The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-12
A FORM ER CANTONIAN
Writes From Sunny Southern
Country.
Glimpses of South American Cities From
the Pen of Cadet Henry ]. ziegemeier.

Mr.. Herman Wernet Of the Canton
stove company Is In receipt of letter from
Henry J. ziegemeier, Of Canton cadet on
the United States steamship Pensacola.
The letteris dated at Monte video
Uruguay, January 25th, the ship at the
time beins at anchor in that harbor. In
writing OF his cruise Mr.. Ziegemeier says
"Maderia was the most interesting
place visited, 1t being very old place
and the first foreign place we visited. II
is beautiful island with some grand
scenery, is very mountainous and abun-
| dant i'm fruits, wines etc. The grapes
| we're the finest / ever ate. The inhabi-
tants are nearly all Portuguese with a
few Englishmen. The Cape de Verde
Islands were interesting in so far that we
had never seen anything like it before.
The natives are nearly all blacks or a
mixture of blacks and Portuguese. They
are scarcely semi-civilized, the natives
going around with little or no clothing on
their bodies. Rio de Janeiro is the most
beautiful city have ever seen. Ido not
mean the city in itself, but the suburbs
and the surroundings. Going into the
harbor there is very narrow entrance
with rocks 1900 feet high on one side, and
of nearly the same altitude on the other.
Being inside the entrance you find yourself
in one of the finest harbors in the world.
There are numerous indentations and
bays, forming in all network of bays
available for docks and shipping. You
can take street car and inside of an hour
will be amongst mountains, the tops of
which are visible only on clear days.
Tropical Vegetation of all kinds abound.
The sweetest and best oranges are found
here. Their botanical garden is a grand
treat to one who has never seen anything
like 1t before, and several long avenues of
palm trees intersect each other. One
serious drawback to Rio is the climate.
In the winter time it lis healthy enough,
but about this time in the year one al
ways finds cases of yellow fever, although
not always epidemic. The great trouble
is in the drainage. The city is not prop
erly drained.
When the summer is over and il begins
to get cold here, about April, we expect to
go back to Rio, but before that time will
probably go up to Buenos Ayres. We
have been here over two months now.
This is about the healthiest place in South
America, the climate being very fine. The
summer is not quite as hot as that in Can
ton, and the winter is very mild. They
have no snow, occasionally getting little
FROST We have very little rain, but very
often get "pamparo" which is but an
other name for gale of wind. The people
here are more modern in their ways
than in most of these South American
cities. OF course the buildings, hotels,
etc., are like those in all other Spanish
cities. Atpresent they are having a great
deal of trouble in government affairs. In
fact the country seems to be on the eve of
a revolution. The people are dissatisfied
with the President, and he has control of
the army. In the Argentine Republic the
financial condition is very bad. Specula-
ton of all kinds is going on now, and gov
ernment paper money is worth scarcely
anything.
There also seems to be the possibility of
a war between Brazil, Argentine Republic
and Paraguay. OF course this is more of
a rumor than anything else. At the pres
ent time arevolution is actually going on
in Chilli, as you have probably heard. We
have heard several reports on this side
from there but everythingi is very uncer-
tain, since the Chillian government has
stopped all telegraphic communications
and there is no road across the country,
the only means of reaching here being by
steam down around the Straits of Mapei- |
Ian. This is q "dago" country and there
is not much going on.n
Mr.. Ziegemeier's address is always U.
). 5. Pensacola, care of b. II. Stevens, No, |
4 Trafalgar Square, London, England.