Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-12-03
In Rome

Bill Nys Gays We arrived Ia Rome Via
the Rock Island road, snd an old cattle
friend oi mine from North park, who is
staying bere, invited me 10 come and
visit him during my stay ia the city.
He is here, he SAYS, to obtain that polish
which he WISE unable 10 oOtain on the
range II has long been his hearts
dearest Wisn 10 90 abroad aud complete
sn allie ady thorough education. tie was
always pretty far in arithmetic. and
could cipher the socks night of our most
eminent men, out he Wss little rusty
on Rome, he says
de has been showing me the town
and telling me all about H. Rome, he
SAYS, has been the county sest OF this
county Tor upwards Of = 300 years, and
still they haven't got u first-clsss hotel
ia the place Romulus 1led on Rome
under the desert land act 600 years be-
fore Christ, and built lunatc asylum
on the CapitolIne hill. Ia those days
everybody was highly educated, and
every common Dago ON the streets could
talk the desd languages like Normal
school graduate Greek and Lstin were
talked Just as common al prize nght or
church sociaDle III Rome, among the
middle and lower classes, as cIgar-box
Spanish Is in Southern Colorado to-day.
Before the Christian era Rome was
ruled by kings who were elected for
life OF during good behavior. THIS
was done TO curtail campaign expenses,
SO that the surplus FUNDS could be frlttered
away on bread and other Roman delca-
ces There was also Senste and u
College Of Pontfices and two-Inch augurs
VINO explained the will OF the gods.
These sugurs became at last great bore
(Etruscan relic fould near Roman
oorraD.
For many years there Was d suuabble be-
tween the patricisDs and the plebians-
TIE patricians were people WHO had made
d good deal of money, and whose blue
blooded daughters showed their proud and
hugh lineage by elOping with the family
coschmsn. The plebeisns, as rule, were
not checked up so high, but they generally
got their Eli with both feet, as a proud
Roman told me yestedsy as he socked his
Roman nose into Il iumbler OF Roman
punch.
Rome got this term ''plebeian, / learn,
from West Point al an early day.
They had pretty hot times from that on
feI tour hundred years more. Sometimes
one was on top and sometimes the other.
4 could give q long and glowing resume OF
the history Of hesIhen Rome IN my own
crude way, If had space, but / have not.
The present Rome is built over forty or
fifty feet of debris that Is between two anu
three thousand years old. Those who
have been In CncagO when the street
gang was engaged In rsking up old per-
sonalitIes and things that had been accum-
ulstIng for fifty years, will remember the
subtle odor OF the deceased past. lex
cuse rIe moment while go and eat
little asstoetids to take the taste out of
my mouth Well, Rome is older, and
therefore, II is worse. l hate to speak
about I, but when they are excavatIng for
q new building here and turn up few
discarded socks of the time Of Romulus,
along with other rellcs OF forgotten era,
the excavlsts run and stick their noses
into the bosom of Llmburger cheese,
and the people f1ee to the mountain till 1t
is safe to come home again. This puts
kind OF damper ON bulldog, and real e.
tate is ratLer dead. AT least, il Is not
feel ng well. So they only build new
house every fifty or sixty years. Then II
takes half century for the aiI to get fresh
again / have been trying tor several
DAYS TO md some Roman candles to take
home with me, hut have failed 80 far /
should feel ashamed of myself to make
this long and expensive trip 10 Rome, the
very hpt.bed Of Roman candles, and theI
60 home without any.