Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-03-30

warmth IN winch the eNllcS ludulbe. lie
human body accommodates itself to its cir
cumstanceS and as cultivation and civil
lization have evidently the effect Of anne
liorating the climate Of country, who
knows but ere long, by the creeping pro-
cess of Siberian colonization, immense
tracts Of now desert land may be as well
peopled as the neighborhood of Moscow.
What is most remarkable in reference
to the climate of Siberia is, that it should
lie so very cold in latitudes no further
north than that Of London. In the same
latitude as the middle countries Of En- ,
gland, and but a tribe higher than Mont
real and Quebec, mercury will freeze in /
Siberia in winter. Moscow is not further
north than Glasgow and Edinburg and
in the Orkney Islands, which are farther
north than Tobolski, the climate is so We
ry mild in winter that many seasons pass
without supplying Ice sufficiently strong
to admitof the paStimc of skating; whilst
in Tobolski the cold is so very intense that
snow falls in your apartment if you mere
ly open the window and let in cold air
for the air appears to be frozen, and is
said by the people to be SO and by in
creasing its temperature its vapor becomes
snow. Tie cause of this difference lies
in the sea, which being generally of a
pretty equal temperature throughout the
year, makes all islands and especially
small ones, inscnsible to the variations of
continental climates. 1t is not the north
ern latitude of Siberia that desolates it
with cold so much as the immense tracts
of land--and this land gives it cores
ponding warmth in Summer; SO that by
taking advantage of the short season Of
hot weather, the Inhabitants can provide
themselves abundance for the winter, and
ev'n contriyc to lead life Of idlcncss and
merry. making.
Their houses are built in such manner
as to make them very comfortable during
the cold weather ; SO that going to bed in
Siberia is even more pleasant in January
than is iii our own country-tor every
house has large stove OF stone or brick
in the centre, and all the rooms are built
round it ana this is constantly supplied
with hot cmbcrs, without flame or smoke,
and well shut, it keeps every room in the
house at any agreeable temperature that it
required, so that one may go to bed in
winter ut a comfortable summer heat
Rich people have servant expressly on
purpose to attend to this fire place, and
the members Of poor families take the
charge of theirs in turns. And thus, il Il
family has plentiful supply Of wood and
provisions for the winter, and also spa
cious house thcy can lead very jolly and
comfortable life and the arrangements
of society are such as in general afford the
poorest the means Of accomplishing this
There are, therefore, great componsa
tions made IT, the inhabitants OF Siberia
for the severity o. their climate. In tho
summer time, says Mr. :. S. Hill, who
has lately returned to England from til,
iarthest regions Of Eastern Siberia, Tom
ski is deserted by its able bodied men wht
seek occupation chiefly at the mines on th
1enessei. The labor at the mines gcner
ally begins sooner or later in June. accor
ding to the season, and lasts till Septem
ber, before the close of which month tn
proprietors are obliged by law to dis
charge all workmen and laborcrs whatso
ever. The re. eration they receive 70
their labors dnring this short period, i
they choose to save all they earn, is usu
ally enough to maintain them with litu
or no effort during the rest of the year.
r. Thus the town is filed during the wintc
with idlers, who become practised in ovor.
sort Of vice. The strong arm, indeed, O
the law is not able to keep them from
worse excuses than disgrace humanit,
+ among savagcs.
y Mr.. Hill thinks there is too much libcrt
T in Russa-the. liberty of doing mischief
The upper classes require very sever
S. check, and lie records With approval u re
mark made to him in lrkourtsl1, when
new Governor was coming, and all wer
anxious about the character Of the man.
le There's more ALARM said the Swiss, "a
e. the report of the new Governor hav in
le done, or contemplated doing, an act {
e. justice or humanity on the road, tina
III doubtless would be i had arrived that
es tyrant was on his way to practice his ur
lc licensed cruelties, and to license the or
4 preston Of Others They are NOR
in afraid Of justice than injustice, for the
N suffer more from it. The good suffer fro,
to injustice, the bad from justice.
y, There are, however, many nice agree,
OF Bile people in Sibearia, and people also S
id fond of their country that they could NJ
IN bear to live any where else. Mr.. Hill mt
he with a beautiful young lady in Irkousl
I'd the daughter of an officer in the minin
I'd establishment, who spoke French wei
9, and had read much Of France and Englan
=. and expressed great desire to see then
~ especially France; but at the same tin
S she declared she could not continue to Ii,
d? happily in any country but Siberia 'Bl
en- when l asked her whether, when the low
at ly hills and fresh valleys, with their col
ey fields, orchards, parks, groves, and gree
ey meadows, of which she delighted to tall
g might net he tempted to abandon her n
to tive Irkoutsk, and even friends at hom
ly she declared her attachment to the pla
o. Of her birth to be such that she hard
nd knew whether, even if her father we
is called to live in Russia, she could endu
an absence from Irkoutsk for six months
be Her heart was there, no doubt, and s.
en- felt it warm enough to defy the ice al
|ly snow that surrounded her.
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