Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-03-17
MORE DOGS THAN MEN.
A Glimpse at Picturesque Out-of-the-
Way Village in Siberia.

A Glimpse at Picturesque Out-of-the-
Way Village in Siberia.
Our arrival at the village of Werch-
heimbakskoi was hailed by a salute
fired from q small cannon on the hill
side, and the villagers crowded forth
to have look at us, writes Julius NJ.
Price, the English artist, who is tax
ing a trip up the Yenisei River in
Siberia. 1t was a picturesque spot,
and looked doubly so in the warm
sunshine, the Oriental-looling little
church, with its white walls and
green cupolas, standing out in brill
liant relief against the blue sky. In
a short time the police officer arrived,
accompanied by his clerk and a couple
Of Cossacks, and we thus received our.
first visit from official Russia.
The Russians, physically, are I'M
doubtedly fine set of men; nearly
all have seen so far have been above
the average height. This officer
topped them all, for he must have
stood at least 6 feet 4 inches, and
with his tall astrakhan kept and long
fur coat seemed huge fellow, and a
very good-looking one to boot.
The village certainly was a great
improvement on any of the others we
had yet come to; the houses, even,
had some pretense to architecture;
and looked very pretty with their
quaint wooden porticoes. Dogs, as,
usual. seemed more numerous than,
Inhabitants. and had it not been that
I knew how peaceful they are, except
among themselves, it would have rel
Quired some nerve to pass through:
them, for the row they made WV
, simply awful.
In the evening the police otficeg
dined with us on board the Phoenix!
and very pleasant fellow he seemed
| He told us that his jurisdiction eXi
| tended over an enormous extent OF
| country, which, on consulting the
map. we found to be no less than five
| times the size of Great Britain, eSS
| tending right away to the Arctic
| Ocean-an awful and desolate tract
which he was obliged to visit twice q
| year. During the winter, he said,'
the cold was SO intense that at times
| he had experienced as much as As de-
grees of frost (Reaumur). We could
not help telling him that he looked
remarkably well in spite Of all these
hardships.
| The next morning a messenger
came to the ship expressly to ask ii \
would go ashore and take sketch of
! the village priest and his family,
This was rather compliment, so !,
| could hardly refuse, more especially
as few minutes later the worthy
| man himself arrived to show me the
way. The priest was a person Of re,
markable appearance-tall, slim, and
| exceedingly good-looking, in an effem-
mate sort of Way-With long, fair
beard and flowing locks. [ wanted
| his portrait. We went up to his
house. and | was presented to his wife.
Fortunately l had brought my cam
era with me, so to please him / took
| them all in a group, and shuddered to
! think how it would look when devel-
oped. I then asked the gentleman if
! I might make separate study OF
him. and he not only said he would
| be very pleased to let me, but even
! offered to come on board to sit for
me. So, during the morning, | made
| careful pencil study Of him. While
doing it, to my astonishment the
police officer, who had come to have
| look at what | was doing, asked me
| if I would like to do him afterWard.
New York Journal.