The Republican journal., 1873-02-27

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'r4,c their winter moorins> at the lower bridge.
TuF BIC STORM. The storm of Friday night,
f.st raroi all over New England was in this
auny the >evere>t for several years. The
,lhcr wise We're not looking for such An oc-
rr nee. The ground was already covered
WITH more uian the average quantity of snow.
anticipation looked rather to getting rid af
"a nH ,haw than TO receiving an addition
f few fine flakes that sailed down jus, at dark
-p>ei rapidly in amount, until 1t last a
uln- snow storm WAS driven before the
'u- northeast wind. All through the night
ui into the forenoon il continued without in
iuission. whrling the light snow into huge
rms. pimg il in wards. and blocking the al
-.,I, nearly impa>- bile highways. OF course
f-.vc. 81 all kinds was suspended at once ex-
I that here and there ii tired pedestrian
.,cd waist deep in the snow. The shovel
iie had d hard time. Drifts piled in some
ass ten teei high were no tribes for ass auIt.
uUD "f these on Main street was tunneed from
.O. sidewalk, and used As a 1horoughtare.
A.out the head OF Main street the deposit was
li,d of. leaving high rounded towers Of snow
.,tween HE passages. Signs posted on these
-hf them >uch names Owls Head, Nan
..tet Banesat, a.. tholoughfare leading
Aitwell'> bookstore. where our Orthodox
lAltn most do congreLate had a ~ien bear
u- the inscription of Hell Gate--the work OF
~iut wag. At which John smiled his silent
-a1h At MAr-hall'S store the truck hor> WAS
ATHe~-rt to IS big scrtper, nnd transferred the
Show to The centre of the street in "A hurry.
VI 'hmen from The suburbs. put in a late APP
rarnncr. ~ some cases with double teams
.s.IurSsed tandem. The big timber triangle
Won't is rounds, dwelling the drifts, and pre-
4rne the way for trav ell The boys had rare
i1rt ul course. The stages Were greatly de-
alef. Those from Bangor and Rockland, due
Friday noon, trri> ed A. hours late. Mr.. Asa
-auth"orlh, driving the stage to Rochlrnd had
feet badly frozen while ON the road OF
uFe With fall of Is inches OF snow. blown
.Hal hv furious wind the railroad cuts must
I4skFd nan. Up to this writing, TUESDAY
Iaun $40 I. un has arrived on departed. Mr.
Mace T. under orders 10y telegraph to wait the
.-t ii u' snow rlow tram, which is now at
t.rt AL The railroads art laboriue under a
it.uNlc tnl ten, and there is no telling when
-.a'. CAB be resumed. Up to Monday night, |
*, bran, to Skowhe2an, the Pennington road
ud others wero - badly oil II, we.
LNCFuM The lecture on Thursday evening, |
r. H. Elwell Esq. of Portland, was well
-ttrG led The subject the ancient city of Pom
-il j. one to always interest and was treated |
The lecturer in manner that brought out
II best points. The universal verdict of the |
,4iience wa that the evening had been exceed |
ga al interest by none during the winter.
Fleiatlng the immediate subject of the dis
Ir~e with some delicious descriptions OF out
door lite IN and around Naples, the lecturer
LOOK hl~ audience at once over the hours ride
.A carriage tD The eXhumed city. Pompe was
81 small, vonpactlY built Roman city of from
twenty to thirty thousand inhabitants 1t faced
he bay Of Naples, and was surrounded by a
vail. The situation was dangerous one In |
IL rear famed and rumbled Nesuvius. while |
ihr ground around Nh, caVern0us and honey !
lnlhed with the effect of earthquakes.
We never tire OF the revelations made by the |
uutoverng Of this wonderful city of the Ro-
mans, which the great eruption of Vesuvius
surprised in the midst of its luxury and enjoy
ment, and buried under shower of hot ashes
buried suddenly as TO surprise the inhabi-
tants m their everyday occupations, and which
preserved for oar inspection the daily life of the
Roman people eighteen hundred years ago In
The wear 70. Immediately after the appearance
on earth of oar Saviour, during festival in the
tv, the volcanic storm burst upon il with de-
structivefury. The city and lis inhabitants utter
~ lerI~hed, save the few who hastily escaped in
the first hours of the eruption.
thencelorWard for nearly II centuries the
rlty disappears from history. although the name
seems never to have been wholly lost. A village
constructed from IL ruins subsequently arose
upon the site but after the destruction of this
hy the eruption of 472 the Campus Pompelus,
il was long called, remained until the middle
Ot the last century an undisturbed and unin-
tlabited plain. AS if to battle more completely
the researches of archpol0gists, the eruption of
~ produced striking physical changes in the
vicinity. Hence The geographer Cluverius, who
investigated the subject in the early part of the
nth century, following the descriptions of
ancient authors, was induced to locate Pompeii
at Il distance of several miles from its actual
position. few years previous the architect
Domenico FOntana had carried an aqueauct
over large portion of the buried city. without
temples and public building, which must have
been constantly encountered. In this instance
the oversight is somewha, remarkable as the
superintendent deposit Of ashes and cnders
mad an average depth of not more than Is feet,
and portion OF the great theatre was still visi-
Bile. For nearly century and half longer
Pompeii remained undisurbed. and it was not
until the elimination in 174S of several statues
and other objects OF antiquity in sinking a well
mat public attention, already awakened by the
partial excavation of Herculaneum, was drawn
10 the subject From that time the excavations
have been pursued with mora on less vigor, un-
I'll large part of the city has been uncovered
The revelations are the most curious it is posi-
bic TO conceive OF, and the treasures of statuarv.
lewelry. pictures, the satidtning relics Of hui
nanlty, and other curosi are the most in
lerestimg Of the kind that the world has ever
seen.
The lecturer assisted by large map
representing the boundaries of The city, its
wall, and the streets thus far exca vated-ony
about one quarter of its area. The work is still
going on under direction of the italian govern
lnent. There were also drawings illustrating
The various implements, ornaments, &c, which
nave been rescued, such as swords, helmets,
rings. bracelets and domestic furniture. About
500 bodies have been found or rather their
bones, for two thousand years have made havoc
with the remains of humanity In many cases
the volcanic ashes have hardened around the
remains, forming mould into which liquid
plaster has been poured by the searchers of the
ruins, and thus perfect casts OF the bodies OBJ
tanned. The houses and shops are rich treas
uries, from which have been obtained an i'm
lnense amount of articles of interest and value
most of which are preserved in the museum.
1t Is impossible to give anything like report o.
the lecture, which should be heard to be under
stood and appreciated.
SEARSPORT.
Capt Rufus Fowler, o. this place, died at
Galveston, Texas, February 18th His age was
90.
Jacob Gary, sick and deserving mar, was
recently kindly remembered in the way of do