Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-19
INTERIOR OF PORTUGAL.
Much High AT and Plenty Of Dirt 10 b.
Found There,
some Interesting Impressions o. Dis.
comforts Of n Journey In the
ODD Little Kingdom
Special Correspondence.

Special correspondence
Estermoz, Portugal, May L--lf King
Edward had prolonged Ms visit to Poru,
val and visited the interior he would have
experienced some Of the toughest travel.
Ing Of his lie, and II he could be con.
ccived Of as stopping at the so-called no.
tells Of the country he would also have
plept In some Of the most doubtful beds
of his life and sampled perhaps the yer.
worst cookery.
hstremoz u q town IN the interior OF
the country In the province OF Alemteio
AS you approach IL by rail from Lisbon
you see II Standing upon hill IN the dis
tunCe Muoisu picturesque ana iuy1duB
Nuen you IcaCu the station however,
You nnu the town ITSELF of Estremoz ls
NO miles away ana Ike the Journey Ot
NE The ROAD leads uphill AN the way II
81 a Nretcheuly BAD Iuad tou Intre lb
only one hotel IN the town and very
pour one. some of the bedrooms open Oh
the ulnlngrOUm 1uvy are mere DARK
Gens without windows.
me streets 90 EsuomoZ are soCiablC
and barnyard-hke ON Friday droyes OF
PISS ana goats are 'shuotd' through the
streets 20 the market place ana confined
until SATURDAY morning, market day. Not
ar tne pigs ANA goats are kept over. how
ever. some OF them ATE sold al once on
Friday ana the sale Is cinCnvd immcdI-
ately by the slaughter on the spot Ia the
open street Of the hapless KID or sQueai-
ing hog This public killing IS enough 10
make "a sensitive soul forswcar flesh cat
ing. but the natives mind II not at alL
neither the health authorities, II there
are any.
Ana yet this same dirty miserable town
would delight the soul OF the artist As
M most Latin race towns, dirt and high
grt flourish together. There are probably
more marble and marble carving IN Estre-
nOL than IN amy other small clty. In the
OLD houses are marble halls ana carved
marble stairoases that would give beauty
To- the palaces Of kings, From marble
public fountains the water gushos. LAR
bile seats along the roads give rest TO
tramp and beggar. II Esuemoz mad
paved streets, the paving would Dc mar
bg too, but 1t has few Of these. Like all
old Latin towns, Estrem0z has its pubic
square, around which important buildings
are grouped.
one cannot find out why It is but rather
oddly almost the Cleanest and best OF the
common people Of Portugal are the peas
ant population around Estremo2 1t has
been said Of them that they are very
honest and hard working and very
whiteWashed continually inside and out
and there seems 10 be something OF the
nyatness ana tnrlit OF the old time Hol-
land Dutch about middle south Portugal
land folk
Different It is IN northern Portugal.
There toe houses are dirty and the people
are dirty. Perhaps this sadIy unpleasant
uuuaiuuu OF tnnss may be accounted Tor
by the fact that the women apparently
do AN the hard ont lo0r work. The coarse.
constant drudgery seems 10 crush out OF
them the w1manly instinct OF cleanliness
and tidness even " they nad any tme 20
tidy up their houses. These poor north
ern women are real beasts OF burden, car
rying their loads upon their heads instead
of drawing them as horses ana oxen do.
with good roads and decent hotels Por-
uga would soon become faYorite tour
H. r.riou its climate is agreeable, its
fruits are delicious. Upon the slopes Of
aie,ntrlU great uliNe uTcnWds hGouhu
Tho mes of Portugal were famous before
America was discovered II is SO httle
known TO the tourist that II can FURNISH
all tnu novelty which the wealthy tourist
go MS O. bc forever seeking
AS il is, howevef the traveller In the
pl..I,,, attic kinRuOm must put up WIN
discomf0ts and the absence OF convent
cnces that civilized globe trotters de-
mand Lisbon Oporto and other Leading
cities swarm with those beggars ana hu'
man leformities which are revolving
featured Of all Latin race countries except
France Occasionally you see In your ca
bic news the announcement that smallpox
Is rayaglug OpOrto Well. In OpOrtO Itself
no uncommon sight rs patients IN the
early stages OF smallpox walking freely
about the streets and riding In street ears.
And ike the Latin races again the P0r-
tuguese are awfully cruel TO dumb brutes.
You will see here the brutes that can
speak forcing draft oxen M the steep
streets with sharp iron spike stuck into
the end OF a club,