Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-31

on the outer edges, driveway 100 feet wide,
a street car line, paths for pedestrians, and
numerous stone benches under the trees;
while down the middle line of statues and
fountains is scattered at regular intervals all
along the way, interspersed with platforms,
whereon military bands, stationed perhaps
half mile apart, play nearly every after
noon from 8 to 5 o'clock.
The music calls the people out to walk or
drive; and during the summer months these
public concerts are given in the evening,
when the uptown portales are deserted for
this more extensive promenade. 1t is
equally fashionable to come here at sunrise,
but never in the middle of the day, except
for los pobres. 'fs-
Milk One Knows Is Pure.
Even at this early hour one sees groups of
well-dressed gentry in every direction, out
for their morning constitutional and glass of
milk. One of the oddities of the town is
the milk-stations. There are dozens of them
along the Alameda, where bare-footed women
tether their cows from 8 till O'Clock
every morning. Each four-legged mother
is accompanied by calf, which is effect
ually prevented from seeking its natural
sustenance by a leathern muzzle over its
mouth, and is teased, dragged and driven by
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mothers. To these milk stations come
troops of nurses with babies in arms, ladies,
gentlemen and children of the aristocracy
each to purchase a drink, which they may
be sure is fresh and unadulterated by seeing
it MIXED before their eyes, directly from
the COW into the glass. ga foaming goblet
at cents a COB, as an American facetiously
put it.
"But it is not strained" I said in horror
to Chilean acquaintance. "Why should
it be strained ?" was the astonished reply.
"Would it really be made any cleaner by
that process? Besides it would ruin the
rich foam, which is to cows milk what the
bead is to champagne or the cream to
lager"
Don't Know What Straining Is.
By 0. o'clock all traces of the milking
have disappeared, leaving the grounds clean
and sweet as ever. But again at evening
one may meet the yenders going about the
streets from house to house, followed al
ways by the muzzled calf and troop of less
well-behaved human youngsters. There a.
stationary depots on other streets, where
cow Is tied upon platform and MIXED to
order whenever a customer comes along;
and when one COW is exhausted it is sent
home and another Immediately take; its
place. On a table close by are meas res,
cans and. glasses, and often raw eggs md
bottle of brandy too, so that those VIC de-
sire can brew themselves a punch. But
nobody in South America dreams of strain
ing the milk, and if a foreigner ventures to
hint that such is the custom at home, they
stare at him in amazement, not mimixed
with scorn, as one who would ''paiat the
rose"
Piled under tree in the Alameda, close
by beautiful bronze fountain, is Il vast but
rapidly dimishing heap of wa. e-lnelons,
that luscious fruit being as highly relished
here as among plantation negroes. Just
beyond is fine statue of the good Able
Molina, who, by all accounts, WAS one of
the purest men that ever lived. But being
set up here in bronze or marble is no proof
of that. Says one: "Chile has assassinated
or sent into exile some of her noblest sons;
but she never fails to perpetuate their MEM
ory by craven images"
A venerated Irish Patriot.
The most venerated statue in the whole
is that of General Barney O'Hig-
gins, who, as his name indicates, was not
Chilean. Here he appears in gorgeous uni
form, mounted on a prancing steed and pro-
claiming liberty to the people. He is called
the George Washington of the. country, and
lauded as the greatest man of his time. Liy-
ing at period when the nation was shaken
to its depths by the momentous questions
the clergy should or should not