Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-05-25
AsHrABULA, OHIO, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1872

VINO discovered Its appropriate proportions
FOR Christian worship In n church near this
quilt upon site of temple Of Minerva
'here IS fine statue Of his, Of Christ Here
too, Fra Angelica lies.
Now for drive on the "pincio." You re.
member that the Piazza del popoIo is at the
horth OF the city, by the Villa Borghese
Overlooking the drive up the villa on the east
OF the piazza is the Pincion hill, where all the
fashionable world Of Rome drive an hour or
two before sunset At half past four o'clock
wednesdays and Saturdays, the band treats
the pubic to music. There is an extensive
view from this drive over the whole city, be-
yond which, TO the southwest, rise the con
splcuous tops of the Janiculum pines farther
To the right, ST. Peters dome; aways of, the
Pantheons top and domcs and towers of in
Vulnerable churches The Prince of W alcs
uroYe up the hill as we came down, looking
much changed after his sickness, my English
companion said. His delicate wife was by his
side, but there was no attendant but IA foot
man, as hc travels us Lord Chesterfield"
merely
The first rain for US in Rome, was on Easter
and that pour 1t is sort of farce to lry.
10 see religious ceremonies this year but
said to myself-when Il crowd in ST. Peters
l'led TO scare me away-"Whai! be in Rome
on the greatest day of the year and not hear
service at its, and the worlds great CatLe-
dral y So | went at ten O'Clock. The Six
tine Chapel was the place of attraction, to.
day, as the Pope, understand, made his ap.
pearlnce there at early mass. The Chapel is
small, and permits were not TO be had by the
time heard Of it, so l had to be content with
mass in the chapel of the choir, and with
the sight Of gold mire set with Jewels, on
the head of somebody the crowd prevented
me rom seeing-perhaps Cardinal Antinelli,
for ought know, and listening, until too tired
to stand longer, to the rich, sweet voices of a
choir OF twenty men, This paid me for my
trouble During the long organ playing, hard
ly word was spoken among the people who
stood about the door us faras they could hear.
On.ormer occasions, the Pope oiiiciated at the
High Altar, that would have been sight TO
see-tbc Pope, Cardinals and priest and a
mass of spectators. l cannot tell you about
st. Peters until after another sight. l must
1T it grow upon me. 1t certainly is won
drously large and magnificent but the pro.
portions are so good it does not strike me at
olce as stupcndou as had ina gincd
can sec how people in Il bad humor might
find everything diminished in size and grand
eur; but if one is right in themselves how
can he but enjoy and love Rome. took
stroll up TO the high altar and then could
hardly hear the organ and voices in the sec
ond chapel below. The altar is un ler the
dome where the transepts cross and beyond
that is u great distance to the end of HE
church, with chapel on either side stood
in little corner at this end, under the shadow
of huge statue, and looked away TO the ind
opposite. How small fell! Below the tran
sept are four great chapcls on each side In
the left transept are the Conlessionals for all
different languages, Il took special note of
Htlda's) AS | sat on IA kncelng stool in the
nave. | noticed mans hat resting on the
head of cherub opposite, that helps support
the marble basin for holy water; it looked
like dolls hat on an adults head, whereas
before | had supposed the cherub but little
over life size, the proportions all around arc
so good. Peters toes, OF course, was being
kissed as usual, some wiping the worn bronze
with the handkerchief, while two little bows
climbed up with all their strength to imprint
a kiss, never thinking of such prelimnarIes