Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-09-04

in contortions, who had lain buried for
more than seventeen centuries. The mu-
scum contained many articles of interest
taken from the buried city, among which
were large earthen jars which had con-
/ tanned wine and oil, of which several of
the wine jars still contained the wine
| that was in them when found. having
never been opened. We should have
stated before that previous to going to
Pompeii we had visited the great museum
/ of Naples, which contains thousands of
relies and statuary taken. from Pompeii
and aueienf Rome, and an explanation
in regard 10 them given to us by the
guide, 20 that we were to some extent
familiar with what we saw. From what
we eorad learn by observation, the peo-
pie of Pompeii did not live in aff1uence
and laNury, but, on the contrary, they
lived ltiain and frugal. Their shops and
dwelling rooms were small. In the cor
ners Of many of the rooms there still re
main II tact the beds they slept upon,
built Of masonry, with pillow or head
rest bliilt of the same material. Upon
these bard beds they probably spread
narrow, but well paved with stone, and
were about foot lower than the curb of
the ma frow pavement. The streets were
crossed from pavement to pavement by
from two to three large, ,,oblong stepping
stones with fiat surface, which alone
is evidenee that neither horses or beasts
of anyk kind were used in Pompeii, but
that the people used hand-carts for con-
veying loads of burden, and in the place
: of carriages they used sedan chairs.
Several of these chairs are among the
relics now on exhibition at the Naples
Museum. In passing through the streets
of Pompeil one is impressed with the be-
) lief, from the evidences he sees on all
sides, that it was one of the most wicked,
; corrupt and licentious cities of its day.
Some rooms are so shocking to morality
that even here in Naples, where immor-
ality goes hand in hand with Satan, the
authorities have deemed them not fit to
expose to the public, and so they are
keptlOcked, and the male persuasion only
permitted to see the inside of them. But
the designs and devices of the most inn
I moral character are still exposed to the
! ber of buildings which have no parallel
among civilized nations, and it is ques-
| ton in the minds of many whether OF
E not the city was not destroyed by the act
of Divine Providence, like Sodom and
; Gomorrah. No correspondent ever writes
+! of what we have told, so those of our
| friends who visit Pompeii hereafter will
! better understand the situation of things
than we did. We visited what was evil
Y IDENTIFY a Masonic lodge, as all the EN-
| blems and appurtenances pertaining
{ thereto were visible to an experienced
eye. On a white marble slab set in the
e brick wall on a corner, about ten feet
o high from the pavement, we saw en-
graved the square and compass and ma
r sons troweI. We also saw in the mu.
g seum very fine Masonic emblem in Mo
sale, which was-taken from one of these
:. rooms. The streets are plainly marked
# by the wheels of the hand-carts, which
;, have cut deep impressions into the paving
} stones. Much more might be told abou
> this city, but we have neither time no.
f space. So we returned to the station anC
!, thence. to Naples, where we arrived il
n dinner, arrangements were made for tn
e ascent of
n MOUNT VESUvIUS.
Il About thirty of the party volunteered
II to go, the ladies in the majority. w
/ started in. carriages about 10 p. NJ. TIL
e moon shone beautifully, and the drive o
;, about ten miles was very pleasant. w
= travelled about six miles through Maple
le on one of the streets on the bay. Ar
i. riving at. Resina we were besieged wit
II guides, or men who wished to act as such
# of whom our conductor, Mr.. Crumbden
t. employed sufficient number. Turnin
h from the bay, and passing back throug
le street of Resina some distance, w
n gradually began the ascent in a zig-za
route along a road walled with stone, o.
both sides of which were vineyards an
ly orange trees. Then we would pas
n Through fields of lava from the yolcani
IL eruptions of 1869. After going thre
O. or four miles in this way we at la'
ee reached the Hermitage. Here we LEI
of the carriages and retired to the house
n. few minutes, where both ladies and gen
VI. tlemen made their &c toilet for the al
k are now several thousand feet above I'll
is bay and Naples and the effect of the gs
nd lights of the city, which lies in a sem
he circle around the bay at our feet, as
III were, as they glitter like stars in tt
ch moonlight, is beautiful to look upon, an
or- only those who haYe witnessed the seer
he can give the least idea of the splendor
ng After being supplied with sticks to III
IN after the manner of alpenstocks, ar
by pants inside of stockings and tied dow
'od securely around the ankle, to keep tt
sh- ashes and grit lava out of the shoe
he which is quite deep, and the cone of Il
1rt mountain nearly perpendicular, we we
er- ready for the pilgrimage. After waikiki
nd over fields of lava distance of a mile
or three fourths, we came abruptly up
eak the cone, and, staff in hand, we wei
with the exception of two or three,
to in advance of the party, and, determin
of that Ohio should be ahead, we started
re- the cone, and soon we found we were e
me tirely alone and out of hearing of a
ed, one, and now we rather regretted I'll
len we had no company, as the atmosphe
the seemed chilled and lonesome, and in Il
ich situation we turned around and look
ap- down upon Naples, as she lay basking
ian the moonlight, with her thousands of {
lds' jets twinlkling like diamonds. And tn
cen we thought of the misery and wick
de- ness that existed in the now quiet sic,
ex- ing city. Then we continued our wei
lree pilgrimage upward, when we were sor
we what startled by hearing some one abb
Mo us calling out in foreign tongue, a