Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-08-01
Foreign Correspondence of the HERALD
A Letter from Prussia.
BY A RUTLAND LADY

quite lost myself in memories of a day
at Tivoi. Although my journal-leaf is
old, as old as last February; neverthe-
less Tivoli is Tivoi still, and my men,
cries of it may be pleasant for you, also,
over the water to read, and remember
that February held you in his icy grasp,
while | flourished amid cloudless skies
and violets. May I give you my journal
itself, as fear my memory will not
serve me?
Last evening Albrecht Hellwig came
over to ask me, in his usual delightful
English, to go with them next day to
Tivoli, and start at six in the morning
After he left | held a dismayed consul
tatiOn with Signora Roselli as to the
means of procuring such a fearfully
early breakfast. But she provided me
with a GiOvane who haunts the house
evenings, and we rushed over to the
FOmO Inglese for bread, BuCci's for but
ter then made a descent on SpaCCiOdi
Vino on the corner, where | INDUCED in
a flask of Monte FiaSCOne at the enOr-
NOUS expense Of fourteen sOldi Gents,
and four off when | should bring back
the bottle Then | read up a distin-
guishcd Americans description of TivOl,
BACKED my boots, spread my meal for
| the morning, went to bed and slept the
sleep Of the tired, if not Of the Just, un-
til aWOke this morning at the unearth-
| ly hour Of five. As | was finishing NY
| fourth horn, dread, not Monte Fja~-
cone, Mr.. Hellwig came for me, and We
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1t was very fresh indeed-I mean the
morning air-SO much so that we all
/ shyercd and applied ourselves vigorous
w to our handlprchicfs nearly all the
way out but the sun was bright and
the sky blue and clear. | must saw that
the road is very uuintcrestinr until we
/ nearly reach TivOli. Just on leaving
/ Rome the old walls are at once interest
. inc and aggravating. being DELIGHTFULLY."-
drapcd with vines and with delicate
! grasses springing out between the crew.
. ccs. vet inst revealing and almost con
ccaling behind them suspicious of charm
ing old villas, and the usual beautifully
/ melancholy grounds which surround
most Of them. We met several VarOns
drawn by the handsome. rrpv-pycd oxen
of the Campagna. and volcd with them
were the first huffaIos have seen. !
had to Give them second and a third
glance to discover some of the ''Iatcst
ficrcpncss" described bv travellers. with
an eve to effect We passed a stone
saw-mi} out-of-doors. where men were
Sawinr immense blocks bv hand. one at
each end Of tine saw. puShing and pull
inc alternately. | thought of our treat
mills at West Rutland. and wondered
. what our worllmen would saw at being
uut to work themselves without any
steam but that in their own arms.
We won't ONT h,, tbo Porta San ror-
rnzo near which is fine Rasiiico ONE If
tn. five Great Basijica of Rome Wien
has . Iarrr chgrchvard # is forh;ijrn
lnn@rr % bnry in the Citv nror;nts and
tnr San Lorn1lo churchyartd is ~rowin%
varv iarrc After we had nasSrd Ills
we entered the CamDarna, which is yary
unintnrrstinr at this season as there IS
no divcrsitv Of scenery and the folds are
rrev and barren cxccnt in occasional
patches of bright grren. It swrlls and
fail, l9cvpnlv as far as the eve can reach.
and must be beautiful When the snrinr
has covered if with such yerdnre rs
painters picture and poets sinr THE
nmiv variotv ia onr ride were tba noosante
nasSjn~ with thrir cnrions carts o., m
foot, and onr arrivals at the different
+ O,frrias inns At one we slammed NOT
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