Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-13
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Tho Strange Dish Upon Which an Ameri.
 can Feasted in Brazil.

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 Tho Strange Dish Upon Which an Amera.
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 Tt was two or three years ago, In an upper province of Brazil, that had the pleasure of brealfasting with one of the most genial old estancieros 1t was ever my lot to meet, 1" writes c. H. Pratt, in the Chicago Tribune. "The houses in that part of the country are not sumptuously furnished, and if one were to judge the wealth of his various en- tertainers by the amount of 1t on dis play he would commit some disastrous blunders. Plantation owners worth millions, but who have never learned to enjoy the use of luxuries, will live all their lives in a one-room house whose furniture consists of a table and two chairs. I once met an electric door-bell peddler who had tried that country and found it a poor field. He said that he had invariably to explain to house. owners, first, the nature of electricity; second, the nature of the door-bell, and third, what possible use they could make of the two when combined. The last was too much for him and he left in despair.
 'I found the aforementioned genial estanciero sitting on his front doorstep in the shade of a large palm tree; which same employment, by the way, engages the time of most farmers in tropical America. His adobe house, with hard, mud floor and matched roof, was much better than the average, consisting of three rooms. I had been tramping along the dusty roadway since dayhrealk, and was tired; the place looked rather clean and inviting, so accepted the cordial invitation which Southern gentleman will always extend to 8 stranger to come in and rest.
 ''As sat and chatted in the cool shade of the palm tree found that my friend was not a Brazilian, but a native of Spain. He had crossed the sea to this country with seventy-five dollars in his pocket when young man, and had been pretty successful cultivator of sugar from that day to this. He seemed quite proud of his house. It was sui ficiently large, he said, to en- able him to entertain with that bounteous hospitality which he so much enjoyed, and was rendered still more connections by the convenient nature of the beds, which, in common with all in that part of the country, consisted simply of mats of straw which could easily be rolled up or kicked into cor ner when not in use. These woven mats, spread upon the earth floor, are much cooler during summer nights than mattresses would be. This is very de- sirable, but, what is of vastly more im- portance, they can be put bodily into 8 tub of scalding water. There are heas | in Brazil. Eleven o'clock, the Spanish break fast hour, having arrived, was invited to sit down at the table. The meal was more sumptuous than had expected to find. After soup there followed, in stead of puchero, a dish whose nature I was puzzled to make out. It seemed to be a small animal little larger than a rabbit; the meat was dark and rich and had, as I remembered afterward, that rare, delectable quality which en- ables thing to melt in the mouth.' Such being the case, ate without stint, enjoying it exceedingly. Sometimes I thought that could detect slight and rather peculiar gamy flavor, but as there was no game of that size within hundreds of miles this seemed hardly possible. I tried in vain to imagine what the animal could be.
 After the meal was over I thanked my host in my politest Spanish for his hospitality, and asked that as parting favor he would tell me what it was that had so much enjoyed. He looked at me queerly for moment and then led me out through the back door of his cot tage. He said nothing, but merely pointed to the ground.
 Ut may or may not have been Oar winianisln, but as my eye followed the direction of the old mans gesture there came over my conscience feeling of guilt so strong that it even extended to my stomach. For there on the ground before me, in the serene and silent dignity of death, lay the head of one of those pests of Brazil-a black monkey!"