Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-02-03

vulsions Of laughter, but finally II went beau
tiiullY, mOtto bona as the gundolier said The
rest for the oar is chunk Of wood which on.
ly holds II In is place on one side-the other
is so slightly turned up that it is only by
feathering the oar at the right time that it IS
not carried Off by the water from lis support.
We first visited on this day, the church Of
'San Giovanni Paola" containing the tombs
of the Doges. These old churches many OF
them contain the tumbs of great men, the
monuments or slabs In the walls and the bod
les in sareophagi in inches or under the floor
Thence we rowed to the "Frari" and admired
the splsAdid tombs of Canova and Titan, the
latter far exceling the former in design. At
the Academy of Arts we saw Titian's greatest
work, "The Assumption also many by Tin
toretto and Neronese. The gallery is very re.
markabe for its richness Of color. In the af.
tcrnoOn we took long ride to the Island OF
Marano, Venice in itself, with Grand and
smaller canals, and large in extent. Here is
one of the famous Glass Manufactures for
which Venice has been noted for centuries.-
We went into the Glass Museum, and few
steps further on found fine Baslica, and also
looked into the Cathedral which is said 10 ri
val st Marks but it has been undergoing re-
pairs, so that all we could see was Madonna
of mosaic on gold ground, in the Byzantine
style. On the way home we stopped at the
Cemetery, on an island by itself-and not an
agreeable looking place The church in it
st Michaels-is owned by the Capuchins.
Their Monastery is adjoining, we saw several
OF the unattraclive monks in their one ugly
brown garment, bare-Gootcd, or with sandals,
and with scullcap The lIess worn, they
say, three years without taking of-"Mortify-
ing the flesh" you see! On Thursday we took
our same gondola at 10 O'clock, and visited
the Market Then lovely marble church,
the prettiest one have ever seen, except San
Marco, of course, very rich-three chapels,
one on each side In different marbles. One
contains fine altar-piece, "a "Crucifix," and a
wonderful piece of anatomy it is. The house
of OthellO is not far from here; it contains a
statue of him in niche in one corner of the
house. The church "Carmine" close by, we
visited and then still another on the island
Guidecca-the Redentore, (Rcdeemer) A low
ely row then brought us to the Armenian Con-
vent A iriar or pdire of the church. who
spoke English, showed us around and for the
first time liked a monk-so quiet and gentle
and pleasing; think he must DC good. 1t
seemed a pity he should be shut up there, but
when we asked If he were never lonely, he
smiled nd'said, "Oh no. we are all so busy"
Within tue past year. he has written book
on the French and Russian war; in Armenian.
We learn from him his name, Padre Giacomo
lssaverdanz. None but those of that Nation
are admitted 10 this Convent, though they did
allow Lord Byron TO be there six months to
study the Language. He conformed to their
rules, and studied hard as the translation OF
his own poems show. A beautiful portrait of
him hangs on the wall of the Cabinet A very
extensive library is here, also a printing press,
and thirty or forty monks must have on the
whole busy, quiet and contenied life. 1t
was so peaceful there and our day in its bland
ness, has been in harmony with such a VISIT
In the evening we took gondola for float
round under the start. All this seemed like
Venice! MHT