The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-01-23
Life in jamaica.

century. "a ~
ro ] 1san soi ns As sf,h II 1na a sssat a ssaae ssd
Ilricngs Of verafda, giving on a garden
Mm,ch mad run somewhat to seed, but con-
, rann, several palm trees, and AN assert
memt OF Lizards. green and brown. in
agreeable confirmation of the %prob.nauity
OF tne equator. Round about this hotel
ama environments we wandered till lunch
was ready. there We're oranges bananas,
ana several other fruits which L do not
specmy n because ! am still t.-nab,e to
Teeoaiest their names. As to their flavor.
! can only say that 1 do not care much for
II as yet; there was one that tasted like
Outer, and another that had the consist
stra jam.
On the whole, the flavor of these south
erh products strikes the northern visitor
understand why Englishmen always hank
er after curr.es and like sharp condiments
~ me tropics; bur no doubt we are I'M
what seems to US insipidity. Meanwhile,
the oranges, bananas and pineapples are
AZ much better here than they ever are
after enduring export.
As for the breadfruit and yams. of which
We also had specimens. they are a mixture
or the potato and sweet potato. and are
almost no taste at all. and l should sup
pose that one would finally come to regard
them n much the same light as bread,
eharacter enough to inspire either loath-
ing, or devotion. With the aid of sauces
anu graves, however, they go down very
The bill of fare included likewise fish,
which was good, and meat which was MOI
very good; 1T had to be eaten too soon
nut one does not expect TO eat much meat
uo"n here: vegetarians are in their e.e-
ment m the tropics. especially that super
Tor order Of them who favor that part o.
me vesetahle kingdom which grows above
ground, The country women. who walk
aIteen TO twenty-five miles a day in tn.
sun with hllIJlanS nm .t1tntr la.,l, r.lS.t
must sometimes weigh not less thar SO
pounds and who are never IN the least
tiIsa-these ladies', 1t appears, live on
sufficient diet.
After dinner went into a barber shop
ana submitted myself to the ministrations
rear o fthe little structure which bore the
s;gn, the front part Of it, If I remember
bacco. On three sides of the room were
windows protected by wooden gratings
painted ed erd and blue; through them j
rom of palm. On the wall just outside
the sash a lizard ran and hoped, and the
eternal buzzard alighted on a corner of a
side me a young darkey with a counter.
ance Of mimitable amiability labored as
siduousiy on an instrument in the nature
OF a nand organ; but the works We're in
fuil View, and nj the opinion of several by
ISLANDERS seemed to vie in interest with the
tunss. ms music took the place of the
49, iA1 aioe > conversation. though
that also was ~abundantly available on de-
mand, and was. indeed. carried or with
much VlNacity in the various employees
and some visitors who appeared to- hava
come IN FOR that purpose. 1t sounded like
a mixture of Italian and French, and NAV
nave been Jamaican popular English. for
ausht l Know. 1 could not understand II
! accepted all thes details as being typ.c.
any tropical: but on the other hand the
chair In which l sat was made in Roches-
Ter, N. "; on the wall there was a LARGE
autograph of Brooklyn bridge, and a nor
trait OF President Cleveland. Electricity
TOO, has got to Kingston, and the wires
run through the branches of the manros
and palms. The house in which IhsUa
taken up my abode is fitted throupbnnt
with electric bells. but / am happy to add
that none of them work. In one Of The
large shops, I think, there is an eleva for
the only one on the island.
1 SAID just now that the white neon,e
look out of place. That fact, so far as /
can Judge, Is the moral of the story here.
Inc island belongs to the co.ored folk
and the others are gradually being
crowded out. The proportion is alresdSS
ABOUT thirly to one against the latter,
ana Willle the colored arce goes on multi
p.N-ns, the whites are packing their
trunks ana moving out. Is this move
inent TO be arrested or not?. / doubt whe-
Tier It viii be arrested by the English.
Morkmen imported from the states do nor
succeed here: that is. they all die In two
ably. but they cannot be the final so,ut;on
of the problem, Perhaps the best thing We
can do is to be come colored peonle arr
selves. fS "''