The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-04-28
MISCELLANY.


IL is growing late in autumn. and |
have Travelled night and day for the last
week with a Russian gentlemen returning
TO his estates TO sell the last produce Of
his last harvest We have been spending
delightful summer together on the Lake
OF Geneva; and now the pleasant and
gracious ladies Of his family. who have
made the time pass 50 gaily, have winged
their way to Nice for the winter. We
are TO rejJn them in something less than
month, when my friend has settled his
affairs, and shown me something of coun.
try life in Russia We had scarcely
quilted the railroad when this life begins.
y light open carriage wait, for us ut tl-
station, together with n cart for our lug
gage and the last we see of civilization
is board before tea.shop, on which is
coarsely painted Various Of Rhums. sg-
miying that rum of dflereu qualities is
TO be bought there: though why the an.
nouncement Is made in English is not 50
clcar.
Ii IS SOON easy 10 see that we are in
Russia. Nearly every person m decent
clothes wears uniform. The Uniform,
appears, indeed, chiefly. if not altogether
in the buttons bnt it is unmistakable. --,
lnere is also certain air Of rcsirainl-a
mingled look of fear and watchfulncss-
about people, which is especially Russian.
The man who rides in our post cart with
our luggage is naturally in uniform, he-
c1uSc he is II post-oili"e clerk, and has
been given TO ia by the local director of
ilat establishment IS concession to the
to The rank and local influence of my
companion, who has to pay handsomely
Tor the honor notwithstanding IL is
cheap however, at any price, for no
sooner are that clerks buttons visible at
any pust-hou'e on the road than all the
rcsCu.,cs Of the establishment are pot ia
force t9 get IL horses on rs quickly ae pos
sible At whatever hour Of he day or
night we gailop up, the clerk u-c- sbmc
Irresistible open Sesame, an ishis soon
begin To Hush, and a whole village is as';r
although i've minutes previously II was
sunk in the very depths Of silence and
sleep We can get nothing TO cat any
where, but now and then our servant, Il
ninhla Pol, q, c,,,,t oc ,o.,,.,, l..;'.,
ns - tnmhlor If ho, froaran, ,oo ,ha ~ ~
or Of amber mnJo FROM - .,or" ,h", m 'I ho
carries y,,h linn uo, n,,cr . ~ H.,
had at all times in The post siations-noth.
ing more. There is no temptation 10 re
main for rest or refreehmon, ~ rror
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we nave qu'e cro"u rouhd Us before
we start-a Sient, morose, lumpish
crowd win very i'lie that Is human
aoou' 'hem inneeu'
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an uhloVe'y country oil oiasteu steppe.
without 'ree' mower or plade oil
grass lor miles ana huh1reus OF miles
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uhuer g'ounu hioSt oil 'he cot'ages
nave ous TT one room : ie" are weather
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