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Christ is riseni" to which the re- sponse was, He is risen, indeed! This custom is still kept up in Russia. In the Catholic Church the festivities really begin on the preceding morning with the mass of Holy Saturday in which the short vespers of Easter are includedI-a trace of the times of primitive severity when the mass for that day was celebrated in the even- ing.
 The Hare And Egg Pagan
 Many of the customs practiced at the Easter season have no connection whateve F with the religious and are for the most part remnants of the pagan celebration. Few people who purchash the inevitable rabbit shown in the shop window know that the lit tie figure is made to represent a hare and. not rabbit and that it has noth- ing to do with the celebration of our modern Easter, but is connected with the worship of the Moon in the spring. Rabbits are always born blind while hares come into the world with eyes wide open. The full Moon is supposed to be wide-open watcher. and those who desire to study the SuDJect VIII find that the Egyptian word for hare and their word for open or opener are identical. Thus the hare is con nected with the thought of the open ing of the year and the spring. The hare is used as the symbol of spring in many old Japanese and Chinese pic lures. Among the folk lore of heather lands is one story in which Buddha finds the people starving and turned himself into hare in order that his followers might have food, and later went to the moon. where he has since lived, and the hare is a symbol for the orb of night.
 The far famed Easter egg has Its origin farther back than the Christian Church extends and has been common with tke Jewish Church as we'll Its
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and Is 0 public performance. A few years ago they also burned his wife. although where they learned that Judas had a wife cannot be ascer- tained.
 Celebrated With Pomp
 Easter is celebrated with the great est ceremony in Catholic countries. especially in the cities of Rome, Italy and Seville. Spain. where the entire Holy Week is given over to Church processions and to scenes of the Pas sion of Christ. Both these cities are crowded with tourists who pay fabu- lous hotel rates in order to be present at the ceremonies.
 In Seville the entire Holy Week Is given over to street processions when huge silver figures of Christ and the Virgin are borne through the streets by black robed men.
 In Jerusalem the Easter celebra- ton centers around the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. One of the customs is for the entire congregation to enter the church on their knees. On Easter eve the Miracle of the Holy Fire marks the greatest day of the year. A huge platter of fire Is carried about the streets and is supposed to be sent from heaven and to perform the miracle of not burning a human being. Often from one hundred to five thousanA' dollars are paid by wealthy people who are i'll and cannot come to church to have it carried to their home.
 In Palestine there is a service, in- cluding the Lords Supper. celebrated at midnight on Easter eve. after which the people go home and sleep untA Easter morning when they have grand feast. a
 Tn Russia on Easter Day there is the blessing of the waters Wherever there is a river near the town or city the bishops or priests of the Greek Church hold a service during which the water is blessed for the coming year.
 Thus, beginning as a festival oi spring in the Dark Ages Easter in ths minds of the people of today is re- ligious holiday. grave and sacred az commemorating the crucifixion Of Christ.
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the Stone Age probably worshipped in sdme manner. This period of the year meant the return of plenty. It was the time when Nature caused the trees to bud and the flowers to bloom. In England and the American col onies until the year 1752 the year be- gan on March 18th, and so far as Great Britain and the Colonies were concfrned it was not until that year that Easter was observed on the date that had been set for it by the Cath ollie church. "
 Tn e spring worship in the early times was mysterious nlythological symb olism. The spring moons were noted for the time to plant crops So, we find Moon worshippers and Sun worshippers at all times turned toward the East It seems difficult to get away from the realms of mythology and dall it history, but in this way we may get nearer to what Easter means to us Among the modern Latins the spring festival Is known as the Pasque.
 Jewish Passover
 Then we find the origin of the Jew ish-the passing over of the Destroy ing Angel. when he laid low the an cient enemies of the Egyptians. By Biblid dal authority it is usually called the Fl Passover.
 When the Pascal festival was kept by the early Christian Church there is no trace of the Easter festival being calculated in the New Testament. neither do any of the Apostles refer to tha keeping of the feast, which la- ter became the most solemn of all
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The Mixture of Paganism and Religion In the Easier
 Customs of TodaY-The Rebirth of Sprinq.
Copyright, 1919, The Internal 4ional Syndicate.

