Litchfield enquirer., 1869-06-17
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 sal F'sl5 assssssa LA !'.. in most Rsnssn snass c.tbolie m eountliss M ] ! the Monday, and lTnesdayjuat before, Laat, 'bakesgiTen tostiis Cafnissloa Apsrsouwhs
 has sesh this aaaid, but briliispt shiox .il
 Paris or Rome might smile st tho l atteampfs at the fcomic edisplsys during this Haytien IsAdasdpG Grasy ybutissMas infinitsly snasussinoa ssino sss'I so ssoA dozen Tn moro r persona sr dressed ip avery conesiyabls costume would come down7one street sprscedSd by 2 baadeoi fmnsiciAns playing on flies. tin pans, ban ilo ios ymtbals &c..on ths next corner cor they, B, would be joined doby othsrs masks. if pos aibls Still morss grotesqus.n Athupe snar, csms b5, dfessed in women $ clothes ih the height of the absurd fashion sof the day, taking the Inincing steps which. he thought most suitable to set of to the best advanz tsgs his flowing robes "a aud high French lsiht } pbbootsrwith heels nearly ia the middle. Of, hisfoct. Just in front of the house where wsawere stationed. he met other masks, ".soms in rags. some in iiags. and some in velvet gowns. ss Assuming the most ludi-, crots airs of feminine nodesty. ha tried to pass them. but his height 1or somstffng else about him caused his rscognition,- ana he was asstopped. They all began to dance s immediately. this big parsonage going through the figures with the airs aud gra-s 'ces of q city belle, and, to wind up. waltzed with 2 bit of a man who did not come to his shoulder, and who found itsvefy diff cult to. support his pondsrous partner through the "mazy," as Dick Swiyeller calls if aFsA s53 9ta ItSsEasxg A~-.aAAEA d ssA European Carnival lacks two sinpor-i ,l as tant and permanent objects which afigure largely in Haytien one,ta the negro and the donkey. The iimpsrturable gravity of the latter issnots for au-instant, disturbed by the antics of his rider. One of the most ludicrousl features of the scene is, sight of these little ebeastslwith stheirl nsran sense.o of-duty-expression of face on, urged, to sn unwonted pace by riders dressed as priests, devils, soldiers and harlequins. The whole town seemed to- have turned out to either look on, or sparticipats in the rsRsls. This annual jnbilation was not enjoyed solely by the towns people. but all' the country folks came down from the mountains by every possible road and brise ale path, to look on. At the height of the frolic. it is said there were at least loo,oooa perspns in the city. "s"' 'A sd Dafing this season of ofIuniversals lmifth.g making and apparent license,I did not see one rude or disorderly 'aotions or ianlintox- ieateda aperson insthea streets indeed, the Haytiens are [ a eyery stemperatauop ps1pla.z Fancy. if possible, the Carnivalin one of our. cities and think aof1the cintempersnos' isMould produce. An election day, afmilE .itary parades afair;sora any unusual gath, eripg with us, always painfully exhibits this American trait uonmaccountH of the civil war, Port au Prince is under martial laws and the maskers were sordered 10 dis hperse and resume citizens dressa 2 o'clock in the evening stThisp they ;qdietly did inst ss the noble old French bell from the |Oathedral struck the pprescfibed houf.g h s few minutes armed policemen rode through the streets nd had ss them them as quietas usual. sao0od F Friday, dl! evening. dssa sunset, ss we were sitting on our gallery looking oil upont the lovely Bay. we' were 5 Asartled by a shock of sound coming ,up the mountain trees from the city. was a e continuous l and simultaneous rapping produced by ev. |eryIbody striking with every thinea that |camsIte hand. upon every resonant object xithin reach. As the Cathedral clock Istrpek pix, this terrible attack was made
 uponsJudas 1scariot. who was represented fbyevety, inanimate object that could be comea It by the detesters of his memory, Emsiss of this eFretched Apostle, stuffed with stray awsdusts were hung aap. and shot at. serg poundsa with, clubs. clab in, the, haesI, public squares aadoatheE Ehanpds Mars. tuusif popslar vengeance, vssa satisted,
 These unfortunate images were far from l.bsing eqmely at the outsets and efter pass, i iagthrough such dishonora presenteds sA moat langled and ,mutilated appearance. Several masses are saiid ,iin iin thss Q cslh sats si lveFx morning, and vespers are held there liIths sysning This baiidints II ! iss large, lbut very plain externally. being built of Ivpod and painted white. The first church Isrssted iasthis city was ssEy splsndids the lold- chfoniclers tell us, but it was destroyed l by' 'an sazthQuxkemany years GpsssA high flight of lstsps ieaasto the ssssisulsdf the
 present. building. and at any hoaf df the lda3 you bMoiship ippsrsz szki66lingzoh
 thsm. andTisi6g oRithsir knsss . sts1p asis ltime,I 2 long rosary hanging from theii I arm sayinguas given ah0mBes zcf prayers, land sountine e e sfsaain aaaabsf. Sf s6esds
 for each stair e they ascend. Eight o'clock, |sdnday hDsh aisshs sfashionahle hon ddfofwsssa a' When the Presiident is he.e, h E, ,I and bis staff usually attend it and, cannon Ef t.sN<@~e 4xN N.s%WlE2 &&S 1-s0 D&&&#M V