The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-03-31
,dois to the Banda Oriental.

IttTFD IN THESE BtRLESQUE REP B.
EItS-
h .,rea correspondence of the Journal
NoNrEvIpEo, Feb. 18th, 1892. Our
~ dav in Uruguay-and Sunday at that
j wonder why it is that short trips of es-
ID .,ial interest, such as this between Mon
Il +.,i.leu and Buenos Ayres, must always
i u made at night, the world over, despite
II lq protests of disappointed travellers who
as lind themselves deprived of views
4 ls, came far to obtain? Is it from phil
4 ,ntmopic motives on the part of the Steam
1 sin companies, to spare passengers the
i aneS of seasickness by sending them
,9icht to bed, or on grounds of economy
qelning meals? OF is darkness preferred
,u,e deeds are evil?f Whatever the
.m. ii prevails it these countries as
.flsallv as i'll our own. The steamer
Is to convey us across the broad
.;tb Of La Plata to Argentine S capital
4 Waiting in the harbor. but not a wheel
4 s]Ie move until nightfall. Let us
ine'' in the interim by gathering up
II battered crumbs of information we
,- Gained from many sources concerning
interesting little Republic and serve
am In Sunday oleapodrida.
H From the aspect OF festive Montevideo
would never dream that this is the
ads daV-for Il wider contrast from
Met. church. going Sundays at home
Il add hardly be imagined Here every
4 nlg goeS to church most religiously; but
FER mass in the morning and vespers in
Il eening they consider their duty done
II Heaven and proceed to enjoy the bless
Il >ot this world after their own fashion,
4 promenading to the music of military
j nd> The retail shops, saloons, etc.
1 e open all day and largely patronized.
L The race-course is in full blast, with it's
milling booths and other accessories.
II might the theatres will contain the larg-
II 81 and most fashionable audience and
1 estnt the best performance of the week :;
Il nd there will be public balls and private
sites and other social gatherings all ov-
the country. The customs of Spanish
merica, as OF nearly all the countries of
rope III regard to Sabbath keeping are
II different from our own, which are
RI somewhat burdened by the ideas of
Puritan ancestors. who fined a man
dollar for the unbecoming levity OF
sing his wife on that stern and awful
Il and construed the love of God to
All relentless persecution of all WHO
l othcr opinions.
n A.tiug upon the advice of a dear old
II ay knew in New England, - My child,
You are in Turkey, do as the turkeys
we will spend this beautiful sum
sunday II Ia TfHgnayoD, and follow
roWd in the sunshine. After a few
II b., in the plaza. most OF the MonteYi-
Il N world hjes to FL Prado, an extensive
3 .,>llc garden about three miles from
Il ri1y, reached by tramway through
IN fashionable residence suburb known
Il Hl>o del Molino. The Prado, belong
Il .o the municipality, is the park of the
II i4ou people. not SO much for style and
Il IS those down town, but patronizel
4 senc extent by the SWEETEST OF the
II in elegant carriages with liyericd
II Athmen and footmen. and on horse back
Il tl gorgeous saddles and silver stirlllps
II include a few moments here in the
Il IS" Of their daily airing. A gay little
+ dauces through it, lined with willows
Il m he trees OF every zone, and four rows
III a.l eucalyptus trees are planted at the
Il france. From end to end the lovely
Il Ncns filled with rustic fountains flow
~ 'eds, rockeries, statuary- but has
4 ~ the sign so familiar at home "Keep
IN Inc grass. A pavilion within the en-
4 >3le is especially appropriated by the
n 'llcs, who make up large share Of
@Aeyideo's population, and swarm out
sundays to trip the light fantastic toe
u he music of drums and tiageoets Fan
sic indeed are their national dances.
Il lrA seem to consist mainly in posturing.
Il ue slow, plaintive national airs. There
also French restaurant, Spanish bill
it'd rooms, German beer saloons Yankee
L 77ung galleries, no end of booths where
native cana is sold, and all manner of
4alatus for out door games which the
1 nng and giddy indulge in, while their
ierS loaf placidly upon benches under
4 ueeS. Many families bring their lunch
1 NfetS prepared to spend the entire day
Il amp i'll Gypsy fashion.
Notwithstanding the number of cana
I '.> We are surprised to see that there is
moNication, and everybody is harm
Il "@Iy happy apparently as much at peace
u Va the world to come, according to theii
a'>, as with this life here below. One
u9 may be truly said of our easy going
jhcm neighbors, that though every
u w. to a man, woman and child. i'm
h'> freely of wine, chcha, cana. OF
nr other form OF ''the rosy and al
lNi everybody CANDLES with reckless
'M and persistcncy that would astonish
1orthern black-leg. yet nobody gets
47ally drunk, and the gaming vice is
II : ON tb Ina Stt hi x,i in,