The Owosso times., 1881-09-30
l.. p, Gould arrives in Venice.
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.


and they were quite well informed
and entertaining. We left them at
Doino . Dossola, and had the rest OF
the journey, from 73O p Nj. until IL r.
NJ, almost in company with two extremely
brigandish looking fellows. of the regular
Italian stamp. Long black hair. aud black
eyes, very sharp, and skin of the dark
brown peculiar TO the Italian type.
They were not very pleasant company, but
together with their company, in perfect
harmony with the soft beautiful Italian
summer night, we had very romantic
ride, and arrived tired and dirty ut our
destination, Blycno OH Lake Maggiore.
When going to bed a lot OF italian boys,
singing their lovely italian music, passed
our window, which looked out on to the
lake, and we listened attcntively until they
had vanished in the distance. In the morn.
ing we took an old boat with its more aged
boatman and visited the Isola Bella. one
of the islands of the Borromeans and then
went through the gorgeous palace and
where we saw growing trees from all coun
tries, from the coffee and tea bush or tree
of China and Japan, to the old pine tree of
Michigan, which was the most interest ing
was! but we could not stay long, and took
boat and then r.. r. for Milan, where we
staid three days visiting the Cathedral first,
| which is considered one of the eight won
dcrs of the world, and assembled to its roof
and high dome and spirc, reaching three
hundred and sixty feet above the pave.
mcnt of solid, white marble. 1t looks just
rs expected. and like the picture with n
! marble frame, which ocar Lena brought
home 10 years ago and. which has lain on
the table in the paror ever since. 1t has
only % gothic turrets and inches for from
1000 to 5000 statues of marble, or rather
it now has, think, that many statues al
ready put up, and inches for $500. The
! floor is entirely of mosaic, and very
beautifully designed. 1t is $50 yards in
length and 81 yards in breadth, without it's
numerous chapels and transepts We
visited several very fine ait galleries con-
tanning pictures by many italian masters
mot of great lmportance) but one in par
ticular 1 shall always remember, by Leon
ard di Vinci, of the 18th century that
renowned picture of "Thc last supper"
painted in an old church on the wall, and
greatly effaced by time and abuse. Ma
pOleOn used the old church as a stable fol
his horses, and in other ways it has been
misuscd I; but still there is enough left to
show the great genius which created it, and
it was very interesting. bought fine
Photographic copy of it. We visited the
arena built by Napoleon after the pattern
| of the Colosseum at Rome, and capable of
seating 5000 people. II is not so large by n
good deal as the Colosseum, not so high.
There was a grand ballet going on repre-
senting the expedition of the Crusaders
1oth-12 centuries, and rendered by 1000
persons of all ages. male and female, all
these were OH the great stage at once, and
such sight! They represented with won.
derful effect the stormipg of the walls oil
Jerusalem which finally fell in some places
with a tremendous noise, and the battles
were represented very impressively. 1t is
said to be the grandest ballet, with the
most performers. that the world has ever
seen-certainly. never expect to see any.
thing 80 tremendous of its kind again. and
the music by $50 musicians you have heard
what Italian music is. and it needs nc
description for you to imagine what We
heard. We visited the National Exposition
which is now going on in Milan it was
however, like. our Centennial, and no
particularly interesting at this time. W.
left Milan yesterday at 1 o'clock in the
afternoon, and passing through the old
cities of Verona, where Shakespeare's play
of Romeo and Juliet is laid on fact, anC
Padua very old town and not especially
noted for art or beauty but for its being
the cheapest town in Northern Italy
arrived at Venice last evening. We will
be here one week l think. After a goot
nights rest, we, this morning after ou
breakfast of coffee and biscuits, went by
foot through mere passag away about
feet wide across the Piazza of st. Mark
where the pigeons were being fed, as il
usual every day in accordance with some
custom founded on some superstitious be
lief long ago originated and practiced unit
now with religious fidelity; passing by TIN
front of the Cathedral with its four bi Onz,
horses, the only horses In Venice, and con
tinuing our journey through several othe
mere cracks in the wall" they call then
streets here) we arrived at our destination
the "Alla Pasta. or post Office, where OF
presenting our passport we were HANDED
three letters and paper the "Owosst
J TINES" two of which were for Mr.. Plat
and one for me. Will you pleas
tell Cousin Dewey that this is the frs
chance have had to look for her no
Clinton Dewey, and this morning locke
long and carefully at the men-of-war an
their flags, anchored in the harbor, but sa'
not the "Stars and Stripes" bu, as we Wi
be here week, it is possible that we ma
, see our flag before we leave, though {
course cannot say it will be he "Saratc
ga" But shall have two or three MOI
chances to encounter the vessel, at Naples
Brindisi and Athens. As soon as / hes
or see anything Of Clinton I will write. w
shall leave Italian soil In about three and
half weeks. Mr.. Plat received lettt
from Mr.. Lee giving us some advice abou
meeting him and our journey on the Me,