The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-03
La Antigua.

--l If Guatemala are the remains
tjeI capitals, each of which was
.. g lis day as "Guatemala City"
,-touuded by Alvarado in 1924, and
.4.j il less than 20 years by an erup-
Aqua volcano, is now designated
.uld VEGA" (Old City,: while the
Hllt soon after the destruction of
Isl. and RACED by an earthquake in
+, allied Guatemala la Antigua. to
Fsh it from Guatemala la Nueva,
, 4atemala), the capital of to- day.
i'd. s>lou to the ancient towns is full
and Of pleasure as we'll, though
long and dusty. if the traveller
7Oc enough to secure any sort of
mage, couple of the rat-like
I've country and a mozo to drive
comparatively easy to hire a
les on occasion, and a mozo.
attle trap hack or coach, but
three blessings into conjunc-
and Of manana is quite an
.er
assured that il had been done,
be again to- morrow. next week,
tel time; but after several days
which came to naught. Of
7tlout mules. and mules with
and a mozo without either of
essentials, we were fain to go
0ay, by dihgencia. There are
mule trails radiating from Qua
.... \ deva TO all parts Of the coun-
UuIy two stage roads leading to
that to Antigua and another
mango. the second city of the re-
and commercial Importance.
.utias are all built in one model,
TOSS between a hearse and a
.4la. long narrow boxes holding
Ills on three transverse seats.
...l sits aloft in front of thereof,
SIS slant beside him who carries a
-- lies with which to pelt the com
~ Of six mules and horses, inter-
r- hazard and harnessed three
The advertised hour Of starting
ajLua route is six a, M, but as
leS from house to house pick
myers, and as time is no object
Americans, and their adieux
-sJ sus manos are long drawn
-- was high in the heavens before
catered out of the city gates.
ej along one side of the fort of
letween rows of mud huts form
a- Struggling suburb; past Ell
u old Spanish fort set on hill
I'll orer broad, unpaved road into
+ beautiful gardens and fragrant
i cptfee and oranges. We met a
procession of Indians coming
adjacent village on their accus-
,rot, with all sorts OF supplies
.Mr-Iopolitan market, wood, veget-
pottery, hay, coal, what-not in
loads OF the heads and backs of
women. Tits noticeable that they
ak in groups, the men by them
the women by themselves, as
.el meeting; and that while the
ably carry their burdens on
ks the women carry theirs on
~ probably because their backs
Jpied 10y the inevitable baby
-aawl OF square of cotton cloth.
uy the way, is never left at
whether the mother is going to
sell chickens and vegetables, or
-1 hear mass and confess her
-'a funeral to weep and wall in
,>ion, the baby goes TOO, as
If the outfit as her own head
Another strange thing is that
.. loars one Of these Indian babies
~. They seem to be born as
fathers and mothers, and in
~ ser. The larger children are
- running and playing as our
Jo; they are always grave and
lis if weight of years and re-
,y rested heavily on their small
.a, Both boys and girls begin to
pun as they can walk, and seem
ao conception of fun or sport.
through several dreamy little
lagos, each with matched
Hl plaza and mud huts fenced
i and bamboo, among them
-D up in the hills, whose women
To- be the handsomest of the
's tes in Central America. Higher
-.' we mounted, to a broad table,
Were fields of wheat and corn re-
" j, that we We're in a temperate
.. Notwithstanding cacti fences and
sloFes. A short distance off the
u ''t. up an avenue lined with
-}l-ls trees, we saw square wooden
ST. iHuted white, with green blinds,
fr. nd picket fence, all Enthusiastically
-Gerican. 1t was the former farm
Nllt0rnian, so we were told, who
EYER 10 Guatemala newly inherited
l- 'f $50, 900, most of which he
KEY vt wheat fields on this mesa. He
'-l f1 teach the Indians how to raise
t. since time ont of mind they had
-.lsug wheat after the primitive
"'j vt Their ancestors, with excellent
md they are still doing it in pre-