Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-04-02
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Z aAs&LA A4T-t1ILELHLNEE 81 ~ AHEE|3E
HAvASA- CrzA, March n We
Bszt % the eoantry ard tcsk IL ths
s1s4zs hansnz and pinezppae pz1asa.
tsxs yesterday Inessr ia sch q
l~ExurzEt gr1Eth q Vegetables, and
The nlEs are Simply grand
Tt farmers Psm WITH oK11 zn1 a
wooden STICK Fifty cents per peEson
Is charged to TtSzf = f4rm II il K ne1r
Havana ozs ~pls1tzsf1o nezx hsrr
EDs take In s1ae a daF daring the
season.
TEEEr zllS are inEeEesttcz- h1t
0zE kz= taste for sugar after nit
nessrx the nzks6 natives make IL
In al Latin esGatriz the people
ssez - hve gzs@ and show S1aa
pe5pA Azrs hare xuseba&Sznuads
and esrrizg ~h8 bare hardly enozzh
70 eat gany are Land poor TEy
weuI REE ard SunS sell Th4y
ezIn % Be ps5r, bGt rsezd Bat
their pride Is of a peculiar kind
We today visited the honse for
f0andlingz ard saw fu8m SEQ % 20
children rznginE IN ages fr0m eoe DAP
90 10 ten Fears Many we're less than
j wsek Old THIS i a grand izstita-
tNn, and 5 EnesE the coatrol 4 the
cAtb9iie ChuHcA Tnozsznds a in
f1nfs are SAVED fron dsath by this
HozA- Tbsrs IS hole il the szTI on
the sidewalk, and the infant IS placed
throagh this b0le il 3 basket ard 4
bell Is rung b. pusbirg a button The
Sisters Do the rssE Wet nurses are
provided, and > lovely hons Is sare IN
I'll the child IS claimed 81 adopted 81
S1Ene one. If Gee expects 70 cain
their child theT plzce ! kckEt aruand
its neck ard eat a piece q gold CIT Of
the Acket h@fDre the infant Is placed
in the wall Years a~fterxzrd that
person calls and presents their piece
q god, and it ats into the bcket and
the child IS Identified
Before TIE var marriage licenses
were sftg dollars each. and many a
man in this country never had that
aasgunt Of monsy during bis lifetime.
Thus yoR see the reason Mhy there
are - many bachelors IN this island.
But tie Old bachelors q Nex.oo have
no reason u this kind for enjoying
single bie Sessess.
Tits a small woFld, after all At
dinner to-day We had pcopie from
France, LObdnn, Japan. AntseFp,
New YORK, Kentucky. Alaska. and
The parts was not large. either We
are getting 81 We ean talk a Little,
but have an interpreter most of the
time. as We cannot pronounce So a. to
b UNDERWOOD, even when We know
the words. a Latin scholar ought to
learn Spanish easily, unless De has for
gotten his Latin. The Spanish Ian
guags Is very pretty, but / think /
like the French hest Of all when
spoken huently.
Ine houses here are all like castles:
that IS they have iron grztingS Dur-
ing be heat Of the day they are
close1, and az night everything is
wide open, and the iron bars keep out
intruders. Every house looks ike al
fashionable prison The interior Of
the homes are most delightful Every
home. no matter how lowly, has a.
caurt tiled with flowers and plants
and line furnitsFe. No carpets are
used TIE ayofs are Of tile. and are
covered With eosuy rugs
". d. Thomas, q the Fulton SuH,
wants TO "go back to the farm. and
will take a hammock and 20 to the
country for = night with the natives
The remainder Of the party are in
clined 70 city life, and viii see the
national game Of joi aioi. which IS a
species Of basketball, with forty or
hfty thousand dollars ca the side to
make il interesting. R. u. WHITE.