The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-22
SKETCHES OF TRAVEL IN EUROPE.
Venice.

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Taking the early train next morning,
wefOund ourselves In Venice at lOl o'clock,
and with peculiar feelings Of the novelty
Of the thing and yet in awe Of all we had
heard and read Of Venice, we took our first
OF many pleasant g0ndola trips to our
hotel (b'Italie) which Is in close proximity
to the square Of ST Mark. After dinner
we started on a Trip through the entire
length OC the Grand Canal aud about
town in general, tirSt stopping at the
Rialt0 Bridge 70 inspect the fish and
vegetable market there. These pleased
MS ~ much that We afterwards paid them
another visit, ION Friday, as there is
always a greater supply Of fish on that
day., and It was especially interesting ON
account Of the many strange Tut least TO
mel creatures Of the deep such as ] had
never before seen. YOuno doubt renlen-
Der our visiting Billlngsgate in London
last summer, but as there everything was
quiet at the time we heard none OF the
= BiIlinSgate" for which It became
renowned. At Venice, however, tho fish
women were at It hammer and tOngs,"
and though through ignorance Of the
language ! cannot say how strong theiT
expletives naturally were, yet Il they were
originally weak, they were rendered "ter.
riGIy terrifying" through The high crack
ed voices and threatening gestures and
countenanccs Of those who uttered them.
From the Rialto we proceeded on through
the Grand Canal, and at It's termination
passed OF through . smaller canal TO the
Church Of S. S. Giovanni e Paoli, highly in
teresting on account Of It's numerous
nlausOleums Of eminent VenedanS, in
fact it might be called the Westminster o.
Venice
The following day theame party again
proceeded together this time to the Lido,
narrow island separating the lagunes
from the AdfiAttc, and about IN hour
ride from the Piazetta. As this was Sun
day morning it was exceedingly pleasant
reclining inthe cot cushion Of the Condo
la, and listening 10 the sweet sounds OF the
distant church bells of the city, sOIly
stealing over the sofG waters Ofthe lagunes
and only disturbed, u disturbed at all, By
the pleasant ripple oil the bow Cleavipg The
water. have peculiar aversion 10 seeing
any exeftion Of 3 fellow. being in my be.
half while I should look quietly on, and
thus almost despiSed those who allowed
themselves to be carried up the steep
mountain sides Of the Alps 10 tie ''trag:
sessel," but one has nothing u this fesA'
ing in a g0ndola, as the motion OF the
gondolicF Is 80 easy aud graceful, and all
about Is 50 Nuiet as one glides past Anolh'
or, that Il almost seems as il the Condo
lier enjoys the thing as much as tue pas
sengers.-On reaching the Lido, we cross.
ed the island on broad boulevard eStab-
lshed By the m1nif1cence Of Archduke
3Eaximilian Emperor Of MeXicoO to the
Adriatic shore, where we spent u couple
Of hours as joyfuEfy rs children, gathering
small shells q the ocean on the stn.beat
shore, which equally children like, we
Afterwards threw away on our way home:
There is a very fine sandy beach here, and
also bathing establishment which is
numerousIy visited during the summer
months.
During the following week we leisurely
saw all the sights Of tile city, such Us the
Arsenal, with its remains OF the old Blu
centOrO, III which the DOges formerly
took their rides out to the AdriatiC 70 Gel.
citrate the annual marriage Of Venice to
the sea, and also u very interesting. collec-
ton OF ancient arms, not 80 extensive,
but more interesting than that Of London
Towel, rs the visitor Through the aid Of
ten Centimes carefully slnHgglel into the
hands OF the attendaht), could take his
leisure In carefully examining and han.
ding them. The Palace Of DOges re-
qtIiFed two days to see its large collection
Of paintings. &c, so thatwe tired Of them
and hardly granted the Academy Of Fine
Arts the attention its fine collection nler,
.itod.
Among the churches, s. n. della Salute
pleased US most IN point Of architectural
beauty, but we were much disappointed
with the interior Of ST. Mark. The
'Frari Church Is interesting on account Of
the splendid mansoleums Of Tizzian and
CanOVA. Wi ..o-.l
The Grand Canal did not please mo us
much as expected, because, though so
many Of the sO-called palaces stll had
some fine remnants Of their ancient archi-
tcctural beauty, one often found them
with OOarded.up windows and in such
condition as " believe them TO be the
habitations of the p" Childers'' Of the Elm.
erald Isle rather than Of Venetian nObil-
ity, and one must have quite q sentimental
turn Of mind not to notice the dirty and
mean condition Of everything in and about
them. ,. 10
A few hundred tons Of soap and paint
and nothing short Of that an0unt-Would
put Venice in such q condition that for.
mer visitor would not again recognize It.
One Of the pleasanteSt FecolleCtiOns /
shall retain OF our stay here, because un-
,AllOycd with tile dirt we found everywhere
else, is tho square Of st. Mark. You will
remember the walks we took along the
dazzling Shop windows Of the Palais
Royal, In Paris. and although the display
Of iewelFy and brilliRnts Is IeSs here than
there. yet the crowd there is greater, and
the sense Of being in u foreign country Is
also more distinctly felt. We. were e.
v0rcd with splendid moonlight nights,
and especially on the evening that the
music performed there was an immense
Crowd in the square, which had an in
'disCribahlc charm IN the moonlight Be
EorG the many and large CaGes, chairs and
tables were placed away out into the mid
die Oi the square, ind occupied by people
lcisurely slipping their coffee or their ices
Walking up and down among the i'm.
mpnse crowd, now listening to the music,
now scanning the faces Of the passcrs by,
or with them gazing into The bright daz-
1ling show windows. or again viewing in
the moonlight the beautiful buildings
forming the sqUare.-mOt OF all the
church OfSl. Mark hassa style of archi.
'teCture seemingly constructed for moon.
light nights,-Or slipping out oftho dens.
or crowd into the Riazzctta ind from
there viewing the church and island
OF SAH GiOrgiO MaggiOrG floating on the