Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-04-23


indeed rims for great distances over stone I
Al times there are prcoipices above US and 7
Low AS hundreds Of feet high and deep, I
md the head grows dizzy as the ooaehman
lrivcs down the winding road, cracking +,
Ais whip, and the horses ON the run ~
certain Iomts, stone dropped from The !
hand on the roadside will tall hundreds I
ii tcct iutayhe sea, II
TLn thira day after leaving Nice we
reached Gcnna. Al Coeoletto + thc birth
.l,,,. of Columbus. We visited the house,
I'M. ,hr room in which he was born and
took away pink that was hlo,somlng IN
the window. While Mr. H. and myself
were ~trolliug along the street, after hay-
ng visited the church whore Columbus
was buried, We saw several children going
into large building, and anxious for
kaabL2gr. we followed, He went NJ
stair, and went down. found a large
= haul Of orphan boys, taught by priest
lie WAS very polite, asked me 70 sea,
and invited me To examine the sthv"l' L.
however, excused myself IN broken
French. Italian. Latin and Euglish,-
which he seemed to understand, and
went TO lind Mr.. Ii. | went up two flights
pf dark S'air,. opened a door, and 10, Mr. i
IA stood In the middle Of large room |
surrounded ly three Sisters OF Charity |
.ud "a hundred httlc boys and girls, lie |
was talking English to the Sister, and tho /
Sister, w,rt talking Italian - him. Both
w,r. apparently much daZ,d ana much
.mu-rd. A. ! went in, he exclaimed !
q. oh. hero comes gentleman who can
ttlk with yuu." And atIt went. great! /
ti his relief. greatly TO my chagrin. ! cN-
ulducd. apolo.iled, withdrew, took off my
hat. and told her we would call again
,,stt.nz a. the street, We found Martin,
aug courier, and Immediately returned. !
t..& l,r. with his. Interpretation, that ",
usse American gentlemen who wished tp|
ra.iy. information ia respect 10 the
school. 1T Italy. She replied that thu
Ms % school Of orphans, taken, fed,
clothed and educated by charity. Alter
A little conversation, she invited Us To the
,chool-room; about sixty scholars Went
with rs, and then went through a system
nf manual exercise; singing. rcciting IN
concert. and III the most exact and musical
way ever heard. When these exercises
were over. Young miss OF twelve left her
-eat. came down and stood before Us, and
begau.a a speech. She expressed the plea
sure they had in our visit, hoped we found
tho school agreeable, and wished Us great
-happiuc,, in our travels. | made short
response 10 the school and to the Sister,
and W. then retired, leaving asmali gratis
70 the institution. 1t was, ON the whole,
I'll mos, amusing episode Of my expert
cueo abroad thus far.
We passed through great many vii
lagos. Ia them all. as IN the city, the
streets are very narrow, scrupulousiy
clean. and the houses and hotels on either
side FROM six 20 ten stories ia height
In. .ua,.i dc Ia Vile, in which wenow
. ara D., an ull palace. We occupy suit
1T raasu, of Immense size and extent
Ia. Smallest, rooms OF the seven, We chose
fr uur sleeping rooms. They are each Of
thsm - hy 30, as large as our new veSiry,
and 20 tnct high. The ceilings are beau
uuuy frc>coci. The palace belongs to
.tamu; iibcrdini, at present in Milan.
The teI is four feet from the floor. wide,
soft aud luxurious. The room i fur
rf~h.i with tables. six arm chairs, four
gHuuag chairs, two easy chairs, sofa. bu-
ralu. secretary, picr glasses and washing
stands, fte windows are eighteen feet
hi.h. and the balcony oyerhaugs the prin-
rtpai street. luak from my window
-. 2 }h' 'H. .''r H1rn2r. Hi ''enoa' ana over
4 l!.f-' portion 81 the city; | see aiSo N,
'14''~' 'h' ''r'7' 'i,e Wi'e sweep "l 'he
Njl.H.n'~ ''Nfi,d WIN snow inc sea
~'''''!"N@ '' NAV "t'' "iere my treas
u'.> arr and whose scenes ouchant mt
n. r" t!"h h.th' fad'a gIorie> "t " j." beiit
It.l.A
We A'NcN,ited already three pAlaces
,.'r i'ma]z21' Victor Emanuel and The
4 f3Gi-.# u, a1d one church. the Annuheia
i '@''. me / ..2te> are superb. fl"ors o.
,.'h' vs. ''.''.3'' "H'iS "t sa'ln ana NelNe'
'.''@'H-, ''''l's u ,'''''hiSt hh" PoiPhs'
- NJ vNi"'S''V ~ :
d ""'''' M :, 80 .,.. y
WIN ."' paintings "oorhs"g we ee'inies
'"'N. j" '.'t'''n'''",l ol oe""''eS, -, S"ci
', '.'" '' ''"h' '''hlH III I'uioPe' "es'
t''".,.S 'ie l',N''o i'Sl''''iVeS' ""' Si'
- ''t'" g." - P"oii,' On P'iiii!sSioii' 80 III"
j '', 1G ',''S may ,'Hii"S 'It'i "ea1.il an
r w., .''''. We '"' ''N' '""'''' '''' i'Pui'
''r rr,
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r N''' ""l'' N'''' oN'i 'ht.l htdu'' aii'
- p,,.>'.'' ,,,E "'' '>'e''''''S'S "''f'''''e COST
= Van ,,,l,.vo ,o ido, e +bo r,ns;c -
L' Ian,,nqrr TLa hcrg,r. s;ngant ,bei,
ynr,ltIt,t;,rny TLnnmicfnars ad1 rcss mo-,
,nnf.s in str,irs of melody Our dr;vor =,
an dr;vrr. In e,couragcd his horses viii
nn.ns. ~ evo,,isitn cadcnc.
#. Wo,haya Inns FAR bren through u YER,
. n,or rountrv thougb il abounds II
Olives lemons and oranges The hill
are tcrracad up TO the limits of veg
IS citation. The little soil tbatis thu,
Il rescued from the rock. is cultivated
e to tho last extpnt have seen field
t. of wheat not a rod square. gardens q