Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-04-15

speak Engnsni Dub Jney COulu Counp'
so we didn't have much trouble. We
roamed around Talcahauno for an
hour, and soon after met some other
sailors, who hada just returned from
Conception, and aaey advised us to go
there, that they had had lively time
and that things were more interesting
than in Talcahauno.
Conception, city of about $4,000
inhabitants, is only ~ miles from Tai
cahauno and the electric line connects
them. The fare is so centavos, about
% cents, one way and they make fair
ly good time. The cars are American
and reminded me of home, hearing the
register ring in the fares and the fam
iliar gongs changing, 1t was perfectly
natural to have just little touch OF
homesickness. We boarded the car,
and including stops, we were in Con-
cepcion in about an hour.
The city is level as floor, and is
located in a valley, surrounded on
nearly all sides by the foot hills of the
Andes which affords protection from
the cold winds and storms prevalent
here in winter. Now, it is late
Spring, almost Summer, and the trees
and flowers are in their freshest green
and fullest bloom and there is fruit
galore, also there is gaiety about
the place, despite its quaintness.
There are many old monastaries and
churches here and the people are evil
IDENTIFY devout, for on almost every cor
ner you will meet monk or priest in
black surplice with nod for all. The
architecture is wholly Spanish, the
buildings are loy, but broad and long,
they are not cramped for space, and
don have to build tall structures as
we do in the glorious United States.
There is the ever present plaza, seen in
all Spanish speaking cities, the public
square, and the Mecca for all. The
plaza here is very pretty, palms and
ferns and shrubbery of all kinds grow
in the centre, bordered all around by
white tiled walk, 40 or so feet
wide, benches are scattered all over
the plaza and it is here, the elite and
rich of the city congregate and prom
enade in the evening to the music OF
the band, which was a good one.
The women and girls are all pretty,
l that is the better class, and the men
e are fine looking, having clean clear
I cut appearance, all are very polite,
t and if asked where to find certain
0 place, will sometimes walk with yor
;, for several blocks to direct you.
!, have liutle knowledge of Spanish ano
y it helped me wonderfully, in making
g inquiries about stations and trains
g etc. The market is great curiosity
II the street is lined with men and WON
en- of every description, hartering veg
y etables and meats of all kinds, usinI
! carts with solid wooden wheels drawn
Il by oxen. A few have horses, ant
u such mixture of jabbering you neve
. heard the like. We bought some egg
. and bread, hired charcoal burner AM
i prepared our dinner. Restaurants ar
IS not popular, and cater chiefly to tn
! lower class. but there are many goo
u hotels, but if you want a short orde
/ it is best to get the raw material il
Is the market and prepare it yourself
J Going down the street | saw woman
N milking COW and stopped to watc
the performance, and soon found tha
d she was supplying her customers wit
IL milk, retailed by the glassfull at 9
l. centavos per glass (about cents
"a Seeing that the milk was fresh an
~ that it was from very good lookin
10 COW, | decided that | would like
Id glass, which at once purchased, an
rt confess / enjoyed it very much. The1
IL are many of the lower class men an
'e women here. The men wear ponchC
and wide sombreros, and the wome
L wear mantillas, which cover the hea
Is and fall loosely from the shoulder
Il We spent Almost delightful day, an
fd returned to Talcahauno at 10 p. II
to came back that night so that woul
e. be on time, the liberty was up at 81
2, a. m. You know that if you brea
W your liberty, you will probably be pl
III in the 4th conduct class, and will NJ
be be allowed liberty for period of or
y month, so it behooves one to walk
Oh chalk line.
he We will leave this port on the 14t
to instant, for Coquimbo, Chill, and wi
nd probably have liberty there, but do n
'ss think there is much to see of any in
n portance. l am anxious to get to Ca
ID lao, Peru, our next port after CoquiI
bo, for Lima. the capital, is within
minutes of Callao, and is a very inte
ne esting place.
NJ. McGLASSON,
ol Yeoman Bird class. U. S. Navy.