Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-05-20

streets, one going straight back from tn
mole to the centre of the wall that sizing
like a semicircle around the town; the
other is the string Of this bow, whereof
the former is the arrow. 1t stretches
along It's diameter the enorusOus distance
ola milc. TIE arrow is about a third that
length. Two or three streets cross this al
right angles going from the Gulf TO the
wall, and two others are parallel TO Gen.
trail Street, as it is called, but behind II,
aud thorter, subtendiug arcs o. lesser
area. What makes the city such a VIC
tim of the yellow fever is a question Of
ted asked aud rarely answered. 1t is not
It's flthiuess, for a cleaner town one never
sees. Its blackstone pavcments arc
washed nightly, aud shine Ike Philadel'
phia dOOr-steps. The big black buzzard
acts as scavenger, and clouds Of them &C.
cupy roofiop and church cross, dipping
into the street for stray morssls. and in
their ravenish hunger would make moth
ing of boots aud hats and old clothes. if
the people ever had such articles to east
away. So far as garbage and dirt are
concerned, no city has less fault to find
with its fathers.
No more is the %afllueut aud decaying
vegetation the cause, or quiet inland wa
tiers aud semi.waierS, such as lie in la.
goons aud rich but deadly deltas about
New Orleans. The bluffs about Vera Cruz
are sand, and sand only. You must go
miles from the city to reach fat aud fatal
lands. The walls are thought to be the
chief source of The evil, for they shut in
the air, and prevent is sweeping easily
through the town. They are twenty feet
high, and Of no value whatever as q pro-
They only increase its perils,
Tor thoy n,eessitatc bombarbment IN all
civil wars. which yuius roofs AMI churches
aud destroy lives. wn:Ic hey do not pre-
Fent the capture Of the town, Ii they
also cause the pestilence, then there is
Every reason for their removal.
Central Street has one characteristic Of
Venice. 1t is without carriages. Not a
our-wheelcd, or a I've wheeled, or even
~one-whecleJ vehicle did | see iD all its
my t~horoughfares The horse and its
the donkey and its pack, we're the
My representatives of carts and c%arria.
es, except the Indian loaded like his ,
the ass, with burdens grievious J
D be borne. The levces Of the great are }
ttenled by ladies' and gentlemen on foot. ]
,vcu to the Presidential reception, which !
ashed with diamonds aud grand turn.ours $
t apparel, every body went afcot. But |
'enicc is without horse or mule, and so
era Cruzha,h pre.emincncc. s
In an1ther thing it surpass,s. With !
vi public or private carriages, strangely I
nough it has a horse car. / shall have :
} revise my first statement. This four !
heeled car exists. 1t goes up aud down c
his single avenue every fifteen minutes. Il
will carry you for a real twelve and 7
half cents the whole distance Of a mile p
less. But it carries nobody save driv. :
and conductor. People have no call g
either extreme, and the shops, cafes.
I'd churches are all within biscuit.tcss of E
Ich other aud Of the houses of the gen. \
Y, the very few that have a real to i
'end The horse railway, like many o I
orlaern steam ROADS, Is simply a super
no call arising in either case for ;
e exiravagant enterprise. 1t may be {
this time have ceased to be. S
The prettiest ride from the city is hy y
RS TO Medellin, some ten miles South, a OF
tie back from the sea, along the bank u
a muddy and shaded river. This was ;,
c fayorite escort Of Cortez, and it bears Ct
c name of his birthplace over the sea. $!
e pass down Gale Ceutrale by man, a y
orfshop aud wine.>hop. In the former
see %tailors, hatters, cordagv.twisters. .
shoe.makeIs. iron.workers. r.
ch busy at bis hot trade this hot Deem Il
It day. There is no privacy, All their :,
orks are manifest to all passcrs-by. "
The wine aud coffee shops are equally P
zen, aud more attractive. Hot to the y
It is the law, whether it be delicious
flee or fiery spirits. Icc.watel and iced e
inks are things unknown. What the o
ute Hazewell, OF the Boston Traceler, 81
seris shopld b. our law of confirming 4
nature. ice-water for winter and tea h
r snmlLer, Is here carried out, aud the
liquids refresh hearted frames. ri
A church, well battered BY the shot of
oft, stands near the southern gate. rent
d abandoned. A bridge is just outside
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