Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-29

not to give money to the guides under
any pretence whatever, and forbidding
the guides to receive the money. This
is all very well as far as it goes but hui
man ingenuity is able to get around the
rule.
We had guide who spoke French
iuently, and was very polite and agree
able fellow. He took pains to call our
attention to one of the signs, and as
sured US that he could not receive PEN
ny under any circumstances. But at al
most every step he had photographs to
sell. Whenever we found anything par
ticularly interesting, out from his pock-
ct came package of photographs, and
of course we purchased. BY the time
we had finished our journey, we had
photographs enough to stock small
store; and the profit on the transaction
was probably six times as much as the
guide would have wrung from us had
the old system been in vogue 1t is ev-
ident that the government winks at this
transaction; otherwise the guides would
not be allowed to sell photographs or
anything else.
STRANGE SIGHTS.
We walked through streets silent and
deserted, except by groups of visitors
like ourselves, and the occasional patrol
men or guides. We walked ON the
pavement where two thousand years ago,
the chariots rolled along, and we saw in
those pavements the marks of the char
lot wheels as plainly as if they had been
worn during the past month. At the
drinking fountain on the street corners,
we could see where the Pompeian stopped
when he was thirsty The stone at the
orifce, whence the water poured out, was
worn away by the many applications of
Pompeian lips.
OLD BAKERIES AND OVENS.
We looked into the ovens as they were
on the day of the eruption. The bakers
were preparing their store Of bread, and
we were shown the loaves which had
been drawn from those ovens after rest
ing there eighteen hundred years. We
saw the shops of the wine merchants, the
butchers the bakers, and the men Of
other occupations.
We saw the names that mad been
painted on the door-posts, little faded
and dull. yet still legible. We sat down
on benches whcih were occupied for sew.
enteen hundred years; and we entered
tbs dwelling houses where two thousand
years ago, the members Of the family
passed their daily life. 1t was a picture
of the past, and not of the present.
Pompeii was preserved and not de
stroyed. To its inhabitant, on the day o.
the eruption it was destroyed; but for Vi
who now look upon it, and study its his
tory it has been preserved.
The most complete bakery in Pompei
was in Herculaneum street, and occupied
, an entire house.
The inner courtyard of the hous,
contains four miles of curious construc
tion. AT little distance they resemble
: hour-glasses Imagine two large block
of stone in the shape of cones, the uppe
one overset upon the lower, and yol
have their construction.
The lower one remained motionless
and the other was turned either by ;
man or donkey. The grain was crushed
between two stones. Sometimes tn
servants of the establishment turned th
: mill. AT other times slaves, for som
misdemeanor, had their eyes put out, an
: then they we're sent to work at grinding
(Sampson.)
: In the establishment now referred tC
. the machinery was turned, not by mer
but by mule whose bones were foun
lying near. In the stable of the mul
the racks and troughs were standing
g Near the bake ovens were the trough
where the dough was kneaded.
There was one oven which rename
uninjured. 1t had two openings; th
loaves went into one of these, in th
; shape of dough, and were taken out 8
the other opening, baked. Everythin
seemed to be in fine state of preserv,
ton, and the oven could be made use
d again for repetition of its work of eigl
e teen centuries ago.
= BREAD 1900 years old.
n The oven, when found, was full
K bread. Some of the loaves were STAN
1t ed to indicate they were of wheat fou
sr and Others to indicate that they were
n, bran -four. The oven had been careful