Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-08
Santiago, De Cuba,

Editor Farmers Leader: l have re
eatedly received letters from friends
gack in South Dakota asking me tC
$rite another letter to the LEADER
describing some Of my wanderings
End experiences since | last wrote &c
Sle LEADER from Christiania, Norge.
AS l now have about four days tC
pend here in Santiago, before my
Roat leaves this port for Kingston,
jamaica, where 1 will make connec,
ions with a boat sailing from New
York to Colon, Panama, via Kingston
ind other points, | will ask your in.
iulgence IN again favoring me with
pace in your paper. Gracias
FHhanks)
! AS l have been doing the "Hired
1Iaa Stunt" this winter, l have been
very busy lad the last three months.
Ny employer wanted me to stay with
him a month or two more, but I have
stayed already, much longer in Cuba
khan l had at first intended to, but
Mr.. and Mrs. Doering, the people in
whose employ l was, had so much
yet undone, and they are such very
Earnest and hard working people, and
were so good to me and treated me sc
kindly that l did not have the heart
to leave them sooner.
Prof. and Mrs. Doering do not en-
Joy very good health, and for this
reason they sold their half section
farm neal Bowdon, N. d., and moved
with their two children onto an sc
acre tract which they bought neal
MANAGES, Santa Clara Provence, Cuba.
Prof. and Mrs. Doering are both very
Intelligent and we'll educated people,
the Professor having for a time been
Instructor in Languages at Union
college, Nebraska, and has also occu-
spied the position of instructor in 9TH
Ter educational institutions in the
States. Mrs. Doering possesses a
scharm of personality which at once
commands ones respect. She has, in
com bination with tact, an accurate
sense of justice and the fairness OF
Things and l know instinctively that
because of the very makeup Of her
nature she has always done unto 9th
/ ers as she would have others do unto
her. 1 write this that my friends
may know what a nice home l have
had while in Cuba.
A few days ago / said adios TIC
Prof. and Mrs. Doering and other
friends near MANAGES. and boarded
the train for Cienfuegos, a town on
the southern coast of the Island. I
had thought that at Cienfuegos ]
might find a vessel sailing between
that port and Colon, Panama, but in
this 1 was disappointed, so after a stay
of about q hours in Cienfuegos, l
again boarded the train for this port
Santiago.
Yesterday l spent a very busy and
interesting day in viewing the sights
OF the city. A street a ride brought
me within a short walk Of San Juan
Hill, the famous battle ground, where,
during the siege and campaign which
resulted in the surrender of the Span.
ish army under Gen. Torral to Gen.
Shafter in command of the American
forces, July II, 1898, so many of our
brave soldiers gave up their lives in
behalf of the freedomi from Spanish
tyrannical rule of the struggling Gu
bans. Gen. Torral surrendered to
Gen. Shafter under the spreading
branches and magnificent foliage of a
stately Cuba tree which stood midway
between the American and Spanish
lines. This tree is now known as the
Surrender Tree and near it stands
several cannons: it Is enclosed within
an iron fence and at its base are placed
several large slabs bearing the names
OF the men and officers who died on
this battle field. On the ridge to the
left Of the Surrender Tree" as
one approaches from the city, is where
Col. Roosevelt operated with his
Rough Riders.
In the afternoon / took a stroll ov.
er to Moro Castle at the entrance of
Santiago Harbor. Moro Castle is dis.
tant about six miles from the city
Old Moro looks grim and forbidding,
and If it could speak, would he able
to unfold many tales Of gruesome
treatment meeted out to prisoners OF
war. From the ramparts or roof Of
the old fort one gets a good view Of
the narrow entrance to the famous
Santiago Harbor, where Admiral
Schley bottled up the Spanish fleet
under Admiral Servera, and the spot
where Lieut.. Hobson sunk the Mer.
rimac, for which praiseworthy deco
the poor fellow later was forced (?) tc
submit to SO much kissing from
American girls. After my traml
around on the battlefield of San Juar
Hill, and march up to Moro Castle
and back again to the city, u round
trip of II miles, I became aware of ar
urgent desire to satisfy a \ craving
which made itself manifest within
me, and when my eye rested on tn,
sumptuous meal prepared by the land
lady of my hotel and set on the tablt
before me 1t flashed instantly across
nv mind that the craving / had en-
.,%oirod for an hour nr moro uo,