The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-27
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The talk about a ta''y hE fra Be- vih
BrAk ha~ Set W rs uye, IL
that country l. a wonderful 4a4
chiefs tesei .or water On lie map
Bra ,oaS~ >e a - icrs web % cat
d~l-bour ,he Amazon serving As the
slusce a which fully SEQ ~sSle-tail
stream empty taer ,.4 n and N
scent waters. The National drink,
how.ysr, j. nos water: plique-a
kind 81 wh.kcy made aut j n Ky
plant rteemhlt Cactu~ IL $ gate
econam eal: a ~ggle tk lasts a
moutA: aud several OF them result Is a
coniu-yreyty d vau can afford one
4 Traveller ia Brarl. writes Out
side e.. lew houses and IH IN R53
i axlIAu> eat .he ~aruc AlHi IS soi A.
avtry meal. There are r..saaN Aerd un
the table either at br,aA:a-; az DINNER.
a dish IN he''ci pork chietv tat a dash
~ scraps 81 meat. stcwtt su fa.k fsL
sometime ar her dish o. ssswoi scraps
with a sort Ut gaA aud cabbage nae
times a chicken. Al FIRST bai'sl Isl water
ans ..sr s.rl >sayad 20 u.gA it "a i,h
IS, back beans slowed Ser u.fe lat a lI-b
e maze, tr,i AMI paS4 red 4 dist ~
rice boiled in pork CAT aud sometime e.
dish Of powdered N.audgoca root EIer
l~ no br,ai ihege ale no vegetables af
any kind except The cabbage, black beans
and yam root. lhtrc = 40 salad. there are
nc continent q herbs II the cotA Z
not even black pcIurr unless c~pec!saA
requested. there l. M cruct stand there
are % Spl 6, no sauces, yh,ft Il NJ NUT
ton, no veal. there are lu 89tuts 81 beef,
10 beti~ttak>. ne outlets uo chops. no
pieces from any recognizable portion o.
bullock or sheer. nothing bat mauyt-d
. pieces OF lean, strJugy aud dthly meat
>teWei In pork fat There Is no fresh
fish. there - no duci fish, such a. mack
crel, hahbut, cod or salmon, there ate no
omeletS, pancakes, corr axes, pie Iud-
| diues. OF, indeed, anvthrne else but what
are mentioned above H. }- an unwcaFy
ing roaui Of pork tai. back beans and
rice or mealo These yiands are eaten
by mixing a portion OF cacn III the plate,
stirring up the mess untl II has every
Appearance Of food, laAHlng up the knife
with il well down t. the handle, and
thrusting the blade into the throat until
it can 70 no further.
There are no spoons or folks for the
dishes. Each mar or woman sticks
his own knife INTO the dish. kalvc. are
never cleaned Oh a board. only with "A
dish cloth. The kitchen rarely has q
flooring; never a range, stove or oven,
and never "A chimney. The floor j. OF
earth; the cooking apparatus consists ct
two Ows of mud bricks ~traddled 10y "A
tile and furnished with Il few earthcn
pipkius aud the chimney Is the whole
room. There Is no frying pan. no sr1d-
ron, no soup pot, no kitchencrs. 1t IT,
Impossible TO roast, To bake to fry or TO
broIl. Food can only bc boiled or stcwCd
The fuel is sticks OF timber ten to fifteen
feet long. gradually showed into the FIRE
rs the ends burn oil. Itis impossible to
heat / Hat IRON. Clothes are iroucI with
II hollow iron filled with hot wood ashes.
Water IS brought IL Jars on the heads OF
degraded looking women. Europe IN
the middle ages was a paradise compar-
ed to Brazil OF to day, if personal COM
fort, clothing, food, cooking, means OF
communication aud the habits Of the
people resulting from these clreumstau-
ccs be taken as the gauges OF compari-
son.