The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-09-28
the Heart of Argentina.
Il THE HAPPY VALLEY OF THE JEs-
TITS FATHER TIME HAS STOOD
srILLFOR THREE HUNDRED YEARS.


August TO- 1908. The Cordovians
,arly riserS, and after the fashion
Fir pagan ancestors they cele-
e. the birth of each new day and
10Y of finding themselves alive af-
tle hours of darkness by no end of
Sd aud clatter AT the first peep of
yl the whole town is astir, and by
time the sun has climbed high
s-h to show his golden head above
hlII-tops the important business of
Lay is well under way, if not COM
I'd. Bells clang necessarily in
-. If towers. and at five o'clock the
70 make dreadful din with some
ATS. Il row of which miniature
u are set all around the plaza
fronts this miscalled hotel of
4. Formerly the old Spanish 12-
Ter that now stands in the middle
Tie square performed this solemn
mt as it frequently tore off some
arm or leg and killed on an
.La three men a week, prejudice
u up against it III the course of
among the conservative citizens,
, ale so welded to the old ways
, ~ them death seems to present
Jerrors than innovations.
faVorlte boast among the Cor
: that they consume more gun
Ter every year in harmless ways
vas used III the battle OF Water
Dn fete days-and they are numer-
udeed-rockets are let off on the
rs of all the principal streets, for
cunmOn with other South Ameri-
he people of Argentina have an
reference for fireworks by day
However, as noise seems to be
ne qua non, it can be attained as
At one time as at another. There
~-yeral beautiful plaZas in Cordova.
oldest one is filled with trees
ed by the early Jesults, under
tI you may sit on a stone bench
pleasant evening of the year and
o to the music of military band
Nty trained performers. Stroll
way up the Gale street PaSeo,
a bridge, turn to the right-and
.ome suddenly into fairyland. 1t
Alameda. or public promenade,
nearly all lakes, with only room
.lh around the edges for shaded
h Tall poplars and graceful will
elect their shadows in the placid
ELS, in the centre of which is a
sland with tiny gothic house
u It. \ paddle-wheel boat plies
cen the island and the shore. On
-lu afternoons of every week a
d plays i'll the little house, and on
"a days set pieces of fireworks are
Il on it's cupola roof, their re-
Ills in the water adding much to
1ect.
.4lther large plaza near the river
no has lately been adorned with a
al equestrian statue of Gen. La
% bronze, which was unveiled i'll
resence of the President of the
re, his cabinet, the diplomatic
and a great crowd of people from
..rs Ayres, who came to assist in
remony and subsequent jollitca-
nd the exploding of gunpoWder
-l to supply several WaterlooS.
.eyond the statue very fine iron
rests at either end on the mighty
rmbankment which confines the
erouS river within given limits
prevents the disastrous, fever
ug foundations that used TO
ZEN the city every spring when
melted ON the surrounding sler-
lie farther side of this bridge an
ryel space has been laid out for
.s at the foot oi the high bluff
rms the Outer rim of the bowl
valley of Cordova. On the top
bluff are TWO buildings OF spec
terest to visiting Americans
tseryatory and the meteorological
u. both being in charge of \ an
.entiStS. Not far from the OBJ
.pry an enormous dam and reser-
As been built, for the purpose of
ting the entire plain, SO that at
mes OF year the city may be sur
ed by groves and green trees.
.- is well appointed race course
ere, where betting runs high on
ay mornings; and on holidays
-.dlly July 9, which is Argentina's
pendence Day-the Xpens i We
y are crowded with ladies i'll latest
IAN fashions. One wonders what
u rim old Jesuits would say to such
lgious doings in their beloved
ghold, could they be resurrected
Ur line Sunday and set down in this
of modern frlvolity.
s. raking of the JesuitS reminds me
3, We have not yet visited the worthi-
mOnument among the many they
n this region-the ancient unlverS-
Colegio Maxine, which was
Hded in the year 1910 and tiourished
Two centuries after the time of
lip and Mary. 1t occupies a
triangle, between the cathedral and
old Jesuit chapel, and though show
& the ravages of time i'll blackened
dts and crumbling plaster is yet
itrly and impressive. Its architec-
/. is as quaint as that of the Moorish
.ldo adjoining, which makes the
IL new buildings in the tlorid modern
Vie look as out of keeping with 1.-The
-gual fitness" as triZzes and beau
,rAers on the wrinkled brow of an
;ygenarian. According to Dean
mites, this antique temple of learn
= owes it's erection to the pious zeal
Bishop Don Fray Fernando PROBE, a
by birth, who devoted to it
MS private fortune, amounting to
out $40, 0O0-a great sum for those
U.s. in this far country. Its schools
..r opened in 1919; but they did not
eve the official sanction of Philip
- King of Spain, nor the conforma-
Of Gregory VIII, Pope of Rome,
lne years later. Wandering through
now musty but time-halloWed
Ills, one is astonished at the vast ex-
q, Of the institution and feels new