Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-01-07
TALES OF
THE SOUTH
Louis Lehman Tells Something Of His
Trip to the Land Of Dssoes
and Dirt.
FELT SHOCK OF A VOLCANO
Motives Back Of the Columbian Rev.
olution - Another Outbreak
Very Imminent.

Louis Lehman drifted In the other
evening. and in the conversation
which followed, the South American
situation came up for discussion.
This naturally started Louis to re-
lating a few Of his experiences down
equator way, during his recent trip.
He had got to M~azanillo, Mexico, be.
fore a pencil and pad were pulled on
him. "Mazanillo," he said, as he
elevated his feet to a good story tell
ing height, is a typical Mexican
town of about 5000 inhabitants. They
have no sewerage so the people throw
their refuse into the streets and the
stencil is something terrific. the
dampness and the heat adding to the
unpleasantness. We here loaded Is
horses for a Guatemala colonel (the
presidents pet) who became a great
friend of mine. The old sport i'm
agined l was rich so he called me
Signor Don Louis Lemon, with the
accent on the mon" They brought
the horses up to the boat in a large
lighter. The vaqueros put a sling on
them like so mach freight, the bot
swain gave the signal. the wench
started up, the horses kicked and the
vaqueros was sent overheard. 1t
was comical to see him go over and
the bath, no doubt, did him much
good.
Our next stop was at Acapulco.
The American consul, a Mr.. Dicken-
son, and his wife came down to the
boat, and together, we had a most
pleasant time. We anchored as usual
in the stream and as 1t is a coaling
station we took coal. l was awaken.
ed about 4 o'clock by the jabtering
of natives, and upon getting up and
going out on deck | found the usual
flotilla of small boats surrounding us
waiting to take us ashore for $500.
At least that is what they asked at
first but they finally came down to rs
cents. Americans are regarded as
suckers the world over. The town
lies on the side of q hill In which a
big cut has been made In order to al
low the sea breeze to blow through.
Here we found the same old stree,
cleaning force-razor back hogs, flea
bitten ours and turkey buzzards. The
buzzards are worse than Mexicans.
The foreign colony, however, has
clean sanded streets, but the rest OF
the town is like the rest Of all of the
other towns-simply a big sewer
farm. Acapulco has a very pictur
esque fort-one of the old Spanish va
riety. painted white and consisting ol
q AlOat anu DdttItultut. oHe sucli vi
a modern warship would fix her plen'
ty. We next started for Ocos. Guate
mala, but could not land as 1t had
ben ruined by the earthquakes. Near
here We saw u first extinct volcan'
oes. They rise to q height Of 10000
feet and about 1000 fet from the base
was a wreath of clouds. Up and up
far above the clouds, the mountains
rise black and gloomy, a truly grand
and awe inspiring sight.
I'VE were compelled to remain al
San Jose de Guatemala for three days
to unload freight, so a Mr.. Parks and
| took the train for Guatemala city
about p miles up a railroad which Is
controlled by the Southern Pacific
Co. We stopped at Esquintla, the
most picturesque town | was ever In
The houses are either painted a deeT
! blue, smear blue. orange or yellow