@ASTER, like Christmas, comes
 - down to us imbedded in a
 strange and mysterious confusion Oof Pagan rites, Jewish ceremonies and Christian teachings, and it is diffi- cult for those who desire to ascertain how and when 1t came to be cele- brated to determine it's beginning and it's true origin. Fortunately, the mod ern Easter has been denuded of a great deal of the uncertainty. of the real meaning, and as we have it to- day it stands not only as an essential ly Christian festival but the principal feast in the Church calendar
 It must be understood that cen turies before the Christian Church was founded there were men and women who celebrated at this season of the year feast that was very near ly like our Easter. These were the Babylonians, Phoenicians and the Assyrians. Ss se
 Easter, we are informed, was de- rived from the Anglo-SaXon "Eastre" "a goddess of the East. whose fes- tival was held in the spring of the year. Then we have the high Ger man "Ostra," and the Teutonic Aus tro." who were the Bookcases of spring as well.
 All these worships of pagan times seem to lead one to a festival in honor of spring and is more remote than any other feast. That it has always been . sort of religious festival ob- served by man seems indisputable. Its modern significance is, of course, quite another thing. and yet there may be traced a likeness. Even the men of
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origin is pagan and is closely con nected with the idea of reg generatibn. which is closely allied with thoughts of a fruitful spring.
 Curious Celebrations
 Curious celebrations of Easter are held even in our own country when the Penitent Brothers, a tribe of New Mexico Spanish Indians, have a sing ular service of self fagellation. during Holy Week, which eliminates in the flesh and blood cxucifxion of a man who is supposed to represent the Re- deemer. There has been little written of this. due to the fact that 1t is very difficult for white man to get into their reservation at that time and still more difficult to obtain photographs of the ceremony, yet this was accom- plished several years ago. The Peni- tents, as they call themselves, belong to an order which was founded three hundred years ago. and at the time of its inception had nothing of the scourge idea about it. Gradually, how ever, it developed into a fanaticism. During Lent these people stick cactus needles into their bare flesh and beat themselves with thongs. The great day of penance occurs on Good Fri day. when the Procession of the Cross takes place. About twenty-five of the "brothers," led by three men who are usually bleeding from their self-infiict- ed wounds and bearing crosses, come into the little adobe town. The crosses are heavy and the men often fall be- meath them. They chant In weak voices as they walk. There seem to be strange reverence among the peo- pie during the procession. and finally the Golgotha Is reached. Here the man representing Christ is said to be actually crucified and buried. Wheth- CT this has taken place since the year nineteen hundred Is not known, but at one time their order was allowed to practice it's rites. and the members of the order took good care that wis itors or officials were tabooed
 Down in Mexico City they have an other curious custom--that of the burning in effigy of Judas Iscariot. This ceremony takes place alt Easter
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in the situation? We had promised the Allies that by July, 1918, we would have in France 6O0,000 men. At that date we had on foreign soil over two million men. and had promised four million by July, 1919.
 It is true that only comparatively small number of these two million actually took part in the struggle, but it was the fact that they were avail able that made possible the great of fensive of July, 1918, which was never relaxed until the white flag of German surrender was floating on the breeze.
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And what brought that naughty foe a foe that still had an enormous fight ing force at it's command and still oc- cupied invaded soil--to such an igno- ble end?
 Not only the bayonets of our gallant boys and those of the allied nations, but the knowledge possessed by the German leaders that behind the two million men was another two million and behind them as many million as might be needed. The knowledge also that whereas only one battery of American made field artillery was ever in action there was on the way to the front a continuous stream of American made guns, shells, airplanes. tanks and other engines of war such as would have annihilated the German Army had it dared to continue the struggle.
 And 1t is this stream of men. of guns, of ships and munitions, that broke the spirit of the German staff and brought the war to a glorious end year before we had dared to hope for, that is now being paid for and which makes necessary the Victory Liberty Loan."
 We Must Not Fail
 Is it a large thing to ask that the people of the United States, who have already loaned their government over eighteen billion dollars, should once again unite to pay the cost of making the world free? They were united be- hind our President when he declared for force without stint" and this force has been applied, applied in such full measure as to save tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands Of young Amer ican lives which would have been lost had the contest lasted another year. Are we to count our dollars against the blood of our manhood. a rate of interest against a gold service star, some sacrifice of pleasure against the grief of America's womanhood?
 Let America answerI-
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like Christmas, comes - down to us imbedded in a
 strange and mysterious confusion Aof Pagan rites, Jewish ceremonies
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flags are flying, the cannon booming and the soldiers marching and fighting, but patriotism in the easy times of peace is a different matter, but hardly less important, and the easy times of peace are not yet here. Most of tho army that crossed the ocean to battle for humanity Is still on foreign soil
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the toy of victory and peace.

tHe JUy UT VICtUIy afIu FtdOV'
 Shall all this be lost? Shall Amer. ica once again make a god of man. mon? Shall we forget those new found ties of humanity, those friendships based on mutual service? Of what advantage this awful warfare, this sac- rifice of blood and treasure if it is not
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Although fhe Great War Is Over, and Victory Is Ours,
 Ills Our Patriotic Duty To
 Puffhe Fifth Loan OverAs We Did fine Others - With
 a Biz Dissatisfaction.

