St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-12-18

10000 people, which gives one some idea
of its tremendous size. There are only
two larger ones in Europe-St. Peters in
Rome and one in Seville. Spain
We visited Ospedore Maggiore Great
HospitaD, but it being Sunday, saw no
work. We saw the Opera house, where
the prices for grand opera tickets are
about as high as in New York, the Gal
lula Vittorio Emanunelle, the City Hall,
and other buildings in the few hours we
were there. At one p. m. we took the
train for Venice and went through a very
pretty and picturesque farming and fruit
growing country, arriving at Venice at
Up. m.
Venezia, as the Italians call Venice, is
a town like a famous American Sars-
parilla, peculiar to itself" 1t is built
upon a cluster of islands in lagoon,
separated from the Adratic by narrow
sand bar In the bar are several inlets,
the chief of which is the Porto d Lido"
which was the main entry in old times
for ships. The Porto di Molamoca is
now the deepest channel. There are
about 100 islands in this group OF which
the Isola di Rialto is the largest. The
so-called grand canal winds about
through the town, dividing it into two
unequal parts. This is the Broadway
of the city. There are 146 minor canals
in the network. There are some streets
and narrow pathways along the canals,
which, with the 37S bridges, make it
possible for one to walk about the town
if he prefers, but, for quick look about,
the gondola is much to be preferred. The
gondoliers are to be found in front of
every hotel of Importance and it not so
whistle from the porter brings three or
four from around the corner. We stayed
at the Grand Hotel de Italie on the Grand
Canal, and arriving at 10 p. m. on a
warm evening, with full moon shin
ing, it was indeed a beautiful sight
which our eyes beheld, as we were
padded or sculled up from the station.
After dinner we sat in the garden or
Terrace" and listened to fine concert
by band of stringed instruments until
II p. m. Our short stay was divided up
between a visit to the large general
hospital OF 1000 beds, where we were
warmly received and shown every atten-
ton by the staff. and visits by gondola
to few of the most noted places. First
was the Piazza di San Marco, which is
the great center of business and amuse-
ment. Here are found st. Marks church,
built in the 18th century. Here are
the bronze horses, carried by Constan-
tine to Constantinople from Rome, and
later taken to Venice in 1905. Napoleon
again carried them to Paris in 1897, but
they were returned to Venice in 1915.
The dome is of fine proportions and the
mosaics are among the noted ones of the
world. The Campanile is a square brick
tower, 1926 feet high, and was begun in
the 9th century. This fell in 1902, but is
being rebuilt. We saw many churches,
but st. Marks is the most important
and the only one we visited
Of the bridges, the Rialto bridge, built
in 1888, and the only one for almost
three centuries, is marble arch of rs
feet span and 35 feet high. Near this is
church, said to have been built in 500.
In front of this church is the Rialto of
Shakespeare. Of course the most in
teresting things in Venice are the canals,
the gondolas and the gondoliers. The
Venetian grows up in gondola. He
takes his first trip to the church tor