The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-12-17

These great families had all their sew
eral peoias gorgeous in decoration, grace
full in form. There was boat with two
Loyes as serial forerunners, blowing
trumpets in honor of the lady who sat
in the shade of parasol pavilion. Next
Won saw the water-horse of Mestre with
silver fringed red and black trappings.
1t looked like war-steed, with its
armor almost touching the waves, yet
the rowers were merry devils clad like
Mephisto. And there was the bark of
Malamocco, with is armorial tower or
prov, followed by Murano in a peota all
looking-glass, beads, and vitreous orna-
ments. .sVous etes orfevre, Monsieur
Jose," was my thought at its mirrored
progress. A Chinese pagoda was the
next, and 1 was delighted to hear that
the Florentine deputation, with Manda-
rim Peruzzi at their head, were on board
that celestial bark. They could not
have been better accommodated. The
Chamber Of Commerce came out strong
". Its peotds were among the richest:
one of them looked like a swimming
elephant, with minaret on its back;
another had a cupola of silver with a
gilded genie for his bow-guide. A poeta
with tent and gondoliers in yellow
silk, one of the most graceful, belongs
to Signor Treves, who had the honor to
lodge the King of Italy in his Paduan
palace. The biscionte-sea- scrpents-of
the municipality were splendid crea-
lures of fancy, too; the largest
of the crowd, agile as snake, gem
tie as dove, with glorious lanterns
and immense bouquets ut their extrem-
tiles. They had at their service long
fiat boats, with a double row of flower
pots upon their borders. And between
all these big barks was swarming the
population of Venice afloat-natives
and strangers-l00,000 people at the
very least. And the small craft was
charming. There was gondola, black
as murder on the outside, all pink-glory,
white-edged inside, with silver marine
horses for row-locks, and with ladies
for central ornament-a perfect beau
tv. There were numbers of Bayadere
boats, mean boats with wells, white,
or red. or green. pulled above them,
now into the form of a tent, now into
the prettiest shape Of uglies for ducks
of bonnets. The only ridiculous figures
in the fleet of fantastical boats were
cut by a few private gondolas with
rowers in prosaic livery-real tlunkeys
turned to watermen. And there were
the barges of the fishermen with their
cargo of liveliness seated OIL rows of UNI
tented chairs. And there was the host
of gondolas true to their colors yet
none without trieolor flag. Now
fancy this Kaleidoscope movement of
shipped joy, rowed by men in fantastic
dress and historic costume, spreading
along, sounding, FLASHING, radiating in
every direction. from the Piazzetta to
the Rialto, through the grandest ave-
nus of monumental glory, every palace
in the double long line of which is a
of architecture, has a name that
recalls the splendor of ancient power
and chivalry, and is reflected in its own
mirror. while ahnvn the 1Anr0nnno s"""A
the sun shines on the sublimest of
fields. This tumultuous progress of
color and sounds on the Canal Grande
began at eleven o'clock, and it lasted
some two hours, before the mass of
floating spectators who We're forming
two broad quays of thronged expecta-
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