Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-22

A LII NATIONS of the world
~ have their eyes fixed on the
II colossal struggle which is
shaking civilization to its very
foundations, but by none is it watched
With more breathless eagerness than
~ that province on the western side
If the Carpathians which is cut off
from it's kindred and bound by letters
Of iron into a sheaf OF alien races.
Magyar, Slav, Bosnian, Croatian, Teu-
.on-with his fellow-subjeCts of Kaiser
Franz Josef the Latin inhabitant Of
Pennsylvania has absolutely no SYM
pathy. On the contrary, he detests
them, one and all, though he reserves
his deadliest hatred for his hard task
master, the Hungarian. But with the
ROumanian on the farther side of the
Transylvanian Alps he has all things
In common, blood, language, descent.
ROumania, the Romans land; Transyl-
vania, that part of the Romans land
which lies beyond the forests. And
that part which lies beyond the for
ests looks with unspeakable longing
| for the deliverance which the Haps-
burg's overthrow will bring, for that
victory which will reunite her to her
kin, writes J. NJ. Dodington in Coun-
try Life.
1t is an interesting land, that which
lies beyond the forests, and there is,
perhaps, no quainter town in Europe
| than it's ancient capital, KOlozsvar.
Embosomed in trees, its ancient
houses struggle over several hills, its
two ripping rivers are crossed by pic
! tUresque covered wooden bridges
which rival those of Lucerne and
! Florence. It's narrow, unpaved streets
are lighted by electricity, but SANTA
ton, in each and all of its branches,
is totally ignored, and in it's main thor
Oughfares, beside the lines of the cleo
trio tramway, run open sewers. These
discharge themselves into the two riv-
ers. l may add that the visitor has a
not altogether agreeable sensation
when he observes the brown-sllnned
washerwomen pounding his linen on
the banks of the said streams and sub
seQuently rinsing it in their turbid
waters
In these narrow, unpaved streets
there are many lofty and spacious
mansions, tenanted by the haute arts.
tocratic of the country. Like the pa
lazzi of Florence and of Rome the
ground floors of these are entirely Oc
Cupied by shops. On the first floor
the piano mobile, lives the owner Gil
sufficiently well off to afford sucl
lodgment). The upper floors are lei
to tenants of many degrees, whose
station varies in inverse proportion tC
their altitude. If the owner of the
mansion is a poor man, he himselI
goes up higher"
Standing solitary on a hill outside
the town is q whitewashed fortress
from which one has superb view ovel
hill and dale, over forest and river
away and away to the far blue line
of the Carpathians. KoloZsvar alsC
possesses a fine public park, undeI
whose fragrant lime trees a magnifi
cent Tzigany band discourses wildes
music.
Market Day in koIozsvar.
But the greatest charm of the littl
town Git has a population of but |
bare 10000 souls) is its market day
Then, under the largest and mos
gOrgeously colored umbrellas in Eu
rope q should imagine) do groups o
the most picturesquely attired coun
trywomen assemble, surrounded b.
piles of the most delightful fruit an,
vegetables, downy peaches, crimson
plums, luscious grapes-purple, yellow
. and white-rosy apples, blue-blac
figs, blood red pomi d'oro, giganti
melons and cucumbers, huge red pei
pers, produce of garden and orchar
Of every color and form, and al
framed in garlands of roses of ever
imaginable hue. Present everywhere
roaming and roofing among the stalls
are tlocks of long-necked geese an
herds of the peculiarly hideOus swim
. of the country whose happiest huntin
, grounds are the Transylvanian fol
ests.
, Most beautiful forests they ar
which clothe the foothills, magnificer
oaks and beeches, with here and Their
!, a clump of silver birches or an avenu
, of stately pines. At rare interval
, comes a clearing in which nestles
{ little cluster of mud huts backed by
miniature village church. The sma
, fields which surround the tiny hamlet
are carpeted with wild flowers
Champions and peoples of immense siz
and most brilliant coloring, orchids {
1 many varieties, cornflowers-blu,
r purple and amethyst-wild roses of
z vivid pink and with thornless stem
: yellow snapdragons, delicate harebel
and fragrant pinks-there Is no en-