Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-09-16

the Natives.
January 26. 1891.
already have made a few good sketches.
The place is brimful of the rarest material,
and invariably crowd of from 80 TO 100
collects. people do not hesitate to leave
work and wait till have done. l can talk
a little to them. They are always very po-
lite, some can say just word or two in
English: one man in a store always says
Eyes, sir, " to me, it's all he can say. Lit
tie toddling babies call out after me on the
street, go Anglais ~ The Portuguese girls
are wild over the amount of liberty an
American has, and desire nothing more
than to leave their island and 60 to Amer
lea: in fact, it's true of every one.
Last evening the gentlemen took us to
the theatre. Sunday is observed as a par
ticular holiday churches and stores open
in the morning, every one out in the after
noon. and all at the theatre in the evening,
many priests even. OF course we we're in
box and in evening dress, Marion Olivei-
70 going with us We had previously to
solemnlv swear to her mother, who is fear
fully strict with her, that none of us would
smile during the evening, or induce Marion
to, we must be exceedingly proper and none
of the gentlemen could take her fan or
talk much with her Nevertheless we had
a pretty good time. though the play, "A
/ ave aguln Ia blue bird, was only fair.
/ The driver who took us home could not
/ talk English and did not understand the
/ the boys, and carried us away off on hill
to the wrong hotel, and was so disguised
when we would not get out, and finally
made him understand we were considerably
out of our course.
The city hall and officers are in the
square very near us, and under them Is the
fire department. This has not been out for
ages. until today, when it was all taken out
and aired
PoNTA DELGADO, SAN MIGUEL, AZORES,
AzoRIAN HOTEL,
Tuesday, January -. 1891.
Saturday evening we attended a wonder
full service to US. The church of the Ma
trix. the most beautiful of all, so considered,
was built in 1884 in fulflment of a vow.
A plague ravaged the island in j 523 last
ing eight years All vowed TO erect a
church to san Sebastieu, the martyr, if the
plague might be stayed early on ms
birthday at evening a grand mass Is sung
by choir of picked voices, men and boys
- in number, with organ, bass VOL anc
flute The finest of the "Colligio' Is Il su
perb tenor voice he conducted the music
and rendered the tenor solos himself. TIVE
soprano solos were by lad of y years anC
two alto solos by another lad OF the SAINT
age. and the two voices in a duet were lk'
angel voices The whole audience was mo
tionless to listen. The basso was prizes
whom we had met at party at the Rochas
, an uncle Of theirs he played finely Tn
three and a half hours were all too brief
q Twenty-Five priests in elegant lace sacque
were in the chancel, each having some par
in the exercises in the pauses of the music
and there was marching, counter-marchiug
rising, bowling, kneehng, scraping etc
, Near the close. certain among them donne'
, gorgeously old-embroidered robes, whicl
d sparkled III the brilliant light The alta
from floor to ceiling was lighted by 30 can
% dies of immense size and height, and every
j where in the chancel were candles and can
dies and candles The life-siZe figure of tn
saint, with an orange tree behind him an
s surrounded by flowers had 30 candle
around him all burning. The chandeliers
n 100 of them, are of glass, with millions O
. pendants all which glisten and glitter a
so many diamonds The saint ar
- ranged on a pedestal ready for being car
ried in a procession the following day
The Sunday after this birthday elabC
rate procession goes over the city TO shoV
San Sebastien to the people. A hundred o
more priests, bareheaded in gold-embroid
cred robes, officers of the crown, and
know not who else, besides the band an
=, military, make gorgeous display A high
mist fell occasionally through the morning
thus preventing the saint and ms worship
ers from parading The music was by tn
!. same choir as the evening previous, and
continuation of the same for two hour
Sunday morning So we had more of tn
. heavenly sounds
Il The carnival is approaching the tir'
, two weeks of February really are given Il
= to it, and bows are thick on the streets wit
l. trays of waxen eggs filled with perfume
-. water for throwing at people, when the
II break and wet the recipient. Parties {
six, eight, or more ladies gather at
l. friends house and from the balconlt
q throw these white and fancy colored affair
at gentlemen passing by. No man is SAT-
i Tubes such as paints come in are filed wit
V perfumed water, which Is squlTted at PEE
pie. ALI these things have d lively sa
!, these days Fireworks are set OFF ever
p evening even thus early in the frohc a
over the streets, and masks, tirework
IS waxen eggs and tubes are in all the stor'
e. in profusion Three masked balls are give
1t by the "Club Michaeleuse, magnificent a
u fairs, one for the children, the other tv
Id for grown people Only nobility, count
c. barons, and the best citizens are invited.
The polteness of these people is remark
N BILE. Men and boys always remove the h
Of and bow to all strangers; and the ''artis
r Americana" is known and talked abol
I'd everywhere, learn today. In Fayal tn
lg politeness is noticed among the wome
at All bow TO strangers, and one sees the C
potes bobbing in all directions.
February 70, 1891.
Carnival time, or Shrove tide has bee
a. full of gayeties and designations ! wei
w to the first ball where AZ children fro
~ four to II years of age were in fancy CO
~. tunes, no two alike. All those in hg
IA costumes wore fesh-colored or light bll
ut tights, others wore black silk tights. 4
y the materials were of the richest-velve
Is silk, satin, plush and lace. The childr,
~ danced till midnight, when the older peoI
nj Joined in. The salon, indeed every a
Of pointment of the club house is well-ni
VS. perfect. 1t is very large, with two sAlo
do for dancing. one very large. the 9th