The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-02-01

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rat@uas seas sFetailf here, -
pelkHy il th@ shuFeAn II looks
d Il mAAo expressly iar cArrinE,
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monumental phstets afe geea rising
ifom tse roofs iatg Tho Say fruih
every posnt 81 vantage ST. Peter .
eiAus Gene ara ne uetis mona.
newt u Victor Emfnsanrl the rs~.
oad lht Father a itaiT- 10 afpssa
ihe qgita eutAnNafsn ~ the avcr.
Ere Romam one Aeea cali a. WE.
ia Emmanntl II the great Re
sarfntion a. itaiy In 1851 had not
come q the very iiina q uuf Civil
War. 1 thlnK We sh0ala all knoN
mofe about tfe foar great patriots
alo aBigea italy and made BIER free,
9asanl. cArou,. Victor Emmanuel
ana 0atlbaldi or course We do
snuR something about Gsribaldi. u
Only tia. he wors picturesque red
SHIRT
! doat know whether yoa would
GAIA RGinr beautiful or not. The
streets are narrow and tangled,
though labelled. by marble tablets.
With their picturesque names. such
as street q -Four Fountains.
strreg q Humility" street Of
ihe Liona Mouth. street Of Julius
Caesar The walled gardens show
over, or between. the buildings. but
there are no trees in the public
squares or circles, 30 trees or grass
IA the streets. Poorer houses and
shcts lock dark and uuEanitary but
The death rate III Rome Is low. The
ltreets are dusty and poorly clean
"a. aud Romans are not above
throwing baskets Of orange peelings
AID apple cores into the basins Of
tho fountains The older churches
are often dlngy. shabby and clam
mily damp and cold. tho beautifully
and richly decorated. and sometimes
also beautifully clean and glorious
iy solemn. st, Peters has. II 10
IAld, It's own climate. never hot in
summer or cold In winter. Beauti-
ul beyond compare IL the eolonnade
1f 81. Peters, with It's rows OF four
majestic columns abb east, and its
lovely fountains with rainbows play
.ag in them. shall never forge,
ny first view CT them. though II
sas In the rain. The noble great
huTeh Of st. Paul's Outside The
Walls" 10 thought to stand over the
grave Of ST. Paul.
The Colosseum looks far bigger in
reality than ia any picture ever
saw OF H. One ia overwhelmed IN
looking at Il with the thought OF
he steadfast Christian martyrs who |
we're thrown 10 the lions there ito |
make Roman holiday" One ought |
o be better Christian for n visit
% Rome AT least one means 10 be. |
fhe Forum Hes sunken about IL
lect below the city level In the
lays OF Hawthorne and our great
grandfathers 1t was picturesque with
rees and vines, now Its ruined col
aims and payements are bare. but
Tor grass, perhaps all the more i'm
OF all the books OF travel we
have seen, none is half so thought
al, delightful or so absorbing as
Hiss Marcia snyder's Eight Lands
ID Eight Weeks We should have
Missed great deal Il we had not
brought II, for. think. can any
ne find In a hundred Libraries so
Auch fine humor, thought, informa-
ion aud description in one book.
It's really six or seven volumes In
.ac. All Of US. from Dorset and
Arlington and Manchester. send love
ind greetings home. How glad
&c Il all be TO get back.
Cordially,
S. ". CLEGHORN.