The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-05-05
A Trip to Petropolis.

mi, SIMMER COURT OF THE BRAZILIAN
rvplRE IN THE SIERRA DOS oRGAos.
| c,,..ial CORES pondence of the journal.
pt rEoroLIs, BRAZIL, March 18th. AS
.rybody knows, the names of the late
,ptlor and Empress of Brazil transla-
into plain English, We're Peter and
f5.resa: and so it came about that their
n.c devoted subjects called the two pref
H.. towns in the country Petropolis and
n.rc>gpols Early as the year 1922 the
.i+ ii the first named town was chosen
I'D Dom Pedro |. as a summer resi-
.a,f for the imperial family; but, al
dI.li he bought an enormous estate
are at the time, the first actual visit of
,lltv to the place did not occur until a
srter If a century later.
rrropolis lies Just beyond the summit
hid Sierra dos Orgoas. Georgian noun
1., b whose dark peaks. ascending in
0sf scale ike the pipes OF an organ,
Sharply outlined against the dim, blue
14u to the north of Rio. Being in the
ao region If cloudy days and cool
rs where yellow fever never comes
,ie Almost as much dreaded pest of
rtucs-it has become the summer
.uI :, II all those Rio Janeiroans whose
.lt circumstances permit them to flee
.AD heat, dust and Vile smells of the
llv plague stricken city. Thither the
a01d household used TO go in the early
! >al November-as the Presidents and
Fl families will do while Brazil calls
..- Il Republic Immediately follow
all the ENJOYS Extraordinary and
~Jtrs Ilenip0tentiary.
rlu9 fashion. as well as health, depends
ttying away from Rio during a GER
Sea~on, and the summer court at Pc
ui~ is quite as gay and imposing as
the winter at the Capital, During
seven months of every year the
. crowded To Overlooking. Govern
GicialS officers OF the army and
professional men. merchants, clerks,
a0,. everybody who can possibly scare
1iS enough, sends his wife and
ur, up the heights to lang on
! rrbuN to the edges OF fashionable life
g permitted to disport themselves in
Il
rad winner. must continue to MOL and
A town, travelling to and fro morn
md evenings.
>0.c the completion, nine years ago,
ic rHlroad with The queer name
uctpo do Nrao Para AN excursion
m Iio to PetrupoliS and back again
bD"omc one of the possibilities OF a
ID lay. If the tourist has no more
4 To- spare, that is better than not to
-le loyeliest spot in Brazil at all
iopoliS-th"ugh seven weeks would
do the subject justice OF exhaust
7t'' iHi l''liItN VI IilltAtNN. iktlllOttlS
is, doubt necessary adiuncts t. civi-
oA. but they are death to pictu'-
Wuc>N and have Spoiled many a fam
7} AS for example that into til,
mite Valley, which was worth max
nca one had to 20 on Il mule. at the
his lilc, rather Than as now. in a
car. The old stage road leading III
lis Land of the Sky was SO ncom-
beautiful, and thc zach ride oyel
mill OF delightful experiences, that
HAMot help rcgretting it has become
If the past, and hat this ancient
of roNaltY is made SO easily acces-
llte turnpike WAS built about the
the Maua- Ruiz railway. which is
o be the oldest in South America.
JOS purpose Of bringing down pro-
specially coffee, from the interior.
AN III mics, from the tropical jun
laal Rio, up over the Organ noun
UWkiag along the faces of steer
ANt snip III Sca-aWaN to the cclC-
v mines Of Minas GeraS to Entr.
IL amt To the frontier towns of the
Art Being free from dust in time:
4oagllt. and mud in the rainy season
III terraces above and safety walls be
the old stone highway has rarel,
~l equalled since the days of the Roma1
d-maker>. But it became a very vi;
tHoSa TO its stockholders when til.
'N lcCiro Scgundo railway was com
F~H about fifteen years afterward," TO
ldtter took away all the coffee traffic
4oW owned by the company lniao ,
9Ntu3 CHCnion and Industry ane
cues Sill run over portion Of it
Fetropolis there are places on Thu
rHarcnt thoroughfare where the trav
= h"kng over the parapet, sees ia
'" Aim several parallel stone -pavet
; "' aud finds it difficult to believ,
'' JNe\ are all one road, the same b,
D'' he has been zigzagging up til,
wt7in side.
Foso YOU are in Rio and want to e,
'r'r"p"liS: Take a .'bond.' or tram
anywhere on the First of March Stree
WYE oi hose marked "praca Municip
~ which will convey you direct to tn,
'I" 0oat-landing. 1t frequently hap
= d" III the crowded business streets, par
III "NlN IN the vicinity OF the coffee ex