Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-11-03


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The two principal posfs fos shipping
oranges are San Lorenzo apd SIN Al
tonic We stayed At the latter. love
y spot % the Paraguay river. with !
strand 81 yellow and. banks fvineed
with lilies and In the battle-ground tseee,
some 81 them forming masses a Iilae
bloom The pcyt consists Of ! square
81 sand. with he cabin and nag 81 the
eu@tom house, o. resruardo. and sl,ovf
wooden jetty TO the right. A roughly
traced road Leading into tie interior
past . sost Of store Or tambo. and to
the left large tent stretched over
palm poles. with lattice fIoc~ made of
bamboo.
This tent was full 81 oranges. On the
sand outside we're other mount&ins Of
oranges. and carts drawn BY Jokes 81
two Or four oxen, preceded By the
driver. wearing a long poncho and car
rying bamboo g0ad. kept eroaning
and creaking down the slope, and de,
posting other golden piles along thu
beach Under the shady curtain d
trees we're seated groups Of men. 10.
men and children. with oranges, hama
NJ. nandioca, parrots. blue Jays and
monkey which they hope to sell. bui
IT the same time make no effort e
offer their merchandise, preferring 70
remain calm and Indifferent, sucking
mate through silver bombiIIaa
/ The steamship b moored alongside,
/ and long Rangvay Of planks . lid
on high trestles from the paddle boz te
the shore. then. when all i ready,
about si1ty women and girls ard fer
men set to work, sons. To carry basket,
full Of oranges, Others to hand the has
kets from beside the paddie box 10 tn
upper deck, Others to pass the basket
on from this point to the corral OF Ia
closure that has been built behind I'd,
pilot house, and others still 10 pas
I. down the empty baskets. The carry
ing d all done by women who form /
procession passing continuously up ana
and down the gangvay. and general.
at run
/ They are Paraguayans, Guaranis an.
other Indians and mulaftoes Of varsou
shades, clad in white, rose. scarlet, gel
low and other bright colored Manehea
ter cotton stufs, all are barefooted
and most of them are without beauty
bat gay and ready to laugh and scream
without pretext, merely fer the sake 0
being lively and making noise The
are like birds and mnnkeya Hour affe
hour this operation goes On Wome
and young girls alike have cigars i
their mouths in the usual Para9uaya
! fashion
The rapid movement of brightly ella
figures passing in opposite directions
with the glare of the yellow mountain
OF oranges and of the dazzling Viii,
tent On the shore. ends by hypnotizin
one. and yet the scene Is 50 origins
that one continues TO watch It in spit
OF ones self For that matter, there
nothing else to do. The village, burie
In orange trees. Is SOON visited: 70 val
for any distance along the river l. rer
dered difficult by the overhangin
trees. and so one remains leaning ov,
the rail, and watching the women an
girls toiIing. while the Inen-husband
fathers or brothes-loaf on the shor,
smoke or play cards, according TO tt
custom of Paraguay, where the wome
do the work while the men enjoy life
The steamer was supposed TO tai
80. 900 oranges, but there being {
. means of control it is probable that.
3 order to allow for loss. the shipper %
( on board at least so, 900 The
3 oranges. of fine favor and aspect, a
I worth one Paraguayan dollar a tho
sand at San Antonio The ~ome
who carry the baskets on their head
are paid eighty eentavos day, and q
harvest OF the fruit lasts eight month
. beginning at the end of May. III
; freight from Paraguay TO Carnpan
: and from Campana BY schooner to
: Boca, together with the loss from .
: trefaction and rough handling durir
b the journey. brings the retail price Of
q good orange in Buenos Ayres to abo
two eentA Child IN Hs
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