Show Ameir america teft still ahead russia is a very large country and with biberias Sib erias immense area included the size of the united states suffers buffers in comparison with her one of her newspapers has vaunted the transporting of a whole toa town n some forty odd I 1 miles along a frozen river a heretofore unknown feat as it claims the object of the removal being to place the town among some hills hilla that lend themselves admirably to the purpose of fortification thus thug securing a valuable military station it will undoubtedly be quite a feat to accomplish such a task and if the russian engineers find any hitch in their plans they can surmount the difficulties by reference to a similar undertaking successfully accomplished in the state of illinois namely the moving of the town of nauvoo over a frozen river in the course of three winters this was done and seven hundred houses bouses were transported and a new town now a prosperous berous s place was established the russian newspapers can boast t of the great work of moving one of their I 1 towns but it is a pleasure to know that the united states long ago anticipated them in such matters matte m Hax harpers pers round table |