The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-24
Bill Nye in Italy.

A railway connects Genoa with TGrin.
tried 10 get psss over this r0sd, but met
with only Indifferent success. The road is
lun almost exclusively By foreigners. aud
the employees are largely foreigners. Wher.
ever / 60 in Europe | meet with this great
drawback AID stumbling block 20 enjoy
ment. So did not make the railway au-
thorlties understand about the pass. and
after both arms bad been talked loose I said
il was nomstter; would sooner walk any
bow. Still ] shall leave Italy with al I'M
friendly feeling toward this road, and shall
DO al can TO turn travel over some other
tboIoughfare.
Genoa was founded 200 years before Christ,
and yet is not very big town after ST.. II l
could have 1000 gears IN which 10 build a
town and couldn't get up bigger. better
and cleaner town | would cesse 10 be q
iownist and enter into some other business
by which 10 obtain a livelihood.
Genoa is mainly celebrated in history for
being The birthplace OF tbs man who discov-
cred America; and yet ne 1as not. strictly
speaking, born In Genoa, aud. did not dis.
cover America. Such is life Oar heroes,
our gods and goddssses melt away under the
terrible alchemy OF ysaTs. aud history, that
at fret crowns the obscure with wreath OF
laurel. a. last tears down the name she has
worked for years TO carve and fills the hun
CRY NAV OF oblivion with the inanimate
dust. One after another heroes, discoverers,
poets Snd artists Jade away. William Tell,
Columbus, Shakespeare and many others
have suffered again and again at the hand Of
the historical vampire and it would seem
that none of Us ore absolutely safe. The
youngest Of Us may yet live 10 learn that
Lydia u. PiDkham was not the author of her
own vegetable compound. Thus We live and
labor for half century to psrfect a balm
that will knock the blind staggers higher
than @lderoy's kite, and at last a vandal his
torian robs US OF our hard-won fans. |
wonder that we have as much coura ye and
lofty ambition as We have.
TIE first d0ge was elected in 1889. do
not know what the duties of doge were,
nor what salary he received; but am led 10
believe that the psy was good. Genoa is a
great place for the building of ships. Els-
grant household furniture is made here also,
such rs chairs, tables, cabinets and other
articles of virtu. "Bs virtuous and you will
be happy" is the motto of the Genoese.
They believe In having a motto whether
Ten years ago Genoa had population of
about To- COO but l think there are more
here now. 1 thought l counted more bag
gars than that and there must have been st
least 200 people there who were not identi.
fed with that industry. l have always
done what l could in America TO relieve
want but where want seems to be the nor
NAL condition I allow nature to take her
course. The bsggarS Of Italy glory in their
shame. They are glad they thought o. it
instead of yielding TO a weak aud foolish
temptation to iritter away their young lives
iD manual labor.
We arrived fin Verona day before yester-
day. Most sverY one has heard of the Two
Gentlemen of Verona" This il the place
they came from. They never returned.
Verona is not noted for its gentlemen now.
Perhaps that it is the reason ! was regarded
as such curiosity when I came here.
Verona is a good deal older than Chicago,
but the two cities have points OF resemblance
after all. When the southern simeon from
the stock yards is waited across the vinegar
orchards of Chicago and q load OF Mormon
emigrants &c: cut at the Rock Isl and depot
and begin 20 move around and souirm and
emit the fragrance of crushed Limbsrgel
cheese, it reminds one of Verona.