The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-10-06
4 JAMAICA MORNING.
SCENES NOTED BY A TRAVELLER
WHILE IN KINGSTON.
Some Odd Characters About the Hotel,
Victoria Markct-Priccs of Eatables.
Beet. Mutton and vcsctabies-The Dan.
ger oi Night Air.

negroes have to some extent the unpleasant
hahlt. common to the colrrrh inhabitants of
all the West lndia Islands. of standing nm
movable by tn" quarter hour staring at any
thing that ATTRACTS their attention When
alone they stand erect and silent aS statues
TIL they seem about to take root. When they
nave company they are more likely to labbcr
as fast us their tongues can move When tie
object of their curiosity happens TO be-
n stranger WHO Is not used to thi,
sort of admiration he is pretty sure
to bc embarrassed, and very like t"
become indignant But it is only To some cy
tent, rs have said, that the negroes IN .yaula
lea do this, and when it is done n, all 1t Is
nearly always done by those who walk IN
long distances from the country To sell th..i
produce Those who live IN Kingston nrn
USED to seeing strangers and pay no attrntlnn
to them In Jann,ic;, eyes Park lu,:.c is n
marvel of everything stylish and elegant
and the darkics coming in from tile hill, tn
sell their bananas and nkers and "u,rr fresh
eggs. boss" can rarely pass the open gat,>
WITHOUT stopping to gaze AT the wonderful
sights within
DARKlES SEEING THE SIGHTS
1t was no uncommon thing to .ee tolir OF
live coored ladies and gcnt!cmcu with
loaded trays balanced on then heads. stand
"ig i'll front of the Park lo,l., gates at once
airly drinking i'll the Oriental ,n;gnIiiccu,,
III" great sight consisted princlpa!ly ul thn
'"il1aln III the middle of the ward nnt; "A few
ri'aliScrs sitting under the urchwav !eadlu,.
It" the hotel Office. but tins was enough To- ~,
"rcst tho sable tramps, who had alrru,!,
'in!Sed over miles of dusty road, to Lrln.
then goods to market, and still tad a
long walk before them. 1t is only fan,
10 the colorcd people of Jamaica to
'ay that they do less of this sor,
"t thing than their brethren on any oln -,
English island in the West Indies. H.
M"nlSrrrat, for instance, they regard "a
strange "htc man us II colossal aggregated
'iirus come to town, and follow him wlicrrv,,
ne goes. In Nassau, though they are USED a.
N'"ll'S strangers. they surround n usw ;rrivn!
IN dr"Ncs. and make great efforts To secure "a
Nsl"hco OF even II big copper, boss /,
''arlti'lors, where the Improvement of tho
"'%r" race under British rule Is seen to the
'"St advantage, they set after II newly M
wed stranger like IL crew of Malay ui,u1,.
MI he Is driven to take refuge IN the lrnrcs,
'''rltcr But in Jamairl they are o,iicl. m
'ilesIvo, and generally we'll behaved ami
iiollc vi cOllrS, those who make lnfrruIl.ul
'rll'H from their country homes To- the culilai
'rrl bound TO see the sights when tloy are m
own Thought at first that these lads and
''tsscs with trays OH their heads who s,op,r.j
Il" N'are III the cato were waiting for achanc,
t" sell their wares. but thoy had no such ,dr,
W" or three special ones came in every
morning to sell eggs and fresh fruit, hut tn,
we're all One morning II girl came in with !,
i"Arn tine alligator pears, which | bought for
u irw pennies; but ! found soon uflcrwnru
'nht had captured the hotels supply for llp
tnY, and l,a'l to surrender them
One of tho earliest arrivals every mornju.
vas the man who sold photographs TIN
I'le give him, "Thc man who sold pno,u
'rnphs." Inrtly ont of courtesy and parli,
''':,lse do not know what else to call INN
i" was hardly a mrn, although he Ind IN.
