Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1882 — Water Scarce in Venice. [ARTICLE]

Water Scarce in Venice.

A curious feature of Venice is that, while it is built upon the water, there is no other city in Europe in which water scarce. Fresh water is bronght in boats irom the Biver Brenta. There are great cisterns or reservoirs in which Avater is kept. These are opened at certain hours of the day to allow the inhabitants to supply themselves.

They carry the water away in pails and jars, the old-fashioned way. .Peddlers drive a flourishing trade by selling water, through the streets. At daylight in the morning, all day long, and the last thing at night yon hear the watervender’s song: “Acqua fresca! acqua fresca!” He sells it for a . penny a glassful.