The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1899-11-03
The BEE.
Newtown, Friday. Nov. 8, 1899
CIRCULATION;
Last Week, SSOO
taKuARY I, Tses 900
LitChfeld County.
WASHTN
A WASHINGTON BOY IN MANILA.

A WASHINGTON bO1 AN mAN1AAs
Ibave lust returned from Manila, after
spending nearly all day there. I was on
guard all day yesterday. and finished
this morning. 1t is the first guard that /
have been on since we landed, and iG
happened that l got q special guard. /
was detailed with three men to guard a
building filed with supplies. The build
ing was in the worst part of the city, and
several attempts had been made to rob It..
So we had to keep our eyes open. Moth
iTg happened, however, SO we had no
tr Juble. The regiment was paid yeste r.
day, and as the men haven't been paid In
two months, they are feeling quite hap
Ply
As haven't anything of Importance
TO write about, I will have TO give you an
idea of Manila and les people. About
the first thing that / saw this morning
on entering the city was Filipino fu-
neral, one of the better class. The hearse
was like the ones used at home, only it
was open on all sides. The chief mourn
ers walked behind the hearse, and be-
hind them came long string or friends.
Nearly all of them, men and women,
were smoking big cigars or cigarettes.
1t was a strange sight TO u.s. who mad new.
er seen such a sight. Later in the day l
saw a different kind of funeral, one OF
the poorer class. When one OF that class
dies, the body is placed in q box, and
then two men called "body police" come
along, place the box on their heads and
take it to the "Potter's Field" AbOnt
quarter of mile from camp Ia GEM
etery. There are two walls around 1t,
one inside of the other. Inside Of the in
ner wall is an open piece OF ground, in
which all the soldiers who have died, are
buried. The two walls which surround
this ground are used as vaults. When
anyone ia to be buried there, q hCl9 is
made in the wall, the casket Ia placed In
it, the he le is then cemented up, and
slab is placed in the end, TO mark the
grave. | went through Old Manila first,
as it ia tue oldest and most interesting
part of the city. 1t is surrounded by
big wall which Is covered with old-fash-
Toned cannon. In one part of the city,
and facing the oceaa, is Fort Santiago,
one of the olde st fC rts on the island.
Some of the guns in 1t are nearly as old
rs the fort itself. The fort ia now being
used as an arsenal. The greater part Of
the buildings are very CID, and fast going
to ruin. There are great number OF old
churches here. l went through the
Chul ch of San Sabastien, one of the old
est. You know how the Catholic church
es re decorated home. It ia the same
-
church is the palace. Next to the
churches 1t ia the finest building in Old
Manila. Gen Otis is using 1t now as the
headquarters for the army. Opposite
Old Manila on the other side Of the Pasig
River, ia the city of New Manila, or BIZ
nando, as it Is called by the Spaniards.
1t is about twice as large as Old Manila,
and is the business center, as 1t ia con-
nected with all the open country. The
populate consists chiefly Of Chinese
Japanese and a mixture OF both. The
mixture is the Filipino. The Filipinos
In the city are very quiet class, but out
side they are inclined TO be ugly. There
are two street car lines running In the
city. Ore runs to Old Manila and the
other to Malste. The cars are like our
old-fashioned horse cars, only great
deal smal er, and are drawn by little
ponies. They are no larger than Shet-
land ponies, but are the strongest little
animals ever saw. With the exception
of the u. S. cavalry horse and mule, they
are the only horse used here. All the
heavy work is done by water buffsloes.
They are animals which have been tanned
and trained to draw q cart. They look
| like the OK, but have a thick hide like
curve outward and backward until they
neal ly touch the shoulders. To see them
being driven along by their native
drive r3 anyone would think that they
had no life in them, but one Of the boys
and myself came very near getting tossed
| in the air by one of them. We were
wslking along one Of the streets the othel
day, when we heard what we supposed
was q man riding on q horse. We didn't
turn around until the noise was within
ten feet of US, and then we both looked
1 = nF
the water buffaloes running wild
Jumped one way and the other fellow
dumped the other, and the bull went be
tween us. We chased him for nearly q
quarter of mile, buC we had NO show
Nth him. The natives who drive tn
buffAloes, are as thick-headed as the ami
mails. Tney will get their carts stucl
fast in q mudhole and spend half an hou
swearing at the buff. }, before they tr!
to get out. That Ia If they sre not work
ing under a soldier. About quarter o
a mIls ir)m our camp Ia one Of the his
torical Llaces 10 Manila. 1t ia q small
park, called the ''Luneta." 1t Is all opel
ground and overlooks the ocean. 1t ha
roadway around it, and along this road
way is low wall. In the center of tn
park is q bandstand. About half a mil
away from the park ia a prison. Thi
park was the place where the SPANS
killed all OF their prisoners. About ono
week the people would all turn ont t
see the prisoners shot. The prisoner
would be placed upon the wall, and the
the Spanish soldiers would have the
target practice. After they were all she
down the band would play, and the da
would be turned into a holiday. It's Il
wonder the Filipinos hate Spsniards, an
that ends that subject. We are expect
ing to make q move soen. Battalions o
the Regiment, the Fad and Sd, are wal
ing for orders to 20 to Iloilo, on the 4
land of Panay. Our battalion the LIST,
} expecting to be ordered to the island I
a Cebu. -Four hundred miles nearer tE
I Equator, Phewl don't thing that W
will 90 right away as the fighting hs
commenced again, and every man in CD
regiment is anxious to get on the line
D will close now as we have got to tul
In soon.-[ Ben Foulois, Manila, SepteE
i Der 8.
HALLOWEEN PARTIES.
Fl A very jolly time Is reported at Il
Halloween social held at the home
Willie and Ruth Pond. The night W
o dark and dreary, very suitable time I
Q ghosts to appear. The happy guests O.
b ebrated the evening with many OF G
time honored games and Amusement
r. ha