The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1870-11-26
AN AMERICAN In CAMETA.

strange Scenes In Brazilian Town.
A correspondent of the Cleveland Herald
writes as follows, under date OF Septem-
Der 1st, from Cameta, Brazil:
''Cameta is the largest place on the To-
cantius river, below the rapids. 1t has a
population of about twenty-five hundred,
though the township of Cameta, as 1t may
be called, contains something like five
thousand per sons. The town is very com
pactlv built, and lies, as it were, III 8 nook
in the forest, that is to say, there is but
little cleared land on the edges OF the town,
except An indispensable square behind ii,
which is fast returning to its original state.
The buildings are, to very large extent,
of brick, rooted with tiles, while several
have porcelain fronts. There seems to be
more enterprise among the Inhabitants
than would be expected, but this is pro-
badly owing largely to the fact that large
proportion of the people are Portuguese,
| and not BraziliaLs.
"For long time after the instruction
of 1885 at Para at which time the Portu.
guese residents were driven from the city,
they did not dare to return, end it is very
probable that many of them permanently
located themselves at Cameta. Be this as
it may. they are there now, and their shops
diO wen O0oASu Will uOihCctlO dAio iOiCihh
products, at reasonable prices. For SO
small town, the stores are quite numer-
Gus, the residences being mostly in the
upper story of the buildings. The streets
,, are wider than the majority of these OF
. Para, but the roads are very uneven, and
, we did not see a cart Or carriage at either
: visit, though on two occasions several of
the party claim to have seen two packages
+ of calcareous matter of o shape similar to
a that Of diminHtiye herse. Neither OF
. these were seen to move, and, as ons-half
: of each packages was rssoed inside of q
corner grocery, it is presumed that they
were merely used as sign-boards. We
. were informed. however, that one of the
y leading gentlemen of the town was the
:, happy owner OF two or three specimens OF
6 the animal under consideration, III the
>, latter stages Ct consumption. We certainly
y nope SO.
4 "Camela can scarcely be said to be noted
. for anything in particular unless it should
> be the readiness with which it adopts new
/ customs, if they ever reach il. and the
, general good feeling which seems to exist
:, among the people.
q "The town i certainly very pleasant,
! situated. and i is capable of being made s
= city of great Importance in the future. L
= is located on tie FIRST spot of high lant
rs above the mouth of the river, and it il
within easy rea,h of the outside world b,
= water. Nature has bountifully supplied
the surrounding country with good things
= and ere long tie harvest will bagin to b.
; reaped.
l. lone thing which made us quite sensi
, BILE of the fact that We are ia a foreign
= country is the great curiosity with whicl
, we we're here regarded by the population
1, | Man rounap opN chilIra,, Follo,,ol -,
u wherever we went, crowding by dozen
:. into the stores 1t which we stopped, max
= ing comments Upon our actions, offerin,
y their advice in making purchases, and at
:, ter bestowing compliments, ard otherWis
: aiding us, kindly taking pity upon US Ii
. our forlorn condition.
'. "The products of Cameta are neithe
= many nor extensive. The seeds Of cacao
. for the manufacture of chocolate, ar
= exported to a considerable extent, and
= jelly from the pup OF the came fruit
;, made in small quantity. This is expensiv
- here, and consequently is little exporte
y from this town.
'It was very amusing to see the excite
= ment around q billiard table, which is eyi
: IDENTIFY an importation of recent date
; One evening we passed before the door O
small roo in one OF the principal streets
about which we noticed gathering, some
what similar to 3 country caucus in thin
NJ ly settled district at home. Here wer
lie gathered, apparently, representatives. il
every walk of life, from the town otficia
D. down to the smallest slave. Two me
s. were engaged III the game, which SCENE
n TO be to them q novelty. for the shots
G. carons, &c, were wonderfully intermixe
a. With scratches and ali sorts OF mistakes
2 An Old gentleman with spectacles SCENE
% to have a faculty of poing what was not il
% tended, the result often turning out not e1
r actly to his advantage.
sr f'There are no Americans at this place
il as far as l could learn; hence the curiosit
> displayed. We were frequently aske
d whether we We're English or French. Man
is of the people distinguish IN some unaC
.. countaole manner between our languag
e and that of the English people While 9
& Para we were sometimes asked whether W
n spoke English or American, and one ia
Of tive, who claimed to speak some Englist
.e declared that he could not understand u
J. because we spoke American
q