EVER since the Liberty Bell first
 proclaimed our independence
 have the people of the United - = States brought to bear on any undertaking such a united spirit as has been evidenced in our fight for the freedom of the world. Even during our war for independence the number of Torys was not inconsiderable and the wretched support given to the ar mics of Washington by the Congress and the people is evidenced by the horrible winter at Valley Forge, where our troops. ragged, freezing and almost starved were only upheld by the in- dominable spirit of their Chief and their devotion to their newly born country.
 S In the war of 1912 it was our navy bnly that saved us from defeat and !disgrace. Again in 1898 our triumph Dver a weak nation was dulled by the ! Knowledge of thousands of lives lost Through mismanagement and general jnconfpetence. That was a little war Fought by those in power and not by fhe people.
 A Nation With But A Single Thought C But since the sixth of April, 1917, swhatra change in spirit! What union
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and the work of those of us who stayed behind is not yet finished. The victory has been won but only the cost in blood has been fully paid There is still to complete the cost in treasure.
 It was easy 10 lend while the issue
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to create in mankind a new idea of citizenship, new conception of the glory of service, not only in time of war, but also in time of peace?
 Patriotism
 Patriotism is not hard when the
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was uncertain, while the dark clouds of defeat were lowering over the Allied forces, but now that the glorious sun of victory and peace shines in heaven there lis a feeling that someone else should pay for the warmth and happi- ness which it dispenses and which we enioy v
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What Turned Tho Tide

Only @ few months ago few could be found so optimistic as to predict that this sun would be shining before the autumn of 1919. And what was it that brought this unexpected change
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-04-23
Notas de Espana.
Embajada Francesa. En- Honor de los
Marlnos Espanoles.

"Sabemos pOr cl doctor Vim
cent, que fuG de clio testiso, el
tacto, Ia tirmeza V la COrtesla con
que todos los Oficialcs realizaron
su cometiGo.
"Inspirandose en- los sentilnicn
tos generOsos de su RcF, repre-
sentaron Espana disnamcnte.
La bondad v la caridad de p. Al
fouso XIII fuerOn ielmente in
terpretada por los marinos espa,
lOlcs, que en- nucstr0s barcos hos
pitalcs protesielon con su pala-
bra dc honor al personal embar-
,ado.
"tiracia Il Ia presencia dc ID.
Emilio Torres en- este acto, Su
Maicstad tendI:i un inf0rme direc
% del homcnaje rcndidO, en nom
brc de Francia, a estOs mobiles ma
rinos e$panoles.
La asistencia Il esta ceremonial
lei snbjefc de ID Marina espaiio
in subraya aun mas los vinculOs
Il fraternidld cxistentes cntre Ia
darina espahola y Ia franeesa"
II EmbajadOe termin6 lamen.
iandose no haber rccibidO aim Ia
.Nestalla de Epidemias, justa re-
compansa a, In conducta dc los
marinos esp1holes por su aetua-
c;6n durantc las tcrribles epide-
mias que bicieron estras0s a bor
do die los .bnIues h0spitahs fran
ceScs, Ia cual cntrcgara a los ma
rinos en- cuahto llegue a su po-
der. 90
FL almirante d. Adrian San
chez, .cn frases conmovedoras, OK
prcs6 el agradecimiento dc la Ma
rina espahola a Francia por el
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-04-23
Una Fiesta *en. la

