The Newtown bee., 1878-08-22

engaged in something, You seldom sas
 any one unemployed, particularly the
 women, Wbs aro frequently found doli E
 some light work whll awaiting custo-
 mcr, Most of the stlres arc kept y wo'
 men. Nc tnd lhe sWlss much m0lo iu-
 teiignnt than the Italians, and are much
 given to mechanical pursuits fur which
 they hayogainedaworld wide notnnrly,
 Great nlleullun is given both hereundin in
 Italy To glppo raising, and it forms iEe
 most imp rant branch of husbnLdfy,
 mountain sides for miles being covered
 with grape vines, Another prrullnrlty
 we notice thcre-nearly all of their
 tcnms of horses have sleigh bells on
 them, the same Us ours du in Wluter
 which, with the iucessnnt sHap of the
 whip, madcs it cutie noisy, aud forms Il
 disagrceablo sound to unaccustomcd
 cars. Their railroad system has many
 pcculiaritles new to Us. Some of them
 may be an improvement; others aro not
 sa, Wo at first did not lIko their cars,
 being In separate compartments, but
 since we have tried them more, we have
 concluded that for party of six persons which we have in an apartment for our selves, in i,rit-class carriage, is not very objectionable. We find, however,
 in Germany they aro beginning to adopt
 our American system, Hs we took such cnrs yesterday, and they reminded us of our OWL We fcIld tAe roud-bcds wcro halnstcd with stone, and thus free from dust. Also we found little smoke from the engines. They build mostly double tracks with fine culvets, bridges, etc. At every street crossing where some do | not go under the track, you will find d gate on each side of the track closed during the passage of the train, and some in most cases attended by women. h. dcod the women in this country do Il | great deal of labor that in our own | country would be performed hy men, | and do it well. Here the conductor docs not start train as with us, but you will | sec all insignificant appearing perSc n witt! a hand bell which he rings, and | then the train moves off, The speed of the express train is about the same as our own on the Continent, but in England l mu h faster. We noticed that at every | station throughout the country there | was d large clock with double face that erery passenger can see the time; also, On each ticket bought at station the | price paid for each ticket is plainly printed thereon. All of these tickets are dated same as ours. Many of the introduced by our rail- roads were taken from this country. They have but few sleeping car5, but they hardly need them, as these com cars are for short distance quite cOmf0rahlo We are told that where the Pullman car are used upon the roads, that they are much asked for, as ,hc European people are not given to change, and are very 10th to acIinowl- edge any superiority in American i'm We notice none of the fine
 locomotives that we see in our own coun- try; these are very plain and are greatly inferior in many respects; one item ill particular we noticed, that the engineer
 md fireman stand out entirely unprOtcCt- d by any house over them, exposed aS veil to the rays of the sun in summer IS to the storms in winter. But the pro- ection from danger at the crossings of at the depot are very marked, md great expense they have to secure 'afcty in this respect, and which to Us OOk unnecessary. We cannot cross the
 rack before an incoming train, but must 20 down umder the track by subtema lean pass ge and the up gain, goin lnder the track to get from one side of Inc depot to the other. We notice all officials on the railroads, from c0nduc- Ors to lrallemcn dressed in uniform,
 md look neat and are very polite. We i ind cur own roads are beginning to im- tate them. Their StCanlboats will not ompare with our own; in this country C hey care little 10 please the eye as a Ong as safety is concerned. One other :, we find quite marked and 4 trongly ill contrast to that of our own ountry, were the beautiful public roads, a road and hard, free from stones, and s
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