The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1900-10-12
Cape Town, South Africa,
August 21, 1900.


The war now is over, as far az very
serious fighting is concerned. Now it re-
mains for Lord Roberts to clear up the
country. To do this requires a large
army, as the country is so large and the
Beers split up into small parties. have
just seen another train load of Boer
prisoners come in. Am only aorryI did
not have my camera with me passenger,
cattle, coal and box cars, filled with the
prisoners. They looked like wild men,
dirty, ragged and many without hats.
The train ran alongside ia steamer, and
they were marched on board and started
for st Helena. They call the ocean s'the
big dam." as the only water they have
ever seen are the dams on the mines. On
the steamer they have trouble in getting
them to take bath, ,as not one in thous-
and has ever had one. Most of them
before getting to st Helena, will learn
som ething about cleanliness, though thew
may not think it "next to godliness."
Inc plot last week to assassinate all
the English officers in Pretoria, had it
succeeded, would have been a horrible
thing. It was originated by Beers, who
only few days before, had taken the
oath OF neutrality and surrendered their
arms. Lord Roberts allowed them to
live in their homes and Immediately thew
got up this plot. 1t shows how much
Boer oath amounts to. There are the
men who 60 around with Bible in their
jackets asking for sympathy on account |
OF their religion. wonder how long it |
will be before the world finds out iust
how much they are to be trusted. Thew
have no affection whatever for Amari-
cans now since they can get no interven.
tion from them. Last week the Ameri-
can Consul General wanted to 90 up to
Pretoria, so special train was made up
for him, flying the American flag. Up
In the Free State the Beers tore up the
track, ditched the train, set fire to it and
burned it up clean. The Consul found
himself on the Veldt with nothing to do
but count the ties to the nearest station.
1t will probably be some weeks yet be-
fore we get up to Johannesburg, as the
single track railroad from here is taxed
to it's utmost to get supplies up for the
great army. We have two carloads of
machinery now at East London and Dsr.I
ban waiting for chance to get it up.
Our Johannesburg man writes that DO.
tatoes there are worth $40 a bushel, fl our
$l2.oO per 100 pounds, sugar zoe pound,
no meat, condensed milk or kerosene at
any price. Am very sorry for thousands
of poor fellows here at Cape Town. They
came here at the commencement OF the
war with few hundred pounds from
;he mines. Their money is gone and
great suffering must ensue II they cannot
30 back to work soon. They are living
anywhere and everywhere, some in
tables.
Have had some delightful rides in Mr.
'srk's locomobile, the first ever seen in
south Africa. This afternoon took long
ide around the shore where we could
ee the Indian Ocean. 1t is said to be
be finest marine drive in the world
leaving Cape Town one follows along
eautiful road cut on the side of the
mountain. Looking down you see the
waves breaking on the rocky shore, look
ng up almost perpendicularly you sec o.
he top OF the mountain nearly 1000 feet
bove you. Far north of US we could II
ee mountains 1000 feet high, their tops K
overed with snow, glistening in the sun a.
ght. The air was warm and balmy like II
ur May days at home. As we pas sed
aany of the old Dutch people, they
TODD with mouths open and said,
Another Yankee invention" And no
7onder they said 80, for it is q wonderful
1ventlon. One can 20 like the wind and l.
p bills which have never seen the like " ~
t outside of Africa. A horse that never
res, some water and a few cents worth -.
gasoline are all that is needed to make y
60 as long as you wish. Every year 1 =.
m more and more fond of living in the ~
ountry and you need not be surprised If w ~
ome day come back to live in South u
rltain; wouldn't like to get all my liy- ~
g I fl d farm though. We are having ".
ne Spring weather now. There is very ~,
tile winter here, only few nights in =.
hich there is any frost. The grass is ~, ~
reen the year round and the flowers in " "
le beautiful gardens bloom all the year.
be new leaves push the old ones off the
ees Without their changing color. You 81
ill notice in the snap shots of groups in
70 gardens of the Mount Nelson Hotel,
9 great beautiful palms.-[B. M.
itchell. W
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