| I'm la Embajada, francesa sc ha
celebrado una fiesta, en- Ia que el
embajador, Sr. Alepetite, en- nom
! bre del Gobicrno frances entIpg6
Il los oGciales de Ia marina espa-
1ola que estuyieron embarcados
en los navios hospitales fIanceses
las insisnias de Ia Legion de Ho-
uor.
.,.s..stieron d la ceremonial, que
Sc celebr6 en- el. gran salon, ID.
Emilio Torres, secretario particu
lar del .Rey, y Ell aimirante d.
Adrian Sanchez, subjefe de Esta
do Mayor de la Marina.
Talnbicn asisti6 al acto todo el
personal de la Embajada, a cuSa
cabeza cstaba ei scnor Alapetite.
Este, al entregar las condecOra
I
E'ciOncs a los OGciales' cspahoies,
pronunci6. ell siguiente discurso:
|. al llegar a Madrid tuve el no
nor de entregar a su. Majetad Ia
! medalla del Agradeclmiento Fran
Ee,.s, que le contrib el Gohierno dc
Ia Rep1blica como homemade los
servicios que d. Alfonso XIII ha
prestado durante u guerra a las
yfctimas de ella, y en- particular
a las francesas.
;."Hoy voy a,pagar .otra ,deuda
de agradecimiento 'entregando, en
nombrc del presidente de Ia Re
pGhlica francesa y,de aqqelIa ma
ici6n, las insignias de. la. Legion,
de Honor a los Dlciales DC. IA Ma
rina espahola que con 81 ip'rfiessen
cla' It bordo de nuestros = sbarcos
hospitales, supicron hacerlos res
pctar, cumpIicndo asi la mission
|bienhcchora dc sn soberano.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-04-23

De hoy mahana Sc marchan
los seiorcs congresistas. Y Sc
marchan, llcvandose gratos re-
cuerdos de Puerto Rico.
Nosotros estamos contcntos
de su cstadia aqui y del honor
que nos han hc2ho de- vcn!r q esta
guerilla TERRA que tai. vez crelan
cllos una cosa dcsprcciable; y tai
ha sido cl amor que lie han cOgi-
do que Mr. Kenyon dijo: "Puer-
to Rico cs una partc de nuestra
familia dc la que estamos orgu.
llosos V dcscamos que ella 10 este
de nosotros. Nunca sc arriar;l
Ia bandcra americana de Puerto
Rico
70 sc que cuantOs amerlcanos
vcngan aquf, quedaran cnamora-
dos de Ia isla, perO yo quisiera
oue vinieran tambiGn mucllas,
muchas americanas para que
tambien sc queden enamOradas.
Otra de las cosas que mas me
regociia, es que hcmOs tenldo
oportunidad de decirles Il csos
amigos los dolores que eXperl
menta el pueblo en- general
porque 81 es verdad que los cam
pesinos V los trabajadores todos
estan en- gravisimas condolences
no es menos cicrto que los adinc
RADIOS. los acomodados V los me
dos. tambiGn Sc eStan llcvand(
IN sctO. TodOs sufrimOS. n We
COS vemos a un ricacho cOrrlendC
en- su auto. no sahemOs cuan
toS Y cuales son los sulrimlcntOs
que cn aqucllos momcnt0s (qnt
n nUSotrOS nos parccc que sc rs
tan dando mas gusto que un pc
rrO en- la ccniZal estan cXPcrl
mcntand0 pOr no pOdcr satIsfa
Ger un compromise en- que pell
era ouizAs toda su fortuna y 81
pOrvenir.
Tcnemos a los conGreslSta'
acorralados, no pucden cvadirs'
de oirnos V debemos dar gracla'
a Dios que Cordova Davila no.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-04-23

A los congresistas no les ia
gustado mucho los banquetes
..secos" V Mr.. Kitchin, al ,brin'
dar, lie di6 coraie y dijo: 7"eon
aqua no.: Y tir6 el aqua (que no
era de coco) hacienda un sesto
lie disgusto.
y 81 ESQ le arde IL Mr.. kitchin,
:que no sera nosotros que ce
lcbram0s I'M bautizo o una lecho
NADIA sin una gotta de ron. -?
Yo creo que todO les habr;l
acradado menos la question
"scco'; clos lutheran preferldo
aunque hubicse sido por los 20
COS dias que estan aqui, ser
"mojadOs". =
Porque un banqnete sin 81
pqlit0, cs un cuerpO SIN alma.
Miguel StrOgoJJ.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-04-23
BUEN NEGOCIO UN ARCHIVO..

=
de Ia Gran Fabrica de
S,.;. a. en- su oflcina es
%&ll5GSGp signo de que us
ted conoce 10 que vale el te-
ner sus documentos Ordena-
dos Y siempre a mano. Toda
oficina lie mucho trabajO
tiene los de mayor tamalo.
Hay para todas. Cdntero
Fc1HdndeS &c CompahM los
vende y puede mostrarles
los explcndidos moaelos que
acaban de recibir. j. !, y. 80. :.
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Andnciese en- EL IMPARciAL 4
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-04-23
Por Esas Calles...

