, and ,mo.
king material f,r the lalirs-vcS. the lad,,.
nothing IS more common than to SIZE Them
indulge IN delicious Ilavanas and paper ropcs
hos" IN our party. after passing the l,arr,cr.
(it Is against the law. n against the raIc. 10
smoke IN the city. and tran>grcssors trcaucnt-
ly get INTO close quarters for violating il.
produced their finder. and struck off into
fast smoking almost lmme.liately-noi, how
ever without consulting my prcdju,l,ce,-l
h",nS almost strar ger To them. or cour,,.
] was passonatcly fond of the fumes. al,houch
no smoker. There were to be race, TODAY
and unusually numerous were the emma
ses on the way to Tczarskcy-ce!o. and all
the way farcrs. perhaps, were unusually free
and gay; 1t not can only say that ioIlifica-
ton must ne the order of the day with the
people ot this country. We arrived IN tho
race ground between twelve and one, and
after looking little into the mysteries of
our havreSack. left the carriage and went to
the gallery OF observation, where some
OF the party being recognized by the Princes,
we were all invited INTO her box. from which
the view was complete
! Here we stayed, and witnessed tho trot.
ting IN sulkeys and the running with lock
rys against each other and against time. and
the running OF three horses abreast in /, tai
lega against three others in the Sam. ce,r
all OF which was done according to program
me ann TO the great satisfaction Of the ladies.
who seemed to be great judges as to which
would be the lucky horses on the outset: and
thcy also knew which was the best io,.kev
aud hesItated not to declare it, and to copt:r
on him much Of the credit of Winning. Af,.r
the race was over and refreshment. we Won,
10 the distribution OF the prizes, which took
place IN an adjoining building The prizes
were all vessels and designs in ,;lvr-,h.
most costly, one thousand silver roubles
lney we're all very pretty, about twenty in
number
This being over. We accepted an invita-.
hon TO stay TO dinner, which was sumptuous
and remarkably exhiIiratng, and the time
passed OFT so rapidly that we did not reach
Petersburg till ten or eleven in the evening
our warm coats ard shawls being exactly
the things wanted The atrrac,;ons oc ,b..
imperial village are the races, which are fro
q"cn'y attended by the Imperial family -
t"o"e OF them. however. having been pres
enf ts,e day OF opr sit.)-rh. Palacs and