The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-08-03
OUR YANKEE IN ITALY AND
EGYPT.
CAIRO, Egypt, June goth, 1871.

! OF passing nOI1ce, from It's nOVeICy, II
nothing else. To get proper idea of it,
imagine on the top of a hill, a narrow
building with high basement, inclosing
court three hundred feet square, and this
court containing walls interesting each
other, forming four hundred cells about
fifteen feet square, and as many feet deep,
| arched over, the top of the wall forming
the centre of the top OF each cell is an
aperture twenty inches square, covered
by closely fitting stone. One of the
cells is opened, and the dead of the pre-
vious day are thrown in pell-meu, togeth
er with a quantity of lime or some chemi-
Gals to consume the bodies, and the stone
replaced in cement. The next morning
mother is opened, and the same process
repeated, and SO on through the year, oc-
cupying just 365 cells, when the first is
again opened, and the process repeated,
allowing just one year for the consump-
ton of the bodies. We arrived little
too late in the morning to witness the
burial, but the sexton removed the stone
to the cell for the next day, to let US look
into it. A few skulls and large bones
were all that remained of the bodies de-
posted there year previous. We tried to
induce him to remove the cover which he
had just placed, but our bride did not
succeed.
We spent six days in Naples and OBJ
tanned an insight to the Italian character
which we had not before. The people of
upper Italy we think far superior to those
farther south, particularly the lower
classes. The interminable rafting oil
wheels, both day and night, cracking Of
whips, braying of donkeys, shouting of
donkey neutrality-suspicious. it
quickly with grant, and you will imi-
tate them) and the shrill cries of hawk
ers, render it novel for day or two,
when it becomes exceedingly annoying.
The lower classes about the market
streets, are squalid, filthy, scurvy, lousy
specimens of humanity, loathing to the
sight--ugh! We have seen them ped,
ding otfal which any decent, well bred
dog, even if starving, would turn up his
nose and sneeze at in disgust. A sight of
dirty bakers boy with load of bread
on his head, has satisfied our appetite for
whole day. The insolent opportunities
Of drivers, guides and beggars, who often
combine the most cringing manners with
the grossest attempts at extortion, is most
contemplate. Drivers particularly, have
not the slightest idea of honesty, nor are
such traits confined to them alone. The
hotels are doing little or nothing, and
landlords consider every guest a special
victim for them to sacrifce-to wit: to
charge franc for an inch Of candle, and
half a. franc for carrying our valise from
the carriage into the house, -twenty feet,
we have had such charges in our bill in
Naples. We changed our locality twice
and found a good honest hotel at last.
The poetry with which we associate Italy
in America vanishes after little such
experience.
A contemplate practice of bantering
prevails among the shopkeepers and ped
oilers. We have often amused ourself,
to see what they would do. For Instance;
a fellow was anxious to sell US q couple
Of elegant silk handkerchiefs for twenty
five francs, we began to talk to him, and
he finally offered them for seven francs
Another offered us a set of lava sleeve
buttons with gold backs for ten francs
we gave him three francs. Such is the
practice, and unless we expect to be
cheated, we must banter with them.
The native Wine Is common beverage
throughout the country. Men, women,
children and strangers use it. We have
many times performed the miraculous
feat of turning aoGter unto aoine, an ex.
plot which the natives seldom attempt,
and our performance excites more aston
ishment than admiration, but we do not
think 1t advisable to drink too much
water. We prefer the pure, fresh water
Of Wisconsin to all the wine in Italy for
our use. Our former remarks in regard
to the people of upper Italy, we have no
occasion to recall. 4H 100
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