The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-01
An Anderson Boys Impression OF Cuba.

Our fcll"wt"wm>nlan. Nh. j. W.
| Trowhrl.lsc. received he follow in.
letter Il few days ago from his son .lur.
who is one of the leaders al ,h, Band
of the 2nd Regiment. So v. NOW
stationed in Cuba. Knuwin. ll,ai il
would be read with inlcrc>i II, .lu.'>
many friends. we have been granted lli..
privilege of publishing ii:
HAVANA. CtEA. Jan. -. i>c,
DE\i FATHER: We received The tli>.
letters from yoii all l.el night that We
have gotten since we reached Cuba.
Sam WIS sick all day Yesterday. hnt
when the letters came IN li. ini.u, all
about ii. He is np AMI all ,i.lii thi,
morning. We have alt h,,m hard at
work cleaning UP lln. camp !"l til, last
few days. have h,,n out from camp
for Il mile or two. and l,a,r sen a
little of Cuba. c\lrci,r! 80 lind a
very flat AMI sandy country. hnl III
Slt;ld il is hilly and fertile. From u,ll
| camp NOll can sec i,l >rN,l ui ten
miles and the prc,iic>, bnilnn Lands
ever SAW. In some I,iar,~ 4. i r!tiiri
! rocky. but could >nni, hr cleared M.
and Il good farmer ,nlIl nlkc lnt> 81
money. They lai>c tW" crops al >un,.
things Il year l'"lA'w.>. tobacco ana
t sng:!r-":,," >svmi Ia ls. the .iiri mo-
ducts. These people :i,, :" laly that
! they won't half work II crop. lnil can
/ find royal palms. cnruanui>. oranges.
/ pincapplr> ami l"i~ ri "ili,l illil-
growing Wild. Tn, palms a;,. lnnm,l
inl. They look very much Like :. pal
mctto tree. only about three shines IL
tall. 1t is said that one .urnani.t
rlprns ON Il tree i"r every day III ih.
year. We can get nll W.. want in short
distance of our camp.
In the mornings from H. until r. I il,.
weather is us hot rs the mischief. bnt
the evening, and nights remind M. of
the first of Spring ut home. | have not
heard but two ool three mu>u,ltmS since
we got here We are troubled lot :
with Lizards and tree lrnyS. Most
every night some fellow will run out
OF his tent. shaking citlr one or ll..
other of of his clothes We hang on,
clothes on Il rope stretched across he
center of ON tent. Eugene it.lrIm.l ~,
To get his shirt and touched one of
! those frogs. Iirclnu. very knock :
ing down !!ir tent getting ont. He
~worr Il snake l,n,l hi him
Most of tl. Companies and officers
have small Cuban boys living with
them and arc trying to learn Spanish.
| Il L..
with him all The time and rides behind
him every where lir :.uS.
There is Il hi" park here that covers
about ten acrcs. AT night thousands
Of people sleep there on the ground.
Two OF our crowd went down down to
see the sights and drank too mucll
Cognac brandy. They got lnSt and
wound up in this park. They went To
| sleep OH one al The benches. The ncXi
morning one of them found that his
pistol had been taken ont of his pocket
and some one he'd taken the other fcl-
lows shoes and hat off.
All kind of people li>.1 1cl,--C Chinese,
Negroes. Indians. and all go together.
They do not object ;n the color Tie
CubanS and SIannrl> are rather dark
but as Il rule are very good look ing.
those that are not Scared MP by small
pON. The poorer cl,>S of men and
boys wear very thin and cheap cloth
ing. y large straw hat, IL yHi,zr Shirt
linen pants and cloth slippers are about
all they wear. They dn moi Wear I'M
icisloiii> AMI >nX.
he stores are all small aud dirty |
bclicv" y"h could buy ont most ni The.
stores in Havana from ten dollars ul,:
not Ovcra thousand for ihr llry..S, one
believe Il farmer OF carpenter woul,l
do well here now, bu, think it will hr
next fall before business opens mp in
good shape.
| AS soon lis we get to go up town ]
can tell you more about The place
| They still have yellow fever. small
poX and lcprnSy uptown. and am not
| too anxious to 30 there very often. |
believe the country about ten miles out
| from the city is as healthy as Anderson.
| All the sickness is caused from filth
Write soon. As ever your devoted
son, JOE.