The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-09-16
What Ten Dollars can DO.

contributing a series Of letters, desorip-
tive of his travels, to the Charleston
Courier. From one of his recent letters
We take the following extract 1t shows
q. what q man can do with but small sum
: of money if the proper useis made of
it:
"a long pilgrimage indeed.
thirty years is a long time for any one
:, = teabe occupied in making joprney,
81 = To-day VIC saw friend Of ours, who,
some thirty years ago, left his home ip.
thoymQuptaina Of la Southern State for
Italy. The grand old cities of Venice,
Florence, Rome, aud Naples were the
dream of his childhood and he resolved
on seeing them; but how was this long
journey to be made by a mountain buy,
with only ten dollars in his pocket Our
young friend believed that where there
agis a will there is a way, and that almost
anything-isr possible for man to accom-
plish by perseverance aud well directed
energy. He knew that Italy was far,
but he did net stop to count the cost
s, or to grow weary, before he encountered
es theiiatigues of the journey; neither did
lions by the roadside frightcn him.
When he started ON his long and per
ilous journey, there were but four miles
:. OF railway ut the South Had there
q been thousand they would have been
~ @ofno avail to him. He however did
the next best thing, for one determined
with ten dollars to see Italy. He began
his journey on his two strong feet, and
to lessen his expenses he made bargain
with kind-hearted man who was going
with his wagon and team one hundred
and fifty miles on the road7te Italy tThe
boy was to assist the old man in cooking
currying, andsscotching, for his board.
! The fare, of course, was plain, and the
lodgings at night Oil the ground; but
this, out door life developed the rrscle
if not the brain of the youth, a , was
an Important training, and hardens one
who had to cross the Atlantic and climb
the Alps before he could look upon the
blue skies Of Italy. One hundred aud
fifty miles of the journey was performed
at Il cost OF twenty five cnts
1t will be seen that our friends orig
lnal capital was nearly whole when he
accomplished this much of his journey.
Hc was now among strangers, and could
not proceed further until his means were
increased. But Italy he was dctermin
cd to see; he therefore went to work Il a
salary Of fifty dollars per anEum. This
was indeed Il microscopic view of the
Italion skies, and under difficulties. 1t
WIS however. i'll the right direction
Years rolled On, and cur fronl contin-
ucd to work and loadly cherish his de-
sire to travel and see fair Italy \ few
months sinceshc took portion of his
l'ttle household and again started on the
way to the cherished land and this time
did not cease in his journoyings u~til he
was safely landed on the banks OF ili,
Grand Canal ut beautiful Venice w,
saw him to-day as hc triumphant,
stopped into .:ondola y few moncrt.
more aud he was sailing up tho Grand
Canal amid splendid palaces and tower
ing3old churches. And now he is safely
1A9ded III the Royal Hotel Danicl
.idOur friend is lot at the end of Iii
Journey and lie docs not waste time in
hotels. We next sec him walking tn
the great halls of me Palace Of th,
Dnges aud now he enters thc world re-
nowncd Cathedral of st. Marks As
it is his cus;omto investigate things thor
oushly, he ST. ps.and looks with wonder
and admiration at tho historical iIustra-
tion in Mosaic, the works o! many cen
turics ago.The first thing in the church
that attracts his attention, is Il scr!ptu
raj representation of heaven and earth.
49,. ~, 81. -. ~ .:,..... ~
Mosaic, such as the creation Of angels;
Spirit of God flying over the waters;
Gud civides light from daiknoss, the
separation of the firmancut from the
waters; crcatio. of sun and moon; crca-
tlon Of fishes and fowls, creation OF man
crelticn of souls; God blcsscs the sew
cnth day; man placed in Eden; forna-
tion of Eve; God presents Eve to Adam
We LEFT cur friend with Adam and
Evn i'm thp Garden Of Paradise Wc