Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-26
8nrn.
In Westminster, October 81, to Mr.. an
Mrs. Anders Nilsson, daughter.
Dten.
In Reading, October II, Mrs. Aurilla A |
aged Sc years.
AN OLD ROMAN SHIP.

Discovered at the Bottom of the Lake
| Nemi, Near Rome.
| Archeologists have given us sOr1a-
thing new and entertai ling in an old
Roman ship that has just been dis
covered at the bottom Of the Lake Of
Nemi near Rome. The Temple of Diana
was on the shore of Lake Nemi
| gious rites in her honor. 1t was the
ruins of the temple and not the ship
that attracted the Psychologists. They
unearthed certain bronze ornaments On
the shores and this led to sending a
diver to the bottom of the lake in
search of more. He announced that
there was large ship imbedded in the
mud at the bottom. The Psychologists
would not believe it. They toI dhim ne
had seen an old Roman pier which had
been used in the days when the en-
perors came to the lake to escape the
heat of the city. But he persisted. Some
beautiful pieces of bronze work which
he brought to the surface then con-
WINGED the Psychologists that he had
discovered something extraordinary.
Expert divers from the harbor of
Genoa were called in and they cor
roborated the first divers statement.
As the Psychologists could not dive
themselves they hit upon a happy plan
and determining the exact nature of
their find. They had the divers attach
strings along the sides of the object
and at the end of each string was a
cork, which floated on the water.
The outline made by the corks defined
ship with perfect bow and stern, 2SS
feet in length, with a 60 foot width of
beam. That settled it. Photographs of
the outline We're taken and set to archie
ologists all over Europe, and they had
to admit that their theories about a
pier were wrong.
But what was this ship? What did al
Roman want of ship 2SS feet in
length in lake only four miles in cir
cumference. The Psychologists corres-
pended and speculated and cogitated,
and concluded that some one of the
emperors must have. built it for use in
some of the professions on the lake in
honor of Diana. The bronze ornaments
supported this hypothesis for iron was
never used for sacred purposes. But
alas! the Psychologists had no sooner
settled down to this opinion that the
divers began to bring up iron appli-
ances and ornaments which put Diana
out of the question entirely The archie
ologists had begun their speculations
anew, when the divers appeared with
leaden pipes and other belongings of a
wealthy Roman household. The pipes
were stamped with &c. Caesars Aug.
Germanici," who is better known to
school boys as Caligula. Then the |
definitely concluded that |
this floating palace was a product of |
the luxurious Imagination of Caligula- |
1t had immense advantages over a
structure. 1t could be moved |
10 the part of the lake where there |
was the most shade on hot summers
lay. As large as a transatlantic liner |
I had all the advantages ola trans
Atlantic liner except electric bells, and /
'wift-footed slaves supplied their place.
What revels this old boat has scent
What banquets, surprising the dreams
If modern millionairesl How many
thousands of dollars lost and won in a
single sultry afternoonl