The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-02

there that it was paradise compared
with this place
Imagine my surprise when I dlscov.
cred that Georgetown could enter a
paradise contest and stand a bic
chance OF walking off with the first
prlze-a city of about $4,000 inhabitants
ana the streets are as clean as a Phila-
uelphia door step. besides being as pic
turesque as anyone could well imagine
For the after effect / was fortunate
enough to come here in a steamer too
large To get over the bar at the mouth
OF the Demerara river and mad to leave
the steamer seven miles out and come
the rest Of the way in a launch. Dis
colored by the mud from the interior,
/ the sea looked horribly thick and Shiny
ana uninviting, and, being built three
feet below the level of the sea, only a
bit of the city could be seen. Then as
we ran into the river proper the big
un-coverd wharves prevented me from
seeing anything even then. on landing
was at once escorted to the principal
motel in the place by a gentleman 70
+ whom | had letters and he took me to
the tower where l had n view Of the
/ whole city.
1t was like being blind-folded in
some dismal spot. and then suddenly
having the bandage removed before a
about me were the I2O0 acres of
Georgetown-an enormous garden with
houses built into II. The houses are
mostly small affairs. built wholly OF
wood. having tin or slate roofs. while
towering above these everywhere are
tall palms. and below in the little gar
dens which surround every abode are
the smaller trees and plants of the
tropics, many of them in bloom All
OF the north and south streets are as
wide as Broadway and the cross
streets would put those Of New York
city to shame. Every main thorough
iare is lined with trees and in the cen
ters are avenues or trees. Beneath
them are cool canals-drainage canals
they are Gale d. but they are to carry
of only the rain water
Fever there is i'm plenty-that is the
malaria fever, though there is hardly
ever yellow fever here--but the princi-
pal cause of IL, except, of course, in the
bush" is rum. The young English
men and Scotchmen and Irishmen come
here and bring a thirst with them.
They drink gin and whiskey to aggra-
waite 1t. The "swizzle" originated here
The "Damerara Swizzle," as IL is
known all over the West Indies 1t is
an insidious drink, made principally Of
gin with some bitters mixed in and
the whole stirred into a foam with
broken ice, by the use of a "swizzIe
stick" This "swizzle stick" I am told
was provided by nature for the special
purpose Of mixing drinks. IL is a twig
about foot and a half long with roots
SUCKING out at right angles from the
bottom. They are cut so that they
stick out about an inch long like the
spokes from a hub. Twirled about be
tween the two hands IL acts on the
of an egg beaten But Man
haitian or Martini cocktail goes ahead
Of the "swzzle."
After n cup of coffee in bed at half
past O'Clock, there is wait till 10 or
IL O'Clock for breakfast, and as these
young Englishmen drink perhaps six
'swizzles" in the interim. it is not to
be wondered at that their overpromi-
1ent liVers rebel Between breakfast
and dinner at O'clock, innumerable
more "swiZzles" are consumed and
after dinner more "swizzles" They
make the gin ooze into them at all
hours.
Result: Fever-bad fever which {
ticks to them for years. If 1t is cured I
It all. I
AS picturesque as the city are the {
'eople; coolies, negroes and white men, '
Ill Obliged to look picturesque by the !
ieVer-ending summer. The coolies are
n the majority and are the most in o
because they do not allow
he conventions Of the civilized world a
interfere with their common sense
ut dress. or rather do not dress. as y
hey did in their native India-a loin- Y
10th, shirt usually and a puhgaree y
+ turban.
After he has been here a while the .
hite man adopts the dress Of the coolie =
5 far as possible, though to be sure he =
annot adopt il very far: still he drops =.
is high collar, dresses in white wher- :,
yer practicable and wraps a quantity -
{ fine muslin about his wide felt hat. =
lieu of a puhgaree. And he is as
ospitable as the southerners I'm the =,
ates have the reputation OF being. >,
Notwithstanding that / am an Ameri- I ~
IN. and the feeling against our gov n,
Is far stronger than / had for .,
moment imagined. l am most hospit- "a,
bly, entertained. .,
For the most part, they are second OF
ms who came out here some years ed
lex as planters. but have left their az
antations go for the most part and on
Nv are government officials with gold pa
terests. All are young-the only man ra
have met who is over - is an Amesi- IN
N. But hardly / per cent OF them are ar
ambition seems TO be to Or
I enough money together to go TO be
1gland an settle down there There
e clubs-large clubs as comfortably ca
ted up as those at home. though ma
ter the style Of the tropics. There su
a scientific society which has the FRI
lest museum in this part OF the pr
Drld a library Of 10000 volumes and tn
botanical garden which Is also the IN
ST in South America or the West In ga
IS. There are number Of literary ra
m whose names the pretty well ed
own in England and weekly paper sa
exceptional merit, besides a number ga
dailies. ed
But on Sunday afternoon the sight "a a
? liveliest and by far the most inter- PIE
ing. The gold niggers" and the sp'
old niggers' wives and those who
mt TO marry the gold niggers" hold
tn, dressed to death. SprinkIed in ?
long them are coolies with what they pa
i their Christmas shirts" on: and gr,