Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 28, 1900
LETTER FROM ITALY Ve have been permitted to publish the following letter from Miss Fannie J liver to her fattier and mother Mr and Mrs 1 IV 1 yer of this city under date of Siena Italy June 1 1MOO If one wishes to have an easy time in traveling it is best to go into a person lid y conducted party and let somebody else attend to tickets luggage and other details But if one w ishes to learn a good deal about foreign ways there is noth ing like depending upon ones self We find too that it adds a spicy of novelty not to understand the language This necessitates the use of considerable pan tomime and it ii surprising how much in formation can lie conveyed by signs and tlie mere sound f the human voice 1 always know vs l en Ive made a mistake in taking a wrong street for example after inquiring of the natives by the way they shout and gesticulate making the most frantic efforts to set me right Along the well traveled routes one has no difficulty because French and Kng lisli are everywhere spoken But we are journeying just now