The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-12
European Correspondence


EprroR CLARION: They must think 10
ackson by this time that ne DO not ~lise
Won often enough but we have been tssV-
eIIine So much and seeing 80 many sights
that we could not find time to have sho'
across the ocean. Now that we VIII stop
end rest here in this beautiful city o,
Genoa for fifteen days, we gladly VIII ,e'i
the bows. not all, but good deaf oil What
we have seen.
The FIRST place we went TO from hotter
dam was Brussels. where We stopped ter 4
day and half II is a beautiful city ann
as clean as a pin. They say that the cart
must not 90 before the oxen but IN brns
sells they put the dog instead OF the oxen;
behind the cart Everywhere you cousu
see peddlers, miikmen, bakers. etc, push
ing Iittle hand carts BY the handles with
dog hitched under the carts, b-tween the
wheels and pulling it. When we 90 home
we must Try this new kind OF team-a
boy and dog We were At Brussels when
the strike was beginning, and every once
AMI a while we could see soldiers shoot
ing for one place aud another. We visited
The Church of ST. u 1dule and the new one
of s.. Mays We thought there would be
hardly church liner than the Catheara'
of New York but 81. Godnie, although
il looks as old as the hills, Is inner. We
say also the palace OF justice when Is !9e
finest building we had ever seen outside
of charche- The patec OF tn king l.
| also very beautiful. We wanted to see
what the king looked like, bat he would
not come oat, aud we went 10 France,
| which /. like our glorious Am=rIct, be
public Eat il Is the msInest Kind OF oae !;
We bows had always travelled half fare, bat
as soon "a we GIT To where they talked
| Fren1 h. we had 10 pay like grown lolks.
| Before We get TO Paris. let Us tell you
som citing about European railroads.
| Every depot Is fenced in, and noa9dy
| can get in the CAS- without ticket. Inc
coaches are altogether different from ours
| There IL a step on each side OF each one OF
| them as long as the ear itself. There are
| lou, side doors on each side, which lead,
each one of them into separate compart-
ment. holding, when full, ten persons.
| When YOU are in one of these cowpart-
ments il looks as II you were travelling IN
| a bsautiful street car. In first and second
| class there are beautiful cushions from one
side to the other of the car, on which we
bows can stretch ourselves and sleep al
most as well ss on our sleeping-cars. Each
car is only half as long rs ours. In Amer
lea. the conductors, says" All aboard Tor
France they yell "En yoiture 5 il voUs
plays" and in Italy they say only one
word, ''Parteuza."
In Paris we put up at L'hotel des Mis-
sions Catolique, where they treated u;
we'll, but made Us pay we'll We visited
the following places La place de Ia bis
tile. where they once fought to make
, france Republic. In the middle OF tha
square there Is q column about 200 Zee
high. We went to the top OF it and coulo
see from there the whole OF Paris. w,
visited the Cathedral of Notre Dame, and
by paying 10 cents apiece, We're admltte.
to see the treasury ofNhe saeristy. Their
are there vestments four and FIVE hundred
years old. which looked like new. 1t seem
| ed to US that strong man could hardl,
carry all the gold aud silver sacred YES
sells that are in that sacristy. You mus
know that the three last Archibishops o
Paris were ali murdered. We saw the bul
let and dagger holes in the garments wori
by them at the time OF their death. w
saw the Louvre, the immense court hous
where they were holding court IN severa
different Ills. Everywhere soldiers wer
guarding the entrances. Lawyers dress =
With long gowns and curious caps coul'
he seen everywhere. The public parks 0
Paris are wonderfully beautiful. From
Paris, after four days, we went to the soutl
} of France and visited the famous place 0
pilgrimage, Lourdeg We found Their
/ people from Italy, from Germany, iron
: England, aud from America. The town
! which is very near Spain, Is very beautiful
ly situated in the mountains, which wer
yet covered with snow about half way frou
The top. Lourdes is made up almost o
hotels, and although it has only six o
- seven thousand inhabitants, it has littl
hotels better fixed up than those OF larS
! cities in America.
From Lourdes we went to Marsellles
where we visited the Museum OF Arts ant
the beautiful parks. We travelled irou
Marseilies to Genoa. If any body wishe
to see wonderful scenery let him irave
from Toulon, France. to Genoa, in Italy
The railroad runs all along the Mari
| time Alps, aud on the other side alon,
the Mediterranean Sea. You pass through
over 100 tunnels. When you come out b
these tunaeio you find yourself now in Al
, olive grove, now in an orange or lemon
grove, now in beautiful villas. The track
wind around all the little bays and prom
ontories that are found from Touiou Il
Marseilles. We saw \ ce, Cannes anC
Monaco. Monaco is neither in France oil
in Italy, but is an independent country
with prince to govern it. 1t is only a littl,
over mile long, and the prince can SEE
from his palace from one end TO the othel
: OF his dominions
And now here we are at Genoa, in sunny
Italy. The oranges and the lemons hans
! yet from the trees around US, and we have
only to go down the street to buy as many
chestnuts as We want for five cents. Instead
of going to an hotel father Quito took II:
to tie college where he had studied. We
have a little room, each one of US. Here
they talk more English than Italian, as
there are students from different nations
Ten Of them are Americans. Some oil
Fathers professors are living still, and
were glad to see him. The students gave
him one evening some music on the piano
Two violins and either. The last song they
sung was "tIome, Sweet Home" Father
Quito is now gone to his home in Pied.
mont, where there is nobody to talk
English So we asked him to leave us
here with the Americans. We have 10,
of things to tell you about this city of
Genoa, but this letter ia already too hong
Addio for the present.
AMOS JOHNSTON.
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