The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-24
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ona. sisii 70 this country. and perhaps
if should give you : letter q expert
gnco. II might 90 uscfui II mt futcrvst-
ing, should ron or your friends ever al
tempt 70 80 abroad From my youth
/ had always hoped 70 be able 70 60
abroad, yet little expected il and there
fore when business snddonly called me
abroad, two years ago this month. ]
found myselfquite unpreparod-I mean
in this respect man must carry
knowledge with him. il be would BRING
knowledge home. Now 10 enjoy Wis
il, and accomplish as much as possible
in six months, he should frs; know and
and be able to govern himself, for he
viii every day find himself terribly tried
with encroachments upon his habits of
life, and contradictions upon his sense
OF propriety; and again he needs 10 be
well read in all modern works on for
eign lands, so that every step he may
know what TO anticipate and thus bet
ter enjoy the reality. He should not
fail TO understand the French language,
for with that he can 60 everywhere. -
He should know what is really neoessa-
nv 10 take with him. and to take no
more Most people mistake in this, as
/ did the first time. / win tell you a
little Of my first tour--I took my wife,
two years ago the 3lst inst, (the very
day we now leave for home }, and cross
ed the ocean on the the same steamer,
China. We landed at Liverpool,
went directly to London, where BUSH
ness detained me for two months; We
then started for the Continent. After
crossing the channel at Dover, we visi-
ted the beautiful city Of Brussels, the
capital OF Belgium; thence to Antwrep,
thence we struck the great river Rhine,
at the city of Cologne, and followed up
this romantic river, which compares tc
our Hudson in beauty and scenery, and
far surpasses it in interest. being asso-
ciated with such historical traditions
we visited all the towns Of note on oui
way--the old Roman ruins OF castles
which stand on the tops of the hills
on the borders, with which thousand
legends are connected; stories of giants
and kings, that when we read made ON
boyish hair stand on end, and whicl
are still entertained as true by major
ity OF the inhabitants ON our ronte.--
We visited all the cities Of the German
j States, Holland, Prussia Austria, Sax
ohy, Bohemia7-then we crossed through
Switzerland and France to Paris where
we remained for few weeks and ther
went to Italy We crossed the Alpl
Inv dilipnnca Mt Mount Cenis.-we lef
ut the foot, green fields and gardens
but as we wound our way up, drawn b.
eight and sometimes twelve horses, W,
found o barren waste on the sides of thu
prism-like slopes, until late in the after
noon, when we came to snow and chan
ged from wheels to sledges; at mid
night with clear sky at the top, VIZ
could look down to the horizon and SEE
the stars far below us. IT was terribly
cold and the strong wind created clouds
OF snow which filled the air, and KEEP
men on the way constantly at worl
with their shoyels to keep the pail
clear. The sight is grand and magnif
eent-we descended rapidly and came
down into Turin at early dawn, thence
on to Milan, noted old walled town
where is one of the largest and mos
costly cathedrals in the world; thence
on to Venice, the oldest city and frs
capital of Italy, built in the waters d
the Adriatic Sea; the streets are canals
and oil the conveyances are gondolas--
no horses and carriagesare seen. From
thence, crossing the Apprentices to Flor
ence, called the finest city in Europe
thence to Pisa, where is The Leaning
Tower, one Of the seven wonders
thence to Leghorne, city upon the
Il Mediterranean Sea; thence to Rome. =
Alb, never shall forget the bright moor
light midnight, when we entered the
walls Of this renowned old city; thai
great city ofpower, which SO long reign.
ed absolute, the mighty mistress of th,
world. I asked myself, @can it be pos
sible that am in Rome2" Here WI
remained two weeks, and might have
many months and not have been weary
looking upon the wonders Of antiquity
and the ruins Of the past The palaces
monuments and churches-it wa,
! Christmas day, the choicest day to be ii
Rome, forthe Pope IN person holds mass
in St. Peters and performs many sa
| cred rights before the people al tbs
week TO stand upon the groune
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