The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-14

The only former Benningtonian In
San Juan as far as know is Harry
Jubb, son Of Joseph A. Jubb of Elm
street. He is employed as the San
Juan agent of the American express
companies and has good position
and is doing WELL He has been here
three years and likes the country and
expects to remain. His mother is
here with him on visit and expects
to remain until the first OF April.
] have also met on the island two
other people whom formerly knew.
One of them is w. c. Olds, who was in
the granite business in Barre when |
lived there. He is now travelling in
the West Indies and South America
as the export agent of an Oswego, n.
Y. firm that manufactures engines and
boilers. The other is Fred H. Bur.
nett, who 20 years ago this winter,
went to school to me at a district
school that | taught in the town of
Guilford. VT. He is now in Ponce as
the agent of an American wholesale
house. He boards In Ponce at the
hotel where we stopped and saw my
name on the register and hunted me
up.
We were especially fortunate in the
friends that we made on the ship com.
ing down. Most of them are staying
here in San Juan and We have been
able to help each other in finding out
and seeing the places of interest. One
of them c. Fl. Martin of New York
brought an automobile and we were
his guests on the trip to Ponce. His
machine made the mountain climb to
and from Ponce without single &C,
cident or delay. Mr. Martin has spent
good deal OF time in Porto Rico ind
knows the people and places all ov,r
the island. He divided with Mr.
Thomas the honor of being the most
popular passenger on the ship and we
owe good deal OF enjoyment to him
There is a large and prosperous
lodge of Elks here and we were ia
vited guests at the Elks annual mas
querade ball Saturday night. The Elk
allied Ruler of the lodge Is Mr.. Wright
! the United States commissioner II
immigration here. His home in the
states is in Madison. Wis. but hi
! parents were from Addison county
Vermont, sd that he has n friendl!
feeling for Vermont and Vermonters
| am wearing an Elk button and as W,
were walking over in Catana' Sunda!
afternoon was greeted by heart.
Hello Bill from an American Office
who was riding past.
This is a Roman Catholic countr,
and the ten days before the beginnin.
of Lent Is called Carnival week witl
masked balls, parades and celebration
every night. Parties Of masked per
sons could be seen on the streets u
almost any hour Of the day or night
The festivities ended last nigh. as 10
day is Ash Wednesday. The bigges
hall of all was Sunday night, but th'
theatre has been crowded every night
went to the childrens carnival hal
Friday night when the theatre wa
crowded with little people. Harr.
Jubb took the girls to the closinl
ball last night
Over at Ponce Monday evening W
ran into one feature of Carnival weel
that was a little disconcerting. w
were walking on the street when al
eggsbell crashed on my shoulder an
for a minute we were peppered wit
what we at first thought were rotte
eggs, but turned out to be merely eg
shells filed with scented water. A
| a small boy, who could talk l,ttl
English, explained 1t to me, TT is tn
custom of the country" Anybod
who gets angry catches 1t worse lha
before and the proper thing is {
laugh and run.
One feature of Porto Rico that is
little startling to US New Highlander
is the habit Of the poores' people le