The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-03-14
FROM CUBA,
NED CAMPBELL TALKS OF RAIS-
ING ONIONS.
Bnt is Discouraged Because No
Weeds Grow in Cnba.
HOTEL WARRINGTON,
HAVANA, CUBA, March 8, 1899.


DEAR SISTER HARRIKTT:
have been here three days now and
am enjoying myself very much. There
is lots to see but you have to know
some Spanish before you can do much.
The first thing one ought to do is to
learn how to make change in their
money az they will beat you every time,
Then after you get the run oi their
money you never know how much you
are worth, for their money is changing
every day. Today it is 81 33. tomorrow
it is $1.2S, to make q 81 90 of our money
and that is the way it goes.
have just picked up enough Spanish
words 90 that can make the cabmen,
street car conductors. ETC., understand
with the assistance of the little
American that they know, and get
into fuss with every other one, but
taking it all together get along very
we'll and have not experienced as much
trouble as I expected to in getting
around.
think shall get room in private
family. The place I am thinking of
going, the daughter has spent some
time in New York and Philadelphia
and speaks very good English or rather
Yankee. She said she would teach me
Spanish. One of the Second Ohio boys
from Co. B, is stopping there and he
says they are very nice folks.
Yesterday went to see Gen. Keller
but he was not there, his son, Capt.
Horace Keifer. was there, and
III am going to 60 out sgain
tomorrow, and we are going for horse
back ride through the country.
The country here is fine. The nearest
thing ever saw that was anywhere like
it is Mad River Valley, below West Lib
erty, if all the houses were gone. Nice
level fields with not Q weed in sight
That is one of the strange things abou,
this part of the country. They DOM
have any weeds around here at all, and
the grass is Just fine. A farmer woulC
have no trouble in keeping his fencs
corners clean of weeds here.
They can raise Q crop Of onions here
in 25 days, and potatoes in 80 days. They
only plough the fields with q stick ane
two oxen that 60 80 slow that yor
have to put up q stick and come bach
in half An hour to see if they hav'
moved. They only plough an acre I
day But then what is the use of then
working any harder? ALI they want i
enough to eat and the ground is 9,
rich that they don't have to work it. I
they did, would get such q large crol
they would not know what to do will
it.
Apples are 80 cents q dozsn, pear
so cents apiece, eggs 10 cents each.
1 am going to have some thing
changed here. All of the Cuba1
police VINO can not speak Yankee, I an
going to discharge. a,so am goin
, to have them put the COW and chick
ems in the parlor. / think it is
shame to keep them out in the hal
where they can get all of the dir
from the street.
, When the milk man goes aroun
to deliver milk he takes his COWS wit
him, and when he comes to your doc
, he stoops, asks how much you wan
and then sits down and milks tn
. amount you want, so you are sure t
. get pure milk this way, for he has n
, chance to water it. 1t cost 8Oc
gallon.
don't think will work for the Gov
, eminent, but think I can make m
, expenses any way.
think 1 will 60 to Matanzas, Nor
day, or some time next week.
Chaplain @. B. Crawford of our reg
i ment, il here somewhere, but I hav
J, not seen him yet. I have met sever
r people I knew in the army.
/ think Gen. Rosser has gone hom
have not been able to find him ye
The women here have the handsome
= est eyes ever saw, and the pure Span
ish part of the Cuban women Al
:, handsome, but they all use too mue
powder.
. Your Loving Brother,