The Newtown bee., 1895-05-03
a fine lookout can be 0btaiHed. Near here lives a hermit. If for years he had sought dreary place, some spot
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lghobte s6fffeD-he mfght- commune Wfbn | his, own soul, with pn pn enEironsr ef, beauty
 or delight to disturb his gloomy thoughts,
 heseouldtnot have eifoando a more fitting ! place; "a -r,o,,, ..,a a.,,,f ..s.,r.
 father. In the first place. tanV glad of | that because I probably should never | have visited Vesuvius at all, and, in' the second place, because, even if I had made l the visit, I would have had san awful | climb. Mrs Alice May Scudder, of. Jer.
 sey City, told of her experience in mak-
 ing the ascent some 20 years ago.lq She came up in the night to4getfa view of the sunrise. The sun rose the next morning and it was a gloriousl's sight, ebuc Mrs Scudder did not rise with any physical comfort for many weeks to eone.aa Now, after the poor horses have struggled in bringing lyop thus far ,pa ffF Funieplar Rail-
 way" joins in the good, work of,getting you to'the top .and, sitting comfortably in your seat, a2cable car moves up ia grade a trifle less steep than the side of a house.
 But that is not the end. Alighted from, the car, guides appear with ropes having
 large, g,l1se no91se at a one nle,feenna fena and for the
 modest sum of two frsncss you are tin,i vited to catch hold. cab saw one portlyt old gentleman who had paid the stipula-
 ted sum and was evidentlyuresol olved to get his moneys worth. He grasped the rope firmly and, feanihg comfortably
 back let his guide pull It appears that
 his Satanic majesty visits even the high
 places of this earth; foEf lave no dohbt
 that it was he that suggested to me the thoughhthats if + had the other end of
 the Iope. it might be a good scheme sud-
 denly to let go and see, what would happen. Wefb itawasEbnly soft sand; it
 wou would lsro not have hurt hiilm much. z3s At last Vesuvius is conquered :; on its very ridge we astahd.aeWe are on the
 edge ofaanIed eratefothat has filled in.
 The ground is rent with seams and gash- es, and from the cracks the steam and vapofsares pouring The pufs of wind every few omsQmeeptsa blow the sulphur | fumes over our faces, and the odor seems
 the c0h densa sati6nod affriiatsis sfoul-smeap ing. Up wonder, some 300 feet away,is the
 highest point, the latest cone of the era ter, fortune taaees6f exit fof the gases IS ! constantly eissRgipg-~The volcanoFf fg
 good enough, while we are there, to fur
 nish soae very fine exhibitions of what
 it can do.-A rambliags hissihg noise is
 heard; andrthen immediately this isf fol-
 lowed by an eruption of molten lava and
 rock, which mount high in air and then
 fall in every ', direction- some stones
 only 90 feet: away. The guide, ewho
 knows the habits'of the monster better
 than we, takes some coins. and, for con ] sideration, goes very near to the actite
 crater, watches his chance, and in the
 nick of tihethrows the money pieces into
 the soft lava then he pulls them away
 with a stick and brings them back'to us,
 carefully protecting his hands from be-
 ing burned. Soon the i1aVan c hardehs
 around the, coin n holds it, there in dufess,
 and we, afterwards pack these, trophies
 in our luggage, that we may take them
 home to our friends friends and a aM ..sg;naq CAUSE THEIR EYES TO sTANDso q with wonder at the great things we have No one ever forgets his visit to yesu- I vius.s Once seen, it fingers in the mem-
 ory alway. It is foreible reminder of
 the fact how unstable and transItory the \ most fixed things of this earth are? We
 think the earth solid as solid. as the
 rocks and the great mountains which it
 upholdss And yet the earth is but a
 shell, a fl1sk, a find! CWfthif1 this sheli
 are oseIthing fires and fumnltuous 1up-
 heaHal. On the eutmostp rim we rest,
 but at the heart and core, there is, con- stant unrest and unceasing change.
 How soon will it be' before the hidden
 fires shall Break forth and this floating
 ball be consumed with glowing heat and the old heavens and the old earth pass
 utterly away!r rT yT TrrN ,
 If the descent of Mount yesuvius be
 described as9 rapidly as we made it that
 day, my, story is ,pearly through. The, driver gathered the ribbons carefully in
 his hand. let out the long -cnils-of- his whip, ,3gaye it 2 yssharpy craGk-r and, we
 were eff. Two ladies.Fand myaelfs oecu-
 pied the carriage; We held op to the,seats
 and held in our breath. The ladies pc
 titioned me to plead with the driver to
 slaskea Rig pace. Ssizdfd ny best; but,
 not understanding the queens English,
 hesevidently teek me to be urging him to greater speed. After that ,sfwe main-l tained profound silence as far as our
 relations with the driver were concerned, :; and trusted in a kind providence to save
 us=and to past good conduct in our iives,l That night we were app pointed for our
 hostelry to the H otela Grande Bretagne. in the heart of Naples. .,.All that we had seen ana the, many Thoughts that had, passed through, our minds had made, us full ready flor .pillowed sleep: and 80, when the. walters in. tleir white, gloves and t.claw-hammer'' coats had gone through all the fuss and feathers ofuthe two hour table d'hote the weary tourists. dismissed ceremony and, without even time fer-wlettef home, sought the rest that only tired limbs: and peaceful cons science bring: Otis " Barker, New town, Conn.,, April l26, 1S95.i lsgss.n s0 ists k,i frf5r S5rs Ttsf 5oo s .e H I ttsfs l When in Danbury | get dinner at the Pratt House, 20 Elm street. Why ?taBe- cause they conduct a f1rst-class hrestau- rant, nice and scIean..si sist3 Kz-5 Y s5s34 AGHae1S5ssi 4f, stf9fss3 | xse5sSa4 giss ss 99a 2 ' ilisfis4I,l Eeis ias y. A. Richardson, of Jefferson City, Mo-, Chief Enrolling force 3sth general