The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-03-15

ing. After short time they began
to fail and ere long they could not
be made to produce one-third of
what might have been expected of
them. However, if some party
should come here and make study
of the situation and it's attendant
obstacles before investing extern
sively, it might prove bonanza.
A milk wagon here is repre-
sented by savage dressed in al
most a yard of ribbon around his
loins with yoke over his shoulder,
at each end bangles a gallon Jug
filled with goat or buffalo milk.
The mouths of these jugs are filed
with grass or almost any old thing
that chances to be handy. After all
the disadvantages of coming from
poor source in the first place and
being carried from two to five miles
on a dog trot in sour jugs and
aboundantly favored with grass and
leaves, this concoction sells at 80
cents quart.
All heavy draying is done by the
water buffalo. This animal can be
successfully engineered by China
man only. AS soon as a buffalo
finds his water getting below the
second gauge, he starts out on his
own accord to find some moisture.
At such times I have learned by past
experience to be close to house as
they are all built up off the ground
high enough to let you under.
The natives all love their buffalo,
but hate and despise their ponies.
They beat them almost to death and
the heavier the load the faster they
make them 60. The poor things are
scarce 48 inches high and weigh
from 600 to 800 pounds. A good
six mule dray might be profitable
investment here.
Judging from what I have seen,
imagine person would run con-
siderable risk in making much in
vestment here in commercial bust
ness of any kind. The Spaniards
patronize their own countrymen and
the natives never buy anything for
hole cut in the bottom of -four
sack furnishes them with an ample
wardrobe for year. AS for the
soldiers they are furnished with all
the clothes they need. Again a
large stock Of goods would be hard
to protect should there ever be an
other uprising. Fires of an incen-
diary origin are more to be feared
than anything else, for the servants
in your employ are the ones to be
feared and not the enemy outside
the city. l had a little experience
in this line myself not long ago;
during general call to arms, was
placed as a guard over a retail com
missary sales room, with orders to
pay no attention to the enemy out
side the gates, but to shoot down
the first native servant who acted
the least suspicious.
There is one trade which is not
represented here at all, to speak of,
and that is good American bakery.
There are two places here where
one can get some dough pellets
called buns, but as yet no one
seems to have developed his di-
gestive organs to a sufficient extent
to take care of them.
I would also add to the list of
profitable investments, a lodging
house which would accommodate the
rich and the common people alike.
Already Americans are coming in
to Manila, and about the first thing
they inquire after is a boarding
place. If the sharpers succeed in
creating a gold stampede there
would be no question at the hotel
man e SnccaSS
A saw mill would be able to do
land Office business here. I was
through the only mill in the city the
other day and it took them thirty
minutes to whip off Is foot board.
Cinnamon do most of the lumber
saving with rip saw. The timber
is all hard wood, such as mahogany
and a wood resembling oak.
T. w. ANDREWS.
Manila, Jan. %.
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