The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-11


history meet, for it is here where the great
apostle to the gentiles landed and found
brethren, in the year that he was prisoner
en- route for Rome. Virgils farm is on the
hill OF Posllipo, within the western bounda-
ry of Naples. Ii was on that farm that he
wrote portion of the Georges and larger
portion of the great Latin epic poem, the
Aneld. And what shall | more say of his
toric associations which take US back to
Decius Mus, who, with Torquatus, de-
voted himself to the internal gods on the
northern slope of Vesuyius, in order that his
countrymen might win the battle-or recall
Hannibal, who was both the conqueror and
the conquered of the Romans at Capua, only
thirty miles from here. Yes, what can l
say of the thousands of interesting associa-
ton which cluster around from the earliest
historic days down to the present? There s
no use trying, so l give it up.
But how quickly was to be carried back to
Indiana. Having occasion to go into Mobile S
Hotel, ! saw, amongst other arrivals, the
name of a gentleman from Wabash, Ind.
Unfortunately he was out or | would have
taken him by the hand. There are some
Americans who rightly see Italy in her sum-
mer dress, for, | can assure my friends, that
1t is not near as hot as indianapolis in the
summer time. l do not seem to be far
away from the dear old place when
l count up the Indianapolitans that we have
seen since our return. Who should walk
into our house in September, 1881, but DR..
Waterman, who had just come from Sicily.
He was probably the first Indianian who
made the ascent of Mt. Etna-the account of
which ascent the Journal readers will re-
member. And here, by the way, let me say
that the first lndianian who ever reached the
top OF Mt. Blanc was an Indianapoitan, a
son of the late Dr. Mears. In 1882, what
pleasant Intercourse we had with John C..
Wright ana family. John is a cosmopolitan,
q nd hn n.11.v rk,lD-
thoroughly and uuderstandingly enjoyed
Europe. John takes things deliberately He
does not hire a carriage until he looks at the
horses, and he does not set out without there
being perfect understanding between the
driver and himself, and, therefore, there are
no words with coachmen-all goes smoothly,
quietly ard in order Furthermore, John
this time when Napoi and the Indian
Napoli are only sixteen days apart, man
can keep posted. 1t was with one of Johns
Journals that made "big bragg to an Ital-
ian about our railroads, by showing him the
railroad "colyume," and said to him that
George Trask each morning gave more rail
road news than all the Italian journals put
together. OF course 1 did not say Trask 10
him. because the Italian would not have
comprehended name ending with conso-
nant, so 1 said, III Signor Georgia Traschi, "
for CHI is pronounced like k. Then what
other goodly Indianapolis people we nave
seen here like Nick McCarty and the young
er Gallup (who had two Sundays in
two days they were in Naples), Mr. and
Mrs. Claypool and others that do not recall.
Unfortunately we did not see DR.. Allen and
family, which we regretted much; but the
DR.. travels fast on "the thousand miles in the
thousand hours system. Neither must
forget other Indianians whom we have
grasped by the hand in Europe. As we left
the Paris railway station Miss Alma Hol-
man, Indiana's most accomplished lady
scholar, said good bye to us. | am glad to
see that Asbury University has succeeded in
obtaining Miss Holman's services for she
will surely prove an attraction in more ways
than one to the institution where she is now
professor. Then on the Lake of Como, in
August 1881, we babe farewell to Harry Mil
ligan, who had travelled with us thus far.
hope that Harry, in his paper read before the
literary club in Indianapolis, gave some &C.
counts of his experience in London. his ex
element over Landseer's marble lions in
Trafalgar square and his (Milligan's) visit to
the great review in July 1881, when the
Queen was present.
l must close but l cannot without saying
this week, conveying to me the sad intelli-
gence of the death of my old friend, Robert
McOuat. He is one of the Americans who IN
in 1S75176 | welcomed in Naples Noble
genial, gentlemanly, he is one whom l will
greatly miss when l return to indianapolis
Thus it is that one by one our "old seminary
boys are going hence to be no more seen by
natural eyes. j. C. r.