The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-06-03

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Major is Not Interested I'm City OF
Cologne.
Rome, Italy, May 81, 1909.
Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise.
Italy h one ov the small countries
ov Europe an / had erbout over
| looked hit, fer I didn't think that
they'd be much a-doin' in that coun-
try since my old friend, Mr.. A. Dughi,
now ov Raleigh, left thar. But Italy
IL really very important country
an the Italian people are playin' an
important part in the maxim ov the
worlds history.
Italy IL practically a peninsula
runnin' out into the Mediterranean
an lies directly between France an
Austria. The principal cities, Rome
an Naples, air not far apart az we
reckon distances in this country, an
so one can see the two cities an the
wonderful sites therein in a very
short time. At Naples you get a
fine view ov Mount Vesuvius, one ov,
if not the greatest, active volcanoes
in the world. / am told that Flor
ence an Milan air guide places ter
visit. At Venice you see a city
whose streets air nothin' but water,
no horses, no street cars, no walkin'
If you go anywhar you go in boat, or
gondola, az they air called here. But
az they use the water from the streets
fer bathin' an drinkin' purposes an
do the family washin' in the same,
concluded that I'd leave that city ter
one side fer the present. Cologne liz
another city that liz rather important
in Italy. But hev erbout quit usin'
the stuff since I arrived at a mature
age an SO will not include that city
in my list.
The people ov Italy air strong an
brainy an most ov them air hard
workers. They hev guide qualities
an pad ones, an IN some cases, not
awl, the bad qualities seem ter be
contestin' fer the lead.
Fruits, nuts, fish an wine air real
specialties with the italians But
they hev a taste fer art, sculpture an
paintin'; not ordinary paintin', but
real pictures, paintings in oil colors
that sell fer thousands ov dollars
apiece, the finest yet produced. so
the critics say, fer I don't know.
The Italians air awlso fond ov
music an that country has produced
the best violins yet made, an some
oV the best players. So the Italian
organ-grinder an the monkey do
not fairly represent the ability ov the
musicians in Italy, fer that country
has produced some ov the real fam
Gus musicians in this century, includ-
you air not in Italy long until you
begin ter larn that hit liz a musical
country. In the cities there LIZ con-
tinual serenade goin' on awl the
time. If some ov our egotistical
Americans wuz ter land in Italy an
not git posted purity soon they'd bust
open with swellin' pride, fer they
would imagine that the music liz awl
in their honor. An much ov hit
would be If they'd make a cash de-
posit with the leader ov the various
strollin' bands ov musicians, fer the
Italians air very human.
At one time Rome wuz the home
ov feller by the name ov Nero. He
wuZ a ruler, pollytishun, an he
| wuZ sorter like some ov our Amer
ican pcllytishuns in that he didn't
care red what he did just so hit
| wuz nothin' guide. Erlong erbout
that time the Christian religion wuz
havin' hard struggle ter git any
sort ov show. Publick sentiment
WIZ very strong ergainst most any
sort ov rite livin' or rite doin'. The
only way man could git talked
erbout, fer they wuz no newspapers
ter praise bim at 10 cents per line,
wuz ter git into some sort ov a per-
liticaf job, purity high up, If possible,
an then kill few thousand people,
or hev hit done. So Nero looked er-
round awhile an not seein' anything
else in site, he concluded ter kill out
what few Christians he could find in
Rome. His soldiers not only killed
a large number, but Nero had many
ov them burned in front ov his pal
ace-burned alive-az a warnin' tel
other people who mite hev a desire
ter become Christians
But that wuz a long time ago
Rome IL now the capital ov the Cath
Ollie world The most Influential
churehman in all this world lives IL
Rome. His authority extends to ev
cry land, to the darkest corners O,
every land, an hit liz CROWN fast
Ov course, I am speakin' ov Pop,
/ Plus X, the religious head, the of
fetal head ov the Catholic Church.
sl An hit il rite that the city wha
+ the devil had hiz main offs on eartl
should now be the home ov a grea
, religious movement