Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-09-12
VENETIAN GoNDoLleRs.
Not Quito as Picturesque N Painted by
Sentimental Tourists.


Sentimental Tourists.
It Is with grief that 1 remind nv
untraveled reader that in Venice tho
gond"la is the cab. Is the cabman a
poetic object-a person to whom you
would indite lyrics or elegies? trow
not But, on the other hand, the gon-
dolier, unlike the London cabman, has
his redeeming qualities. He is pict-
uresque. He used to be more so in
the days when he woro red silk stock
ings and blue silk jacket, and when
the boat he propelled was rs gay u
thing as himself Ho is also very
amenable to civility. He will quarrel
with the po"t:y Briton who speaks no
language but English, and after a row
tenders In payment a sum of money he
deems unworthy of him, though it be
In excess of tho tariff. Bat the quar-
rel will be all on hfs side, atid it will
soon dissolve away: into RESONANT
laughter as he Invites his copper-col-
o"ed comrades to share the spectacle
of the Briton walking off as if he
heard not a word of his pea The
cabman, In SUCH d case. would of
course proceed TO maledictiors,
and perhaps GO further. still
Indeed, when all is said, the
gondolier Is not q bad fellow. though,
like the pigeons. somewhat spoiled by
being photographed in his boat by on
terprising amateurs q hundred times
In the year. But in spring, notwith-
standing tho romance of them, one is
not strongly attracted toward gondola
or gondo.ier When q bora" is
flowing upon the city from the mount
aims behind Trieste. and al the lagoon
is under a blue-gray haze, chilly and
thick, one is prone to think of f.es,
not aquatic expeditions And many
q martyred paterfamilias and his
wife, who, at their eldest daughters
bidding, have inelegantly wriggled
into the boat, and, aidod by the smil.
Ing, compassionate oarsman, judicious-
ly dispersed their offspring about the
remaining space thereof, are, as eager
to leave as they were unwilling to en-
ter 1t. II they can be induced to make
another such excursion, they take wool
for their ears and enough wraps for q
Observation-Disclosures of the daughters
indignant demur about show it will
look" A playful form Of compliment
which the gondoliers handy about
when they are dispieased with each
other brings me to another character
istic OF Venice. II. in conveying his
party through the "canaletti." the
oarsman clashes with a boat coming in
the contrary direction. he will proba-
bly, call his enemy "the son of q dog"
as well as much else-Cornhill Maga-
~ A Touching Obituary.
The following lines are copied from
the obituary column of rural New
York journal: at is with deep regret
that we chronicle the death of c.
II. NJ, of -, New York. He
passed away on Monuay morning,
Mc-ch 25th. after an illness of little
moro than three lays. We had been
acquainted for five years. Wo began
in the poultry business at tho same
time. both buying Wyandotte eggs Of
the same man. The writer soon gave
up the breed ar kept only Langshans.
But George kept his Wyandottes,
bought on y the best, bred carefully;
and though we have seen many fine
birds we know OF few which lay more
and larger eggs or breed finer chicks
than his do. We have had many
fowls and eggs Of him, and would as
quick trust him as ourself to ship eggs
or to select stock. ."-Harper's Maga-
zine.