The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-11-22

he author ha, kindly furnished us, We give
chapter on lite at Bo.otan boarding house.
The work will soon be issued from the press
ot the Ilarpers
CHAPTER IX.
POSADA AT BOGOTA.
The reader surely can have no wish to
know the precise names OF those who for SIX
dollars per calendar month gave me- shelter.
food. and attendance, aud ali the other thou I
sand comforts and annovances incident to
family life in Bosota. That city has no ho
tel, and but one boarding house, aud as that
is an English one, aud has few inmates that
do not speak English almost entirely. the
very words board and boarding house
have scarcely an equivalent in the popular
language. Perhaps, like the English word
''self government these too may te vet trans
icrrcd to the language to which the idea is
now foreign.
The normal way Of living here is to hire a
house or Il habitation,' and either eat at a
fonda, have your meas sent in to Won from a
fonda or hire cook This last I'M lies eth
cr that Won also 90 10 market and have YOUR
provisions stolen at home. or >cn,. Your cook
to markc; to steal your money. The last is
preferable. If the cock he not In>a.ahir but
an alienation of evils Is ALWAYS better than
the long continuance of the same. 80 YOU
should at least make a part of Your purchases.
|, is not WISE to turn of a servant Tor prcu-
lafon. for Won NAV Get in his place one who
has been long out of emf plo,larnt. and who.
consequently, has some months back stealing
to do 1t would not be i,iiprulent TO take in
Nour service one who has u>t been di> harry
for theft. for Of all thieves an unsupported
one i, the worst In word. any inquiry in
to the morals Of your servants Is SIMPLY re-
diculou,; YOU NAV rest assured thu; they
have none.
From all these perplcxi'ics was saved by
a lt,t.: of Introduction from Mr. Goodlng tc
Don Fulano BE- Til This ! delivered IN per
son 20 /, Sonora roma>a his wife. n FIVE IN n
ut,> after thr clo,c of the last chapter. L.
Sonora Toma,a Is SAID to hr the !a''c>, woman
in Is ,.otl. whore ohc>i'v Is not common. -
She is chiefly charactcrizrd hv head of
black bur hat always looks Ike A rats mes;
hut there is no part o. her whole person 'ha
is not IN Keeping with it, The wrist of h,1
is external hu' a man with a strong min,
AMI a strong s'onlch makes little CoUn' OF
cxtrrnals followed NJ G,olin.'> l,icc
and became az once her quest
She showed me the house. which was
casa claus'rIdl Of one story. with seron'
patio behind the iir>t, built only on two sides
and a third behind that. which has only
she'd on on" side. The front is equal to a
bout three house fronts IN a Northern city
Ii fronts the west, and the zaguan is III tn
northwest corner. II Is paved with stone
of the SIZE of a double fist The door from III
zaCuan to the patio is very large. and is c
penrh only 10 let in horses Ii has litll
door cut in it, and. a. Won pass. YOU mu'
raise vour foot and lower vour head Th
last had often forgot to do ill had recei,
ca blow
:, The front was occupied by the sala with !
:, portraits of Mary and Joseph. and nic
image closet, that contained Dolores or
. Doloro>a; that is. a Mary, with a dagger
::'cr heart. her hands spread out, with a cIo'
=. lying across them, and her nptnrned cy'
y, red with weeping Some stuffed birds tv
. sofas, If chin.z strange ottoman, that loo
ed like the middle section of a trough, vii
=. ilaring sides. and the mating on the flo
., completed the furniture. Carpets are not to
expected in ordinary houses here Bat fc
>, get an important and rather uncommon al,
tor.-a good mantel clock.
r, The adjoinin. bed room was devoted
nc the riding establishment OF Don FuIano,
m gun, his blunderbuss, and other precious f;
an ticlcs. The windows Of the parlor and Il
r; room opened to the street. The south 81
ce of the patio was occupied with little dinir
,v room, having no window, and little ro,
lie with an un. lazcd windos. where three s.
p;. wants slept. The east side had one la,
, r,o,,, nth n J,or n nj ,v;n.lnv, nh; ,h b..,
10 my quarters Next was passage to the s.
I'D ond court closed with leathern door by
;f and stout wooden ones at night North
W.. this was the family sleeping room, which
tended into the corner so as to leave no rO
little rooms appropriated to Don Pastor,
landlord, who occasionally came to town a
&C. spent a night All these windows were f
~ nished with a reia, and with doors to the
not and most of them, also. with glazed sash
it hinges. Glass Is almost necessary to
m rich here, but unknown to me in all otl
M places in New Granada.
ur- The first patio was paved, but had seve
Is plum-trees, cherished objects with Don F
~" ano, and some pots Of flowers. Its corre'
-, had mating on the northern halt, as I
was more trodden by visitors and less used
a servants than the rest The second patio
'r'- an unpaved garden, with fg-tree, papa
,,..ii more plums, and minute apple-tree b.
ap. dead with cold. BY way of ANIMALS. tb
the we're potatoes and other esculents. The v
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