Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-11
NEW ENGLAND THRIFT.
The Hispano-American Congressman In
Yankeedom.

The Hispano-American Congressman In
YaDkeedom.
THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF PORTLAND, ITS PRETTY
GIRLS AND BUSY sHoPs-How PROHIBITION
DOES NOT ALWAYS PRoHIBIT-DowN THROUGH
WORCESTER INTO THE NUTMEG STATE.
STAT Correspondence of THE EVENING STAR.
SoUrB MANCHESTER, Conn.,, Oct. 8.
The pleasantest tour Of sightseeing that the
excursion party has yet enjoyed was the one
when, as guests of the city of Portland, Me-,
they we're driven through and around one Of
the most beautiful centers of population in
New England. Very numerous indeed and
very substantial are the evidences of financial
solidity in that place. Business houses. large
and small, were apparently fourishing; private
residences were well kept and attractive; the
people were well clad, and the entire place had
every appearance Of being extremely yet
BEAUTIFULLY prosperous. The South American
delegates, who are great admirers of feminine
beauty, were especially struck with the beauty
Of Portland's ladies. They had not seen more
than few score OF really pretty girls since
they left Washington and the surprise was a
most grateful one. OF course the delegates
have great deal to do beside admire the
female residents of the towns through which
they pass, but they would be scarcely human if
they closed their eyes to the natural attractive
ness OF the daughters of Eve. They are close
judges, clever connoisseurs of anatomy and
feminine pulchritude. these descendants of the
Castliian grandees. and when they pronounce a
woman to be beautiful she has as high recon-
mends ton US man can give her.
Portland is a most interesting town. It is
the point of distribution for the state of Maine,
a state which produces as its principal crops,
ol..1I -
Sl2, sol 1856, and 1854, 496 bushels of potatoes,
valued at "a 003.372. Its manufacturing estab-
llshments number more than 800, including
locomotive and car works, rolling mills, five
tanneries. fifteen boot and shoe manufactures,
thirteen machine shops and foundries, two
lead and color works. sixteen canning estab-
llshments, eighteen carriage manufactures,
twenty-five woodworking establishments, one
Kerosene oil refinery, three drain pipe and tile
manufactures and nearly a hundred other
large and leading branches of manufacturing
industry. More strange than anything else in
the city Is the wonderful earning capacity OF
the capital invested. The annual product Of
the city's labo- aggregates 50. sos, 523, and the
total amount of the investments is but
S4.659,375; if that is not skilful fnanciering
where will you get it?
PoRTLAND's TRADE.
The southern delegates were especially in
terested in Portland for there are direct mer-
camille connections between Names greatest
port and several of the more important points
in South America. During the year ending
July. 1882 the exports to South America from
Portland were: Lumber 563l9,93 feet;
Shocks 69,997; cordage, 1925 yards; cotton
goods, 6s, 313 yards; coal oil. 1880 gallons 10
carriages and harnesses; 240 plows; 1000
pounds Of cotton waste; 200 cases of fish and SO
cases Of Underwood water. This commercial
intercourse with South America is on the in
dt1n haII So ia Al,
facilities Of this port for receiving. handling
and dispatchiDg freight to and from the West
Indies, Central and South American ports and
to the Pacific are not excelled by any other
city on the North Atlantic coast
The people of Portland seem to be Of most
sociable disposition; they left nothing undone
that they thought would tend to the comfort
and happiness OF their guests The drive was
a most delightful affair, but the opportunities
afforded for studying each other were limited.
1t seemed as though all Portland and its wife
and children. with fair sprinkling of country
relatives. had turned out OH the sidewalk to see
the parade go by. DR.. Sternberg attracted
great deal of attention-more. probably than
he really liked. for the distinguished bacteri-
ologist Is modest man; but there was no help
for it. The air that blew in from Casco bay was
decidedly raw, and not a few of the party had
LIT their heavy overcoats in their trunks; one
OF these was the doctor. In the carriage with him
were couple of the prominent citizens of
Portland and when they saw him SILVER they
were much concerned The doctor stood it rs
long rs he thought proper and then suggested
that it would be better for him to get out and
walk to the hotel. The committee would not
hear of it, but the medico insisted. and just as
he was about to put his threat into execution
one of them hauled big and luridly-striped
blanket out from under the seat and threw it
around sthe cold mans shoulders Then the
doctor was comfortable and he was also con-
~ no
more like the Portland ideal OF a properly-clad
South American than any in the parade;
but the doctor says he won't be made a show of
again.
There be prohibitionists in Portland-sey-
eral more of them than there are of the !'anti-
prohlbs"-but the ants succeeded in SNUG
Cling enough VINE into the banquet hall last
night to satisfy the thirst of not only the guests
but also to moisten the clay of the locally bibu-
lous. just how 1t was done nobody seems to
know, but that 1T was done there is much testi-
mony. The general weight of sentiment is to
the effect that prohibition is a success in the
rural districts, but more or less of a failure in
the big towns. In small villages where every
body knows what everybody else is trying to
do, prohibition is absolute and irrefragable.
an Its good effects are plainly visible in bet
ter General condition of affairs and decrease
In t.xatiOn. When man is SO situated that he
- Ast either travel from ten to fifty miles or do
without a drink he usually refrains.
SALOONS AT LoSGFELLow's BIRTHPLACE.
You can buy almost any kind of liquor in
Portland except that which practiced drinkers
call good liquor. and you don't have to commit
burglary to get it. All the hotels have bar
rooms, and IN many of the less important
streets there are gin mills of low type. The
seeker after truth can find one of these rum
holes Immediately opposite the house in which
Longfellow was born, and within the radius OF
hfty yards there are half dozen places where
those whose Threats are of asbestos and whose
stomachs are copper lined can purchase '.the
mostest whisky for the feastest money" of any
place / know. The first impressions of man
who enters one of these establishments are de-
cidediy depressing. colored light burns
outside the door and when the thirsty or
lnquirlng one enters the house he finds HIM
self IN room which is almost devoid of fur
niture-bare and forbidding. Leading out
OF that apartment is a doorway, generally
closed, and in the room beyond is the
alleged linuor and the individual who daily and