Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-24
CORPORAL GIAC0M0.
nj rur LATE MAJOR pE cossos.
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perhaps there is no more romantic spot
an the lovely leland Of Sicily than the PIC
tnrcaque little town Of Ta0fmina, perchcd
like a seagulls nest, high on preclpltous
cliff overlooking a dark blue bay, behind
which the grand outline Of MI htna may
he eoen roaring his SnOw-cappcd head
through the clouds, and. If the giant he IN
GOOD humor, slowly putting out column
az silver vapor as q placid Dutchinan curis
the smoke from his lips.
When. however, the volcano is angry .
red light CLOVIS at night, QUlvcrlng IN tho
sky above, and the omnous rumbiing on
the earth beneath their feet warns the
towns people of an eVer-prcsent danger.
But so fertile are tho burning slopes Of the
mountain that nothing can scare the farmer
away from fields which produce VITA ut
Gle labor o rich harvest of oranges, olives,
citron. mulberrics. corn, grapes, almonds,
and q hundred other fruits, all growing
with a Mid Insurance that from time in"
memorial has tempted the invader 70 lay
covetous hand on this favored island ana
10 dronch It's smiling VINEYARDS with blood,
To the traveller the marble fragments OF
the beautiful Grecian theatre overlooking
the bay. budt bv n colony from Chaicis
the RUGGED remains of tho Moorish castle
OF Saraccnic times. and the drowning NOR
man towers bearing witness 10 the power
n
Guiscard. or a BarbarosSa, All tell OF cli-
ferent races that IN turn have swayed the
destinios OF the land round Iaormina, ana
in It's inhabitants. especially among the
fairer portion Of them. traces Stili remain
Of the different nations from winch thoy
have sprung. r
Thus the purely classical features OF
The Greek may be found III combination
with the flashing black eye and dark COM
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biHtv and grace of bearing seems 20 recall
memories of that proud Norman race
whose I'D ail-clal warriors for time planted
themsclvos firmly ou tins sunny shore.
Ia parf ocular might these chaructostics
be traced in the person OF IolnchA' ,he
daughter of an honest farmer who Iiiicd
his lands not far from the town OF Iaor-
nina.
Though only sixteen years Of age, the
Genial infutucp of "a southern sun n0d
rlpencd her beauty almost 90 The perfection
Of wumauho0d. and when ON SUNDAYS and
Tostas She appeared with IL" Or -hteet OF
blue shawls draped gracefully over per
heal and the Whitest OF hleh-heeled SATIN
shoes on her sh1pclv, n somewhat large,
feet. dancing the national dance under the
shadow Of the great Chestuui-trccs III the
piaZzotta after the manner OF Der country,
. fotho merry sounds @, tamhouueS ana cas-
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