The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-02-23
'nruRrRoM HAVANA,

..,. and some Of the combinations
.sCuban and American colors made
.hsutiful eHect-the pale blue of
S,ha against the navy blue of Amer
: :.n. the brighter red as against our
arp dark stripes. The .ellow and
I'D hats Of Spain were conspicuous
~ their absence, and with the ex-
.,s;on Of the one flag flying from
Marro Castle 1 seen no Others. But
It rs pass Oh and take in other
sights along Havana before dark ness
o,rrtook us. There is the Dairy
and milkman of Cuba another re-
hinder of the 18th Century. Of all
the pieces one would wish to find in
Havana dairy is certainly the ear
lest 10 the newcomer. You see the
uws munching their feed 1.-THE very
eutrance of these places, and if you
vpre unable to see, your sense OF
smell would direct you Alright to a
Mace where milk is sold fresh from
ihe COW. There is decided "bjec-
tions to having the stable so close to
the living apartments, place of busl-
ness, etc. yet the chances for the
dishonest milkman are greatly di-
miuished. Next door to the Dairy
refer to in this instance was a
butcher shop, and it seemed to me
this was a well selected location but
would prefer to have my butcher
shop, dry goods store, etc. a mile
away. Wejourneyed on feasting on
the luxurient gardens which sur
round some of the cases along the
way, the tall cocoanut trees, palms
and banana trees lined the route,
specially as we neared the city linz
its. Reaching small suberb, call
ed Punta Grande, ! think, we seen
by the street lights that we were ap-
preaching an eating house of some
description. We were all nearly
famishcd and lost no time tumbling
out and in to this way-side hostelry,
which must have resembled the old
time inns which many years ago lin
ed the Lancaster turnpike and old
Conestogo road.
If required u good appetite to eat
ameal in this place and still better
constitution to digest it, we were
aided in the latter by the roughness
of the ride before us. All tie bread
(pahn) l have seen in this country is
abominable and ispossiblya mixture
of gum arabic and unrolled -four.
You can tear it apart much better
than cut it with a knife. l asked
for glass of milk in this cafe, look
ing forward to a nice cool drink
such as can be obtained at any eat
= ing house in, the United States, hut
was doomed to disappointment
again. A mug resembling Il shaving
cup as nearly as anything | have
seen was placed before me and a
boiling liquid poured therein from
an ancient looking pitcher of stone.
1t was milk all ght but hot enough
TO boil eggs. | was obliged to order
what | wished to eat according o
my limited knowledge OF Spanish 50
you can readilyappreciate had very
little variety. 1t wasquite dark now
and we were still two Or hree miles
from our destination. fIt was no
trouble to keep on the right road as
we had but to follow the wagon
trains of the army which used this
road continually. When we first
caught sight of camp fires we made
a halt and inquired for directions to
First Division Headquarters, which
we had anticipated would be estab-
lished before we reached camp. We
were greatly disappointed to find
that no arrangements had been made
for our accommodation for the night,
and that we would have to take it
in true soldier fashion. Without
lights of any kind it was no easy
matter to locate our camp equipage
but each and every one of us scour-
ed the grounds for tents and tent
fixtures. We found two large hos
pital tents plenty large enough to
shelter the party. We were all
novices at putting up tents and the
darkness added greatly to our dis
comfture, hut we were full of de-
termination to pass our first night on
Cuban soil in true soldier fashion.