The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-05-27
WHOLE NO, 2557
COUNTRY LIFE IN CHILL
A Sailor Ashore Hospitality OF the Chill.
ians-Tho Country Dance.


Valparaiso Cor Courier-Journull
The bettor classes Of Chllians arc very
hospitablo and do everything in their
power TO make their guests enjoy them.
selves; In fact in many respects they
ovCrdO &c by their continued attentions i'm
their ondeavOrs TO make you feel per
fectlv at home, and by deyoting them.
selves entirely TO your comfort and pleas
urG We were assured that the
entire hacienda, with everybody
and everything i'm it was at our dis
posal, TO do with 30 as we saw flo, and
Scnor Amor begged us to make the most
of our stay, and leave nothing undonc
that would promote our enjoyment I'm
the first place, they have five meals day,
and everybody is expected TO do justice TO
them all, or you will give Olense to your
host, and as each meal has six or seven
courses, you have To- be very iudcious iu
your eating to- partalJc of everything that
is set before you Several of our officers
who could not speak q we'd of Spanish
started in at first To- cat very heartily, so
that when the fourth or fifth course came
on they could not take % mOuthful and
they only saved themselves from uumcr-
Gus appeals from our host 20 eat more bF
their ignorance of the Spanish language
for that, of course was the language used
at all times.
On the morning after our arrival we
found "a fine lot of horses, saddlcd and
bridled, waiting for us after breakfast.
with Scnor Amor all ready TO show us
over his hacienda, so the entire party,
with the addition of his three daughters,
mounted and started for an inspection as
well as for a pleasure trip lie provided
| most of US with a Chiliun outfit i'm the
way Of sombreros, ponchos, etc, and
! when we were all ready and started OIL i'm
| a brisk Cantgr he remarked that we looked
! quite like huasOs or COuutrymCu. Stretch
! ing of in front Of his house was q long
! avenue of cottonwood trees, with fruit
! orchards on either side with pears
! peaches, figs grapes, vines and other
| fruits in the greatest abundance
! and beyond were fields of wheat
and corn An through these orchards
! and fields were trenches or bitches
of water for irrigation, and the farm
hands were at work running it over the
land. This is just the fruit season here.
| and, i'm spite of q hearty breakfast most
of us were eating fruit while riding
| through the orchards; for really it was so
tempting that one could not resist the
temptation to be eating it all day long.
In the evening number of country
people were ready to give us sample Of
/ lllt NudCdt Ut country utNJGf bAL LhtIt rs
too much samenCss about il to enjoy il To
any great degree, and to my mind our
good country negro breakdown" in tho
south is worth n hundred cuaCas. Tho
step is a slow waltz step, and but one OF
two couples dance at the same time, bu
each individual is entirely alone, and il
case any one makes a mistake he or she
. IS at once superseded by some one
> else The music is made by the woman
] alone, and the accompaniment is playc,
To- on harp or guitar, sometimes both
4 while all hands sing and keep time by
r Clapping their hands The habinaro is al
. most the same thing, but is danced NOR
} like u waltz-quadrille and in this we al
joined TO please the country people.
I Two of the necessary adiuncts of
CuaCa are the pOnchi a leChi (nilll punch
and CerveZa beer, which arc served il
, large glass cylindrical bowls, which an
passed around from time to time ant
q every person is supposed to take sip o
9 each After this has gone on for severa
hours native wine (ChiCha), made o
: grapes, is also passed around, and if on
" is not tight before the Chicha puts in M
r pcaranCe, few mouthfuls of it will 500
,, make you so.