Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-12-13
Russian Stomachs,

Usually the Russian station consists
Of an immense plain circular building,
constructed of brick, with very thick
walls, and plain zinc roof, the outside
painted red, the roof green wings or
flanges built of the same material ex-
tending along the track broad wood
en- esplanade in front, upon which the
passengers can amvse themselves prom
enading; and neat garden. with 9TH
err accommodations at one end Some
Of the large stations are not only mas
sive and of enormous extent, but pre-
sent rather striking and picturesque
appearance as they are approached
from the distance, standing as they do
in the great deserts of space like soil
tary sentinels of civilization. The pas
sengers rush out at every stopping place
just as they do in other parts OF the
world some to stretch their limbs, 9TH
ers to replenish the waste that seems
to be constantly going on in the stom.
achs of the travelling public. | don't
know how it is but it appears to me
that people who travel by railway are
always either tired, thirsty, or hungry.
The voracity with which plates of soup,
outlets, sandwiches, salad scalding hot
tea, wine, beer, and brandy are swal-
lowed down by these hungry and thirs-
ty Russians, is quite as striking as any
thing l ever saw cone in the line at
Washoe. But it is not feature con-
fined to Russia. | notice the thing
everywhere all over the world and
what vexes me about it is that | never
get tired myself, and rarely hungry or
thirsty. Here, in midsummer, with a
sweltering hot sun, and an atmosphere
that would almost smother salaman-
der, where whole legions of officers,
elegantly dressed ladies, and rabble
of miscellaneous second and third class
passengers like myself, pulling, blow
ing, eating, drinking, sweating. and
toilipg, as if their very existence de-
pended upon keeping up the internal
fires and blowing them off again. 1t is
dreadful to see people SO hard pushed
to live. I really can't conjecture what
sort of -eommotion they viii make
when they come to die. A sandwich
or two and glass of tea lasted me all
the way to Moscow journey of eigh-
teen hours, and | never suffered from
hunger, thirst or fatigue the whole way.
IF 1 had '.gone in like other people,
| would certainly have been dead
man before got half way; and yet, |
think, two sandwiches more would have
lasted me TO the Ural Mountains. 1t
continually bothers me to know how
the human stomach can bear to be tor
mented in this frightful way. Per
Baccho I would as soon be shot In
the hand with an escorette ball as drink
the quantity of wine and eat the guam
tity of food that have seen even wo-
men and children dispose OF, az II 1t
were mere pastime, on these railway
journeys. | think it must be either
this or the frost that accounts tor the
extraordinary prevalence of red noses
in Russia, and il even occurred to me
that the stations are painted a fiery
red, so that when travellers come with
in range of the refracted colour their
noses may look pale BY contrast, and
thereby remind them that it is time to
renew the caloric. Ross Bforne.
Ra%Just before going to bed, eat two
pigs feet and fried pie In less than
an hour You will see snake larger
than a hawser, devouring eight blue
haired children, who have Just escaped
sfrom monster with sorrel ewes and
red hot oycrcoat.