St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-12
Letters from Abroad.

Letters from Abroad.
TIE VALLEY OF THE DANUBE. MUNICH.
BRENNER PASS, VERONA, PADUA AND
NENICE-A NEW CRUSADE.
VENICE, Italy, March Z, 1876.
| have travelled six hundred miles OF
more, since finishing my last letter,
while waiting for the train at Vienna.
From Vienna to Munich one passes
through Il section of country of some in
tereSt. For half the distance. il is the
valley of the Danube. but the railroad
is distant from the river with the eNcep-
tion of Il few miles. There the scenery
Is bold. The finest of the Danube seen
cry Is between PaSsau and Linz. Here
1t Is more grand than that of the Rhine
The land through the valley of the Dan
ube looks fertile and well cultivated.
think the people whom SAW that day
were worse looking than any class which
had seem can hardly say that now
-rnwashed and unkempt, sucking theil
graf long filthy pipes TILED with the
poorest tobacco.
MUNICH.
This is Il grand old city. the best
!
situated on Il level plain. There is an
attrhctlveness in the general look of the
city. 1t Is roomy and cleanlv 1t has
many fine buildings. This is to bc said.
however. Stucco takes the place of stone.
Tor the most part. i'll the German cities
which have visited. This gives even
the large buildings II cheap look. Munich
has half Il dozen. more or less, great
galleries of ant. But will only write
of one or tw" objects. was much i'll
tcIe>tcd III Il visit to the bronze foundry
There one not on Y sees the process OF
making hIonZc Statuary. bat an Ameri-
can sees the models from which statues
have been made of IL large number of
ON great men. e. &. that of the equcStri-
IN statue of Washington at Richmond.
jefferson. Clay. Webster and others
we've here east in bronze. Saw the
statue of Seward in parts. nearly ready
to hc complcted The guide pointed tu
the model of head and asked if we
recognized it. 1t was that of Lincoln.
whose statue is i'll process of making fnl
the city of Baltimore. l. it really true
that Baltimore. III which Il plot WAS
laid I" aSSas>inatr President Lincoln.
l. now preparing Ia pcrpctuatc his mem
nrN in lasting bronze
Munich i cmbclli>hcd with very many
tine statues. The lscr rolling rapidly =
flows through the city mean one side.
he BaNarIan government feels Il little
sensitive IN regard to the cncroach-
mcmts of the government of the German
Empire upon its rights. II l. the policy
"t the empire to control all of the rail
roads The prime minister ot the Bava-
nan government recently spoke upon
this subject. say iny that the BaNaIIan
government would resist this >trclIu-
uu>lN.
THE BRENNEH.
The BrrnncI Pass from Germany tn
Italy is u natural highway. Yet much
"t the distance it seems like any wind
ing. naII"W valley. hordcItd 10y high
hills. Some of the way the mountains
are quite grand. In two places paTtic-
ulnll the railroad c"uId only hc con
>tImctcd hN tunnclling the spurs of the
Mountains and making long and much
inclined curves. This pass MAS know II
T." the Romans. and used 10y them. All
the available soil in the. valley and upon
the ha>r> of the peaks is appropriated
tnr use. There i u" land t" spare in
p"rIant places in this pass. Imm>pruck
l. situated high up in the TlInIc>r Alps.
From tEi> place for Il hundred miles
>"uthwald is the most imp">iu" SCENERY
of the pass. Not NcIN fu north from
the boundary of Italy i> the city of
Trrnt, once much more important and
wealthy than aI pr, sent. but chiefly
memorial as the place here the Til
dcntiuc Council was held Il little mnIc
than three hundred Nc:II> ago. in hich
it WAS dccIccd that the traditions of the
| Romi>h church ale of equal weight and
authority with the sacred Scriptures.
| The portraits of the members Of that
famous council are preserved upon the
walls of one of the churches in Trent
soon leaving the Alps behind. the train
pur>ucS its way along the Adi9c river
to Verona.
VERONA.
My first acquaintance with Italy WAS
made III this old city. 1t i Il place of
some note in history. 1t WAS the scene
"f long quaIrcl> between the Guclph>
and GhihhclincS sin or seven hundred
Years ago. FoI Il hundred NcalS Sub>,-
Purnt. 1t WAS prosperous under the Seal
igcr family, who were to Verona some
thing like what the Mcdci family waS
To Florence. Elaborate monuments per
pctuatr the memory and fame of the
ScaligerS. Shakespeare made the name
of this city familiar in The Two Gen
tlrmcn of Verona" and the house of
.Julict'S parents, now Il tavern. bears
over the portal the ancient family en-
hlem. There is also Il pretended tomb
of Juliet in IN old chapel in il somcw hat
retired street
In military point of view Verona is
important, being one of the four strong
Iy fortified points Of the 'quadrilatera." ."
The battlefield of Soltcrino is not far
distant, where the military splcndor of
France under Napoleon ILL.,. culminat-
ed. and near 10y this is Nillafianca where
the terms of peace were agreed upon
between Napoleon III. and the Austrian
Emperor. by which Austria Withdrew
from Ncnrtia and Italy bccamc Il united
kingdom under Victor Emmanual Al
most every considerable place in Europe
has historic events and names connect
ed with it. Verona was the birthplace
"i the Latin poet CatulluS. of Cornelius
Nep"S, and OF the painter Paul NeroncSc
There is an amphitheater here very
! '"' ~ PdpIt oi containing S'\tntN-SlN
thousand people, Il larger number than
the present population of the city. The
stone seats could not have been 81 easy
as the seats of modern places of enter
talnment. There are churches hcIe
with splendid interiors, and the hcggars
are numerous about the doors of them.
There Is nothing attractive in the gen
eraI appearance of the town. The
streets are alleys. The buildings are
old and dinpy everything looks rs if il