Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
GREENEVILLE
Hon. Luther K. Zabriskie, U. s. Vice Consul end Deputy to Peru, Spoke
 at St. Andrews Church-Other Notes

At the monthly meeting of the AIen's club of St. Andrews church, which was l heid Monday evening in the guild room, Hon. Luther K. ZabrislIie U, $. vice consul and deputy to Peru, gave avery interesting talk on Peru. Among some of Sae things he said were the follow inH:N
 Peru, the Land of the Incas, by req son of it's reputation for fabulous min erai wealth, has always exercised powerful fascination over most people, from the days of Pizarro, when the plate and other ta bic and kitchen uteu- Slls belonging to the royalty were of pure gold and silver down to the pres ent day, when the circulars and letters sent out by Peruvian mine promoters incline Us to think that the half has never been told. The tales of Atahual-
 pa s ransom, where great rooms were 1 literally filled with gold and silver by the IncaS for the rescue of their chief tend to arouse the cupidity of Us all Equally fascinating are the deScrip Istions of this wonderful country itself and it's peoples, where so many things are paired off by reason of their dy, Pacific coast of Peru, where it never rains the year around, makes 1 the tropical luXuTiant lands of the Amazon section all the more wonder full on account of the neaTbyness of the contrast and the lofty attitudes of the Sierra, where blizzard storms predom- mate, seem all the more strange be- cause thqse conditions arc but a few hours removed from almost the oppo- site state as found under southern skies. On a clear day one may sit in a snow bank on the edge of Goyllaris- quisga, with old Boreas "a aging about, and see roses peacefully blooming hun dreds of feet below. The living and other accommodations to meet these varied conditions greatly differ also, on 10 T117n coast. which would be 9 sorrowful spectacle if but 3. two hours hard rain should assai them, to the lauts on st;lts to meet the flood seasons in other parts
 The people, too arc frequently ob- jects Of wonder to the stranger by req son of their differences, as when the sturdy Sierra Indian folk with their native, high colored poncho costumes of the interior, with a chubby babe tied to his mothers back, go striding along the streets of the capital alongside some American or European educated lady and gentleman, with all the for cign frills strolling behind a peran1bu- lator The automobile frequently frlShtens the llama, the Peruvian beast of burden The biggest steam blow might sometimes be seen in the same field with the wooden slab blow Of the ancients, and the report of the cannon and gatling gun, as used in our mod er1 and somewhat fashionable Terolu- tions, offsets the whirring sound of the arrow and occa sionally deadens the blood-curdling yell of the painted -saV- age. News items of both, moreover, appear side by side in the morning papers, and after a brief sojourn in the country its various contrasts become reconciled.
 At the conclusion of the talk refresh ments were served by the committee, in charge, who were John Mckinley, -.1,, TNr~T- ans. Cha rles Irwin, Jr.y John Ba1velL Albert J. Turner accompanied by F. C. Geer rendered several pleasing so- los
 At the next meeting President Lu- ther Of Trinity college will speak and