The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-29

profitable cXcrtipn. ami have adopted
the easier plan pf Substituting mum
brr, for activity. Every store Office
and house la- from two 70 three times
as many lclrcr- am! -crvants about Il,
would be seen IN a similar place in
America. and nearly all Of them seem
t. be rc-ti,, from the little labor hat
ha, brcn done. Even American en-
cry viii wear itself away III time
AGAINST the solid rock Of Filipino in
crtia sleep seems IL ,c nnc thing to
be desired and altogether lovely to the
Filipino. The cochrro. "a soon as his
cargo leaves the carriage for few
minutes, goes to slcer on his box, or
snoozc> upon the seat inside, with his
chocolate colorcd feet hanging out Of
the window. rcckinr not Of the busy
world until Il vigorous prod in the ribs
restores him to life. 1t is the same
with all help about the Office or house.
Such Il thing as the delivery Of goods
from retail stores is unknown and
even wrapping them up to be carried
by the purchaser is not considered
necessity. If one goes into tobac-
conist $ for Il box Of cigars it is hand
ed to him over the counter unwrappcd.
If he. by pantomine or the use of his
Spanish at Il glance succeeds in
conveying the intelligence that he de-
sires his purchase wrapped up, a
search is instituted for a piece Of
newspaper, and if this be found, the
box is cnvelopcd in it and handed to
him with courtly bow but without
string. "A few bakery wagons may be
seen going from house to house and
icc-carts and sodawater carts; but be-
yond these, regular delivery vehicles
are unknown.
Nor is the early morning made mel
odious by the clattcr Of milk wagons.
! Genuine cows milk is SC ,rce article
F; here. The water buffalo supplies most
of the milk used, snow-white liquid
containing little cream and having a
flavor none too pleasant to the Ameri-
can palate. There arc few Austria
liam cattle kept in the suburbs of Ma
Mia, apparently of Durham aud Devon
extraction. but their milk is linu;i
gold in comparison with the other.
have seen many small dcer-lilSo Anda
lusian cattle, much resembling Jer-
scys but they give only thimbleful
of milk. and number of the white,
bumped, sacred cows Of India" we
used to stare at in the menageries. but
the latter are Of little value either for
mill: or beef. Instead Of milk wagons
bare-legged milkmen trot about with
long -necked jars or bamboocd cylin-
ders hanging from either end of the
pole carried on the shoulder. All but
Ter is i..irortcd in tins and is a luxury
for the rich only. Wit u lu1uriant
growth of grass the entire year, this
ought to be Il paradise for cattle, and
perhaps Americans will develop its
possibilities in this respect.
The substitute for the butcher cart
and the grocer wagon is the basket
Of woven bamboo carried from the
market on the head of the customer.
almost invariably woman, a term in
cluding girls of ten years and tooth
less croncs. Everything to eat is sold
at the 'Nlcrcndo. of which there arc
half a dozen in the city. But let not
the reader think Of Fulton market,
where crisp vegetables, fresh meat, or
clean fish tempt the eye. Let him
rather picture to his mind large
building. an open court, or group of
bamboo stalls, dirty, vilc-sme..ing.
+ and unpleasant to the eye, where
crowds of women, sprinkled with the
male servants Of white residents. make
their daily purchases and hagglc as
long over ten cent bargain as white
man would over a railroad contract.
There are stalls that contain nothing
bat rice, much inferior to that seen in
American markets Another has q
few bananas, squashes, radishes, pota-
toes, including poor quality of sweet
potato. beans, peppers, tomatoes of
small size. etc. Another has little
joint of meat, generally pork, and an
other several kinds Of fish including
a miniature specimen. Of which dozen
could be picked up on spoon, and
which are eaten raw as IL great deli
cacy by the natives
One stall has small clans, another
the little native oysters, and another
shrimp or prawns. Still another is
devoted to chickens, the great edible
staple Of the Filipinos next to rice