The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-12-17

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jackets were ''breaking OUT a seine, so
l suppose despite the ".alcalde OF Aea-
puico" We viii have ut least fresh fish,
rs they swarm in his little hay, yellow
tails, slnelt, red snappers, ard mackerel
ard once ina while MIR. Shark.
Dec. 2nd '9S-The Govt has returned
and we are supplied with all the f~ruitin
season.
An English gunbost. the Phaeton, is
anchored alongside us and we are con-
t%inually exchanging salutes and court.
tesles. When n man of war goes into an
anchorage and finds another at anchor,
the one coming in fires the salute to the
officer in command, we return the salute
and the officers board her to find her in
tentlons, in this case the most pleasant.
When the Phaeton came in she salut-
ed the Fort, then came to anchor. Our
saluting gun crew were at quarters
already when the Eng lishman opened
up and fired nine guns. Every n on
board looked at his mate. Our Flag
Lieutenant in full dress went over to see
about the nine guns, because, you see, a
Commodore rates eleven guns. By and
by he returned and the Phaeton tried it
again with Old Glory flying at the fore
peak. This time we returned the eleven
guns and broke the British flag at our
fore peak,-a white field with a red cross
and the Union Jack in the upper right
corner.
At 8 a. m. we play the Star Spangled
Banner-slow, while cold Glory" goes
up, then turn toward the Fort and play
the Mexican hymn ''Mexicanos al Critic
de Guerra, then about face and play
"God save the Queen for the "Lime-
ULCERS as they are cslled--by the way
| suck a lime every five minutes of the
day almost, they are very refreshing
after you get used to them.
Here is an illustration of Free Silver
as it works in Mexico. l bought a pine
apple for Is cents, paid a United States
two-bit piece and resolved in change 20
cents in Mexican money a United States
dollar to the barber for a two-bit hair
cut, returned me $3.50 in Mexican
money. One old woman, in her con
fusion, gave 20 cents in United States
change Tor two-bits out OF u United
States half dollar, in Mexican money
this amounted to 81. so.
We went ashore last night and played
for a ~''fete."
Everyone is outdore as 500 as the
sur goes down.
Girls, or rather ''Senoritss", babies,
old women, men and boys in an indis-
criminate mass filled the little plaza in
front OF one of the oldest churches in
America to hear the "Gringo' band. Be-
tween each number walters rushed to
the bandstand with cold drinks and
cigarettes. The bandboys tbeing Ger
mans) sighed for beer, and finally !
made the walters understand that ginger
ale and lemon water were fine things i'll
their way-but that beer was what they
were used to and if they couldn't get
that | WAS afraid they would all be sick
and could not continue the concert.
After the next number up came the
beer, a little piece of ice in each glass.
When l tell you the ice capacity of AGA
pulco is 200 lbs. per diem you will see
what a favor they showed US.
l had thought this letter would be
carried inland to Mexico City and from
there north, but l will send it today On
the "City of Panama"
The mail boat reports q revolution at
Corinto, and the ''Ph@ton" leaves this
afternoon for hat place, we follow next
week.
This ia SO much a "manana' country
that l wonder how the people get along
at all, it seems as if their favorite aphor-
ism should be "Never do today what
you can put off till tomorrow .
shall try and visit the old church
and the fort, which latter was blown
into the air by U. s. S. Frigate "lnde-
pendence" along in the 40's. One OF
our 6-inch shells exploded against that
fort would leave a hole in the ground
where was formerly a wall, and a q
FOUNDER solid shot would go clear
through it.
We rave no idea where we will be for
Christmas, somewhere between San
Diego aid Valparaiso-and that reminds
me, our mess man bought four chickens
for 20 cents. and ordered a big turkey