Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-11-11

in hammock, II IL Is poor person, just
as he departed this life A pole with
The hammock attached is put upon the
shoulders Of two men and he is carried
to the dead ditch. which is his las,
resting place. There he is relied out Of
the hammock into the ditch, which is about
two feet deep, withou, coffin, without
shroud, and withou, mourners. The rich
have better burial and their funeral is con-
Quoted something after the manner of re-
spect paid for the dead in other civilized
countries. knew lady whose husband
was taken with the yellow fever during the
last April epidemic. and was sent to the
hospital where she visited him. On going
there two DAYS after he was taken there,
ste was surprised TO find some one else in
bis bed, She inquired the cause Of her
husbands removal and was told that he had
died and was buried eight hours before. No
grief, no sorrow, seems TO show Itself for the
dead. do not wish TO be understood as
speaking against the Roman Catholic relig-
ion, or saying anything disrespectful Of
those who are Catholics. suppose there
are just as good people who are Roman
Catholics as there are of any religious de-
nominations. am describing scenes and
things as they occurred and no, in any way
asssling the Catholic religion.
THE THEATRES
are Of poor quality the most noted things
that occur in or around the theatre here
are some cold-blooded murders. which occur
quite often in or abou, the building-,hs
outcome Of some old grudge. They seek
their victim about these places. The re-
sorts for the wealthy and well-to-do people
are the metropolis at the north. a head Of
the grea, bay. Bciofsgo which is situated
at the head Of the deep bay. on the ives, side
Of the entrance Of Rio harbor, is quite a
city BY itself, and delightful place. Horse
cars take YOU there in thirty minutes from
the city. Prsia Grande. directly opposite
Rio on the ess, side of the bay, is another
place much resorted to by the weI-to-do
people Of the great city. and last. but not
least, OF All the places where people repose
from the weary hours Of business is the
mountain of Corcovado. which Is situated
Two miles vest Of the city and which risss
twenty-five hundred and se,enty-lvo feet
he al Sna rs. /. f.n
city and surrounding country. The atmos
phere is twenty degrees cooler than in the
city. The Emperor's palsce. another place
OF interest, situated | IL miles vest Of the
city, il surrounded with beautifully laid gu,
grounds. The houses for the sery ants and
stables are built shor, distance from the
palace. and form quite village by them
selves. There are more officials here than
in any other country was ever in; almos,
every fourth man you NEE, holds some
official position under the government. The
number that you see ON the street IN uni,
strange to see where they can fnd places for
so large number, People that profess To
know tell me ths, ;nonry will do an,
thing for man here; that one with plenty
Of money escapes with mpunity from the
courts, whatever his ciimo may be- 50 far
a. my knowledge Of this statement goes,
should rather incline to believe il; by uha,
] have seen the man who comes down with
his cash is the one who succeeds. lhey
you and say they canno, accept it +; they
always put 1t out Of sight and ge, out Of
your way. To confirm this statement
will relate an instance where have person
al knowledge. was one day sitting in
mans house engaged in conversation with
him about another person whom he said had
ruined his domestic happiness and broken
up his family, that Il he sas caught IN the
cit, he would be killed, and stepping TO the
balcony, he called me and pointing TO a man
in the street said, This man i. detective
He is attending TO the case for me ; If he
him killed at sight" The very next day
went on board Of an English steamship,
which was 10 sail that day for New York,
and TO my surprise whom should meet in
the saloon but the villain and the very de-
tective who was going TO kill him a, sight
said, as this you or your brother?
thought you were going to be killed as soon
as This detective found you" No" said
the man, "you see am not dead yet; my
money is as good for this detective as the
other mans. He is here seeing me off for
New York instead of killing me-" This
goes to show that your pocket-book is use
fu here as well as everywhere else, that
your best friend is in your pocket here as well
as IN other places. This is country of shop
keepers. Every person seems TO have de
sire to be in business for himself If his
stock in trade amounts to 800, he is doing
quite business, that is, among the poor
class. There are some English and Ameri-
can people in business here, more of the
former than The latter. On the whole YOU
can find great deal worse places than Rio
Janeiro. Whatever difference there is in
customs and habits is the custom of the
country and the people are used to it, Sat
urday is beggars' day. All the poor houses
are thrown open Saturday morning. at s
O'Clock, and the streets swarm with men,
women and children of all ages, soliciting
aims. Tney are used to the business and
approach you with pitifui whine to excite
sympathy. If you should be ndiscreet
enough TO give one anything, they viii
swarm about you like bees and become
nuisance, and in fact they are a nuisance,
anyhow. | have been speaking exclusively
Of the Brazilian people and do not include
those who have emigrated to this country,
and who form distinct class of people from
the natives. A Brazilian is in no hurry
about anything; time is no object to him.
Time after time have seen the horse cars
stopped by some dray across the track and
obliged to stand until the drayman get his
load on or off, whichever he might be doing,
nor is it in the power of the police to clear
the track. The passengers sit in the car appaf-
entity satisfied that one drayman has right
to stop travel to suit his convenience. 1t is