The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
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SCENES IN GREECE.
The Idle Peasant, the Omuipresent Dog
aud the Village Inn.

aud the Village Inn.
Greece Is not all Athens, and the
peasant in the "ountry village is 4
very interesting person. What yon
note about him most Is that he does
! nothing Day after day have We
walked over tie country and found
him standing or sitting about idle.
ihis used 20 bc a surprise, but we
were always told that it was a hoh-
day. 1t always Is holiday on
saints day, and there are many
saints days in the Greek calendar.
How the land gets cultivated at all
is a marvel, but it does somehow.
There are no Enclosures, or very
few. You are walking along inno-
Gently and suddenly find yourself
striding over vine burrows. At
first you think you are trespass-
ing and try to go around, but
a little experience makes you bold,
and you find that you are doing
quite the right thing. You may be
attacked by dog, but that is not
because you are off the path, but
because you are human being.
The Greek dog is marvellous
beast. We have vivid recollections
of him. His one principle is that
man is his natural foe, and he
takes every opportunity of putting
his principle into practice. He gen
orally appears from nowhere and
makes for you. You must get rid
of him quickly or he will call to his
aid brethren seven times worse than
himself and get rid of you. You
generally begin by -shying stones.
These are always at hand in Greece.
Providence, l suppose, never gives
/ an evil without corresponding an
tidote. This may drive him off if
he is alone and not very bold. If it
] doesn't, you must adopt more viSor-
Gus measures. Don't shoot him, be-
cause there is superstition that be
has an owner, and that owner will
probably turn up at the critical mo-
ment and shoot you. But you may
stab him if you happen to be carry
ing large enough knife and have
the skill to use it, or you may brain
him with your walking stick if it
be heavy enough. If these fail,
there is said to be one remedy left.
You may sit still, and he, too, will
sit still and look at you This IS
said to be infallible, but we never
had the. courage to try it. 1t is no
doubt an extremely comfortable
feeling, to be seated in the center Of
q circle of canine admirers, but it
would be apt to pail after time,
and Greece is not SO thickly popu-
lated that you can depend on res
cue arriving within an hour, or
day either.
If you pass through the pcrils of
the way and reach the village in
safety, you will, of course, go to
the inn, cafe, what you will. Here
are all the men of the place, talk
ing, laughing, driving away cares
which ,never come to them. The
prevailing costume is the long, gray
cloak of the shepherd, the most pic
turesque garment in Greece. These
men will stare at you perhaps lit
tie, but they will make you well
come. They will all talk to you in
their own tongue, and you will an
swer in yours. 1t does not matter a
bit that neither understands the
other. Both parties will be equally
pleased. We remember once meet
ing an old shepherd on the slopes OF
Hymettus. He stopped and entered
into long conversation. What it
was about we do not know, but he
seemed we'll pleased, and after
about 20 minutes we wished him
good night in the only words of his
language that we knew. You will
probably meet the village priest
too. He IS only peasant like the
rest, but he is recognized as su-
perior being on Sundays. Then If
you are thirsty you drink krasi, the
wine of the country, very mild and
very like sealing wax. At first you
will hate it, but after you have got
accustomed to it you will prefer it
to champagne, or you may drink
"mastich if you merely want to
be sociahle. If you are wise, you
will eat bread andLhoney, real Hy-
mettus honey, which the whole
world cannot beat. And then you
W II get up and go home, feeling
that there is no one you have met
like the Greek peasant.-Pall Mall