Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-08
FOR TIE osford Democrat.
Ascent OF Mount Vesuvius.

Ascent OF Mount Vesuvius.
Oae doe morning 10 February j, WIN
two travelling companions, set out 'o mrAs
tbs accent OF Mount vesuvlus Inc
read which uav,fsss the bustiits saoufos
IN Naples. leaves the city near the CAswno
del Csrmine aud winds along The COST ior
miles. Daring that part OF our dfve we
ssv almost every variety or oeeupauon
carried on In the door.wsys sno on .ns
sid.uuIis, frOm milking to tshonsk'
Gee ,slouslly No caught giimpsss o' ,hs
DARK interiors Of plsces cairo hpw'-,
vbsre the shuttiss OF looms were being
nllsd. and suits turned by untemp.
Italian women and girls. The difty'tseen
children around the doors were namosr
less. Mseearoni Wa seen on al sides
Ioa. d.y We visited o msecaroni ssian-
h.hm.nt and have never eaten sny sines
From Rs.ins the road DIVORCES 10 we
Ian Here vineyards, gardens aud eo,,sxs
delighted our eyes. In sboat ops houI 70
reached the laws stream OF ls1s' ~hien
overlook aud destroyed sboas twenty
tourists. Rising higher and hleher, uhr
road wlnilug along the God-fcfsst'n loot.
IND place, We passed miles OF ashes ana
lava
We ssplsd q dsrk line running up We
mountain aide. The sensation vas NOT IN
an agreeable one, for Ne knew u vas ths
vlre-rops railway by which We were W
mai. Al. accent w. wondered how Ne
shoald feel when ssc.piipE Q certain psf'
which looked 10 us too nearly psrpsndiea'
lar. W. passed the Hermitage ani ths
| Meteorological O0serEstory, lanehsi
/ restaurant near the NAN 90 ieir'p'Is'
sGlch 10 s.nty-sK hasdfsd let so"'e
| IN. level Of the sea and took our sssts ~
the car, LOOKED 81 The small fopcs ~
mssns OF which the car 10 drawn up
bot found ourselves rather an~iihns I"
"loot upward.
Ansr waiting longer than Ne wished, We
bsgsa 10 second, rising higher and hishsr'
All ". must have seemed mere speck Va
thoss below. That ~ss TINE when Ne
crossed the bridge before We reached ",
for III. ascent Was not . terrible e. ~
feared II might %. We sishtsi from oar
car and were ready to make oar usy 70
the crater. which required from Ten 70 NJ
teen minats-, The psasl numpsf OF guldss'
Who speak little frvbeh sni le-. BOG
usb, a ,ctsd srOuni. crying oct, ~ ehsf
hsdsmsi . eh,ifi- These guides hs's
the ifick Of starting % 81 Q very qulcl
pace go A. 10 weary one al once. snmes
IL 20 say. took the chair and they The
twenty dvs frsnes for H.
wsr, you ever carried 40 bill In
rhsir borue by four msuf III so, 700
know one IL Inclined Ia lean for~sfd'-
Back, Madame. bscti" IOosysi orders
hut ny obsdisnce ~ss not OF lasting ma
iarr. for soon found myself 81 On snsls
81 fOfty.eys degrees ~lih The poles on
which I vas borae-"B,ekl --Bsck III
any word ofsIcl,mstioo escaped my lips
they would cry cut, "Coafsgs. MADAME
Courage" when ve reached What
thOught nigh, be The summit. foani ny
,sf.u,,lopsd In . cloud ~ smoke. thsfc.
fore ana not wish N 90 farther u ~.s 10
sdvsnes Of th. party. bat on my guides
sent, saying. "Mouchpir yotre bouehs,
Moueholr vo,r, boache". preferred io
.iop rather than pat my hsniksrchisf 10
my mouth aud go | tns- no, -hlihsf.
Flnslly, when I ,Iel,imsd, "J'si psUr. Ar
fspI. Arst 4" they pot me down over .
large n..ur- from which we're i.suins Va.
por. and salphuroG. gs.sr. That part Of
The mouhi.ln vas rvnt In al directions
ant clouds of steam were rising ffom
every crssics.
OSc. NOR. I VS. uhsn up aud carried
nssIly Ia the summit. bat |. the ~lni -u
blowing toward us 80 could not lOok
down into the crater from that side. there
fore We walked around % the other eide
and made the almost perpendicular .esai
at lssst IL seemed so ~ usl aud stood 81
las, on the rim 81 the uppyr crsisr. The
roaring and the ela,hirg a. II huge noun.
t.lns wer. b-lng thrown together, stone.
nying high In the air dii not tod u pro
long our stay 50 aflsr peeFipg down
ihr0agh The smoke and catching q glimpse
% the lufid light, W passed Along between
too crsisrs and made oar way rOand 10
The opposite side. not unwilling ~ leave
such scene. We really sijoJsi the De.
scent even in the car % The wlfe-rops
rsliwsy. We forgot ths isngsr -hils be.
holdlrg the glofiou. visS before az.
The bay % Naples, dotted over with
vessels, presented . charming picture. ]
never All then fully REALIZED The mssnioE
% Longfsllov's The painted ship, nJsl
high In air. for the sea and elOai eject
were saeh, that IL DID seem - ihoash The
ships v,r, sailing In the air. The osy en-.
cifelsd by Cspn. ischis, Cspo. Msdins.
Naples, POttci, Tore del Greco, ABnupIls-
IA. Caitsl-s-Msfe With Ssnt Angelo co the
len rna lovely scsns which Ne hope not
soon 10 forget We reached The Graui
Hotel 81 Naples about I've O'Clock, p m.
eel sstisned with oar sscoSd Trip up
Mount yssuvius rs