The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-17
NAP0LE0N'S AGED SOLDIER.
THE RfvIpO MOUNTAIN FiRMER VINO
saw MOSCOU IN n LINES.


mountains four miles west w this village. lives
a Swiss farmer named Jumes Boil. who il ono
ofthc survivors OF the Grand Army with which
NAPOLEON invaded Eu-sia in 1912. The victorian
lives ia secluded lutte valley, five hundred
feet above the Rumnpo river. AID borderrd on
each side 10y stil higher ridges. Here h" and
his patient wife have fclrd trrcs. cleared the
land. built house. barns. -tul,r walls. fences.
anil. ia short created i snug little homestead
of thirty nrrr~. whore formerly ih're wn-
nothing hut dwarf timber and unlimited
"stDnr crop The iurm lies on both Sides Of
n little mountain brook. which supplies album
daut water for the cattle. and along which the
grass IN the summer time AFFORDS rich PAS
ture Tho pl1ughcd land is devoted in it, sea-
son to oats. rye. barley. aud potatoes. while the
manufacture VI butter and checse keeps the
owners busy during the rect Of the year This
snug little oasis ON the dosolate Rauapo hills
is we'll known for miles around. and not "a few
Of the ncghborng residents have tasted the
Hospitality ot ia proprcirrs.
Tho snow ny l"rp In tho mountain gorges
yesterday. II, u cutter containing u reporter Of
TIir SuN and his guide toiled up the winding
WAY that lrai. TO Mr.. Bohl's place. The wagon
track iil.nii"i hv the nam" of road was bad
enough. even with six inches ot snow on II.
~ The frequent sudden -torpae's against pro-
tuding bnulicrS and stones testified.
This il pretty steep track" remarked the
guide but bless yon the old man don't make
nothing of it,. ~" Soon him bring a double
tmrs wor'' ihnn this. IT, grow up ON the
Swiss mountains. they say. AMI II never ~
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Of tho mu4n'ain: II Kind % reminds MIN OF
home. you know
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get on ami wnlk az ireIu NJ intervals. th' cut
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