The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-08-28
A. the Limo 10, Climb.


Brother Gardner was received with
eral rounds of applause as he came in and
took his accustomed seat, and when the
triangle had sounded he arose and said:
"My pleasure at SEEM you once mo-
assembled in dis hall am too great to be
distressed in de English language /
thank you fur all de many acts of kind
ness an courtesy, an will endeavor to
make myself worthy of your esteem
ode events of de pas few weeks hev
taught us several lessons, chief among
which am de fack dat innocence may be
token by the neck an mopped all ober de
floahs of county Jail, but she will tri-
umph in de eand.
ode jeaIous-minded man, seckin' to
climb up by pullin' some one else down,
may succeed in elevatin' hisself few
pegs, but befo' he gifts a secure hold de
limb breaks an down he comes wild
kerChunk dat am heard all ober de State.
"Truth may be shot an scalped and
dubbed and buried ten feet under ground
but at the proper moment she bobs up
same if muffin had happened.
"Hypocricy an deceit may flourish fur
awhile, an de hypocrite an deceiver may
emagine he am doin' stavin' cash biz
ness, but fust he knows de Eastern credi-
tors come along an close him out an he
heard of mo-.
eve has passed frew de fiery furnace
an come out all right. No man am any
wuss off for a second baking, puryiding
de fire am not too hot Detroit Free
Press.
Charming Description of Eastern
bit of Scenery.
Katharine S. Macquoid contributes q
Inc ri Nj ir1a In no
trated Magazine from which we quote:
Travellers who sdo'' Perugia in six
hours, or find a likeness between the Via
Appia and the Holborn Viaduct, will not
come under the spell, they will see Only a
grey old city, par Etruscan, part Roman,
and chiefly medieval, placed the top
of a steep hill. girt with massive walls
which look down on the fertile valley of
the I1ber, on steep slopes silver with olives,
golden with plots of maize. and green in
autumn with richly festooned vineyards.
They will, perhaps, notice the triple range
of purple Apennines that form on every
side a varied background to this pictur-
esque fertility, and to the lesser hills
crouching below, and to the spurs projec-
ting boldly forward into the deep valley,
above which the grey city shows her spires,
towers, and massive walls.
They may notice, too, from below, how
1t follows the indentations of the hills and
how boldly at the angles thus made warm
tinted towers stand out against the sky.
They will scarcely fail to notice these fea-
lures, but they will hardly have time to
study the exquisite variety in the forms
of the hills, or to watch the sun set OPP
posite grand old Subasio, turning the
white houses of Assist, which hangs on
its side,. to pale rose against the flame
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come from within the hill than to be re-
1ected from the opposite side, of the hori-
ION. They will not have time to enjoy
the charming drives among the olives in
the valley, or the excursions to be made
from Perugia, as numerous as they are
interesting will never come under
the spell of the grey old sorceress.
TO me there is an indescribable fascina-
ton in wandering along her narrow streets
in the deep shadows cast by the tall old
palaces, with grated windows and bricked-
up door-ways, that border some of them;
now passing under Il lofty archway with
uncemented stones on either side, so huge
that one fancies they must have been
placed there by giants into a vaulted way
beneath ancient houses, which are thus
built across the street; sometimes these
archways are low and rOund-headed, mere
tunnels through which one almost gropes
ones way, and then emerging finds sud-
den descent on this side down fight of
bricked steps which turn out Of sight so
quickly that keen interest is whetted to
follow it, while on another side a flight
goes steeply up to an old grey arch with
a darkness beyond it equally tempting to
the explorer.
Day after day wandered up and down
those twisting hilly streets, often losing
my way, constantly stumbling ON some
new interest, on some bit of Etrusean
wall, Or on some exquisite point of view
perceived as vista at the end of a grey
street, or on grander and more varied
picture from the wall itself, with part of
Perugia for foreground; sometimes get
ting chat by the way with woman
weaving at hand-loo:n, Or some bare
footed child playing in the sunshine, and
yet never succeeded in exl BRING all the
quaint lateral passages and nights of steps
that offer amending stores of interest.