Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-10-08

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! the honor of being in the same hotel with
a Cooks party-thirty odd they are in
number. Evidently they're TO spend
/ Sunday here. too. Wonder if they'll go
over the Simplon Pass when we do. From
| all Eve seen of them they seem like very
ordinary people. There are number of
elderly.people; one old lady the chaperone.
suppose, wears a lace cap with little red
bows on 1t. We contemplate fixing Mrs.
Powers out in that style. She is alto
gether too lively for chaperone and
needs something of that kind. think
| In turn back now and tell whatever
comes To my mind about the places we've
lately passed through.
| Pisa first.-The town impresses you as
dull and quiet. The things we came to
See are all near together at one side of the
city. The cathedral, spoke of before,
| pleased me exceedingly, and the beggars
round it were exceedingly annoying.
use on foreigners, and we heard ''poor
old blind man" on every side. Even
woman, led along by girl, was repeat
ing the same words. The Baptistery
j stands opposite the church; it is called
+, the finest in the world. 'Tis round, and
the interior with its high, bare dome looks
rather plain and grim. But there is
wonderful carved marble pulpit. Ills
| supported by seven columns: the pulpit
| itself is siX-sided, has the Annunciation
| Alteration of the Magi, Presentation in
| the Temple. Crucifixion and Last Judg-
ment in fine relief work. Then there is a
large font in the centre ofmost beautiful,
delicate marble carving and mosaic.
There is wonderful echo inside. The
custodian gave several musical calls for
our entertainment. The clapping of one
pair of hands is red0lbled and multiplied
into prolonged applause. The cloisters of
the Campo Santo are very near the church.
AS we neared the entrance, one of those
everlasting beggars ran up and knocked
on the door for us before we had time to
do it ourselves and then stood there to be
paid for it. OF course, there was moth
ing to do but give him a copper, but
such impudence is aggravating.
LdteT. - we We lI'tu OuI uod1 iRtCs auu
were out about two hours. The lake is
beautiful, with the mountains all around
us. We had some funny experiences.
The boat had two sets of oars, and we
wanted to be independent, so we took no
man along. Miss r. and Miss H. row
quite well. so there was no danger. You
should have seen me try to row. 1amus-
ed the crowd immensely by letting one
oar get down, into the water so far that /
couldn't manage it and il stuck into me
and nearly sent me overheard. The oars
are very heavy and clumsy, and think it
was a great deal to my credit to use them
as well as l did. The water was little
rough and the wind blew some, so we
undertook to let down the awning. 1t
was accomplished with some tipping and
a great deal of manoeuvering. Then
broke an oar Ct was cracked already and
the girls had to bring us home with one
pair; and all our trouble because we did
Mt have man along; still don't believe
we were sorry, any of us. We've found
out that the big party is one of Gaze's,
and most of them English and Method
lists. The leader is the oldest man in the
lot, gray haired, but business in his eye.
He rose to night and announced that
there would be service at eleven O'Clock
Tomorrow morning in the hotel and any
body is invited. Then a minister rose
and said there would be service at two in
the afternoon i'm little chur ch in the
neighboring town. which church was re-
Gently converted from Catholicism to
Professionalism, If any of the friends
would like to 60 Gt seems they so desig-
nate the members of their caravan) ar
would be made for omnibuses
to come for them. Ii, furthermore, any
of the friends had scruples against taking
an omnibus on Sunday, they might, of
course, walk, though he believed it was
up hill most of the way, and, as for him,
he thought this an exceptional case,
though he did not as general thing ad-
yocate driving on the Sabbath. We no.
ticed the wine bottles on their table, and
were somewhat surprised to learn that
they were mostly Methodists, but sup
pose travelling in Italy is an exceptional
case.''