Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-05-20

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even burden bearers, bending beneath
their loads, carefully turn aside to avoid
them. There is one feature of their life
which is very peculiar. They con6ne
themselves to certain districts or wards,
aud by kind of law. which is we'll un.
derstood among themselves. they are re.
quiled to keep within their bounds. and
woe be to the cur that daics to venture
beyond is "best" The alarm is imme.
diately sounded. and all within hearing
rush upon the intruder with deafeniug
howls, aud he is fortunate to escape with
his life
The stranger cannot fail to notice the
burden bearers, or "hamals." as they arc
called lie meets them everywhere, and
wonders at their great strength. Burdens
of iron. Of boards. timb and stones for
building, huge bales of cotton. and mer-
chapdiss of every description are borne
upon the back, while barrels aud hogs
heads of liquids are borne on poles be.
tween the carriers From 500 to 1000
pounds are carried by one man a long
distance. One of Chickering'S large pia
nos was carried up . hill to the house Of
one Of the missionaries. up fight Of
stone steps and up an additional fight Of
stairs within, upon the back Of Que OF
these "hamals, without assistance.
The market halls are peculiar. These
are long, narrow buildings. lighted only
from the root. Through the middle is a
walk. from 4 to s feet wide, on both sides
of which tradesmen expose their Wares
for sale, themselves sitting oD the floor.
with their goods tempting|y arranged
about them. These shops are all open
to the walk. and in trout are open to each
other. These immense halls sometimes
comprise several long streets, covered
their entire length. Some are open only
to foot men, while others are open to
horsemen as well. The shops are all
closed before dark. and many of the mar.
kct streets are closed at night by large
gates at each end
The scenes in the streets Of Constantin.
ople cannot well be described, so as to
convey current idea to one accustomed
only to u Western civilization. Here d
great variety of costumes are worn. bS
persons of different nationalities. and as
many different languages are spoken. The
most common style of dress for men here,
and iu all the East is for pants. a gar
ment made with different degrees Of fnl.
ness, often hanging quite to the ankles,
and gathered by cord around the waist
The coat is long garment reaching to
the feet, made, if the person can afford it.,
of broad cloth, sometimes black, but very
commonly brown or blue For winter wea,
this coat is lined, throughout. Except the
sieeves) with fur. Furs are worn much
more here than in America, and always as
the lining of garment. The poor viilagers
however. are obliged to dispense with the
broad cloth and the fur, and their dress
is often Of the very coarsest material The
head dress universally worn in the East
is tie red fez. closely fitting cap with
no fore piece, aud with long black tassel
hanging from the centre of the crown -
The women when seen in the streets are
always either enveIoped in sheet, usually
white. or have their head covered with
shawl and their ficcs yelled so closely
that only their eyes can be seen. In this
city, however. the veil now is often so
thin that the features can easily be rec
ognized hut in the interior towns and
villages. man would not be able to rec.
ognize his own wife when closely veiled.
Imagine the streets of this great city.
thronged with men. women and children,
dogs and donkey,. horses and meu bear.
ing burdens, peddlers crying their wares,
beggars pleading for bread or money,
while the ear is constantly saluted with
the bsrkings of dogs aud the brayings of
donkeys, rising above the "confusiou of
tongues" on every hand, and you have o
very faint idea Of street scene in Cons.
tahtipople. I.Ho7l el;l tf. mrs
TIE population Of the city is variousy
estimated at from 100000 to 900 600,
comprising Turks, Armeuians, Greeks,
Jews. Circsssians. ,Persians, Arabans,
Hindoos, and | know not what besides.
The city is divided into separate dis
tficts, allotted to the Turks, Greeks. Ar
meDians and Jews. The Turkish districts
are by far the most extensive The old
city proper is eleven and one half miles
10 circumference. and is enclosed on the
land side by triple wall and ditch In
this wall are thirty seven gates. Tkis
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wall. however. would be but very tiff.
ling defense against au army. armed with
modern Weapons Of war, But,I must close