The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-08
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| tBin Nys. h Denver opiaioa.l @ we arrived in Rons lsss svssi>r vin
 sAe Rpck I'd rcd, an1 an cd csas1n
 etsed ef niae sson NestA pask, no iU
 seaylng hsrA invited me se cems sn1
 via him daz1ng " stay ia ske cily. 8o
 is here. he sayx to obtain that po,ish
 whtcA he was unable so obtain e sha
 nngs. ft has loag ben his haass'n
 dearest wish to 70 abroad and compleee
 an already very thorough edueasicn. ne
 vas alwAys pretty tais in arithmetic. Aa<A could cipher the socks right ctF our mcss eminent men. bal he was lissls rusty om Rome. he sayA
 He has hsen showing nc the town aa<E
 eeiling me all abost it. Rome, he snyx has been the ccrnty-seat of this counsy tos upwards of goo yeAfs, and still tAey havent gos 6rss~elass hotel in the place. Rcmalus 6led on Rome under th~ desest land scs too years beSoss Chsisf. and buih lunatie asylum on the capito-
 line hill. h those days evesyhody wax
 highly educated. aad every ccmmon DAgc on the streets coald talk the dead
 lAnEuAseS like Ncsmal-schcclg gsaduAse4 Gresk and Latin wsss talked just a com
 uaoa at prise ksht os church sociAhle in Rome, among the middle and lover eiasses, as cikar-box spanish is ia soush- srn Colorado to-day.
 Before the chrisl,an ssa Rome vax ruled by kings who were elected kor hfe ot during good behavior. TAis vas doae to curtall campaign expenses. % that the surplus funds could be tf,tiered away ou bread and other Roman dsiieasses- These vas also senate and . college os pcnsihoes and ,wo-lneh aasars who es- piained the will of the gods. These Augars besame at last a gscas bore (Es- tuscan relic found near Roman eosrall. For many yean there vas . sqnAbhte octseen the patf,oians and the plehe.sns. The pAtr,ctans were people who had
 made good deal ot money. and whose blue-biooded daughters showed sheir
 proud and high lineage by elcpsng with
 the family eoachman. The ple6ei sns, as
 . rule. serc nos checked up 90 high, but they generally got there Eh with both
 tcet, as ptoud Roman told me yes,es~ day as he socked Ais Roman kose into a tumbles of Roman paaeA.
 Rome goi this term "plebeian, i. learn.
 from West paint in an early day They had pretty hot times tiom tAas
 on fes foes hundred years more. Some times one vas on top and sames.mes the 1 othes. l could give long and sio~ ing
 se.ame of the history of hesthen Rome in my osn crude way, if had space. but have nos.
 The present Rome is bull, over fory os Sly feet of dehrs that .s bstween two
 and thsee thousand yean old. Those
 who have been in Chicago ~hen the
 street gang gas enased ln raking up old
 personalities and .Aings that had been
 aecamula,,ag tos hisy years ~ili ssmem-
 bes the subtle odof of the deceased past.
 Excuse me a memen, while go and
 eat a little asa'usida to take the taste
 out of my mouth We'll. Rome ,s older. l and therefore, Il is worse l hate to speak about Il. but when they are es.
 oayatins fst a new bailding here and tnta
 up few discarded socks of the time oE Romulus, along with other relics of a
 forgotten era. the encasists run and stick
 their noses into the bosom cia l..mbusges
 cheese. and the people ice to the moun- , tzins till it is safe so come home aesip, This psts kind of dampes on build
 ,ag and rsa. esiate is rather dead. Al
 least, il is aot feeling yell. 10 they only
 build a ne~ house every htiy or sisty
 yean. Then it takes half century fos l the sif to get fresh sgaia
 have been trying fos several daya ,o
 ind some Roman candles to take home
 ~ith me. hut have fA.led so lar should
 feel ashamed ot myself ,o make th,s long
 and espensive trip 'o Rome. the very hos-
 bed ot Roman candies. and then se
 homs wiihou, any.
 My next letter viii be hom vssona os Cheyenne do nos know which. I've got to hear from Eli Perkins hnt We agreed not so write from the same place
 si the same tune, for ws might ge, eoa-
 fused.