The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-05-16

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re- x Russian villase9 Tea-Psrrtsyr.u Ts iPssrrtsyruE tend
~ ifuO'} sfnsTe-- s8T 600. COO. .S@
But, strange as are the guests, there
is no lack OF good cheer. ifhe tnmblers ST
lfor. no true Russian ever thinks of g4
drinking tea from q cup) have been
drained again and again the sliced ssI
lemons which here do duty for milk,ars ~,
already beginning to run short; and the
hngH black rye 00af, once Is lkig ssaswu
hassock, is more than half demolished.
Nor is all this feastine Without 8 ca1ss.i ssi
We are now within three td5Us. of Lent cnT
and the festival Of ssMaslenitza; But-
ter Week is being celebrated in this fsliiw
mote corner as zealoqsly as in Moscow . u
or st. Petersburg itself. Beside the %
sansoUdr i(teasurn1 which, ehasing jdstod
been replenished, is now Kissing and
steaming like miniature volcano, Hes Eai
9 huge pl4tteruof those ssma4 D rounIt on
buckwheat cakes, famous throughout
Russia under the name ofs lssblihfios 10
which are the traditional dainty OF, ther
season. They are usually eaten will.
fresh eaysAres or butter,. or ssswetana,MI0
(sour creamy or all three together. as .o
taste may direct; but out here on the "a
steppe. where such relishes ara not assi.s Il
" come BY, we are fain to content our .
-selves with mutton fatr sri hHR oiidaS
. While the, teeth are 40 busy, y the, : =
tongues are any thing but idle; for to
these isolated Villagers ihwhosoayes aadi
Journey 70 Mosc9Y, 9r Safateff San M is lkeyh
Polar voyage or 'an African EXPEDITION,
the arrival 9of . traxeled yisitorfia moi ids
small treat; and they at once over
lWhelmed me with questions. 11fito 9hl
i. !" And YOU have really; been to Jerlrsrp
salem, fatherp It must have been q
,tremaatious longjoarnsy for yous,sastoTq
am. HSt i} sG, sls Ss8ashSaFii I'll 0nly twelve
~ Visible ssnsation among ny andis6ces o1f
Twelve days!" echoes q brawny =,
fellow opposite msg ifiy - t6hef fi6f dhz
bounded 94azemept.s Sss NJ hy, I thought III
itYas right away 1t the ends Of the earth.
beyond tanioe nine lands.,hI CTheRaGlTO
sian phrase for extreme dietancel. -. oac
nfa No, hot Quite So far a. that. YS3ut " utS'o
ride st0f2 2afaram gph1 stea$her teGOng g
stantinople, and then across the BLACK
Sea teI 0dessa;o ana from There, II YOU IslN
u ike, you can 60 round the Grimes, ssuos
I've been doing,n '' y ',''''1"
,d 4 Amid did youssss thsi MaUs whifeT
ady vis-dlois eagerly, glahcing " b onelo one DIE
armed pl4 4omano in thea corna3t khndIeb
tesdmday Il dis snow saaSwSas' t bsafds1 sts1 snSsor
hairs against which biz scarsed. ssvarthsTr nd
4; II Wers We're | sJ.s Ii f fiHas sbuiass shas, rof
Pes, '5ass Has aSsa sns ssses asssS5
54;;9apd it Mhe pnsyefn yeur cfalptrproy
men who did this job for me ;, Tapping
his empty sRete} .oas But what t6enF or
when men fight, theyAve yUs-to fight, of
course, and1 don't tbear. him aHt grudgeg
We're all brothers again ,sov, thank r.
God ahdAftef an, If iS was III IEngffilsMh- sdf
man thft made the Teunds sdt 1yaa gepsdt
Englishman who tied It up for me aye,
andstore up HIS oMh shirtto ioIit!ss 'sfgt2
ID Aye. ave. = chimes in another; 'the ,od
that remembers bt7g0nes, let him havei on
Ids eyes put out eAf fsnstiwe pruvSsh>dteId
~ T But tell me, father, !" resumes my ta
'opposits iieigh Dor, q afsth counties " az
ths sassa Nth, 5say el s peaatful people be
% Z You may says tkAsu ssspaaoYsK6siG
yitcha u {Stephsn, Sss 81 scr Of EM4a9sslg M Tin
saw trees sgxoKingd one ffeaf DD whickGiq
Noe!d Tb;Sa iSef ri agt & yHsEsao betaioq
e ..,Aaa grapssg1gying yAle saysldeq1e
t1asS tSs %hss sH esis sssssq
there aEe IN this Yord, 70 be suregnnr vrm
This unlucky announOeiihnt dakrbVs1po
at once the effect Of I'll that has preced-
ed it. "A; sudden chill falls, ppa4 myr
hoo y6t.a vuhr, o$c6 q ,.rre, ~ sslr.t