Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-02-22
Z Highland Boy III the
Philippines.
(CuNCLVUED IL THIS ISSUE. J

hing like an A'ier''dh ci''"H way
nnlysit comes once week; III Our
little pueblo" on Thursday, and IN
surrounding towns on other DAYS
80 that The merchants who travel
around the country always have Il
n}aee t. yell their wares, whlch |
consist Of most anything from
paper Of pms to bed room suite
The women arrive on the groundS
before the show with their eggs
chickens, bananas. pine apples
dried fish aud an uuSpeakahle con-
alomcration Of sea wcel, fish bones
and shrimp which they sell by the
tistfull. squat down any Old place
and await the arrival Of the pros
pcctiye customer with sweet visions
Of the elusive peso" coming Their
vag. TEen along cone the Chn o
merchants with bull catt aud /"
yellow bull and the show is open
Fhe jabberjng and The chatteFlng
which follows rivals the noise III
Ire wheat pit at the Chicago Board
Of Trade when Joe Letter is tryinG
to get a corner on the market.
It doesn't take long TO wipe mp
the supply OF products and one by
one the empty baskets are seen GO
ING homeward accompanied by q
few "pesos" and. Of course the wom-
en-. By twelve o'clock. noon, the
Chimes have packed up and are Oh
to the next town; the native po-
liceman have cleaned up the debris;
! the band plays latter the Ball. and
the circus is over.
a peso" or Mexican dollar goes
for so American money over here
IT'S eIspwnere ana when we come t(
divide it up into ''pesetas" and cru
tnvbs" and then translate it int
American money. we have a white
eleDhant on our hands, but We get
around it all By designating the two
different kinds Of currency, rs "Mel
and White" When we walk intt
native shack and ask the price 0:
any article, the next question Is
invariably-"White or Mex anc
as force Of habit is so strong ! sup
pose when we get back to God
country" again and some one tell
us that it is 20 minutes after z, W
will say, white or Mex"
A description of what the native
wear requires about as many word
rs a similar description Of the war
robe of a French ballet dancer
The men-A balm leaf "sombrero,
| culico trousers, a linen coat and
pleasant smile. The women We
I'm somewhat shy myself and Wit
, your kind permission, will respect
fully refer that to the committe
ON public safety. He lives iii
bamboo shack that his ancestor
2 built many generations ago, wit
"nipa grass for roof, atmosphei
for window panes and with c'linK
in the floor. Chickens roost on tn
sideboarl, the togs sleep on tn
door mat, and | presume to say IN,
t ibe e,er present. and in lisponslb
+ canine sleeps in the budolr, wit
/ the rest Of the family. At me;
e times they all squat down in tn
: middle of the floor, and all deIN
t into It common bowl Of dry cooke
rice and tish-kind OF a co-opefi
-, live scbeme-and what is left 90
3 through the chinks i'll the floor
d the hogs, chickens and dogs, WI
:; have been waiting with patient e:
e pectaDcy ever since mess call +
= the daily allowance. il there Ma
It mems to be none left, | presume tn
re are forced to get and do what '
have done when the ration wage
4 4 happened to baye been dltcht
!. rustic.
d That which seems so inexplica'
Al to me is the fact, that, while t
A. natives are so dirty about th
" " house and their seeming indltf'
e,ca as to the cleanliness OF wi
n, thew eat, they are the clea
~ ost ana nratest people as
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