Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-02-22

on the streets, in the plaza-every-
where. They fasten the coils around
their hats, and as they walk along,
keep their hands busiIy employed.
There is another thing that all these
women do, continually, wherever
they may happen to be, or whatever
may be their occupation. That is
smoke. Great, fat cigars-even when
making the black bread, or washing
clothes in the streams!
Carried Corpse on a Board.
We rested over the Sabbath in this
pace. Early Monday morning found
us on the mountain side toiling over
barron peaks. At the top of the
first, We met a little procession of
ragged, miserable looking men, two of
whom were carrying corpse on a
board. Going down into the city for
The burial, suppose. .-..
We crossed many swift mountain
b"oOks-sometimeS mere trlckl1ng
springs, sometimes siza' lie creeks,
which, on three occasions. we had to
cross by means of bridges. These
bridges consisted merely of two large
trees laid across the creek, filed in
with brush and mud. In all that day,
we forded over fifty of these little
streams, which proves that the
"paramo' is not wateress, at least.
We spent an eotire day on the par
amo- he name applied to bleak,
desOlate table land. 1t certainly de-
serves the name, for bleaker region
could not we'll be imagined. We saw
no animals, not even birds, nor snakes,
for hours. In some places we deserted
mountain goats, and a few sheep.
Once only did we encounter another
horseman, a young priest o. his way
to Cutata. During the day, we passed
a few huts. Most of these had their
fences adorue " it'll the skulls of co VS..
For what purpos | do not know.
But it made the region look more
desolate and CHASTITY than before. In
places, the high wind was cold and
penetrating, but there was no dust
from the cleans wept rocks. Twice
we stopped for lunch, having carried
black bread, eggs, and coffee with us.
We had an alcohol lamp, with which
we intended to warm the coffee, but
we decided we had better not del Ayitor
such a purp)s e. It was difficult to
secure any milk in any of the towns
during the whole trip. Although
much of the way passes through graz
ing country, there was no milk TO o.
had Of course we did not expect to
find it on the paramo.
Late in the afternoon, we reached a
pace called Susa. There was DO town,
merely one lone hut. When we
asked if we could pass the night there,
the woman told US, that she had no
objection if we could accommoda our
selves with what she had. tbs the reg
ular stopping place, as it is impossible
to reach any town in one day from
BeIen. This was New Years Day,
and had visions of the savory dinners
being served in the homeland. After
Mr.. Williams had spent the usual
two hours, trying to induce someone
to cut a little sugar cane for the tired
horses, we went in to dinner. A long
bench served for the table, around
which we sat on boxes. There was
DIT of soiled cloth laid over one end OF
the bench, in our honor, and the din
der set out for US. 1t consisted or
large, half.cooked land half cleaned)
potatoes floating in salty water this
was the soup and cup of strong
sweet chocolate, with boiled egg.
There were chunks of the black bread,
which would have been eatab!e, had
it not been, like all OF its kind, full OF
the graVel WHICH, IL S"CPI uP ol0Si WY
mules have tlreshed out the wne.t
under their feet. All wheat and rye
is threshed in this way, throughout
this region, and all the bread is full or
grit" Four dogs sat around and
watched us eat our New Years dinner,
to the great annoyance of Newell. As it
was dark when we were ready for
dinner. the. e had 10 be a tallow can
die. But there was no candle-stlck.
So our peon, Caesar, who is bright
young fellow, showed US how to make
a cardle stick flat on the sideof the
wall. Then [ understood the cause
of all the little burned spots on the
mud wall.