Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-12-15
C0rveSb0naence.
LErTEn ERo.u sUHoPs.
NAPLES ITALY, Nov. 10, 1s

NAPLES ITALY, Nov. 10, 1871.
The distance from Rome to Naples is i70
miles, through very poor country made
up of limerick hills, sand and gravel, with
here and there few miles of good soil. II
is wonder how they can raise enough TO
exist they could not if they had severe
winters, and was confined to only one crop
per year. But it is quite warm here, this
month is like our June, and The farmers
are at work putting in seed for the second
crop; and when l say the farmers, / might
say women, for they do a majority of the
outdoors work in this country. Where
you see building going on, women iiix the
mortar, and girls tend mason, with heavy
pals of mortar on their heads, bare-looted
and half clad. Mules and donkies pitched
up with cows constitutes team in this
country every where. And it is ve@y
doubtful, If they have any different farm
ing implements than those used a thousand
years ago. 1t is strange in this age of rail-
roads and increasing national intercourse
that improvements are not adopted; or even
forced upon them. And 1t is singular that
in this country where everything that is
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tai or wood, is brought to such perfection,
that no talent should be employed upon
improved machinery, or inventions that
ages could roll on, and nations rise up to
astonish the wortd with science, art and
learning, and the mechanic and farmer left
to use the same clumsy tool at his work
he ever did, and all by hand power; yet ii
is true, even the old mill to grind corn is
uscd the self same one referred to in the
bible-"Two shall be grinding at the MILL"
&c. II a large granite stone dug out the
depth OF twelve to fifteen inches, and about
the same in diameter, and another cut cone
form fits with hole in the top through
which is put long bar or sweep. Two
men or women at each end, walk around
and thus they grind their corn. In short
everything seems to ue performed, Uo us
WAC have seen improvemonts) tho hardest
way possible.
Naples is the largest city in Italy at the
| present time, numbering nearly half mil
lion inhabitants. 1t is built on ground
gradually rising from the Bay, the streets
are regular, most of them narrow, the build
ings are all very high, five and six stories,
and every window with small wrought
IRON "alcony 'ne tops oi Tue nouses uie ia'
ana many oil them surrounceu WIN r"l'-
ing and n walk, with a flower garden in
the centre' place lor iadies 10 promenade'
also LOT evening resorts anu PartleS' we
arc to'u 'here are pe'u''iu' women III IL
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scnera' saying "'i'""s s.'u"seiS nu'e '""'
w"iie we see tue s'Tee's iuii o' nus iooN'nE
"nen' "o' soou iooAi"5 "o.i'" 10 " 'e
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no"ie'y' III io'lneu anu co"'Se' anu "l'
'ne lower classes are so ignorant h'lny'
auu ptutish III 'ue'r nupus ol me- so'ns
r"sseo anu nan c'ao, nao''ihs win pigs,
uoss' anu uonhies' III IonS streets oil horrid
pe'iS "uu "'tn' n'aAeS rue through tue
wy "'o"S oy 'he wafer most u'sS"s'ihg'
we entered inc clly IN inc evening" ana
uroNo through so'iie pul's oi theso slreelS
." our way 10 Tue ilolei' Ine mucous
"oiScS "o"i tle c'o"uou mass vi ""'niaIs
ana humanity crlppieS ana oeSSars' would
lead one 10 DelleVe ne was entering Purga-
tory ilseli' Ana even IN passing on through
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h''eu WIN 'nis rag sn's eIaSs' hlulu-
'uues o' 81 uai'u peggars' e''' rms "hole-
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0''' '"ero "'o so'iio very ""e s.rec'S anu
e'es"nt S'o'eS' many paiaeos an" Spichu'''
resiuehces anu the rising Slope ol iahd
Which ehclrcies the oay, Is All covered with
pretty villas ana handsome garuehS' IN
Iact naples Is called 'pean'lIui city SIT
uated on one OF the hnest "ays IN the
world Inc Bay IS very pretty TO look
upon mere ana there are seen little Islands,
also good lnlets, ana plenty OF shipping
On the NIL the picturesque old castle OF
Elmo In the distance small villages, and
old Nesuvius, vomiting smoke ana hre'
Or course Naples Is beautiful and has been
and Is now place OF great resort. lnva-
has gather mere The pracing winds from
the Mediterranean, with TINS bainly, ever
lasting summer climate, is inviting to all,
and could 1t be modernlzed with good
municipal laws ana schools, with proper
regard to sanitary habits among the peo-
pie, it would be Paradise ofa place to live
in But as 1t is, do not see it in that light
and our stay will be short.
The next day was Sunday, which day is
wholly unobserved, as it is in all this coun-
try. If people abstain from work il is tC
use it as holiday, time Of frolic, and dis
sipaton, and there is plenty of it going OF
here. We had seen but very little drunk.
enness in Italy, or quarrelling, until ",
reached here and here il Is plentiful There