Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-10

How do | account Tor tnat Inc tale Is
this, in old times. before the war OF 1872, Il
certain king in some distant land having in
| his mind to Solomonizc 4 little, brought to-
| gether n thousand or more stone cutters and
attempted to force them to work in the cree
ton Of his temple They all rebelled, and
escaping with their families to the seashore,
| seized some fishing boats in which they put
to sea, and were eventually cast ashore
| here: where, not caring to remain idle, and
| to keep their hand in. they set to work to
carve the rocks into the temples, caves, etc,
as resad. Twelve years they hammered
ava when the king hearing where they
| had gone. came with an army and fleet to
take them back to his kingdom. And thus
the apparent sudden stoppage OF the works
/ Is satisfactorily accounted for.
Flushed with the success of our first cam
/ paign. we soon started from Madras with
| fresh supplies for Trichmopoly, distance by
rail three hundred miles and more. The
| principal object of interest, and the one
| which sticks out most to the naked eye, is n
| comical rock OF red granite six hundred feet
| high surmounted by little temple dedlca-
ted to the god Ganesa. whom we didn't find
at home after pulling ourselves up, one
warm afternoon. All the family gone out
| to tea. and hundred SIucy monkeys run
ming around loose and raising the Oid llar-
| ry.
Near the city, a Juggcrnaut goes round,
and good people lie down to let 1t PASS over
| them Just once, and all Is peaceful. One
| poor fellow who was crowded out Of good
| place on former occasion, came away minus
his right and left top pieces, and now goes
about asking aims.
Elephants follow YOU about like detectives,
and eoolly poke their contribution boxes in
/ your face, Just as your carriage y about to
start, and your ooppers are all gone to the
/ irresistible, gentlc-mannered hcggars. The
| great ears are tanning you like punka he
| has his little eye on your vest pocket, shows
you the pink lining of his two-sectioned pa
/ tent flexible, and says = silver, and he
| gets it.
Show your tickets Only two-hours ride
| behind the iron horse and We are there.
Not half as praiseworthy as Triehmopoly,
/ bat a hourishing city, the rice trade exten-
-ive, and chief military post. What We
came for 10 see are the two immense forts
one six miles, and the other one mile round 4;
grandcr and more beautiful in their tropical
ruin than anything of the kind that Rome
can boast Of The inner fort contains =
! great pagoda Of fourteen stories. arcadcz,
baths. temples, courts, fountains, gardens,
and occupying the place of honor in the
centre of the great court, the lofty shrine OF
/ the sacred bull lie IS sculpturcd H0m
/ block Of granite, and Is sixteen feet long,
natural us life and twice rs large. lie is m
q rccumbcnt position, under an airy pavilion
| of good proportions and fine workmanship,
! where he receives the oilerins- Of the citi-
zcn~ with the dignity and composure his
/ species Everything Is 50 pleasant. cool.
quiet. shady and peculiar about this temple
that am free to confess prefer it % all the
others. asked Mr. p how be liked it ON
the whole. and he said "bullv." We were
privileged to visit the palace of the late
/ Raiah. vast building of somewhat modern
and mixed architecture. and hayingu' points
Of interest in particular and very few IN
| general A marble statue of Dis lli-huc--,
executed ly Chaurrcy az Iond'a-fc who
made our Sutc-Ilou-o Wa~hin.,1u-occC-
MICS tie centre Of the aalicuDe chamber.
Contrary to Oriental custom. De came out
nreiooted and hareAcaicl. but his people
have given him q cy.1rel ;ar'an % keep y
his dignity. and the eiIcc, PRODUCED is some
/ what cumical.
There is not sufficient anatomy or the pc
dal cx-rcmities TO permit the adjustment Of
the royal slippers, otherwise taey wo1ld
NOT De wanting. Fancy cooked Lat and
high boots ou the ~potlc~- marble oi the IL
lu~rious George
We got across the country all safe. with
ont o scratch. % wheazc or a sueczc. both Of
.. VV,-r,'- tia+ frelyD Climate heavenly.