The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-29


from church tower two hundred feet
high, but not readily finding the entrance,
we yentured to concoet our first Italian
sentence, and by putting together the
word "yia" and "plazza" with few ges-
lures made ourself Ineligible. From
the height we found Verona was situated
on the north side of an immense plain
bounded on the north by hills and noun
tains but stretching away in other direc
tons as far as the eye could reach.
Mantua, twenty;three miles off, is dis
tinctly visible. But we could not terry
long at Verona. We made an excursion
to Mantua and returned, but it did not
pay. The city presents nothing OF inter
est except having been very ancient. 1t
is strongly fortified with walls and
bitches, and regular draWbridges, has
twenty-five thousand inhabitants, and isl
noted for beng the birthplace of the fa-
nous Latin poet Virgil, whose lines com
mencing "Armae virumque cano," we used
to scan in school boy days, but the old
gentleman has been dead many years.
The plains are cultivated like garden,
and it is one continuous orchard of mul-
berry trees and grapevine as far as the
eye can extend in all directions, the vines
being trained to stretch from tree to tree,
and the ground cultivated between. They
| pillow corn with two and three yoke OF
oxen and two men, but the plows-0h,
dear We saw one which we think must
have been the one which Cincinatus left
in the furroW when he was called to as
sumo charge of Roman affairs, wooden
mouldbound, and carrying wheelbarroW
load of dirt. Barnum ought to have 1t
for the museum, and send Dennis Kearney
to supply them with Kenosha ploWs
They were all of about the same pattern.
We notice the oxen are all sobate, ana In
fer the COWS must be Of the same color, or
rather a little speckeled, for Italian butter
is Of that complexion. We have seen no
butter on the continent that would pass
current with Simmons or Slosson, or
others in Kenosha market. Most of 1t is
as white as the driven snow, with few
specks in it for variety. We expected a
better article in Germany, but the dairy
woman, we presume, keep the best at
! home
An amusing incident occurred to us
while riding in Austria some days since.
We were riding in compartment alone
when, unfortunately, a glass snapped,
without any apparent cause, The guard
noticed it on his round, and, naturally
supposing we were the author of the mis-
chief, signifed by gestures that we
should pay for it. We labored to con-
vince him that we were as innocent as a
kitten, and holding on to our brooches
pocket, intimated our obstinacy. He left
us with a significant nod, as much as to
say "I'll attend to your case" AS i'll
fortune would have it, another glass
snapped like a lamp chimney, aud we
were in quandary. On his next round
he shook his fist and sputtered-we re-
turned the compliment, still holding on
to our breeches pocket with one hand.
Again he left us for few moments and
returned with still more violent and
threatening gestures. Conscious of our
innocence, we still chung to our breeches
pocket with one hand--We had money in
it-and gestured with the other until our
patience was well nigh exhausted. "Au-
stighen der Eisenbahn wagon you stupid
cuss, we suddenly roared in the broadcast
Dutch we could manage, at the same
| time Selling our umbrella and making a
threatening thrust at him. He vanished,
but whether shocked at our profanity or
| frightened at our belligerent attitude we
have not learned to this day. On arrlv-
ing at the station, our case was duly re
ported, and we4were invited into the aw-
full presence of the ''Eisenbahn Hofmeis
ter" expecting to walk up to the captains
office and settle if found guilty. 1t was
new car, and on examination the glass
was found to have been, set too tight, and |
the motion, together with slight work
ing of the Joints, had caused the fracture, |
The poor guard was profuse in his apollo.
gies-so we presume, for we did not I'M
derstand it all,-begged our pardon, &C.,
and, not to be outdone in generosity, we
freely forgave him, and shook hands with
hearty laugh b1a asn9a 9ogr .oalG .,rs
gima*s ae ! b1fa* srgds 80 ano@ II
a Weare now in Venice, the famous Ven.
ice, have been riding in its famous gon-i
dolas, and o its gay, on a fine day, with
a balmy breeze, and a sunny sky, to re- I
cline under an awning and be rowed
about on the Grand Canal and under the
Rialto at one Ira an hour, (seventeen
cents). Who. would not ride? It lisa gay
city, and we have visited the most noted
places, the Doges' Palace, the famous
bell tower, more than two hundred feetI1
high. and overlooked the city, the Piazza,
San Marco, Picture galleries, and other
places too numerous to mention, and called b
on the American consul, have eaten delic-
ious oranges and cherries, and enjoyed I
life generally. The Hotel Royal Daneli,
situated on the Grand Canal, is one Of the
best, hotels in Europe, and its cuisine Tex
cellent, and more nearly like Americana
than anything I have seen on the cont. !
nent. The "portier" and clerk speak
s'Englischep after fashion, but we care ]