'iIward appearance of one, for h. had n,
more intelligence than one OF tho co,,lGs, n,
II"l"untain, and hc,liL not sell PHOTOGRAPH,
"i nobody ever bought any the picture, n,
'i'erri were hardly worthy the name of ,nn
'-iaphs, being the worst smlul-cs the SIM
'its ever made accountable for
THE VICTORIA MARKET
Park lodge is perhaps n trflr uyci.n u.tl,
from the end of the street car line, and a..
ilar!ct is ono short block from the ,cruu,uu,
hs is the Victoria mnrket. the pr,jIr,,r,
81" in Kingston. There is another, ..,,l,
10" Jubilee market, in another par, .t ,lr
nv The Victoria market | c,llsiIc, In,
finest IN the West Indies In the early morn
ii1 1t Is crowded with luycr4, seller, am,
.o"ds, and by early morning mean from, I.
'"2u'cn"k IL is n wonder of a nnrEe, fu,
ny West Indian city, built entirely of IRON
"o feet long. and 100 feet wide The ..irl>
hi sides arc open there being no side vail.
= m''i" are needed, int the whole place T.
arr uti'!r'! 10y 81 tail iron railing mounted nu
'r'rk vail Everything nl,"t,f ii Is n>
'rin and sweet rs possible ana even ~Hnii
'it" fish and meat stalls are fun one ,irl,ll~
w'h!mG but the sweet o'lurs THAT llp.i ul"i
from TIE Tower places. IL cost about Sl.!u
tiGI and Is well worth the money
IN" beef, 1T is all raised ON the ,sla,.i and
= originally very good beef before it zoe,
'n'p ilic hands Of the butchers l.u. the,
"i! ii and ,cllit thc same morning, a,,nar
Hliy cutting the whole animal INTO Slices %,
''nnnho without regard To clolrr part, %,
'p"r parts. EnoS the beet /, good v;n.,
rDpcily handled hccauso whrnrvu, ,Iiun,,
in II prI"ate hor." tie .uasts wnr, cxcnIlcut
raTIi.y II" doubt h'rr ici,t for eoinr tam. al
."r tut III The hotel wtirrrit w T. used wI,lI,.
= "'s Tours OF lis ""iinn@ from narkrt. ~
aa. tttcrlS unfit L" llil ON the table TIA,
rIt;nt: too wa, :"uti when ,roInr!, iced
Inv lE" he-t Spuridown lamb If KILLED n,
daylight would not pc fit to ne for break
fast that morning Tins is the plartl,q
throughout lh" " rai lndl"s-to kiil m, mn
A M ,..,i Il
v"rY tnr."iI for Us" wrrtcncd meat com
nioniN served IN that put of the wort!
Coat ur''it Is not to br in2hcti at provIina.
II CONES nuf nt tender md ,te my fir;
,i,irp: roast Ind in Bermuda. and like n
quite rs "cA ns turscy Strawhclrlrs M,
sr;tir" nnc! ~, plants are not n cnr.lp n
they lopI. at two cents each, for they ur"
very sin;sIi The naive say If lterplnu
n"n-' L IT, >"r'i servant to market III the
'utriLn3 I" biiy PROVISIONS for Tie, day ana
tor one 4a" only aud these VIII perhaps IN
rliIde II pound Of onioHs, two cents ..orth OF
small vegetables pineapple. and every
thinS on tine S:t:n" moderate scale There l.
reason tor 'his. tor scarcely ANYTHING will
Keep without i"e, md ice is dear even when
cheap, hrc;.u.c IN hot climate it lneits 50
fast
These "ar'y rlprninC hours for sight seeing
and not!rln. The talit, OF the trDIl. ..cre
far better than! IA" evening have always
made II II it.!" ~ he under n root If possible
after lark "a tropira! countries. and to this
attribute IN great part my escape from
SINGLE day l!It"Ss in all my wears of resi-
dcnce and viStln. IN the West Iniic, But
there arr NAN? nights IN the wors, climates,
even. "En'l pnc can he out with perfect
safety l"a learn III time to tell 10y the feel
Of the al: "hctt'r i. Is safe or not. - William
Drys.a!c9 Kingston Letter in New York
Times
San Frmcl>'" poicemen say they have
never sco: Il ;Tuacn thinaman.
on for the springs.
Wife-John, dear, why do they call the
place spa
Husbaad-simply because it is where they
r"Iieve you Of all your spa cash.-Pittsbus
I, al.