Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-07-14

some small Rurrlcs and Nns,n's nl1u,,Ls
landed with "A few moor famine mills. I'm
getting out wheat they thrcsh with horses.
and throw it in the air to clear the chafr. 4
drag is thing unknown; and one being fur
nishcd on u hacienda. the pcon was found
with the drag turned upside down, and he
sitting arnour the teeth. ridino. An ENGLISH
cart, which had been furnished was returned
the workman saving .. il went too fast for
his Oxen They woke thc oxen after thc old
! Suanish fashion, yiz a STRAIGHT stick ohnut
seven feet lone strained rouud tho horns
Their oxen are generally fine. lonp-bodicd
| straight animals Tho drivers walk in front
when DRIVING. and when tbrv want thcm tn
30 ahead. punch back with n lone cane mole.
with an iron roiut in the end. Going down
Il hill. one woke of oxen is nut ON bcbipd to
/ hold back
The horses are the finest soJdlc-horscs I
! have ever srcu-iine limbs, ewes. archcd neck
and a decidedly fancy appcarancc. They have
wonderful powers Of endurance and are al
ways ridden ON the iump They are perfectlv
broke. ltnnding in the street wherever left.
and have never yet seen one offer to bite or
kick The ChiIlanos are splendid riders, and
seem Il part and parcel Of the horse. | have
seen one Of them put his finger on n post and
| hold it there for fifteen minutes, his horse
| going round on a run and flvorte sport
| with them is to lock knees and 60 round,
seeing which V i'll unhorse the other Horses
are cheap a ,oi one can be bought for two
/ ounccs-t3I %. The people go to great cx-
/ ponse in saddles, brides, &c.--thc rig OF a
! horse frequently costing from $500 to 5000.
/ Silver bits, stirrups, spurs, &c, are used.
! The country women ride on the right side of
the horse There are not over four or five
| carriages and but one buggy, that ! have
sccn in this city. The common vehicle is a
large stout gig, one horse in the shafts and
the rider ON another, attached with rope to
the shafts. This is the only conveyance to
! Santiago, the capital, eighty miles inland.
| For ,iange of horses, they start with six or
eight here, and run them along the road, and
every few mi 'cs catch up one and put him in
the shafts, turning the other loose to run
with the rest.
There is "A good road from here to Santiago
| The trace is carried ON entirely by ox-carts--
taking, at this season, about week to make
the trip; and in Winter two weeks.
| friend counted between here and sablanca,
thirty-siX miles, 800 Of these carts. All the
mcrchar disc, goods, &c, and the flour, pro-
! duc", &c., are transported thence, and from
/ there on these carts. y railroad is located
to Santiago, going up the valley Of the Quill
lotce river. about forty miles Of which will be
! complct ID in three or four years The length
/ Of the road is 10 miles and the estimated
cost seven and ii half millions All public,
and in rtct private. enterprises move slow
among these people. They have no knowledge
/ Of and are rather aycrsc to, labor-saving
machinery. There is a telegraph between
here and Santiago, but it is with difficulty
| kept up. The natives. thinking it seine mvs-
terious, h,retic affair, are constantly break
ing the wires and cutting down the poles.
] \ ifrlI pt Erin find .,,l IL
tutors III this country, and had better send
| down here for IL detachment of poems.
We have mail once in two weeks from the
| United States and we get arrivals from Cali
fornia by ships in from forty-two to fifty
eight days, and from Australia in forty-fvc.
As to the Government, although II republic
in name it is kind of ecclesiastical military
concern, the Archbishop, being in point OF
prntrstnnt mcrtinrs are allowed here. but
no bells or stecpes are permitted on their
churches funerals are not permitted IN the
'! ''"'. IVA" are '"i'''O " ''' ! :'''.
the funeral takes nlocc in the chanel there
/ The poor Catholics are all buried in one
/ ground and not two in Il hundred have n
cofn. They are buried for short period
ana then taken up and thrown down deer
pit, which is in the middle of the burying
. ground. The rich, if they pay enough, are
permitted to rest but If not, are dug up
and with their collins, burned, OF thrown
! down the SANE lilacc.
The province of Valparaiso is about one o.
the poorest in soil and productions of any il
the country: and the fruits, vegetables, &c.
ale mostly brought from the Quilotce valley
a distance Of forty miles We have now
apples. sweet. which look exactly like the
\,,ytowu llupiuN lemons oranges figs, 81,