The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-01-23

UOWS's lu WDlCu tut "nhn wv
the marble. Tho roof is almost =
city in itself
In one of tho inferior churches |
the celebrated Last Supper, by Vei.
nan 10 de Vinci. Que Of the best
known and most admired Of tn
great paintings of the world. IL bas
unfortunately received very In
treatment m | is nov very mnch III
inred. Probably no finer face Of lh
Savior bus ever been painiel. an
yet the great art st himself said that
no was not nbie to iodil6o on the
frescJ his conception Of tie heaven
ly beauty ani grace OF tho cjnnte
nance. There wts u worry beautiful
copy of this picture in tapestry at
tho Paris Exposition
The Gallery Of Victor EnmAnuel.
covered arcade, With sh o p =
on etch aide. costing M lrc than ST.
500 .0OD is the finest building of it,
kind in Europe. When its 20)i
"a, Jets ars Lighted in the evening II
is N brilliantly nplacJ os one can
well imagine.
The La Scala Theater is tho sec
ond largest in Europe. The stage
100 feet deep. is alouc IA large rs an
ordinary theater.
When N,p,loon |, constructed
tina, wonderful military roai across
the Alps. by tho Seiuplpn pass. he
prop Dsel to continue 1t To Milan,
and terminato it in the city with II
grand trinmphal arch, and inlcod
he commenced the arch, but met his
great reverse of fortune before It was
c,mpl,tel 1t has, however, since
becn iinishel nnl il now ono of the
many beautiful ornaments oi tho
city.
A rido Of "a m'lni toward the
east through as fertile AMI beautiful
Il country as nv eyes ever So,
brings us to rurin, fora t'mo the
clp.tul Of tho kingdom OF Italy. GA
the way our tram stpps at Magenta,
the scene Of the battle winch ca7c
liberty t. It,lv. au where tho Pres
ilent of the French Republic, Mtr-
shnl McM,htn. ut thIt timo the
worlds hero. by hi5 bravery AMI
strategy woa the great victory and
was then created Marshal Of France
anl Duke of Magenta \ moan
mJat. II few grassy mounds, ami
somo nearly obscured olrthNorks
.ro nll that rem lin to reminol us
tha, on this fertile pltin, whore We
l.s wayny corn.yiraS unl ii, tra,s
nearly 1900 men laid dowa their
lives on that bloody day, eighteen
yerrs ago.
Eran moro than Milan il Tnr!n
! 4 modern city. for hkc most oI the
cities NJ northern l,ily 1t hIs bHe'!
repotteily destroyed by tho vlc,''i'
ltn he's uf war For tHia roasln, wlilc
H. lsa beiptifll AMI prosperous c'sy,
liz hls bat li,tlo Of interest TO tae
Traveller. Victor Emmanuel h,i
I his homo here anl it was his flvorlte
resi- lenca until his dslth. The PIl-
Inca. tha Arm)rv, tho nHv SYM
rogue,uul the mlny balutitul drives
about tho city nra all worta tue mo-
! tice of tho traveller.
We were pietsal with northern
Italy, with the enterprise anl ambl-
ton of tho peop' >. ani mp1t ot all
with tine c,nli leuce which they
seemed to have in them'elve' t.
again bec,ma nni,e, aud powerful
nation. Young Italy has shaken off
the dust Of her former deaf ages,
aud arising in AL the hpps m | viI'r
of her nsSly found life, ia m,i'nt
rapi,l strides toward regainin, what
shs lost while she slrpt, anl MANY
who real these liues viii live t. ssn
her again as of early times, power
among the nations.
1 do Mt feel thn. cln conclnlc
! thiI s.ries of letters without thank
ing NV many rea lers for tie Interest
with which they have perr7ei them
nnl borne with my imperfect at
tempts To pllr3 before thrit minis
what many Of them h.vo not ~ yat
lml tue pleasure nr s,ein, vita their
eyos. From the fist | hlvs most
plinfully eaizal hpY inposslhlc 1t
was for No in the ntrrJ@ limits 10
which il was necessary ID Restrict
myself to begin to do Justice
to tho many tn ings ot inter
est in the places III tao II . d
and it has often been with great re
rret that I have bsen Obliged tn
leave nnupticel things in whici ]
was greatly intereste AMI whcl |
am sure would have bsen enjoyed by
nv rsa lara. As look back on the
work have tried +, acc )'npIlsh. my
highest hopeis that while have ~
terestel aud beneiittel nesl /,
those who have followed M IN my
wanderings over u pftiph ui we
old world, have excited nj them
desire to know by study or travel
more of the nttiDns of tue past. an
II those achievements IN nrt an
civilization which are the pllic nn'
common heritage Of the entire Can
casion race.
i y, r. BUscuARp
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