Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-05-26
From Our Special Correspondent,

10 the readers of the Audubon County
Journal Argentine is between seven and
Ias snt = th2 o. miles from you, neverthe-
less, les >, IT IS SO much like our country in
many ways and SO very different in other
ways that trust little local news from
mere may interest you.
Presidential election was held Sunday.
the l0th of April, and Senior Ouintanna
@h hS;s etected f1r term of six years He is
credit, and the highest respect Of the Ar.
genuine people. The newspapers have a
great deal to say about how much better
than former years, but there is lots Of
room left for Improvement. The more in
t ghgen1 Argsen1tines feel very grateful to
lection that they have received from the the
Monroe doctrine. But some Euronean
tEH ms have large interests in this coun
ooctIlne means America for the u, S. in
s SIC fl OF america for America, as all peo-
PIE S from the states contend Is correct.
our goods are gaining preference yery
fast in this country, and as we often hear
t Inc renlark made, without any effort on
c nu RaSe N Mo sae business men from our
1 1nery that comes here from the states is
sd y It by English or German firms iocat
for them before th hnd Their he rule is to pay
G Ihlle goods brought in from England Or
germany are often bought on two or three ea
time England IS te eniy at the
Pc ports more more goods to this country than we
e9 e hoeh Goods great t draw back to our
that do tts INNS is the fact
max makes the freight rate higher than it is
to the sTopf Most Of the that
from here to Brazil, of grain or a1fa1fs "a "a
IFom there they take coffee on to New
; nork; There are four. Steamship compa m
and New Y ork@eenee iT Tecita bstyeen here
e Staees English companies. The United
seas wh 10 t Garrles only mail and passen-
passengers, and one of them carries nan, aiI
liner! nhere IS not very many people here from
tn. the states; those that are here are mostly
other class that it is very iii ,nannarad az ~
ASK them what they are here for. The
the are eoiming by the ship load but
small. Most of the Italians 90 to farnei, =, .
or gardening. Their gardens are novel
Most E'a Of they the eaNg in Italy they tn
bbHad f ali that i Wil gfSand is made to
OF caobages there is always row Of small.
sr pants, generally radishes or lettuce,
t nue S w Pay no, no attention to the seed,
| 10y tnSy want the Dulk only. Nearly all yepe-
na1sr tai sold by the bag and they are
p petatoe esl ara up Radis6es and sweet
On and cah hbe IN rnvafably sold with the tops
ana an crowded into bag; of course the
dispnse 10 Of the cities have to hire men to
native farmer lives in a @rout house and
il said to be more like the turk than ike ike
the Indian of North America. He is too
careless to raise any vegetables. but bnys
ms bread, butchers his own meat and
aIinkS faraguan tea or Yerba Mate a II
| IS called. This tea is made frot,I fte
| ieaves OF the wild Yerba Mate tree. The
leaves are gathered and dried: then when
.hey wish to make tea of them thew mt a
rev OF these leaves in Rilla fa sort
VI Sourd that will hold from a mint to a
quart! ana pour hot water over them :
thls IS then sucked from the gourd
eIlough metal tube and the gourd refill.
81 ana passed on to the next lucky man,
ulnls Yea is always taken from two to
LnIee times day in all native houses.
Every grocery store keeps wines and IL
iuols, ana wine is used as generally as
yea ana conee is at home. but the native
s SO drinks to excess as it is consider
81 an AWFUL disgrace among them to get
a;Iuna;. yearly every Argentine smokes
snuff. VI THEM take
The horses used are so near like our
ence in them. They work great MANY
OF them with a cinch rope, as there is no
danger of them baking when hitched
TINS way. There are good many cattle
| USED to plow with. They are always made
to pull by their heads which is a custom
adopted in all Spanish countries.
| Readers, this is corn husking time. You
all know what busy time that is, so
must close but if this reaches you and not
| the waste basket, L will send you some
| thing else in our winter, July and August.
| Truly Yours,
| d. L. SwANEY.