Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-11

enos Ayres or Montevideo, where the
flashing and lustrous jewels, rich and
handsome gowns, and the beauty OIL
the women are absolutely unmatched
in any or all of the great capitals of
the world. The equipages are of the
same rich and luxuriant style, and fit
to belong to the day and hour.
Houses Luxurious.
"Fhe houses are luxurious and ma
ny of them veritable palaces Their
architecture is Spanish. with touches
of the Renaissance. The mildness OF
the climate is such that great roomy
houses are easily afforded as they do
not have to be heated in the winter
time, and in the summer they are al
ways cool ana pleasant. Band con-
certs summer nights enliven the times,
and the best of classical music is play
ed. Life is made delightfully."- pictur-
esque and enjoyable. AS on the con-
tinent only two meals a day are serv.
ed; coffee and rolls on arising, break
fast at noon, and dinner, served in
courses in the evening.
Sobriety Is Universal.
"The wines are of excellent charac
ter and abound in use universally. The
sobriety is equally universal. Drunk
enness is almost unheard of there. Ir.
the four years that l have been in
Montevideo l have seen less drunken.
ness during the entire time than can
be seen on afternoon in a small coun-
try town when the miners are paid off.
Being the son of somebody or other
cuts no figure with them. The Roman
Catholic is the state religion and the
almost universal religion, and as usu.
al the women are the most numerous
and devout attendants. Bull fights
are not now permitted and the trend
against the old Spanish amusements
! is growing.
| Large Herds of Cattle.
Great herds of sheep and cattle are
seen in Uruguay in larger numbers
than any other place in the world, and
the stock are all free from disease.
1t is a very pregnant fact that wish
to emphasize to you, that the mature,
well-fed steer, four years old, may be
bought in Uruguay for from S18 to $24
as choice animal as can be found in
any of our export herds, and sweeter,
too, and from the River La Plata one
million head can be exported annually
just as soon as the refrigerating yes.
sells and steamers necessary can be
sent there to take them away. Be as.
sured that there are other cattls
farms than in the west
In the Country.
Life in the native farms, or es-
tranchas, is of the patriarchal type, the
tenantry being satisfied with a simple
| life and ready to do actual battle for
the padrone of the estrancha, The
poems go with the estrancha when
sold, and have seen three generations
rounding up cattle on the estrancha
where they We're all born.
The houses of the estrancha own
ers are all large and roomy, solidly
built around square, with a paved
court in the CENTER and rooms along
the sides furnished as the taste and
the purse of the owner may see fit.
Chapel is held every morning and the
work of the day well begun. Grace
and dignity attend this life, life of
honesty, simplicity and sincerity.
Rivers.
"The river system, debouching as it
does into the La Plata, is one of the
finest in the continent, and upon the
thousands of miles of river steaming
| and sailing craft can so, but every
pulsing stroke of the engines in the
steamers conaes from the steam made
by c6ad sent from Wales and eoun.
/ tries other than Che United States.
Forests.
"The forests of the land are beauti.
full and varied and range from the
beautiful tropics of Brazil, so rich in
natural and arborial glory that Darwin
was speechless when he first saw it
forty years ago, to the fruitful coffee
plantations bearing annually enough
Ito give the entire wdnld It's n1urning
cup of coffee just such as mother used
! to make. Then we leave Brazil and