The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-03-10

our view things that tell Of the manaer
Of life Of the people 1900 years ago.
Every thing Is now as it was then.
Household utensils have changed liz
tie, as have also tools Of the ar,isarp.
l saw n set Of surgeons instruments
almost the same in appearance as I
have many times seen in our doctors
Offices. And the carpenters Jack and
smoothing plane Of 1900 years ago are
ldentically the sane as We use now-a-
days. But in one thing they out
stripped ne by far and that was in at.
This gallery here is especially rich in
statusry discovered at Herculaneum
and POupeii, aud also in the excava-
tious At Rome. There are innumera-
bic Feuices, Junos and Phyches 20
beautifully natural that you would al
most expect their marble lips to open
and give utterancs to words; Appol-
los, AdcnIses and Japiters strikingly
perfect in every detial /; 10 short, every
neurological character Is presented
before as. There are also The Roman
Empernrs, orators and statesmen the
Greek heroes and philosophers, all ez-
act portraits of those old fellows,
whom you have read about in your
Plutarch and Gibbon. The splendid
art that produced these was not Roman,
but Rome was the great patron of art.
and when II the zelith of her power
the Greek artists focked there and
left behind them more evidences of
their genius than in Greece itself
Some of the frescoes from the Pom
peIan houses are very beautiful and
show that as painters they were IN nc
wise deficient, and possess so much
merit that they are often copied by
the modern artist. The collection of
statues in the Vatican Museum is
probably the finest in the world, bnt
there it is but a world of statues, and
has not 80 many interesting things to
interest the novice, as the Museum
here.
But, old fellow, let this benightsd
country possess the wealth of art tress-
ures, and give me America sith her
splendid past and her magnificent f1-
ture, with its one great idea Of liberty.
It Is uot possible to appreciate our
country until one has been in Europe.
Over there We have every thing
schools, resources, possibilities OF ev-
cry kind here the people must fairly
tight for decent existence. No hupe
Of bettering their condition, no splen-
did future. every thing daI ( before
them. The great evil with US is that
We 10 not appreciate it, and are prod
igal of our splendid inherita1ces. IF
the economy of Franco and Germany
(among the people 1 mean was urae-
ticed by Americans for one year
venture to say that the aggregate saw
ing would amount 70 enough IN ore
year to pay off the national debt.
We are prodigal in every thing, and
1lckedly wAsteful Of our resources.
rather expect to sail for America
about the middle of March, at least I
hope to do so. I want TO return TO
Chicago in time to make preparations
for the summer run. We go from
here to the Reviers, thence to Paris.
We expect to be there about the 10Th.
Tell Lizzie l shall surely call on her
brother in London. l should have
done 50 when there had I not lost my
book containing his address. We ara
having q good time, but look forEsrd
with pleasure to seeing you All in the
Spring The girls are we'll and send
love to you all. Il is about time for
me to close as have tn 20 into the
town to do little shopping. Remem-
Der me with love to one and all
/ remain,
Yours afeetionatsly,
D. w n.