The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-03-01

cousin, Daniel 0. Hud3Iessn. 3 x, sn,6el
or the 10th Pa, Regt. U. $. Vols. The
writnr is a son of the late James Huddle.
son, well remembered by all our Older
residents, and who was one of the bows
that shouldered his musket - went to
the frolNA>R6l. The letter IS dated Dec
30, lS9s, and as follows;
received your letter some time AGO,
but as th9re was no mail leaving there
was no use in my being in any hurry 10
reply. There is no daily mail in this for
saksn place, which has been Inhabited
by people who were supposed to y civ
ilized since the time that walled cities
were in vogue, and still the majority OF
the natives are only half civilized al
though many are very intelligent. A
great deal of the population of the city oil
Manila Is composed Of Cinnamon who do
the most of the store business that is done
on a small scale, while the Spanish do the
big business of the town.
There ave but two street car lines in the
city and they are tram cars at that. ThO
principle mode of travel is the carimet
a jOlting concern with two wheels, and
which rides almost as smooth as a narrow "
gauge car. The reason it only has two
wheels is that it costs a dollar a month
tax for each wheel, and there are thous.
ands OF them in the city, although there
is hardly a single one to be seen to-day,
as 1t has been Just one year to-day since
DR.. Rial, one of the most popular men in
all the islands, was executed by fhe Span
ish for being N sympathy with the ma
tives and asking reform in the tax law
He was educated in U. s., and could
speak eight different languages. He was
executed on the public execution grounds
where hundreds OF the best of the natives
in Manila have been executed.
The boys of the Tenth have had an ex-
tremely hard time of it since they rsacheu
Manila, but they are living a great deal
better now. For Xmas we had a verv
good dinner of which / herewith send
you the "Bill Of Fare" none of tie boys,
however, have been sick from overfeed-
ing, although none of them ate any sup
per,
The boys are all expecting te get home
and want to get out of this place, for it is
a very filthy hole and is getting worse
every day. No person whe has never
been here can form an idea of the condi-
ton of the streets. At high tide the
water raises 10 within one foot of being
on a level with the street, so the drainage
is not very good.
Mosquitoes! 1t would drive Jersey
man crazy with envy to see quality so
much superior to any he has ever seen.
do not think there is single (unmar-
ried) mosquito OF the island. They all
have families.
The horses here are nearly all small.
a large horse is as much of a curiosity as
a circus parade in country town. The
average size is $50 pounds. l have only
seen one large horse in Manila.
There was fire in Manila few nights
ago and it was curiosity. 1t took As
minutes for the hook and ladder and en-
gine to got to the fire. Just before the
hose cart reached the fire the horse
baked and four men got behind the cart
and pushed the herse, cart and all right
to where it was wanted.
Even the people here are small. The
Most of them are five feet or under, while
few are of respectable size. But the
Spaniards here are fine, large fellows, and
look just as if they could give you knife
kehind and think nothing more oft.
soldiers that are here.
ID. @, HUDDLEsoN