The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-21
HARVEST In RUSSIA.
Picturesque Description Of the Muscovit'
Peasants at Work In the Fields.
i IT,nlI Wall fiazt,tte.

Il field stretching away for miles and miles,
vsthout D. hedge. ditch or boundary stons 20
,lleye the sight offered by what seems to pe !,
very 9csan q waving ear .n ss' a wv. i
t9ts glorious crop. and as ne does 10
d t1lTus to sniff the hfeezs which 10
a1winp gently from the Black sea,
sbplt thirty yerets off, then no lets
IN eye wander complacently down steep
rs.d. ID which long procession Of empty
WI Ia tniliu9. The Jew Is D merchant from
isiessn, who bought the crops before him as
Il III hack as three years ago from a nObleman
HI II tdifliculties and bio is pleased by the sight
athnae CARTS because be knows now that he
VII ID able 10 get his wheat comfortably 70
itiaRsa before the September rains set In.
INN difficulty lii Southern Russia Is not To
~, ~ wheat but 70 get It shipped 30
.sRan HE aged Beniudas was haggling with
psrinae Npkine, the straitened noblsinhn
ave mentioned, about the purchase Of his
EryeBts for three years. he took care to men
,,sI, tllat ii would require more than q h,1n-
srpd earts to carry the wheat to Odessa and
ibat after TINT there might be some trouble
INIT getting barn in which to store the
rheat until 1t could be shipped. In fact, he
dascfibed the purchase of the corn as quite d
rambling speculation. and 30 ii often III. But
snot Id deale1s like Beniudas. He never buys
iii mere nf corn without being quite sure about
iii CARTS hls barn, his ship and his reapers
for, behold even as he stands surveying that
ni,e field Mt o'clock In the morning on b
nroullaing August day. hundred Or 70 of
Prince Nokine's tenants come slouching out
I'll their pttages with seythes and sicklas
While more distant group. coming from the
MrIne's castle, appear pushing before them q
araud steam moving machine. Prince Nokine,
Hkgali Russian landhpders. invests largely In
agricultural machinery, as b child would lin
t6yg II he had the money, and Ii was part I'll
BsbIudass contract that he should have the
frIbess machines at bis disposal. Not one 81
tka Russian peasants can work them; but
Hauiudas has brought with him D. couple of
hafp German ship stokers who know how to
III everything more or less. and who soon
Wilt the fire under the engine and set the
mower snorting, moving and cutting. Press
witty this big machine Id streWfng the corn
round 1t as easily and gracefully as u ships
kel slices the SEA and iays 1t out In foam; and
/ ihe Muecnvite peasants, marveling ut the
teetacle, rest Idly on their seythes and utter
Ee1Clamattpns Of delight. But Benjudas lifts
buti his hands and calls on them to do their
duty. you lazy swine. do you think It's for
Is giye you eaeh your ten kopeeak,s day!
dun't bestir yourselves Now, kwass ID
very small beer which the Russian
psasants love. Prince Nokine's tenans set
ID With Il WILL and soon there are nc
Nunds heard but their toilsome gasps
MlngliDg with the swlshing noise Of their
hlAdes as these sweep through the corn 10
| nKprous semi-eircles. Even women and chill
Apn are at work with lea, and, no fast NJ
hsayes can be made up, little hands Of tot
wing boys and girls curry them to the carts
| Were some sturdy iouts pack item down tight
MI each cart holds pyramid. which ID COW
MI with tarpanlin. Then the carts set off,
Md old Beniudas, who has been surveying all
NJ operations, returns to the field inWardly
suckling but outwardly morose. He never
News his laburels that he Id pleased with
hem, else they might be asking for more
kKass. OF this liquor each reaper gets as
/ much us can make him glad. but no more;
Ind Beniudas, as he proWls about, notes every
&nlker who, after doing less than his share
/ VI work, would like To secure more than his
lllowance of beverage. Nov, then, you hog,
{hoff; few more Of your sort would ruin
ne | shan't employ you tomorrow. These
/ Nh the benisons which Baniudas scatters
Nsdsiie iir-tree, carefully protecting his ven.
| Hzhle head from the SUMS rays