Morning journal and courier., 1882-04-03
HOTEL TELEGRAFo, HAVANA,

ThIther-The Lottery Ticket Nuisance -Havana Hote1--SoEIe of the SEghts and Sounds of the Town-OT for New Orleans.
 HOTEL TELEGRAFO, HAVANA, March Is, 1882 To the Editor Of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 A visit to the lever faithful isle" in the month of March is rare treat to those who need rest and recreation, and at the same time a source of pleasure to all lovers of travel. It was my privilege to secure pas sage on the steamer Saratoga March 4th from New York to Havana, and have to felcitate myself upon finding such a cheerful and enjoyable company as composed the passenger list. The hour for sailing,3 D. m, found the usual stir and hustle witnessed from every dock upon the departure of passenger ship. We were greeted with many 8 goodbye from dear friends. and none more hearty than by ex-Mayor Lewis and Mir Roland Armstrong. The voyage was one of uninterrupted enjoyment, not a cloud to be seen during the four days passage, and a sea with just enough motion to induce refreshing sleep. The day of the Florida coast was one long to be remembered. The shore was radiant with beauty, the dark water of the ocean gradually shading into a sky blue toward land, and marking the reefs. bright
 
 Wednesday night We sighted MOrro Castle, and at l a. n. Thursday came to anchor in the harbor having made the run of ], ,239 miles in 1O3 hours Oh what Q country have we here. Anchoring vessels in the middle of stream, yet with miles and miles of water front which in one year could be docked suf- iciently to accommodate all the commerce of the port. As I put my head out of the state room window the first one that greeted me was lottery ticket vender with his stock in trade in one hand and pair of long shears in the other. As the monthly drawing was to take place on Saturday the annoyance from this source during Thursday and Friday was great. We went to dock in one of the numerous small boats used in the harbor and took cab for the Telegrafo, which hotel Is first class for Cuba, but the average is loS and to a New Englander appears decidedly poor. Imagine a house, the floors stone. many of them rough hewn, windows with the exception of those on the street front simply iron grates chamber doors secured by an old fashioned paddock. We dine at , D. m, having breakfasted at 10 a m, (but two meals per day) and call for the bill of fare, and but one was necessary, for we mo speak or read Spanish Throwing away the list we eat what the waiter chooses to bring us We ask for extra bread the waiter gets it from the clerk We call for fruit, butter, or cheese. and the barkeeper
 
 menes to do the town Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work, but to do what We did Sunday had to come in for its share the same as a week day No respect Is paid to the Sabbath here, all the stores being open and bull-fght the center of attraction Yet this is quite a religious community. for not theatre was open on Friday night, 1t being Lent. We must pass rapidly over the ground, and paying our respects 10 the United States Consul MT Hall, and the resi- dent American physician, Dr. Burgess, we obtain through the consul a pass to the forts. and whole swarm of us cross over and through the massive structure While on the ramparts an American brig passed up un- der the guns of the grim sentinel, and at sight of the old flag we involuntarily cheer and wave handkerchiefs- The men on deck comprehend and answer back our salutation-
 \ visit to the Caves of MallAbon in Ma tanzas is worth the trip if for nothing else than to ride in yoante. My western friends will not forget me in this portion of our sight seeing, for in ascending long and quite steep bill the harness gave way and our vehicle commenced 8 retrOgrade motion quite alarming to witness Three of us looked in to one another's faces and asked what are you going to do about it {: I promptly swered, jump! and jump we did The pom dorous runaway was caught by the guides and rear drivers and soon we were again in line. but the excitement incident to the break down, added to the fatiguing walk in the caves. gave me two days of distressing pain.
 Through letters of introduction from New York obtained a pass to the DuranoDa su- gar estate. This plantation is one of the best on the Island, producing four thousand hogsheads annually and employing seven hundred slaves. After witnessing the pro cess of manufacturing, our ladies resolved to take no more sugar in their tea l suspect that the men will continue to sweeten their gin as formerly.
 After a short ride along the shore, past the Founding hospital, where now reside six hundred children who will never know their percentage, with the waters and delic- ious breeze from the Cult on one side and tropical foliage on the other,-ln one place we count nineteen century trees a number just ready to blOom,-ve come to Carmelia, a sort of Savin Rock and here we bathe in water warmer than have yet seen on north ern shores in August At evening We listen to the grand band in the plaza, and in the morning witness the review of the volunteers on the public square. Long before the ho- tel opens it's ponderous doors visit the market, and later the Cathedral, where the dust of Columbus now rests 1 did not see the dust, but did See the image and inscrip- ton cut in marble, and it is a good piece of work. Returning for rest and to await the appearance of my sleepy companion hastily take in the passers by. First, an old black woman with q huge basket of clothes on her head and she smoking a stump of a cigar picked from the street next a poor. worn out Chinaman--and the city Is swarm ing with them halt, lame and blind the rem nant of several thousand Coolies brought here some years ago. Now comes the milk man driving the cows which he milks from door to door. the calves following muzzled- Now comes the boy with two she-ssses to de liver milk to a sick person, and he milks them on he sidewalk by the front entrance to our hotel But the peddlers crOwding along fast and my time is nearly up First comes one with an entire dry goods store on his head and back. Now go all through the list of sslable articles that are worn, eaten or drank, and I will fur nish you travelling merchant for all. As I go in to my repast one stout lunged fellow is crying his ware in a vigorous, way and, read CT, what do you think he is selling? Well, it is that portion of furniture that the good wife always makes the husband purchase.
 What with three kinds of money, each having different value, stupid people that can neither understand signs or motions, the intense heat and foul odors that i'll all the air, six days in Havana is enough for once After much cemmotion and no little talk through our interpreter over the board bill and extras we make start for the pier, and as we pass over the heated payements my western friend commits a plagiarism and says
 Adieu, you cursed streets Of glArss,
 whoso walks you surely swesrs-
 Soon we will board the Hutchinson, of the Morgan line, for New Orleans via Key West.
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