Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-01-27
HEROIC IS WORD FOR PARAGUAY
Reduced by War to Almost a
Nation of Women.
Ii Now NJ the Very beginning of
Things with us Immense Possibiii-
ties ms n Food Producer Tn
known aud Updevcloped.
BURLINGTON, W.


Away down in South America, almost in
the very heart Of the continent, sand
wiched in between Bolivia and Brazil on
the north and east and Argentina on the
south and west is located the heroic lit
tie country known us Paraguay. Tho adj
jective "hcruic" is used advisedlv. for
when II comes to patriotic lighting the
world must doff its hat to this little re-
public. If there ever was n nation that
fought to tho last ditch il is Paraguay,
and If there IL another instance in his
tory--modern. medieval or anCient-wherc
people fought so completely to the point
of utter exhaustion, almost to extinction
before they ran M the white nag. it has
been rather carefully concealed.
It Is SO far away and 80 little visited
by people of the United states that per
haps few citizens of the great northern
republic know much more about this very
interesting country than its mere geo
graphical location. or late. however II
is coming more and more into promincnc,
and people arc beginning to hear some.
thing of and to want to know more about
il and it's bravo inhabitants. and Of the
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