Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1895-07-12
ONE TROUBLE IS THE FLEAS.

ONE TROUBLE IS THE FLEAS.
DIR. Dewey kindly handed us th'
following letter from his son-in-law
A. Maeksy, ir., who, with his wife, Il
spending the summer in making G
tour Of Europe. "Andy" 10 . good
writer and we'll known-here. We be
lieve his letters will bs quite interest
ing IL our readers, and for that res
cod We gladly give them space:
ROME, ffitY, June, 20, 1895.
MY DEAR DocrokEWe received
our first mail from St Louis to-day
/ wrote you a letter from the South
OF Spain, but fear IL will not reach
you, os one that I mailed to Brown,
Shepley & Co., at London, to for.
ward our mail, was not received. ]
think the porter at the hotel stole
the stamps and threw away the let
tCrs.
We went from Genoa, over to Pisa,
whers We visited the old cathedral
and celebrated lsaning tower. 1t 10
wonderfully well preserved after
standing 600 ysarr. The day we
were there was q general holiday.
which only occurs once each year;
the tower was closed, but we tried TO
get one OF the priests to let Us in and
offered to pay extra. He said it had
not been opened on that day in the
year for 600 years, and no power
in heaven -or-on earth could make
them open it, and IL our party would
pay S2e, each, it would be no induce
ment. So we gave it up az bad
Job. However. we were repaid for
our visit there on q fete day.
Crowds were in from the country
dressed in holiday attire, aud
around the church yard there was a
market for buying and selling al
most everything you could think of,
many yelling at the top OF their
voices, while inside of the cathedral
service was being held. There was
flne music, a solemn procession with
q cardinal in the lead, dressed in red.
All seemed to be happy.
We came from Pisa to Rome, pass
ing through a level country, finely
improved, with the mountains in
the distance. Saw very few horses,
the blowing and farm work was
done with oxen. They plow and
work them single as well as double,
and a peculiar thing Is the oxen are
all white with very long horns, much
resembling in their makeup our
Texas steers, except az to color.
We have been In the eternal city"
since last Monday and are very busy
Sightseeing. We have been to the
coliseum and Roman Forum where
imperial Caesar held sway, all OF
which 10 now q mass OF ruins, show
ing the mutations OF human affairs.
We went out z miles on the .'Appian
Way" through which the Apostle
Paul came to Rome, and down In
the Catacombs, where hundreds Of
martyrs wsrs imprisoned and died.
/ must tell you about the Monk who
took us down the Catacombs. He
was simply on q drunk. i noticed
he was very lively and "iabbered"
and laughed in o most foolish way,
and when we were near enough to
smell his uhiskey breath it was sx-
planned. We thought bis conduct
excusable when we remembered
that he was among the tombs OF the
A 'eparted saints 60 much: We have
=, ,ited the wonderful church OF St.
pa. IT, with Its many monuments
and, ombs Of the departed Popes.
We n, ard there some fine music.
Wa wsm lin the dome and had q
,;sx ot IN old aud the new Rome,
.;,h n. ..> -en hills. We have been
% several OF tho art and picture gal
cries for ub,c I Rome has q world
vide renown.
Iwa,Id I;La, 20 into details but
haven't time. We manage to get
around all right. T. 'e weather here
las been nne. 1t ia very warm IN
he sun in the middle OF 'he day, but
here is always a good bl seze. Tns