Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-14
ERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, IA,

the centre of a huge Igrain and cattle
exporting country and HE people OF the
western part of this couttry are watching
with jealous eyes the immense strides
forward this city has fhken in a short
time. The cattle fed ION rich pampas
grass under warm .skidN develop rapidly
and produce good beef and grain is
easily grown. Members of the party
made several railroad trips inland and
gazed with wonder at the miles and
miles of pasturage and thousands and
thousands of cattle grazing beside the
route. Western men in the party were
astonished at the productiveness and
fertility of the country. Wool also is
a commodity of Importance In Buenos
Ayres The people of this city, however,
do not devote all their time to business,
and next to Paris 1t is the one big "city
of pleasure" Owing to the warm wealth
er the theatres and pleasure resorts are
open from 49, midnight, until or
O'Clock in the morning. Gay parties en-
JOY lunches i'm cafes and restaurants and
life after dark resembles that of the
French city. This city has many beauti-
full parks, boulevards and buildings
Salaries are high, persons in minor
clerical positions averaging SITS to 5000
a month but the cost of living is cor
respondngly high, room costing $50 to
$40 month i'm an ordinary boarding
house. One of the richest men in this
city is Santiago O'Farrel, and, although
five generations removed from Irish an
cestry on both sides, he still retains the
virtues, characteristics and bit of the
brogue of the old country. Rev. Father
Carmody and Rev. Father Reynolds met
him and were impressed with the simple,
good naturcd ways, which he exhibits
although one of the richest men of this
rlch city one of the features of Buenos
Ayers Is the building OF La Prenza,'
newspaper printed IN Spanish. This
puldlhS IS the hnest OF any owned by
newspaper IN the world. Two papers in
me f"ISllsh tongue are printed there,
put nel'Her carry any news OF this
country although the affairs OF England
anu EUROPE are given.
rom huehos ANfeS the steamer went
10 Klo Jahelro' the capital OF Brazil, and
mere thf party stayed SIX DAYS Here is
the IIhost harpor OF the word, said to be
Oh p'r WIN that OF Sldhey, Australia,
anu nneu win well developed docks and
ShlPp'hE laclltes. Lying In the harbor
were the Two brazilian warships, the
ereNs VI Which mutihled rev months
''EO an" aheieu the city. Inc mutlhy
was strike Tor less hours more money
ahu Deter 1000 me municipal buildings
were Nisi'eu py the traVtiers ana the
Iaih"Re ny tne crews vas such that they
PROMISED immunity II they came PACK
70 'ne service OF the country when they
uIu' put rev weeks later nearly 2oo
VI thcth met ueath under peculiar CIR
Cu'hSt'hces' NhlIe the Bluecher' lay
IN tne hatbor Dig German warshlp
CARVING 400 men entered the harbor.
salutes of 21 guns were fired from the
lortS ana the TWO warshlps IN the harbor,
ana the German crew OF the "Bluecher'
rNperiehced several minutes of pride.
me Americans on the snip were not very
happY as the man-ot-War steamed into
the harbor. because on all that trip, in
all me ports OF south America, the flag
Oh tnelr own country h1d been conspicu-
| Gus by It's absence. Not on any boat,
/ large or small DURING the entire trip
n'd nrch seen the stars and stripes of
the hlted states RIO de Janeiro re-
ceht'N appropriated NI0oO,OOO to be
spent on making new avenues and i'm
! proving the city. Many costly buildings
nave been condemned and are being torn
uoWn IN oruer 10 make room Tor new
streets and boulevards
from RIO the boat went to Bahia,
| where II STAYED one day thence to Para,
tne centre or the rubber Industry and
| theh To trinidad which is owned by the
Ehshsh' a slde-trlp was taken to the
| famous asphalt lake from which most
OF tne asphat or the world Is taken and
Nhlcii Is hi'haseu by an american cor
poraton WORKING under concession
| from me british government. The
island of st. Thomas was the next stoI
| and here many of the party obtained
cases of bay rum as this island has the
reputation of furnishing the best in the
world
Then came the run home to New
| YORK. which was reached last Wednes-
day, after day in the harbor befogged
| Rev Father CarmodY ana Rev. Father
Reynolds have a large and interesting
| number OF post cards as souvenirs o
the trip and both are improved in health
each wearing a coat Of tan given by tn,
| warm sun of the tropical seas
The manual labor i'm the countries
visited is performed by natives, who ar,
descendants of the Spaniards and tn,
South American Indians and who ar
fairly good workers but somewhat i'm