Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-25

82.io and the cars will take YOU for
~ cents. Trinidad is only three MIL,
inland-or rather upland. and tho JTiys
thereto, along the green slopes OF Ioek.
out Mountain, Is delightful Tha rify
u the Holy Trinity is one "
me Oldest w cuba. founded iss1
than year after Santiago and within
twenty years Of Santo Domingo. 10
FIRST ON the Western Homiaphere. Csns
turtles ago the now almost f1rrottsn
place had its stirring and romantic Ma.
tory. Columbus sailed into ita nav ma
hamed the three peaks Of the ovor-
HhhdoWinE mountain "El TRINIDAD"
Diego de Velazquoz founded IN t5Vn
On i5ibl. Don Luis Bassecourt achieyed
here bis famous victory over Inn.
british men-uf-wnr, after three dags
N hard fghting. and the English COR
salr; Irant drove out all other pirates.
In tho year log. For two hundred
years the locality suffered coutinu1tsIy
from plraticul attacks. and countless
bloody traditions are connected with
the Vale Of the Holy Trinity. fnds,I.
Il II said that the richest cltlzens of inc
place are descendants Of the old sea.
robbers and cut-ihrunta. who turned
respectable when piracy went out uf
fashion. with their ill-gottcn gains
they bought lands and built manor
houses, gave large sums 90 the pr-rHts
Tor abolition. and became pillars Of
church and state.
one who does not mind hard climbing
finds Trinidad the most charming I'D
cities, with It's antique caana nnd plifn-
shaded gardens. o. rambling. up.hu
streets and the glorious views over the
valley u golden cane on one hand. and
the Caribbean, dotted with
PALM-FRtNGED
islands. on the other The populatl8n
" now about 1900. though time was
when u counted twice that number
Swept by both mountain and ocean
brrczoH, with neither excessive heat NOR
cold from year 60 year. the climate is
na near perfection uH one can hope To
lnd ON this mundane sphere. Thlueh
sanitary measures OF any Kind are uu-
known IN Trinidad, u ~ BY an odds tho
healthirat town IN Cuba, being 30 site
uatcd that tho harder the rains. tho
cleaner Il becomes. Yellow Jacket b4a
est dcath.ratc ~ officially stated AZ a
In 1000. The streets of Trinidad are ua
narrow a. the nurruwcst la SPANISH
America, but extremely picturesque,
with their lnw.wnllcd, rough. tiled
houses, and high-HoundluR titles over
the doors. Like those OF Havana,
some OF them have awnings stretched
across from side 10 side, unording CJm-
plutc protection from sun and rain. Ia
the arlHtocratic quarter the CnaaH arc
mostly uf stone, and some % them lre
very Imposing, with archcd entrances
ana much-boatuccocd faCndDs Inter.
iorally, they diner from those OF lla-
yann by having no dividing waits be-
tween the roomsHunly the kitchens ana
sleeping apartmt .tH being partlaNy
pnrtitlonod. The rtst are a series VI
open avhcH.-vust. hlgh-ccillngod ox.
punscu. affordinF free circulation Of ale
and magnificent pcrapcctiyes " marble
f0ura, rich frcHCocs, mirrOrcd panels
and tasteful furnishings. There are
two or three thlrd-claHs hotels Ia the
town and more than "a bakers dozen
mcs0nos. II Is 90 be hoped that you
viii not be left TO tho tender mer0lca
OF any u them, having brought letters
uf Introduction. The citizens are pro.
verbally hospitablc. and 20 them the
visit OF a foreigner, fresh from
THE OUTER WORLD.
II a godscnd. The only drawback "a
the place II It's extreme Loneliness and
tho feeling Il produces Ia the stranger
Of complete Isolation from hia kind.
Surely. this IL the heart of the Land
wherein Il II always afternoon
Everybody seems to sleep through the
hours Of sunshine. Take a long walk
at midday, even through tho business
portion OF the city, aud you will meet
only here and there a lazy donkey OF
a sleeping dog,-not a human creature
In sight except, at rare Intervals .
anndalled servant Hhufillng along the
shady side ~ wall. The nearest az.
proach 60 llfe and gnicty In Trinidad
il seen on Thuraday evenings and Sun.
day afternoons, whom tho "rctrctu'
takes place In tho plaza GARLIC. The
big square IN tho middle " the town
opposite tho governors residence, u
beautiful place and In some respects
differs from any other plaza have seen
In t'Mhu. In tho contra la IA largo
DoME-L1KE ARBoR
covered with vines and roses. from
which stone walks rndlutC like gpuka
In a whcel-all boriered with flower
beds ana shaded ornamental foliage
Around the outskirts OF this park 81
tends a broad stone promenade, u
'pasco, I'm local parlnncc which u
separated from the mnlu garden BY {
fanclful iron railing. and from thi
street by low stone coping. pro-
fusion Of gas Tampa nnordH brilliant
illumination ana the efeot II beauufl
nj night. amid the dense green foliage
when bands play and youth and beau
~ throug the pnsco,
Tho Campo del Marie IN another fine
large plaza near the southeastern ens
Of the town. with barracks and driIl
ground for the large spanish garrlsot
that used 10 be maintained here. TIT
most attractive resort In the place. u
my fancy. Is the point known as th,
watch Tower" several hundred irfl
above the town where the old Ernlu
de IN POpa. C'1lermitage OF the pope
clinEs like birds nest TO the mountain
side. IL Is easily reached on horse hiee
or IN volnntc. by a rustic road wind'
ing under pines and palms, past straw
matched huts and the great mlllinl
hospital. To 20 up at either end or th'
day-to see the sun rise above the go
comparable valley OF tho Holy TRINITY
and illumine the heights that cneom
pass H. or sink 10 rest among the gregi
Gays Of the Western ocean, IL worn
having been born.
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.