Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-08-12

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There is, so far as / know, only one
peninsula in Europe, bordered on one
side by the Mediterrean and on the
other by the Adriatic Sea, and the
shape of which is like un.o a human
leg, fringed round the thigh with a
hmbrlation, termed by geographers the
APPS. There Is but one country in Eu-
rope OF which the capital is the Eternal
city of Rome. To him, nevertheless,
VINO loves this country very dearly, and
has strIven to learn it by heart-its his.
tory, Its language, its superstit:ons and
ldolatrles, its arts and laws, and its
wonderful people-there are great
many Italics even of modern date, and
quite omittin0 any reference to the
Alban Fathers, the Tarquins and
Caesars, the Goths and Vandals, the
Lombards and the Normans. Take at
random the Italy of Montaigne, full of
duels, intrigues, poisonings, secret
stabbIngs, gay festivals, sumptuous
embassies, priestly luxuriouspess and
proiigacy, and the caizom della Sig
nora LiUia. Quite apart from this is
the Italy of Jaques CaIlot and Howell,
our inmitable letter writer.
PART III.
My Italy-the Italy / treat of in this
place at least, the Italy of the Earl of
| o., differs in its social aspect
toto ceto from those at which l have
| glanced. His lordshlp Che was friend
of Lord Chesterfield and Lord March
and Horatio Walpole, Esq, and in his
youth had known Mr.. Pope and DIR.
Young and the Trappist Duke of
Wharton very welD arrivedat Leghorn,
bent on spending six months in the
peninsula, early in the spring of IL.
| His lordship's own yacht, a trim-built
| schooner, which in war time had done
very good service as a privateer, and
had gobbled up many French and
| Spanish merchantmen, conveyed him
to the Italian seaport i have named.
| The South Sea was the fanciful name
of the EsrPs yacht. He had embarked
| largely in the Sauth-Sea Bubble, but
being one of the luck1est men in his
| time. had contrived to clear a hundred
thousand pounds before the crises of
the mania; and then ,prudently repudi-
ated the delusion altogether. 1t was
with equanimous curiosity that he
watched the bad ship Hubble go down
with all hands on board. He subse-
| quently joined with much energy in
| the prosecution of the directors: and
twas but an act of common gratitude
in him to christen his pleasure-bost
after the swindle from which he lad
been fortunate enough TO emerge with
the clennest of hands. The South Sea
| brought no less than three carriages to
the Leghorn for his lordship's private
use: his great family coach plaGtered
all over with carving, gliding, and al
legorical paintings, and hned with
amber-colored velvet, built for him by
Moses, Noah, Shem, Japhet, snd Son
Of Great Mahogany street, L,Dcoln's-
Inn-fields; a heavy travelling carriage,
especially adapted for rough roads,
and with ample ascommodf ton for
| baggage on the roof and bstterie de
cuisine in the rumble; anG light
landau for town use. PuggchoPs, his
lordship's sergeant fOotman---s giant in
stature VINO had been in the Horse
Guards, and had beaten Mr. Figg the
! gladiator in a bout at sihglestick and
! baCksword--acc by Waff1es
snd Shufles, attendant lscqueya. were
all passengers by the South Sea, and
: had been fearfully sea5iok ever since
I the yacht cleared out of Falmouth
! Barn my best body, Mr.. Puggchops-
he was a gentleman, and swore like one
would exclalm ruefully every time
the vessel lurched, why did l refuse
is Ighness's hotter to go a philandar
ing in furrin parts; let alone they're
being papishers?' 1t was a fact that
his Royal highness the Duke of Cum
berland, of Culloden fame. and some
times known as the 'Butchet, struck by
the unusual proportions of Mr.. Pugg-
chops. as = lowered above his breth-
ern of the shoulder-knot in the lobby
of Drury-lane playhouse, had caused
| overtures of a tempting nature to be
made to the Grand Man, and on his re-
spectfully declining thens had cursed
him for a id impudent dog, and or
dered his own sergeant footman CLAP
pin to cune the scoundrel the next time
there was fight among footmen at
Ranelagh. But Glappin, wise In
his generation, shrank from trying
duercal conclusions with a footman of
Mr.. Puggchops' inches, and SO gave
him wide birth whenever he met him
in those polite circles in which they
mutually moved.
Nor did Lord O-'s suite come to
an end with his lacqueys. Two French
gentlemen, the politest, the adroitest,
the most lantern-iawed, the most pro-
ficient in lying and thieving of their
sprightly nation, were in his train.
These were, first, MonsieurF Fessemsth-
leu, his valet, hairdresser, and private
secretary. His lordsh1p had formerly
kept a ,oung fellow from the Univer
sity, poet or playwright, or some
thing low of that ki'"'. to do his scriv-
ening for him; but rascal, waxing
fat and kicking upou meat every day,
grew insolent and iIsubordinates be-
cause, forsooth, he was expected to In
clu.le in his secretarIal duties the COM
position of letters in the French Ian
guage to Mademoiselle Bobbichon, a
a dancer of the Kings Theatre. So
the poet was turned out of doors after
the delivery of a message from his
lordshIp, conveyed to him through the
intermediary of bamboo walking
stick, OF which the upper end was held
in Mr.. Puggchops' potent fist, and his
place was adequately filed by his lord
ships barber and body-servsht. Its
cursed hard the lively peer would re-
mark, IF the rascal who shaves you
can't write yonr letters into the bar
gain 1t is true that Monsieur fesse-
mathieu was unable to spell with cor
rectness in any language; but the IN
trinity was one he shared with his
noble patron; and for the rest, who
could spell in the eighteenth century?
The monarch who sat on the throne,
and the foolish fat scullion who
scrubbed the saucepans IN the kitchen,
were often about on par as regards
orthography; and mention OF the Gull
nary regions reminds me that Nj. Fes-
semathieu had yet another Office as sec
retary, one which was to draw up the
daily bills of fare for Monsieur Rog-
non, his compatriot and fellow yoyager,
who, although one of the most accom-
plished concoctors of bisQues and sal
mi, extant, was unable either to read
or write.
All 4hnsa fna folks with mountains