Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-29
Capital of Chill and
Some Facts About 1t
OF Special Interest Now In Consequence
of the Great Earthquake.

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police station. Carpenters, mason
and other mechanics seldom work but
five days in week for the reasons /
have given, and there is a proverb that
the shoeshops are never open on Mon.
day.
The same customs attend the cele-
bration of legal nc:'days and it re-
quires five days for the people of
Chilli to express the patriotic emo
tons inspired by the "Diez Ocho de
Setiembre 18th of September,
or the "daisy-ocho," as it is Familiarity
called-the anniversary of Chilean
independence. Everybody prepares
for it
Ordinary factory hands and labor
ers in the cities of Chill receive from
40 to 80 cents a day, according to
their skill. 1t is the custom to pay
each hand 20 cents a day, called 3
diario," in order that he may provide
food for his family He gets the re-
mainder of his wages Saturday
night and usually spends every cent
before Monday morning for drink and
gambling.
Small fires are so numerous that an
owner of residence property will not
rent his house to any family that has
its household goods insured. The small
merchants are under such suspicion
that when fire occurs instead of the
government attempting to prove the
dealer guilty he is promptly arrested
and in order to escape punishment he
must prove himself innocent.
Just about the time the merchants
take their annual invoices of stock
and are expected TO pay up their bills
there are so many CONGREGATIONS
that the firemen hardly get time to
eat or sleep. The approach of pay day
always makes a busy season Cor the
gallant fire ladies. There are a num-
Der of colonial companies backed by
French, German and italian capital,
but they are all heavy losers. The
managers of the American companies
have shown good judgment by stay
ing out of the field altogether.
81 he men simply viii not insure A. cir
lives. When approached concerning
the subject one of them will say:
Why should l insure my life?" The
canvasser will reply: ITO provide
for your family after you are gone .
The answer will always be the same:
Let them take care of themselves.
The upper classes are highly cult
ured and very hospitable. The smiling
host meets you at the door of his
home and bids you walk in without
hesitation because it is your house
! you are about to enter. The old dons
did this in the time of the first Alphon.
so and the sons of Spain and all their
remote kin have been doing it ever
! since.
But there is no string tied to the
things on the table. You can just
walk in and help yourself You can
fall to and help yourself You can
feed to your fill without being afraid
of wearing your welcome out If you
deyour everything in sight there will
be no complaint, but there is no dan
ger of your doing this because there
is always enough food prepared II
serve one or two extra. persons in case
they happen along at the last mo
ment
The customs are such that the
courtships are affairs of the eye and
not of the heart. There is no free
dom among the sexes because the
loose character OF the men will not
permit it, and on account of this lacF
of acquaintance there can be no un
derstanding. The marriages are leaps
in the dark.