The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-09-08

as fond of pet song birds as his ne;ohbor
the Portuguese Brazilian is of monl,avs
ana parrots and the African Brazilian of
no-halr dogs and scrawny cats. The es-
tates are separated from one another bv
rank hedges-the only fencing in vogue
iieie-aho the grounds are decorated in
1anclful ways; for example, by glass
GLOBES OF various colors, always placed
three in group like pawn broker s sion.
ana by shrubs trimmed in unnatural
Shapes, while the statuary, as a rule is all
crowded upon the veranda, as if the owners
We're afraid to leave them out on account
of thieves. The finest house in Caxanga
is owned by an x-slave trader; and when
emancipation was declared against his
violent opposition, some waggish neigh
Dor offered consolation by coming in the
night and painting ali the statues black,
50 that when he first looked out in the
morning, he was astonished to behold the
varanda crowded with negroes-all his
own, despite emancpation
| nc lltN ItStlNolI ana water WORKS LOT
the city built by an English company, are
situated near BaXanga, in the midst of
pretty scenery The water is brought to
the pumping works from a small lake half
mile away, where, in order to get a suit
able pressure for the houses Of Pernambl-
60, it is pumped into a hugh reservoir of
massive masonry on top of a neighboling
hill, whence it flows to the city through
an eighteen inch pipe.
| The highway from the interior sugar
belt, tone of the richest in the WORLDLY
lies through this suburb and the pro
ducts of hundreds Of remote sugar estates
are brought to port on the backs of mules
The class of planters who still stick to the
old mode of transportation, are called Ser
tanejos and twice every year they come
to Pcrnambuco on marketing expeditions
"a week $, tortnight's S, perhaps even a
longer journey from their distant home.
The typical Sertanejo, 1--WE are not speak
! ing of the better class of planters, but of
| the numerous ''small farmers,") wears a
pindora hat, shaped like sugar loaf. un-
der which his bushy black hair frames a
| distinctively Portuguese face thin,
bronze with burning eyes, whose most
prominent expression is of Unsuitable cur
iosty and next of suspicion; cotton shirt
and trousers. the former rolled to the ell
bows, the latter to the knees, his brown
| feet bare OF thrust into home made Slip
pers. He Journeys on horseback, perched
on top OF two large, oblong bags of sugar,
strapped on each side of the animal. fol
| lowed by a train of mules. each similarly
| laden The master leads the procession,
nose; the mule next him is perhaps ridden
| by trained monkey, in lieu of human
drivers: the next by d pair of screaming
| parrots, another by a splendid golden
| breasted, green coated, scarlet and blue
winged macaw all apparently as glavely
alert to the business in hand. that of get
ting the cargo safely to port, as the mas
ter himself. There are rawhdes to pro
| tect the sugaI from rains and heavy dews
and night after night the cavalcade has
| peacefully camped by the wayside: the
>ertanejo to sleep in his hammock. Slung
between two trees with the starry sky for
a cOunterpane, monkey, parrots. ct AL,
in the branches above, and the animals
tethered near. At the first peep OF dawn
,I1 l., 1
two big oblong bundles on each beast as
beforehand every monkey and parrot in his
| own particular place the SertanejO goes
| behind his horse. seizes hold of the tail.
puts a foot ON the hook joint and leaps on
top of the load as if ascending a flight of
stairs. Every mule of the troop has been
educated to understand that this is the
signal to take his place in the train and
i'll an instant the cavalcade is canteling
down the green valley, under the dew
| dropping trees that overhang the highway
They invariably stop the last night in
CaXanga partly from habit and because
there are vendas on purpose, similar to
the Mesones of Mexico and the PosadoS Of
Peru,) and also to foltify himself for to-
morrow S conflict with traders presumably
sharper than himself: SO that during the
! semi annual sugar harvest time this little
hamlet, VIGOROUSLY sleepy and quiet by
day, suddenly wakes up to few turbu-
! lent and boisterous nights, when gambling
runs high and rum flows freely But at
daylight the Sertanejo is again on the
road, pausing only at the bridge of san
Antonio to pull off his hat and mutter a
prayer to the patron saint OF Travellers
and gathering into the Trapixe quarter of
| the port before the sun is fairly w.
Until within a few years the sunrise
hour was the busiest time in Pernambuco
and during the sugar season Trapixe
market presented ii scene which for varied
interest could hardly be surpassed in the
world. There were the country Sertane-
iocs in full force, with their horses. males
and sugar bags; the city merchants in
dainty suits of white linen. delicatclv
lingering samples of sugar: vendors of
| cakes. oranges, dulces and beverages
screaming their wares in high falsetto;