Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-09-12

Chief wealth Of the wealthy prOprI
etors, and the oil they produce
the staple Of this part Of the coun
try. Dopkcys are the ,lrNdgcs.-
SThcy do the carrying trade. A
useful as horses and oxen, and NOR
patient and more easily kept, the
are part Of the family and the chic
servants Of the people. Yet tn
industry Of the country bore token
Of poverty. Everything was on
small scale. And the movement 0
the men when they had sometlIin!
! to do, and the action Of the NOR
, industrious women, indicated fee
bic, listless uncnergetic disposition
as if the climate was so enervatinl
that to live is all that ought to b,
required Of any one. And to livt
requires but very plain food ant
that is easily obtained. That Sc;
yields fish abundant!y. Chestnut
are plentiful and form u large part
OF their food. Beans and bread are
not wanting, and little actual suffer
ing from want is endured
1t was nearly midnight before we
reached Oncglia- where we we're to
be left for the night. All the other
passengers went on. We were left
in the solitary street, at the door OF
the post office, where the horses
were changed, and the post boy un
dertook to find us lodging. Two
tavcrns refused us hospitality A
third, and very third rate house,
received us. Our beds were as the
last night dodgers had left them.-
WerOused the landlady and helped
her to spread clean sheets, and 50
made ourselves comfortable.
Another little incident in the
morning illustrated Italian charac-
ter. We asked the waiter at break
fast for our bill. He returned from
the Office and reported that it was
two dollars and a half Being sure
he was cheating, we demanded the
written account. At length the
rogue produced 1t: and it was two
dollars; he had intended to pocket
the half dollar and bring US the re
ceiptcd bill for two and u half!
The second days ride, like the
first, was a succession of views,
beautiful, magnificent, and often
glorious. Over the sea continually
and looking out Oh its blue bosom,
lighted by Il warm italian sun: on
our right hand mountains rising to
the clouds, only there were no
now the road plungcs into
a deep frightful gorge, and now
gap in the hills shows distant sides
and SUBMITS glistening in silver
with sunlighted SHOWS
md thus new picture, a new scene
Of wonderful charm, was constant
.y presented, hour after hour, thro'
the whole day. And this roman
tic route, w.Iere a carriage ath is a
and would never have been
attempted but for military purpose,
4 railroad is now in process Of con-
'truction-a gigantic, if not insane,
1t is half the timc-no,
not SO much as that, but often-un-
lergrouAd, by long tunnels, forcing
tself through solid rock and form
dahle hills, spanning tremendous
,hasms with arches and piers that
.he Romans would hardly have en-
yineered, and promising, itit is ev-
II finished, to make complete the
asst link necessary to complete a
inc of rail from Paris to Naples
Perhaps the Mont Gents tunnel will
'e done before this road, and that
will do the same. G... /
DR., Antonio has made a book on
his Cornice road. 1t would be an
ntcrtaining volume that should
lerely record the sights and expe-
fences of a week on tile way, and,
one has time at his command, he
lay make a week as pleasant here l
s in travel anywhere in Italy,
here isno place worth stopping at !
ntil you come to Mentonc, which !
now foreign, winter watering {
lace. 1t suddenly breaks upon 7
Ie traveller, as it a Saratoga had !
et him in a desert Of sand. As t
any hotels are here, and as large. !
olonies of British and American
miles winter. here for health, the i
innate is SO delightful A little far I
er on and we look down from S
urbie upon tho little princi-
llits of Monaco, the least and the
eanest among the Kingdoms c
urbie is a lovely village on the d
est of a mountain, and the poor i
,ople who dwell here are said to S
I've leprosy sometimes among a
EN-. Soon we begin a long, wind t
G, rapid descent, and for miles \
lead, as VIC roll along the ledge, c
c lights of a distant city meet the c
e; now we lose sight of them, II
ID the town seems to be just be- q
W us, but again we sweep away e
to the darkness and distancetor re- Il
rn again to see the lamps on the a
at length the two s.
VS. journey is ended, and we are II
Nice. IhANEUs, "
CONFERENCES. -Four Conferences 81
eet Wednesday, August 2Sth-the {
ncinnati at Urbana, Bishops Nor
and Ames presiding; The North