The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-19
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Manila. p. L.. June II. 1900
an NE little line 10 tell you of our trip
~ yesterday TO f.olomboy. about TWEEN
~ or so miles up on the Dagnpan
railway Well. about a. m. We took a
carriage and rode 70 the depot and waited
there until o. WHEN the train left. This
train In great Improvement over the
funny little train that goes to Malabon
and stil this is small and odd enough.
'"rhe country about Manila is very pref
~ indeed and ruii of interest. II Is all
very level except in the far distance where
you sec the CLEAN Of blue hills. u was
perfect morning. The air unusually cool
and pleasant II seefned 70 US. On either
side OF the train you see paddy fields for
rice, just now very bare and brown. You
sce now and then some big palm trees
and long lines OF graceful bamboo with
their light dainty foliage.
Here and there you meet some .
gfsh little stream and wallowing IN the
mud, one or more carabao, or water bur
falo. These animals are much larger than
l thought before came 10 Manila. They
have immense horns. oh very. very largo
horns. Some ara quite straight and IL
makes Mr., Carabao look a. II he laid claim
10 tho whole country road as he walks
along. Near some group OF fne old tropi-
cal trees you see a picturesque little
nipa hut with several people near II
and I declare some Of them made the
dearest little pictures one could imagine.
There In so much coloring here In nature
and the dress OF the natives that II seems
hardly real. Very, very pretty, too. oh.
there IL much of beauty all about our
paths II We but stop TO trace g.
Uish 10 an Old Stone Monastery.
''weli. at last the train stopped about n
- -. q b.
and there was our friend Mr.. Donneiy
waiting for us with two caramettas to
drive us up TO his house. He had prcmis-
ed me 10 meet VA with carahao carts and
] was a little disappointed for Thought
II would he real novel 70 ride up IN one
OF them. The house would indeed, have
Interested you. II In on old monastery
built about one hundred and nifty years
ago. II II very large. indeed. and Ia all
walled IN by hish stone wall with a dig
gateway In front. This defense was auIte
necessary To them In trouheus times
IL was dream to SEQ this old place. to
me 80 full ~ romance and interest rhe
great stone walls OF the building and big
rambling tiled roofs Mr.. pannely took us
MI over the house and e contained many.
many rooms and also chapel with an
altar and Images OF Christ aud the Virgin.
and Mfr bonneiv showed us where thnv
had found atty thousand dollars when ina
place was sacked during "a. late war IA
was little secret recess nesr the altar.
MT ponnrly has charge OF the Mx
plantation on which this house IA II ls
owned aow ny some Engllsh COMPANY.
and contains more than sAea acre. n,
liant Pight outside Of the watts i tho
town ~ little nlpa hoases where tho
hst'N'r i've Il Il n typical native VIZ
laEe-not spanish house theFe-au M
tive, and 50 interesting
lilt W will
later First NE VIII att Ia the big room
Nr. Donneiy occupies. The ane room Il
tis enough for an ordinary hoas.. ana
balconies overlook hsoad stretch Of levol
ecurtFy and a number Of little rivers ana
the hlue ~ the distRut hills beyond There
Nc all SAT aud talked Until dinner was
rNaay We had ainner IN a handsome. al
rvan, with winaaNS en- all at three slass'
and these all dung eren. nnta Ii ma IA
the blg room seem ilke an immense hal.
eonys
''Roafa Arssricsnc" q Great cu-taafs
Well after dinner We went Ia sse me
yu'axo on theHe deaF latie niea hats-
love them arm the second whiio Wo.
ntsa ~ho has ever been tn Lo,nmboy -
WAS quite curiosity The praris
floeked out iRto the street. aaa an wa.
rarnne crowd 0f chliirrn followed after.
fairly blocking the narrow gule streets
they would ay ~ me attle spseish they
knew Bonita Aweflssna' tseauttsa
Amcrtcanl. ia, ha' Mamma. yea atdn'
realise What a handsome DAUGHTER ynu
bad fid yogs WAY peolslr aey& eut inte
the STREETS 20 sSe heff one Filipino ~
snau cailc1 % me ana brought me a lal
81 n#tiVr aiWms Th~y We're realty eaafs
uSe crahaprie> than p'aus, but vess
swrgf nna wtFS
MY nannely tAo& us % she nigga hsas,
cf his F1i,pino secretary this dearest Wf
tie house YOU ever saw. al matched wgtn
nipa on the cgtsi2t, hat inside as sweo
ana alpan "a YOU would EARS 90 src. Tbs
fioor " woven hanASoo. aud wa.nss0tius
~ banboo. and the sides and roof wovef
e. smooth. Il see -ne,l. Aa mating Tn.
Mira Is SO woven lGtc tfese roofs thAs n
s. smooth amt pretty inside. a feature so.
Nopld htiic suspect 70 hook at the shasK,
looking aRpeaganee ~ the hats On ta'
outside. lle hS3 a looking GLASS hanklnl
on the wall ana a Picture 81 the VirSin
With n wreath 90 ARTIFICIAL aowerS ahou
~ inside the frame. II WAS one Of I'll,
nicer houses, 81 course, as this Filipino