The daily gazette., 1881-07-19
LETyTa FROM VENICE.
Of the Gazette.

| Tie ,, au'y ~ Naples grows upon one
the ,.IAer 1 e IeIisi,.s. In spite Of the
dir, the m,ils AID the beegary 1t 10 In It's
seIfs charming city, and Intensely inter-
estiDg in its historical associations and
Its tragi>al susroEntincs. vesuvins, like
an awfal fa.s vveIsbadows il with q
c oud If sucke Ny day aud uiuminates
| IL " I'LL its ghasliy E.es by night. Within
| tho cit. Emit LIVES l.e b.uied, and all
| around the b Sc T he fey mountain
are the tombs a villas, tJ.fs aud cities,
| some Of which yet c.r.ain the greater
part Ul the Inhabitants who were busy
in their dai'y occLr ations when suddenly
overwht lined.
Many OF these buried towns III never
be exhumed. II 10 eas,er to e,el the
lava surface over them and b. II new
towns up, n the graves of thCii unfor-
tuDate pr dec IS IS.
TIE q .estiJn nowserious asked by the
N.apoloians Is, Whence come all the
lava h,oos that have poured from the
| crater. The lava ind melted rock and
| ashes lie more thal q hundred feel
deep for miles aioun veHuPius. This
must cause eavernous depths, over
which grows smiling ycrdure, perhaps
staud3 pUpG,ous cities. Islands In the
sea near by have sunk and disappeared.
Why may not Naples with her half
MILL n of people be swallowed up and
covered bt the seap
We dressed from the Mediterranean
to the Adriatic Sea, through country
rich in agr cultural products, and ih-
habited by a population hose thrift
and industry are surprising. Italy is
the best cultivated country we have
seen, Holland and Germany not ex-
cepted. Its soil is fertile, its elm to
delipbtful aud every foct of ground is
utilized. Tho crops oi corn, wheat.
oats, potatoes and other grains and
vcl letables are all large. No weed or
plant other than that which constitutes
the crop is allowed to grow, and al
though ll.eir implements are exceed
ingly ru Q and primitive, The culture Is
perfect. Iu The overpopulated cities
idleness, poverty and want are every.
where seen but in The country all this
is reversed. We saw companies of
men ard women g'ipg ou, to their
work by daylight and returning by
dark. they work in gangs OF from
ten to fifty, of which number the
women ale at least Two thirds. TLey
are gregarious ID their hadn't, dwelling
in villages almost exclusively. An ieo-
lated dwelling is rarely seen in the
mountain districts. Their villages
either crown the hill top or hang unon
the ST ep mountain side, huddlsd
closely aUout the cuu,, b and castle,
which are buildings Of some pleIen-
tions, though the ordinary dwellings
are very plain, being built of stone
and rooted with stone or plaster.
, Nearly overy i0"n and village is sur.
rounded by hi.h aud strong stone
walls and guarded by on or more cit
: adels or forts,
!, Most of the men along the Adriat!t
, here are fishermen, aud they fish a.
! they work in gangs. 1t is quite {
9 pretty sight TO see their focks of WIN
Q winged fishing boats start out togethe
!, cd with fish.
q Here, as in Southern Italy, all tn
II cattle are white, aud oxen are almos
IS exclusively used for farm work as vel
= as for heavy hauling. The oxen, Il
II pairs, plow The ground, and the o.
:, harnessed singly draws the car cult
# Yates the corn and diaws all the lin
d or straight furrows as accurately a
ls can be done by horse or mule. The
70 are docile, well trained and the drive
!, rarely, If ever, strikes them with hi
y whip
4. Throughout Italy the traveller fror
b. our comparatively new country is ever,
where Impressed with the age of th
p dwellings, churches and bridges. On
seldom sees new building or one
progress of erection. The houses al
Intended TO last tor generations, an
at the churches ana bridges for centuiie
y. A. l said, the temple, from whose steI
re Paul preached to the Romans, Is still
le good condition; any Of the village
I'd have been but little charged in tho,
he sand years, and the Alppiau way /
which Paul entered Rome is one of Il
tiest roads In Italy today. On mo-
uf the roads, the old Roman bridge
built one and two thousand years az
are the bridges of to-day.
c' We skirted the Adriatic coast 4
=, about three hundred miles, and tht
20. left IT to visit b ,logna, where the tv
~ leaning towers arc the chief objects
les interest. Venice was reached after
or' weary ride of twenty. eight hours, 81
ne We found comfortable quarters nearly
nn the shadow OF st. Marx and close TO h
III Palace of the Dodges and The Bridge
~ Sighs.
Now, after q weeks residence In Il
city Of romance and poetry, arou
which the genius OF Byron ana Shal
.ee ee peare and other charming writer's ba
thrown such glamour, we are ready
81, pronounce Venice fiaudl The Bysa
ng tine beauties of st. Marks, with
of bTazen winged lions, its bronzs hors
its precious maj bles, its golden and n
1e- sale ceilings and It's beautiful paintin
.po .no are not to be matched. Some of /
ing pictures that embellish the magnifce
on halls OF the Dodges Palace are pricele
AZ aud the finest ever painted.
,er The white marble palaces that sta
m with their feet In the sea, the beauti
be- bridges that look like spider webs,
I'll waterways that r, fi.ct all tho bril-
colors OF the gay costumes all charm
ho for awhile. But In this hot wea,l
here are many siokening sights al
onnds where there are no green tire
In, and no grass anu NO susgts iuns OF
pnrs fresh soil that nature plants w
Its verduro. The houses for several 4
All above the water line are beRrimed q
Jys scaled, as though with smallpox;
ch steps are hroken and twisted, and
ir rH Es. hat an. K,I