Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-02-28

We take from an article on Roman Life
and Art, in the last Continental, entitled
"Nfaccaroni and Canvas, the following YER
batim report of the showman's description
of American dioramas exhibited at Rome.
Gcn-till-men, do me the play -surs to gaze upon
this hole. Tis the be-yu-.i-fool oity Of Nouva
Jorck in Ay-mer-l-ksy, with the aour-ish .inr
cities Of Brooklyn, Nouvs JersAs, and Long Is-lad
/ The imposing structure Of rotund form ia the
Gr-rand Coun-eill Hall containing the coun-ciIl
chamber Of the American nations =
| IYou say il is the Bat-tai-ree? II may be the
Bat-tai-ree j What Is that road ~ Broo-klir ,
| That is the railroad to Nouva 0r-lins direct
What is that ,sash-tnb' lis not wash-tub-'tis
a stim-boat. They make slim out Of coal which
is found on the ground. Is that Ire Ay.nG-i-eai.
,a-gil, Tis not; It's hoar.e-ay which has in
tro doo-ced hisself behind the glass. Are those
sauegss in Nouva Jersias' (New Jersey.) Those
are trees. f-.I
'Tis the bs-yu-ti-fool city of FiladeI6a. The
hodsss here are all built Of woo-ood-. The two
rivaires that cir-cum-vent the city are the Lavar
Delaware y and the Hudson.
The grsn-diose ship as lies in the LAEar (DeIa-
vare) rivaire is fool Of em-i-gr-rants. The sig
de-scen din the side Of the ship Is in dread
full sit-u-s-tion truly. Perhaps the artist was
IN boat and described the scsns 10 saw it,
l1c ciepnant you see de-scen-dln TIE street Is
4 nsy-tive Of this tropical region. and the
cock -toos infest the surrOundiD' air. The Moor
you see along the wharves are the spontaneous
born Of the soil. Those are kaykers (QuskersO
on mules with broad-brimmed hats onto their
heads; the sticks in their hands are to beat the
Moors who live on their sugar plan-tAy-tiOns-
You behold in the before ground . GRAND
feast day Of Amer-i-esin peasants; they are
be-hold-ing their noble Count-re-psir-ring to the
chase with a serf on q white hosrss bag (ho-se-
back,) The little joke of the cattle is play fool
fancy Of the jocose artists as did the panorama.
1 am un-ac'eount-abls for vsg-gsriss such as
them. The riv-sirs in the playground is the
sisnors-pippi."
The what ? asked caper. shaking with laugh
ter.
"A gen-til-mAn the other day told me that on
ly the peasants In Americsy say Missus or Mis-
trise, and that the rivaire con-se-kwsn-tilly was
not Missuspppi, but, as have had the honor Of
saying the Signora-pippi rivsire. Ths nsxt
hole, EKcellen-cis ,-Tis the beyu-ti-tool city Of
Vaskmenton, (Wsshington) also on tbs Signors-
pippi riveire. The white balls on the trees IL
GOTTEN. Those are not white balls on the ground
those are ship;-ships as have woolen CROWN
onto their sides (sheep y. Tis not 9 white
general WOO lives there, and WAS formerly
kings of the American nations What does
that Moor, with the white lady in his arms II
is negro peasant taking his mis-triss out TO air.
-'tis the custom in those land. -" That
negress or fe-msil Moor with some childs is also
arriving, and the white CONAN tyin' up her
stockings ia a sportive of the artists. He is
much for the humorous.
'EIeellsncies, the last hole A-mer.i-cain. 'Tis |
the stoo-pen-doss Signorspippi rivsire in all its
magnificent booty. What is that cooksroo
doing thsrel He i- taking 9 fy. Yos do NOT
see th1 fy' mean . fight. Wat u that bust
fi.-dsrs' That is a sfim-boat was cArryin' on
too much slim. and the slim which Ia made Of |
coal. goes of like gun-pov-dsir if you put
II ghts onto II. This is q fr-ful and swe-fool |
sight The other stim boat Is not Dustin, It is |
sailin'