Telegram-herald., 1890-04-03
LETTER FRON Ed. {. yls ASHUS.
What He Has 10 Say OF South
America.
Dsseri Ption Of Mentes ideo-hs Gess .
JSe-kd- E.Fis - be hen1e Ia
Mae Monkhs.


The following extracts are from :
letter received from ID. NsA Asmus,
son oI Secretary Van AsInus Of the
Boarn OF Trade, who left ia compsny
with Ri. Earle last December Tor Non
teyldeo, South America;
I've arrived here IN very good shape
although beSsty hungry, having been
starved on the passage, eating salt
horse and cabbage / md
the postage on my log giving my sea
experiences, amounts 10 more than my
present financial condition wil permit.
but as il Is simply repetition from day
10 day, il Is Of little interest
Times have been hard IN tins coun.
Try OF late and the whole bottom Is out
Of the boom ! have not been dls-
cOuraged, although / have applied with
little success 81 every English and
American institution III MOnteyldeo,
but the NanAsmus nerve came 10 my
rescue yesterday when ! made up my
mind 10 apply at the CO-AauOnsl Mr..
Casey's company Just when they were
holding = meeting OF officers and al
which time / would either be 'Ilred out
/ or have some attention paid me. For
( tunately, had met Mr.. Malloy, Mr..
/ Casey's private secretary. and when |
/ entered the room filled with fierce
moustaches and scheming features,
/ politely inquired for hlm III spanish
! (esta senior nIyl and he III time nitro.
! duced me 10 the whole lOt Of them as
! young American out OF d job.
Then they al smiled, and Mr..
! Brant. manager of the hotel, spoke up
and sad, I'VE have position Tor him
/ setting up the furniture, and he can
! commence work Monday" M. Casey
| then sgnlfied hls assent and SAID that
! when that was finished there would De
something else for me. Mr.. COyOde
/ came IN then and said that lac expected
! to commence some engineering work
| soon, and he could make use OF me.
! It's funny thing that have asked all
/ these gentlemen for something 10 90
| three or four times and received DO
! encouragement, but when | struck them
| all together, every one had something
| for me 70 co. One gentleman even
went 80 far as 10 gve me his expert
/ ence when a young man, and he was
out Of Job, and we had quite little
chat.
ed. Earle has shipped on al English
! vessel and Will be home IN nlne months.
| MOnteyideo is a beautiful city, has fine.
clear air and there is always pleasant
sea breeze, and il is as healthy city as
| YOU could wish for. The hOnses are all
OF the Oriental style, one or two story
buildings IN the form OF "A square, built
OF marble or artificial stone and having
large court in the center filled with
flowers and tropical trees Of every de-
scription. The clty has a natural drain
age system, being situated on mound,
and everything drains into the sea.
The streets are all paved with stone
and lighted with arches Of electric and
gas lights, which extend from pave
ment 10 pavement at the distance OF
one hundred feet apart, and ali n dlf
ferent cOlors, making beautiful
sight. There are three large 'plazas
where the military bands play every
evening, furnishing amusement toI
| thousands OF people. The
women are beautiful, and the men
have fine military bearing, and arc
manihcent types of manhood.
You might ss well open up COOperswllt
as furniture center as 10 do so n
Uruguay or Argentine Republic nj th'
present time. Uruguay has S0O,OO'
population, and il is only few Of tn'
loo, 900 in MontevIdeo who could Us,
furniture. In Argentine there Is a fine
opening, but would YOU want TO snip tC
country whose gold was at 30 pc
cent, and where II takes three times a
! much 20 live as IN any other country
The people say that they will guarantee
gold, but the next question il, where d
it coming fTOm2 The country has Dor
rowed $4o0 ,00O, 600 of gold TO help then
} out but the gold IL now higher than l
was before.
"Tell Bell that | write this for her
The little girls here 60 TO school in ON
| nibuses provided by the government
and every morning when ! go to break
fast | see them rIdldg along with thei
| baskets in their laps and laughing an'
| talking Spanish, which latter accom-
plshment | envy them. The lIttl
| girls wear socks instead Of stocking'
}, leaving their little legs bare from tn
ankles up to the knees. They are yer,
: pretty IN their cute white dresses an
z gauze caps.
4 81 have been distributing copies c
{ Grand Rapids a it is about the dlffcl
r ent places have visited IN the city an
have had any number of people wOr
- der how the 'Wlld West could spol
;. such a place. They call me fool io
}. leaving It,"