The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-07-27
OUR YANKEE IN NAPLES.
NAPLES, June 10Th, 1871.

The railway from Rome extends along
in the vicinity of the ruins of aqueducts
and other objects for twenty minutes
ride, and cruising the plain lying south OF
Rome, part of which is the Pantine
marshes, lying farther west, enters val
ley of the Appeurs varying from half a
mile to three miles in width till it APP
proaches within few miles of Naples,
where the plain extends nearly to the
Mediterranean. The ground is all oc-
cupied and cultivated very closely. The
wheat harvest was in progress the 18th OF
June. In the vicinity of Naples crops
are irrigated by means of water drawn
from wells and carried some distance in a
kind of channel made Of mason work and
is then conducted by means of small
bitches in the ground. The olive and
vine are extensively cultivated. Hotel
runners and hackmen are more persistent
and annoying in Naples than in any city
we have yet been in Europe, and it is al
most impossible to ride in Vetturina
without paying much more than the
usual tariff, or having quarrel. Our
Austrian friend, Hugo Shiick, banker
of Vienna, and ourself engaged yetturi.
ma ''per hora," driving to several places,
and when ready to dismiss the fellow, he
demanded pay "per cosso," which would
amount to double or more what we were
to pay. We handed him his money and
left him, amid curses and threats of police
| He followed us some distance, but finding
| it of no use, deserted us, and we certainly
had no occasion for his company farther.
A similar case occurred again during the
day when riding in company with gen.
tleman from Fort Wayne, Ind, whose ac-
quaintance we had made, the fellow fol-
lowing us into the hotel where he was
met by the landlord and elected into the
street.
This part of Italy, particularly Naples,
exhibits more squalid poor than any
place we have yet seen on the continent
Beggars abound in myriads, and even
the little brats five years old will follow
along whole square, "Signore, 6ignore,
une picolo soldi." Soap ought to be an
article of commerce among them. The
picking over of garbage and loading on
to their donkeys is a disgusting as well
laughable sight.
DonkeyG are mostly used by the lower
classes, who have any administering
mostly used for packing. We have often
seen them not SO heavy as good yearling
calf, 30 loaded down with market pro.
duce as to be almost covered up with
their overloaded panniers, and lousy
loafer sitting on top. On their return to
the country, they are sure to carry out
their panniers loaded with manure of the
streets or some other offal.
The markets are abundantly supplied
with vegetables of all kinds, and fruit
abundance Of cherries at two cents per
pound, plums mulberries, oranges and
lemons, with fresh, unwilted leaves upon
the stems, and of the latter, larger and
finer than any we ever saw in the States
The small fruits are sold by weight, the
Italian pound being about twelve ounces
|avoirdupois --...- ~. ..-....t. 4. ~.
The dairymen come around at regular
hours, not with wagon and ringing a
bell as in America, but driving their
goats from door to door and milking
what each customer wants, thereby ipsur-
ing supply fpure and fresh milk, with
out adulteration from chalk or water. IF
we call for milk from the window, they
will bring a goat up to the room and
milk her at the door, The goats are adj
mlrably trained, and stop when ordered,
and stand till driven on, Sometimes q
cow is driven about IN the same manner.
Naples is beautifully situated on q fine
bay of the same maine, which we think is
called one of the finest sheets of water in
the world. The principal streets are Of
good width, but the side streets are ex-
tremely narrow for carriages often not
more than ten or twelve feet. The tomb
of Virgil, the Latin poet, is situated lit
tie out of the city on the side of "a high
bluff or mountain. The old man who
unlocks the door and shows the way up
expects dime and at the entrance of
another gate an old uonan nYnants