The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-11
HISTORY OF KlSHINEFF
A Former Resident Describes
Scene Of Jewish Massacre.
NOTED FOR ITS FINE GARDENS.

they occupy Twelve Thousand
Acres, and Their Fertility Is said
Not TO he ExceIIed Anywhere.
magnificent Piums RAISED There.
Active Trade Center Where Fairs
Are Held Twice Week.
So great has been the interest Of tie
pusllc in the recent massacre in Kish-
inen that little or no attention has
been given to the physical character
istics Of the place, says the New York
Times. And yet there are men over in
the east side Of New York who have
llven in Kishinen and say that in
many ways it is quite unlike any ether
city III the world. One Of these men.
who was iii KishineH not a great while
ago ana who took sufficient interest in|
it to learn much Of its history, told tie
other day Of some Of its most remark
able features Judging from the way
he spoke Of It Kishine9 is not at all a
bad place to live in-tbat is, for any
ore but a Jew.
Altogether the most attractive part
Of the city. according to the descrip-
zion Of the former inhabitants. is the
| wonderful gardens ia tie suburbs
These gardens occupy no less than 12,-
000 acres. which is about nineteen
/ square miles. The fertility is not ex
celled anywhere, ana It Is said to bo
rare occurrence FOR a crop Of anything
/ to fail The chief product Of these
rich acres are fruits and that kind Of
vegetables which in America is associ-
ated With the word "trueking I'm
mense quantities Of wine come from
tho vineyards Of the gardens Of I1ishi-
neff, ana many Of the expensive for
eign cigarettes smoked bg people ia
the United states are made Of tobacco
that was raised iii these same fields.
/ But 81 an things for which the Bees
sarabian capital is noted. said this in
foemant with a reminiscent smacking
/ Of the lips, the plums are the most de-
serving. They are dried and exported,
going to Odessa b. some 4lediter-
ranean port and are famous all over
I southeastern Europe.
For many months Of the year, be
/ continued the climate of Kishineff
IS just about like that Of southern
California IS said 10 be, but We had
some pretty cold weather. though III
didn't last long. The coolest month
1 has an average temperature Of about
20 and 80 sdegrees Fahrenheit, and in
the hottest month it is never over 70
degrees.
The formation Of the city is very
striking and unusual The old or
lower town is on the banks Of the
river Byk. tributary of the Dnie
ster. and the new or high town Is on
high crags rising in some places TO
nearly 500 feet above the leyel Of the
river
\ 1T IL doubtful If amy town III Russia
the nation Of fairs, has more of them
than has Kishineff Twice week
they occur, and the yearly returns
from them amount TO something like
St,500.000. Trade is exceedingly active
aud with every year it becomes more
important. KishinefT being the chief
center Of the Bessarabian commerce in
tallow, grain and countless other arti-
cles. Though the recent outrages per
petrated there inevitably create the ina.
E preston that Kishinetf Is in very
Il primitive stage at civilization, such is
far from true Whatever may Dc the
character Of many inhabitants and
however viiiainous and cruel they may
hate proved themselves, their city is
very rich in some things that are usu-
ally considered adjunets of civilization
For instance. the schools are said to
be very good aud there. are several the
alters. magnificent Turkish baths, large
markets. especially for cattle and corn,
| and eighteen or twenty churches. The
ayer Dyk, winding n and out among
the hills and crossed by several
bridges, with the fertile fields lying in
! the low part of tie town, presents a
picture. the travellers say, far from UNI
pleasant The population is something
between 10000 and 10000 and is
growing steadily. The railroad from
odessa TO Jassy, In Roumania, passes
through Kishineff, which IS only about
i 100 miles northwest Of the former city,
Kishinefr is the seat Of the archbish-
pprlc Of Bessarabia and has an ecclesi-
asacal seminary with nearly 1000 stu
dents. besides a college and several
l secondary schools. Steam flour mills,
candle ana soap works. distilleries, to-
bacco factories -all Of these are In the
interesting city. The streets, however,
] tit Is said. are mostly unpayed and the
buildings are plain.
Although it is a matter OF history
several hundred years old now, the
way in which the immediate vicinity
Of Kishinen has been the home Of 50
j many different peoples IS particularly
4 interesting iii view Of the late race
4 troubles. Far back almost before his
Il Tory began. the Cymri and Scythians
L E7ed there. They were ousted by the
& Get, who ia turn were conquered by
n tEA L, 1890. :, ,,,,,,aYats uspoSau In fbn