The Republican journal., 1897-11-18
Quaint Carriage.
proll Sights and Scenes In the Oldest City of Cen
tral America. House keeping A La GasteiIanO.

tnund a home in this far corner-if only
fl a fortnight Right here is a bit of
adyice to my readers who contemplate
rrlveling in Spanish America. In all
-hese old towns the hotels-if there are
apv-are about the worst in the world,
ttie, dirty, ermin-infested, with ex-
ecrable cuisine and worse attendance.
Hut there are always unoccupied houses
u be had, furnished and unfinished, by
.ue week or month, at a rental that seems
4osurdly small compared to prices in the
.l.t Of the world ever built house on
pose to rent; but the owner thereof
be spending a part of the year on
hacienda, or travelling in Europe, or
-.1r other lucky chance may place it
uporamly at the disposal of a stranger
. can furnish satisfactory references
lily through letters of introduction or
GOOD word Of his Consul. If you
g III town but for a week, you had
H.r set up your own vine and tig-tree
TEN than endure semi starvation in
public houses. Servants abound, al
81 for their keep" and provisions are
aeap and plentiful Should your
.5 lie furnished, so much the better
viii doubtless find that many things
u IA to Northern housekeeping appear
spensable are conspicuous by their
-auce.' If unfinished, you may
-a- rent, buy OF borrow few necessary
les, and Yankee ingenuity will do
e lest and make a picnic out of the
.-' experience.
esiring to remain a couple of weeks
Ter in Carriage, in order to ascend
hborhood, we We're glad enough to
4 -tnge our bare apartments in the
* haunted, earthquake cracked inn
he roomy old mansion of defunct
oaigo whose family is travelling abroad.
N.Y. house, as we delight to call it, is
above the central plaza on an elevat-
terrace which rises with the slope of
Volcano. With the assistance of a
pv mozo, (man servanD and a sleeper
a5a we soon transformed the rookery
delightful home-a beautiful blend
1. Southern sloth and Yankee energy,
I'D Spain and New England, wherein
My drop of alloy in the pure gold of
aappiness is the thought that we are so
~ to leave it. Nothing gives one such
.nse of dignity, especially after long
bondage, as the carrying of house
and our dignity is lofty indeed if
ed by the size of the keys of Carriage,
large enough to require the services
mule! For one of the best houses
e city we pay in the coin of the
UrrY a sum equivalent to S. 90 per
a-h, American money; and the ser
at their own price, receive each
reales Is cents) per week, and a
.Jo Is cents) every day added, with
to find themselves in beans and
las. This is considered good wages
itago, and our servants are as uplift-
.Aye their fellows on account OF sud
a1Ueuce as one who has struck oil'
-nusylvana or found rich lead in
hioudike. And then the Joys of
to market in the balmy morning,
before the sun has peered above
Hills that environ Carriage - with
mozO in the rear to bear the
adler and translate our Anglicized
llano; of buying capabilities, and
ltes and granadilloes and other
4-e fruits, and strips and chunks and
LIS of meat with no idea from what
ueI of bird, beast or reptile they
; of cooking the latter over a char
pot, and connecting salads that would
Epicurus himself green with envy,
aughing over the lack of butter and
and tea and similar trihes; and of
Ing the cost of generous living, la
-, Hica to equal less than dollar
t,I the party, Our House, which we
e-le to print in the largest kind of
u.s. was built some three centuries
and has been thrice partially des-
sd by earthquakes. Though desti-
of every modern convenience" and
orally oyer-run with lizards, centipedes
rions, etc, it has overbalancing
Charms which make us more in love with
very day. In reality, however, we
m little to do with the house itself,
pt during the hours of darkness; by
~F ght reading, writing or dreaming
aappy hours away in the cool and
9owy garden. Life never seems real
'ell, but as if we and the sculptured
-a upon the outer walls were in an en-
lted slumber together, waiting for
gay Prince Charming to come along
'.4 awaken us. Fancy the tagging hours
i eudless summer time spent in ham
Mck, curtained from the sleepy sun
sHne 10y the palms and pomegranates of
al irish court! No wonder we some
rs feel ourselves surrounded by an
aginary throng of the dark eyed
-uJes and Castlian hidalgoes who
ei here and went to dust century on
tle ago. When evening breezes rustic