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Show VINTAGE IN VENETIA. OLIMPBE3 OP ITALIAN VINE-YAI1UB VINE-YAI1UB SBEM MBDIABVAU Urat. line. I In. Ilnvl. Itteh Cinder. Manx t'mn I.Very Wall and ItalUa tourte.y alaae. Tli.iu r. Making Wlu.. (Special tetter ) The first sign of vintage Is usually at l'adua. In the Beptcmber sun may bo seen hero and there largo carta with men In them, dancing vigorously. Why they danced appeared from the thin stream of pale rtd that ran Into tubs below wine making was going on. This simple method ot wine making mak-ing Is only practiced, however, on a small scale. Tho farmer makes his own wine thus, and the smsll Inkcepcr. and eirhapa the Indigent landed proprietor pro-prietor who Is far from wine presses and such-like conveniences of out la tar civilisation. Alt tho wine that Is likely like-ly to bo set beforo the high-stomached Hlgnor lnglese Is made In the press. Hut tho more ancient method Is the more picturesque, llrln. nack Middle Age.. That street scene In l'adua brought back In a flash tho Italy of tho mlddlo ages. It was close to the great church of SL Anthony of l'adua, and a stream ot pilgrims was Just pouring out, solemn sol-emn In their demeanor, for they were I of a stabler, more northerly race than the cheerful, Irreverent Venetian nftrr I an exposition ot relics, A llttlo earlier I In the day they had been preying earn-. earn-. rstty to the saint and klaslng. In the ' ecstssy of their devotion, the marblt I of his stalely tomb, Was It tho end ot the nineteenth century, or was It the time when thst great atatuo out-sldo out-sldo tho church tho first equestrian 1 ststue In the world, they say had Just I been set up to keep In mind tho deeds of the famous condottlere, whoso methods meth-ods of warfars are commemorated by his nickname nt "Oatta malala," the patient cat? The hard, white sunlight and the cool, gray stone ot the arrado can have looked not otherwise than they do today, and no doubt the me-dlaevel me-dlaevel wlne-lraders were Ju.t such ' merry rogues oa these, nnd made equal-ly equal-ly witty remarks about the aspect of pilgrims and the oddneea and curios- Ilty of strangera. When lb. Mine aea.nn II. gin.. A few dsys later, walking through the pleasant country that framra Verona Ve-rona with a smiling Isndtcape, might be seen the operations of the grape harvest on every side. In tbo hillside ( villages, tht carpenters were hammtr- aATHCIUNO OUAI'Kn. Ing away at hugo tubs. Tha wine presses were being scrubbed wllh a will and having their Joints and screws ordered. or-dered. The whole available population had turned out Into tho vlneyarde to pick, and at every turn of the road one met carls plied high with grapes, and drawn by teams of patient oxen with satin hides and enormous wondering won-dering eyes and curly formidable horns that set ono marveling how they should bear the yoke so tonic ly. Not A. nlllslde but has lis terrace of vines, not a rotlago without Ua pergola, not a garden that lacks Itt burden of grapo-bearlng, grapo-bearlng, not a foot ot apace that can be cultivated from which the bounty ot Nature has not brought forth n gift to add to this plenteous harvesting. harvest-ing. The very railway stations nre festooned wllh gracious trails, and amid the leafage ran bo spied the rlpo bunches that aro to furnish afresh tho station master's cellar. And with all this profusion of tho soil thero Is a pleasant carelessness on man's part that to a northern eye has a special charm. Man seems to vie with naturo In open-bandedness and generality. In tb. Vineyard). The vines are trelllsed even along the open road, and the purplo clusters with their delicate bloom, the breath of autumn upon tbem, hang within reach of any hand that should think It worth while to pluck thorn. It la their very profusion that keep them safe. After all, It a few bunches are picked, wntt matter "It Is but a spoonful out of the sea." This la, nt any rate, the view of a peasant proprietor propri-etor who Is working In the midst of his grspe-plckers, a laughing band ot peasant girls, and who Invllrt pattert-by pattert-by wllh a grace of manner that would do credit to an archduke, to enter and help themselves, Tbe plckera aro more Interesting than the grapes, but the Informal guests take a handful, and delicious de-licious they are, warm with the sun, and ripened In the soft air to an ex-qulslto ex-qulslto delicacy of flavor. Still, as It happens, (heir aim Is not the satisfaction satisfac-tion of their palates, Would It Ineom-modo Ineom-modo the slgnorlno If their pictures wero made? St, far from Inoommod-Ing, Inoommod-Ing, It would delight the slgnorlno beyond be-yond everything. Then might one presume pre-sume so far m to ntk tho slgnor to Invite In-vite the slgnorlno to stand with their baskets sot and next, scissors In i hand, tinder the targe vine-plant H glutint and yet again upon the ladder gans set gainst the tree, which supports MsbbI tho trellis exsctl It Is dono, thank jH you. And so tho gueslt go on their jH way again, moro than sufficiently jH thanked for tho buono mano they havo oRHGbI left for host and his helpers to drink jaOtam their health with, and pursued by the siM salutations and good withes ot them. mlvrT It.tlait i tiaractert.tlefe JgrlawU nverywhere you go In Italy you flnl 4HBs? this aamo gentle courtesy of manner fltaWsr smoothing the npperltlea ot life. Kven tjHUBRr when he cheats you nnd tho town -B tT- Haiku, at any rale, never losra nn op- flSrSa portnnlty In this direction ho does It RHI with n smiling graro that Is well worth JSkOSHJ tbe money, A tondon cabman who lKfD grumbles nt your shilling, grumble flRaH like n bear, leaves you Irritated by his onES bearlshnces, makea you think 111 of the nr8gi whole tribe ot cab-drivers. An Itnl- laUSM Ian cab-driver better still a gondolier BW of Venice swindles you wllh on ex- SglcBnJ qulslto charm. He will rapidly paint sT ajll a picture of the wrong you do him by gHK not allowing yourself to bo swindled. asaB He will call to witness tho bystanders sgaE and will appeal from earth to heaven. JsgaE lle will overwhelm you with a torrent H of words, cajole you, and finally, with H some pennies over nnd above his due, H will drive off, protesting he bears you H no IVaBBJ from Ma. to Win. H from the picker's hand to th H basket carried yokewlte across tho H shoulder or else on the back, from th H bsakets to the huge tuba on tho oxwag- H ons, from tho tubs to tho press or th H treading cart. These are tho stages In H the transformation ot grapes Into wine, H red or white. White, If you separate H iklns and stalks before tho grapes go H Into tho press; It everything goes In, vaH red, Tbe Italians aro careless wine- BaH makers. They are not so particular a jB tho French about what goes Into th H press, Therefore Is their wine rougher, JaH lacking the quality ot allklneaa which H wine merchants do so extol. Finally, H the press yields Its ooilngs Into th B tuba, and then comes tho work of H casklng. After this, all that remains la to dispatch tho casks to purchasers: H or, If tbo wine Is to travel far, to fill ono of the enormous tanks upon wheels j that one sees at tht railway stations. H The Italians do not do much with tho Industry ot bottling their wines. Iv- erythlng goes Into casks and Is dls- jH potcd of that way, W. M, BTANTON. & |