Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-02-18

,,fIl MHtpufp and Frankfort n pa 4u
of bunlrel and hfly Jews II was bitter January
picht. snow twelve inches deep on the ground and
Sthin1erbaupeq didn't like Jews And So in this
manner did be ciyilly entreat them He did not say
them par kin them nor extract theil teeth rs al
Kim john but ar cnmpelled ever. mn Mo-. If
then, Il, tal,o on his ha#s or shoes Tl.e ne missed
pcla 4cll int lcathern said or boot heap and Al
di hrttk but not hopfe ne permitted the poor frost
hilie, rogncs To lind Their ellu,,ur,si il tle, couid
setting aside the supcrhumau difficult, If finding
ont one. own particular boots among three hundred
foot coverings the subtle Schinderlunnes had rerk-
unrd with fendsh ingenuity, on the acqni-tiveness
Of the Jewish Ofconrsc, every Hebrew instinc-
t,ig ought for the boots with the best SOLE and up
prt .lthers, aud stOutly claimed them as ms own
urrn aha had never possessed ANYTHING better than
pair II squashy pumps down at heel and bullying at
thy sles ycrcmcuily declared themselves the right
hd owners oil brave jack boots with triple rows of
uIls3 aud the real proprietors, showing themsclye
rcuitrnnt ut this new epplicaon of The law of ,,ha
aud ttup the consequence was a frRbiful uuroar and
coutcnlion-such fighting aud squabbliny such n
shriekng aud swearing in bad Hebrew and worse
German, such a rending of gaberdincs, and tearing of
boards aud clawing of hooked noses had never been
in Jcwcry since the days of Koran, Dathan and Abb
ram.
friend of mine told me that he once saw the same
experiment tried in Partisan violin, or n lookup
house, after bal masque The incarceraicd po5t-
ions de T.onpiumeau titus ebardeurs Robinson Cru-
and forts de Ia halle becoming nproarious and
KICKING nj the IRON sthhcnlDncu Tile gPrgcauts lie
willie entered the cell and unbooted every living pris-
And such scene there was in the mornin. in
the yard of the poste before the masqueradcrs
pay their respects to the coumissary of police that
Monsieur GaryiHa might describe it with his pcusil,
but not l. surely with my pen
| have related this little apologize TO illustrate he
characteristic but uni ant proceedings OF the Rus
siuu custom house officers. when we had given M
our ke}s in one Of the white washed cellars on the
basement OF a building on the lngliskaia Nabeke-
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tho officials proceeded to the examination of our
luggage. Either they had read Mr.. Letch Ritchies
Life Of Sehndcrhanucs or they had an nuivc per-
ccplon Of the modus agendi Of the robbers Of tie
Rhine or they had some ma sonic sympathy with the
Partisan police agents for such turning up of box
es aud turning out Of their contents and mixture of
their scYcralirs pc nell hggledy- pigglody helte-
bkclter jerfy-cuin tumble butter upon bacon tupsK-
turyy, muck, mess and middle, | never saw in my
Hc.
There WIS II yailldinous dovanier. who held a baud
hoy under one arm, aud seemed desrious of emula-
ting the popular hat-trick OF Herr Dober for he kept
up a continual cascade of gloves collars cau-te-
cologne bottles, combs hair-brushes guidc-booE
pin cushions aud hce-euns till turned to look Ter
the accomplice who WAS supplying him with fresh
blud-buxcs Now the cns,om honso officers at
every milton hn, travelled through have u differ
cut manner of examining your luggage. Your cru.-
yphlcgmattc Euglshman turns over each article
separately but cnrcfu1y Your stup1 Belgian rum
images your trunk as II he were trying TO catch
lizard. Your courteous Frenchm,n either LIGHT and
gracefully turns M yonr fine Iinin MS though he were
making a lobster salad or much more frequently-if
sou tell him YOU have nothing to declare and are
polite 10 him-iust peeps into one corner of yoar
portmnnlean, aud saws ICES, ossezlo Your senlep-
iious German non lcrs deeplv over your trunk rohcq
hi FIT firciinpor into the bosom of your dress shirts
and motions YOU to shut il ocain
But none Of these peculinrities had The Russi,n.-
They had a way of their own They twisted they
M.
omen. bottom upwords md shook ont the mann
5cript contents like snownakes They held M coats
and shirts and examined Them like nnwnbrok crs-
They fingered hdics dresses like lew cIntbc,,nrn
Thrv punched hats md looked into the lniugs: pass
c e., hmcre shnwls from one tn fine other for in spa
ton. openel letters and tried IN reaa their contents
fup4te down. drew silk s.ockngs o,er their arms.
hrl boots by the tocs and shook them. oncncd hot
ties. aud closed them apnin with tbe wrong cork.
Jeff H., f,anr.S of their ir, hands uron clean linen
,ud nm ritiue, nancr. ,r.,p,,ca ladies, mn Ter
garment. a rcI,rlme,,. carmel baos. forced boot
l,k i. the liitlc french n,trrss relirule lropnea
uiu.. under f,,t t,od an tbon tore then es.l
laughed spiu de.eolopnc creased silk with
n,in,lni, forced bingos s,r,i,cI i,es hr,l, c,,rs
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