The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-05-10

ACCOMPANIED BY SEVERAL ATTRACTIVE
LADIES.
The mission at Santa Barbara is an
elderly building of some size, and inside
of the monastery through the iron barred
windows monks may be observed en-
gagged in 'monking," as Mr.. Barnabee
might say.
Inside the chapel middle aged monk
was busting the nave with feather
buster and polishing the hard benches so
as to make it more difficult TO sit on
them By and by perhaps he will make
1t impossible. | trust 50. At present
each attendant supplies his own ''roz-
yum"
Several attractive ladies accompanied
me, and when the monk heard their
voices he turned, looked the other way
and said something to himself. A man
can't be too careful that way If be be
connected with the monking industry.
Only two women have ever crossed the
threshold of the monastery proper. They
were Princess Louise and Mrs Harrison
Ever since then the brotherhood have
been engaged in trying to overcome this
by a rigid course of devotions worthy Of
a better cause.
Looking over the rules required Of
these monks, can see how eminently
untitled am for such life. Nothing
could be more widely different than their
lives and the gay, butterfly existence
now lead, fitting as do from place to
place, pausing only here and there to earn
an honest dollar if possible, but taking
silver, of course, in some instances here
on the coast.
do not know exactly how old these
missions are, but they are pretty old and
rather picturesque. There should be
better facilities there for the tourist to
drop a shilling in the box for the aid of
the mission, for they would not mind it.
They get accustomed to the act of con-
tributing to most everything as they go
along.
One lady Of our party is very fond of
dogs She found that there was col.
lection of these animals stopping at Red
lands. II was troop of educated dogs
seeking to elevate the stage. They were
spending the Sabbath at livery stable
there, having played to S. r. o. Stand
ing room only at San Bernardino on
Saturday evening.
The lady was anxious TO see them, and
so asked large man in white hat and
shirt sleeves who was oiling buggy if
he could tell her where they were. He
opened door, took down u fence and
helped her find them after some trouble.
When she came away, she gave him a
shilling for his trouble, but he said the
dogs were not his, and that it was no
trouble, etc. When she got to the hotel,
she found that he was one of the most
wealthy men in the state.
This reminds me of an incident which
occurred when | was in France. Ny
letter Of credit was payable at the main
bank OF the Credit Lyonnaise, very
thriving concern with branches all over
Europe | used to go to this bank very
often, as it is very kind to Americans
and has beautiful reading and writing
parlOrs and night school for wealthy
Americans who wish to learn reading
and writing, but who have never had
time TO attend to it.
| was always waited upon by one of
the officials, who was extremely courteous
to me. His name was NJ. Trozeaulebong.
When came away one day, expressed
my gratitude to him, and from force
of habit alone pressed into his palm a
5-franc piece. Heaccepted it with Levy
Quadroon bow, and as he placed it with
his other francs in his purse he said:
perhaps monsieur has no engagements
for tOmorrow-Sunday-i so would he
honor me with visit to my country
place near Versailles? should be most
joyful to call for him at his address with
my drag in the morning, and monsieur
could remain at Versailles until Monday
If he chose"
accepted more out of curiosity than
anything else and found an establish
ment that threw my North Carolina
bungalow entirely in the shade. He was
an excellent host and pressed me SO hard
TO remain that the creases in my trousers
could be seen for two weeks.
was panied last week TO read his
name in the reports of the Panama affair
and can hardly believe that he is the
man. 1t must be some other NJ. Tro-
reaulebong, ! think.
Yesterday ! ate a tomale.
The tomale, If well made, is said to be
very toothsome, but unprincipled Portu-
guese and Greasers sometimes make
them of inferior material. They are
made of chicken and hot things chopped
up together and rolled in corn htisK.
Then they are heated in an alcohol sto,s
and kept hot by men who sell them to
the credulous throng.
When chickens are scarce, the sea gull
Is used. That was the kind got. am
not enough of IN ornithologist TO select
tamales.
Designing people might make them out
of weathercocks or other deciducus fowls
and fool me sadly. A man who is not
an ornithologist should shun the toinale
unless he has faith and a stomach which
will not turn when troddep uron