Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-08-09
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shepherds in such regions IS
scarcely Arcadiap. For example
"A friend OF mine was posting
through Moldavia, some winters
ago, and had been journeving all
night. The cold was intense,
somewhere about 20 degrees be
low zero. Soon after day yoreak he
saw flock of sheep lying about
near the side of the road. with a
shepherd wrapped in his skins
among them. There was an uu-
caDny look about them all that in
dnced him to stop and send his
driver to see il anything was amiss
and he then discovered that both
sheep and shepherd were dead,
frozen TO b.Ccks as hard as if they
had been cut out-of wood ~
The first introduction of our
engineer into Bulgarian household
life was at TchernaEoda, the Da-
nub;an terminus of the line, in the
dwelling of IL family named Watt,
which he and his brother officials
for years afterward looked upon as
their Danube home. On their ar
rival, chilly from their ride, they
were shown into the underground
room. I've were glad to draw
round the hearth and warm our
selves by good fire, made Of
dare l mention it-cow dung Yes;
ard not only did we warm our
selves at this, to me, disgusting fu-
ell, but, horror of horrors the
housewife now proceeds to make
US Il Gamper cake, and roast it on
the hearth In this burning filth =
[ have fallen very low since | lett
the paternal roof some few months
ago; L have given up knives and
forks and taken TO fingers !; | have
munched with'a relish, black bread
anh huge onions; | have shared
one mug with half Il dozen others,
and | am prepared for even worse
| han this; hut eat damper cooked
in dung l never will, SO give me IL
cup of coffee and cigarette and [
will sup on them. Very well, do
us you like, says G., with his
mouth full, L have no doubt your
stomach will not be so proud in
the morning, SO | shall put your
share by your bedside He was
thoughtful, he was kind and he
was righl. There was none left
by next morning. a much
mere remarkable event occurred IN
the same household, during their
st sojourn there, few days la
ter. MIR. Ba,kiey was busy writing
in his loom. just outside tho
window, the daughter ii. law was
busily at work plasterihg the floor
of the verandah presently she
stopped, stretched herself, gave
yawn and retired to the other
room, leaving her pail of mud
where she was at work. In about
half an hour she returned and fin
ished her job, and, small squeak
being heard, she complacently
said, oh, that is my new baby ; it
is just horn aud now wants feed
ing" TruIy enough dc es our
author remark that the curse of
Eve fails lightly on these people.
An incident more disag: eeable
than that of the camper, befel Mr..
Bar kley on winter ride of two
hundred miles over the snow to
Varna Missing the accustomed
hating place, he was forced to stop
ut nightfall in BuIgar shepherds
hut, Whele he found already con
gregateG, about dozen di,ty men
and one Iepulsively ugly woman,
all, however, hosritable and civil.
After supper they packed close
around the embers of the dying
fire, and sought repose. "ln IL
few minutes IL nasal chorus pro-
claims that all are sleeping, aud,
after few fitful dreams and starts,
[ am also safe in the arms OF Nor
pheus. Somewhere about the
middle of rhe night AIN disturbed
by feeling something moving
! quite slowly about the corners of
my mouth, as ii it wished to force
an entrance. keep quiet and
try to think what it can be. Am |
yet dreaming? Z? No, | think not,
for don't think | ever remember
I IL SIllCIl III IL UICdlIl Cthb
this thing may be that teels like Il
toad's back, it certainly has a pc
culiar odor. make sudden
spatch, intended to catch what |
supposed was some reptile, and
throw it across the room. There
was piercing scream, aid then
all woke mp, and all talked at once,
! and it was some moments before a
light conld be procured and an eX-
planation given. 1t then turned
out that l bad grabbed the big toe
of the woman, which unconscious
ly she had let stray nearly into my
mouth. Some assured me that
even supposing the toe had been
thrust into my mouth il could not
have poisoned me. I did not feel
so sure Of this myself.
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