The Republican journal., 1895-11-28

| Beach of Victory" where several vic
tories We're gained over foreign would be
usurpers. Tie plaza adjoining the pier
is named Largo do Marco 5, s.Square Of
March 5th, - in commemoration OF the day
0f Alfonso's arrival and the visit of Dom
Pedro vi. is kept in aifectonate remem-
brance 6y tall monument with pyramidal
Shaft, set upon hill in the outskirts of
THE city.
There are othel pecularities which rem
I der Fefceira superior to its neighbors
! Angra il in many respects the finest look
ing city III tile Azores One striking su-
pel1omty is in its sidewalks, which in some
places are actually wide enough for two
people to walk abreast Its streets are
broader and more modern. and the build
ings that line them handsomer Its white
wash looks whittier, its paint bluer, pink
er. yellower than elsewhere. Its cathedral
is the largest, its churches the best and
most numerous, and to crown all and cap
the climax of Azorean glory, it is the only
city II the archipelago which can boast a
genuine bull-ring, where regular restas
1 aet0aros take place. The cathedral occu-
4 pies an eminenoe in the centre of the city,
its foundation laid in tagged yard. with
parapet and flight OF stone steps leading
up from the street. There are three arch
ed doorways in its whitewasbed facade
with a high tower on either side OF pedi-
men, wherein is clock which from time
out of mind has refused to tell the hours
The interior would be imposing We're it
not for the tawdly gliding which defaces
all these Portuguese sanctuaries. Arches
| Of beautiful construction and two rows of
lofty pillars running the whole length Of
The building support the roof On each
side are four affairs, and The chapel Of the
High Altar at the farther end is arched in
hewn stone. it's dome supported by six
! gilded columns Close by the high altar
4 is the tomb of Punto Ia CANA, who visit
ed this island in llg1, in company with
I his illustIious brother Vasco (la CANA. Oh
a ~Dtii itAiEl y ilClii q Wy St ~ JJit
and Ponto got nN farther, at least IN the
flesh Connected with the cathedral is a
rather interesting annex, wherein tie
vestments and professional images and
Church treasures are kept, and where the
bishop and priests hold their conferences.
Ranged ia chronological order around it,
wall, are the portraits Of all the bishops
Wh0 have a1ficiated here since tie first
Que came 30 years ago. In the WAY ii
aFf theg ale u cur:oUs study. Some were
painted in Lisbon and some on tile spot
BY native artists ard those of tic 18th
century are quite ~ good as those 81 the
l9tb
The onlA iun Of the island the Hotel
/ Terceirense, faces the main plaza, in its
ga4dy garb of vhitewash and red, blue
! top 10 bottom from vile odors to buggy
4 beds and the unguessable components of
its menu. it Is as Portuguese as anything
60 be found in Portugal, dirty and com
! fortress beyond compare The only en-
trance is through dim sagao answering
to the Spanish patio or inner court which
/ is used as a wine vault and is full of musty
/ hogsheads and sour smells, accurately be
,okening the condition of things beyond
\ The aristocracy par-exceiIence of the
/ Azores reside at Angra, including His
| Holiness, the Bishop, and the Governor
/ general of the islands, and titles are as
| thick as colonels in Kentucky. On pleas
ant days the streets and public squares
present an animated appearance, the spa
bon and Madrid, the tobacconists and
wine dealers and gambling parlors, all
with doors and windows wide open and
! doing thriving business. But in rainy
weather, which is so frequent in these is
lands, everything is closed and deserted,
and in the evenings the dimly lighted
streets are silent as the grave by early
| bedtime The liveliest place in town is
the market plaza in the early morning.
There you see peasants in clean white
suits, with immense double collar buttons
Of Roman gold and funny little melon
/ shaped caps OF dark blue cloth with scar
let lappets turned mp at the sides. Tin
Grant merchants, with their wares in huge
wooden trays, OF in baskets OF braided
rushes, carried on the head Or slung on
poles oyer the shoulders, perambulate in
many picturesque varieties of costume.
The creme Of society is Of course Portu-
guese, and to see it at its best YOU should
90 to the central plaza about sunset
Numerous Don Quixotes prance gaily
about on spirited little island ponies. and
crowds OF pedestrians loiter under the
oleander trees, the Governor General re-
! splendent in gold lace, handsome dark
7 skinned officers in gaudy sashes and uni
/ forms of green and gold, elegantly dress
ed ladies toddling painfully on French
/ heels set ia the middle of the shoes sever
al sizes too small, the more comfortable
and generally better looking sisterhood
who have no 4'style" to maintain every
shade and strata of Azorean life. Every
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