The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1903-11-13

holes at the top OF the wall to let out
the heat. Everything is arranged for
GOODNESS and comfort. The war has
played havoc with this country. You
see in the streets very few men, only
boys. The men with few exceptions
are foreigners, whom the government
could not draft into the army. The men
are in the army or are dead. All hope
and pray there may nevor be another
war here. They think the United
States the wonder of the world. They
see the results in Cuba and long for
the improvements here. 1t is very
hot here in the day time but a good
wind blows and the nights are cool
October II, Banenquilla, Colombia
Arrived at Sarinilla yesterday morn
ing early. Did not land till we had
mad breakfast on the Alene at s a. m
Landed on the dock at $50 a. m
Train left about 1870 m. Ferris
would have been amused at the train.
The passenger cars were about the
size of our trolley cars at home, and a
little biz of an engine, larger than the
me at Pleasure beach, but So small
she engineer IA man as black as a coal)
sat outside. The war here is just
over, but prices measured by their
money is enough to take your breath
away. Asked what the fare from
Sarinilla to Banenquilla and was in
formed it was $75. l gave him S.
American gold piece and he gave me-
oack in good American money S4.25,
that is.he took out Is cents. At the.
custom house they charged me S45 for
excess baggage-nO duty. [ paid them
Is cents in American money and it was
Ill right. The hack driver charged
Mr. and me $40 to take US t. tn
notel and the man who brought the
baggage charges 500 for bringing it
up. The price at this hotel is $3.50 per
lay. Can you get accustomed to it
Well multiply everything by 100, the
exchange is 1913 for 81, that is to say,
for every dollar of United States money
you get SO Colombia dollars, but for
convenience we call it 100, making il
the even decimal. In other words, if |
want to get $40 exchanged into Colon
oian money they give me for the SlU
1880.
They have Queer money in Colombia
1t is practically worth nothing. To
give you an idea: The pes 0 pronounced
paySO) is supposed to be worth ST., but
Is actually worth but one cent, so when
me gets change for good United States
money, he gets an awful lot of this
stuff back. In other words for S.
American gold one gets $500. The
men work for 20 cents a day, but in
paying them yoa give the 20 pesos
which looks as if you had given them
S2O-but you have not, you have only
given 20 cents.
went in the bank at Kingston to
get S. American gold changed int.
American silver quarters. Then l
could use these at Kingston and avoid
getting whole lot of English money
IN change, which I could not use unless
spent it there. They gave me at the
| bank 20 American UNITED States)
quarters and an English Cd (sixpence).
In other words, got back for the S.
gold piece S. in silver and an English
& pence-I2 cents United States. |
therefore had from the bank SIS. II
from my S. gold piece. 1 made II
cents.
DR. Robert Lynch of Bridgeport has a
| bird dog Of unusual intelligence. Ter
days ago he sent the dog to John G
Gay in Taunton to be tuned up" as
the hunters say. In day or two the
dog suddenly disappeared and next
showed up at the NewtCwn railroad
station, where it was elected from one
or two railroad trains it tried to get
aboard. An engineer of one train go,
off to oil his engine and seeing the
name of DR. Lynch on the collar, took
the dog to Bridgeport. Later he went
to the Atlantic hotel and telephoneC
to DR. Lynch who came down and Sc.
cured his dog. The dog had been &C
customed to take the train at New
town with its master, and was bouno
to take the same route this time.