Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-03-24
A Russian Story.

. A'''i i'i- tii' ltSl V hl>>ll WAS
half hHrb'r"u> country. You know thi
1t silll contains @rrtt herdes Of semi-civi
lizrl people. More s,vage than most o.
his fellow, WIS Alexander Na>ilievitcl
Slwaroff comm1n Ter in chief of tn.
Russian army. He WIS born in 1736. en-
tcr'''! the army At the az. of l3, and fought
till the Tim. Of hi, death
Personality, Suwarotf WAS dirty, pur-
noe Little man. of whom every one stooI
in awe. H.. though, WAS not afraiI OF
anyhc'lv. Kings AMI peas nts stool on :;
level with him. He had Il grim humor ol
his "wn. Int ,:iI not object if :, smart fcl-
low turned buck one Of hi> Joke, on hini-
>,-lf. He deli ,ltc to ca ch Il nun by
a>Ain. hin. nm .xp-c'e,llv. some such qsl.~-
tons rs : II " many stars aie In re ia
tn sky Very M ur div. the b,.w ldcre.
>'!'ilrr could N Ike no reply. OAcc. how
ever, the bitter w;i~ bitten.
Ol one occasion h. PAT this qleS' ion to
one Of his >eIlris on a cold .Januarv
nj tht. such is only Rl-sit can pro luce.
lh. soldier, not Il whit disturbed, answer
t. ronlh:
." Wait awhile AMI I'll tell YOU" AMI
he d.ilb 'rttrlv began TO count, "One.
two. three, *.
In til, wy n went grAvrlv on To =,
hundred, at which point 5 iwIruff. who
Wis rlrr,lv l,lt froz n believe it hirh
'inI- t. rid'- of. not. il ,wevrr. witluu,
inq iirimg tilr name Of this rcA.iv Reckon
cr.
Tle NIX, 'llv the soldier fplnl himself
promo ed ana the S'orv (Which Slwnr i.
loii with -r,.J -l'.'- /" hi, stalf) speedily
made Ii Nay through The army
II MAS 10. o zen he G. .rI-r:lt >rlrrlImis-l
:" The. coli. His pow, Is If endurance. were
rem !rhrll". AMI hi~ ind tf,-rcnc,. t. >ur-
round NJ p-rUli II H cnioyel ;i>toni>li-
M $ rni.c hy hi> per."mlnccs. Oncr,
whcn H. WI iIi Q ;,n Old man. IL MA
-..it To il" 60 II; OF AIS rii. F,r such a
DISTINGUISHED -ur~, I very rle.tnt n IN
MAS prepared. ~ soon a >Iwarutl' w:llh-
el into il. hr ~aih. = Tnrn ont tir. rubbish.
,nl ii Ike nr down some straw While
,h.~ W.T. eng lone. ;hc story -ors, some
one came IN IL 80. him.
An Au~,riin .rrani,.e. who came to Wis
it hin. W - ii k.-l ii these prep ptr.,'io :
tnd -ti4t mnr'y - Al the III ,i-~ial : bty y.lgr.
w.ii,h 90 np-is, lwr 60 u>4 .iris AM Il
r;i-2cl cloak iird up in Il bun ls..
i ThIf enough iUI winter? asked the
aston shed wi or.
=" The winter Is the father Of Us Rms
-ian-." answered >lwarutf. with :, grin
ne~iie- vou don't feel The cold when yulI' 'l,.
riding full -lllop.
" Bat when you're tired of riding. what
do yoG do"
Walk"
." Bar when yoare tircl of walking9"
Run
And 10 you never sleep, them asked
Ihr pctrilird question
" Som"timr- wion I've nothing better
to 60, replied Suw;,rott,. ctrel'.~>ly: " and
when want 10 have 4 very luxurious nap.
take of my spurs.
This man certainly had ,,rcu.iar notions
For one thing he WIS ionl al r.tw turnip,
He WIS i soldier. and ohng else. lie
was Indifferent as TO how.much blood WAS
she'd. and once allowed 4 Very large num-
brr of Turks To be ma>sacrel. On the
other hand >uwaroff was exceedingly
fond Of lli> children. 1t is sail that some
petition. he wnull le I'VE the army ana
his children once more
The General of Il division once sent home
a sergeant with dispatches. at the time
recommending the bearer to Suwaroff :
notice. The marshal. rs usual. proceeded
tn test him by Il series of whimsical qucS-
tons; but the caicchumcn was equal TO
the occa>iun
" How far is it to the moon" asked
Suwarutf
" Two of Your cXrcllcncv'> forced
marches, answered the sergeant.
Surprising vol were blockadcd. and
had no provisions left. how would You
supply Yourself?
i" rom the cnrmv.
"lIow IN my ti-h are there in the sea-
As many ;ts have been caurht''
And 50 the cNlmin itiOn went on