The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-03-14

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So sang Rogers a. lac entered Ven
ice, and SO must feel every sensitive
mind in the same circumslanees.--
The poet had one advantage as j; re-
speeis the poetical element In tha, he
and the men Of his time could enter
Venice only in boat whereas we
rush into the city in railroad train.
But perhaps the present arrangement
is as curious as the old cue was. As
you approach the city, you are aston-
ished TO find the cars running, as il
appears, on the very water. You OBJ.
serve an oren a on your side Of he
car you At once look out from the
other side and fod only water there.
You lower The sash @ad thrust your
head out in astonishmcnt, as eager AS
Noah's dove did Away in the distance
CLEAN The city lamps towers, domes
and crowded chimney tops lie along
the sky, but all seem 10 be floating
dream. Yet the car wheels trundle
you along, and you feel the solid earth
answering to their roll. All this hap
pened before you thought Of il, while
you were cln'ting with your friends
and now The whole party begin 10 won
der what has become Of the land or
when we launched upon the sea -
VI ether we are on soundings or off;
whether we are saiuts'or witches, thus
to ride upon the sea as upon the solid
land.
While we are debating these things
the train has entered the station, Au-
s,T;an officers with swords dangling by
their sides are standing round, while
The facans, or baggage men, open the
doors and poiat you the way to find
lie Omnibus" Your ears catch the
familiar word omnibus, ard you are
at once convinced that you are Meth
or floating nor dreaming, since The
mode Of conveyance belongs 10 terra
irma. But as you follow TIE process
sion Of porters, passing throu il many
apartments, you are q, once cpnfound-
cd to find yourself arrested by wafer.
Your luggage is slowed in a boat, and
your omnioua proves 10 be just sneh
n gondola IS you saw in the Genital
Park the last time YOU walked by tue
lake. And now away you glide, won
deging where, across this wide canal
several hundred feet in willh--then
shooting into anarrow street
Of water, you see houses rising four
and five stories high, right out Of the
water, and so close that you could |
reach across the passage with an oar /;
here too are sharp corners around |
which you turn, as you would pass the
corner Of a block in New York, the
gondolier utieriug a musical shout to
warn any approaching boat. 1t is
eleven o'clock at night; all is as still |
As the tomb: YOU hear no footfall--no
chrriage--no busy sounds OF /
any kind. The dipping Of an oar,the
yentle gurgle Of ripples under the /
Jow, the gondolier's shout at the turn
are all sounds you hear.
\ on are amazed TO turu so many cor
lers, and you wonder how the boat
men find their way, or if they are re-
lily lost, or if this can possibly be the
way to real hotel where hungry
nan can find supper and weary one
/ bed. But all things end, and so does
your boat ride, as you find your gon-
lola alongside of. handsome marble
taircasc. Half a dozen eentlemanly /
officials OF the hotel are waiting TO re-
.eve you. You enter a spacious hall
II the Hotel Barbesi, and before an
iour is past you feel yourself at home
n Venice.
! hear dozen readers asking how
his is, and how were men ever led to
,uild houses and palaces, and jail the
Of busy city, in a place SO
'ery vet. Perhaps | may as well
.nswer this question at the outset.
Venice owes its existencsas a aity
o the fGgilives who, on the invasion
I Italy by Atilla, sought safety from
be swords Of the Huns among the is
lnds Of this region. Al the extrem-
iy of the Gull, says Gibbou, "where
be Adriaiic teebly initiates the tides
1 the ocaan, near hundred small is.
lnds are separated by shallow water
rom the continent, and protected from
he waves by several long slips Of
and, which admit the entrance OF yes
els through some secret and narrow
hannels." The shore of the Adriatic
ea. all the way from the river Aidge !
, the Piave, was originally cut by
lauy streams whose broad mouths,
Iustered together along the coast, J
ave received the wash and delta OF !
&c country for centuries. The accn-
.glaion Of sand and earth thas brot {
5ea, formed clusters oi Islands, some +
them large and formed Of solid land i
aa others barely visible 81 ios wat- b
{ l,he tide varies only about three =
.et hefe), and others always bcloa i
10 surface. c
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