Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-03-26

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sive Notifications, lies the harbor ITSELF,
80 large tina; all the men-o;-war OF Eug-
land could be anchored there. Opening 1
nv sts,-room door the first thing thai I
met nv vision MAS tie "NIrck OF tie ,
Maine, laying jus; few feet III irori. .
pitiable sight, recalling to mind the |
more than two score precious souls |
which lay beneath. There had already.
AZ the early hour OF Elk, tao fresh
wresths been placed on her. To the
left was seen MORO Castle aud Cahauas,
10 the right LA Puuta". the three forts
constituting the defeuees Of the city
Over all this the frightening daylight
tiuged the eastern sky--all 80 beautiful
that one eau never forget the scene.
The steamer reached mooriug, the
custom aud health officer came aboard,
followed by tender which conveyed ~
10 the wharf. We took trolley car t.
Brooklyn Hotel, shortly had coffee aud
toas,-caunot get breakfast before eleven
o'eloek-aud sailed forth sightseeing
= 1t is impossible to 60 into detail OF
what was seen, TO describe it would take
up every column of the Herald aud tire
YOU all out TO read it. ! will give just
. a general outline of the trolley rides IN
2 the country. We saw high cactus
;. hedges for long distance, Royal Palm
a trees surrounded by red soil, which
denotes rich land, nude children at
play happy as "Iigs in clover, high
o walls of cement on the top pieces OF
e broken glass cemented TO preveat any
II one climbing over into the enclosure,
re went past Colon Cemetery, where ou'
10 bays onoe lay, camp Columbia, where
our soldiers encamped, saw the resi-
dences OF the Foreign Ministers, then
went through the residential part OF thu
city and into the slums where pa!t
a. faces reered forth through the barred
windows. No houses there have gla,'
in in the windows or chimneys The out
il side may oe dirty and squalid but I
ne peep through the archwav viii show
IL court white aud clean, with marble
&c. floors and growing plants aud flowers
so We went into churches, old and modern
10 one Of which was, as the guide expresSe,
Of himself III broken English. "where Du'
i, of the bodies OF Columbus once lay
4. through the business streets, some o.
az which are so narrow that carriages cat
n hardly pass and the custom is to wall
IS single file, the sidewalk is so narrow
er over this, on the principal shopping
III streets, is stretched an awning whlci
makes i, very cool
c. Oh, if had the power TO des'rb,
Re to you our days outing at Moro CaStl
IS and Cabanas, the dungeons We went IN
ne to, the subterranean passages, and tn
II. historical points of interest that on
u fill book. IL was a hard day and yer
te hot and We reached home weary au,
be foot.sore, but dressed, ready again for a
IL! evening stroll on the Prado.
n The Pri,do consists Of central doubl
NJ promenade, an avenue liued with sea,
%, aud IA driveway on each side from Ceutr.
he Park to the sea front, where at l.
on Punta it meets The Maecon, as til
N, driveway is called. This is where til
OF whole Of Havana congregate Of a
evening, to listen to the music au
enjoy the cooling breezes, never mine
on ing the lateness of the hour III
OF people who reside in the city live the
ed own life 10 their own way. Cuba is til
at "Land Of Manana" tomorrow ther,
Ter fore don't be in hurry for any seryic
'os they have to render you,
eo Nothing that We had experience
during the six days of charmed ext,
-1' euce in the city had prepared us fo
the great fete We witnessed Sunday tn
200 last day of the Carnival. This auuu;
-" event occurs during fesfuary an
'o March and lasts four or five Sunday
-, It begins on Sunday afternoon abol
az four and everybody is merry. We wei
invited, by friends, who had secured /
seats overlooking the Prado and frol
which we saw carriages of all descriI
tons, some decorated, automobile
people on horseback and masquerade
groups drive round and round the Ptad
y" aud Nalecon in an endless line. Colore