los trajo; pues de cualquicr ma.
nera debemos suponer que st
ellos estuvieran en- Estados Uni
dos, para podcr hablar con uno
de ellos 4 minutes, nos hubicra
costado un triunfo. supOniendo
que nos hubieran hecho el favor
de oirnOs.
Hemos tenido Oportunidad de
decirle todo 10 que pretendemQs
V contarles todas nuestras nece-
sidades. Y he tenido OCCASION
de cerciorarme que los adinera.
dos, los politicos, a quienes sc
les han dicho cosas estupcndas,
han pedido para la clasc obrera,
han pintado los colores que a'
retratan en- los rostros de los
campesinos y con sinceridad han
pedido para los obreros tanto Q
mas que para 10 polftico-social.
Los politicos han trabajado
bien en- esta OCCASION. @ :,
Falta ahora que eses sefioress
cuando lleguen a Estados Uni
dos, trabajen en- el Congreso, 9
fin de que hagan llegar Puerto
Rico todo 10 bueno que cruce
por su imagination. Y
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I'm gravamen hipotecario 4 favor
de usted cl demandado Esteban
Vargas y Soto, por la suma oa
TRES MIL QUINIENTOS Pc
sos Y cuya cantidad debia ser
satisfecha a quinientos pesos
anuales ell diciembre de, d
amos 1895 al 1901, ambos ihcll
sives. Que dicha hipoteca est;I\
satisfecha y que nj usted ell de-
mandado Esteban Vargas nj
ininguna otra persona represen-
tando sus derechos ha cancela-
do dicha hipoteca, Y solicita el
denandante de la Corte declare
con lugar la demanda y ordene
el cancelanliento de dicno credi-
to hipotecario en- los libros del
Registro, con los demas pronuG-
ciamientos que sean del case.
Y, habiendo dispuesto la Cor
te Sc cite usted por medic de
edictos que Sc publicaran en- el
Deri6dico LA Correspondence"
u otro de gran circulation de los
que Sc editan Ell San Juan, P. R..
una vcz por semana durante el
ternlino de un mes.
POR Ell PRESENTE, que sc
publicara en- Ia forma cXpresa-
da. Sc NOTIFICA A listed
que de no comparecer q confess
/ tar dicha demanda dentro de los
diez dias despu6s dc notitieado.
81 la notification sc hiciere en- el
D;strito, y dentro de los vcintc
dias 81 Sc hicierc fuera del Dis
trito, pero en- la Isla dc Puerto
Rico, Y dentr0 de los cuarenta
dias 81 sc hicicre en- otra parte,
el demantlaate podra solicitar Ia
rebeidia Y obtener una scatencia
de acuerdo con los terminus de
su demanda.
Representa- al demandante el
abogado Jose d. Rodriguez, de
E.ares, 2. Il.
EXTENDIDA BAJO MI FIR
MA Ell Aguadilla, p. r., q 25 de
iebrero de 1919. ..
TelesfOr0 CABAN,
Secretario Corte Distrito.
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homemade tributado a sus OGcia'
les.
Don Emilio Torres di0 las gra
cias al Sr. AlaIetite por las pa
labras tan halagiienas prOnuncia
das por q, V lie manifesto que las
transmitilia a Su Majestad quien
aaradecera en- TODD su valor el
homemade tributado a los mari
nos.
Despues, el embajador frances
colOc0 en- las guerreras dc los Off
ciales la insignia de la Legion de
; Honor.
Ofciales dc la Legion de Ho.
nor: D. Angel r. lzquierdO y
Vivar, captain dc fragata; D. An
tonic Armada Y Lopez, captain
dc corbeta; d. Luis VcrdugO y
Partagas, captain dc corbeta.
Caballeros de In Legion dc lfo
nor: d. Enrique Lopez Y Zuleta.
capitan de corMta; D. lgnaclo
Cayetaao Oicda, capiian dc corit-
ia: u. Antonio Batalla y Diaz,
captain dc cOrbrta; u. Jose III
gueras " .G6mek Quintcro, capi-
tan Ge cOrbcta :. u. Miguel Angel
Montoio V Portero, tenienie de
mako, v d. Manuel Fernandez
Llercna, ten;cnn: de nayi0.
Terminada Ia cntrega dc la*
c0ndecoraciones, el embajadar de
Francia invite a los asistenteS
al acto pasar al comedor, dou-
dc tomaron una copa de champa
ia.
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EDICTO
EN- LA CORTE DE DISTRITO
DEL DISTRITO JUDICIAL
M AOIYAIAYH ID Il

EN- LA CORTE DE DISTRITO
DEL DISTRITO JUDICIAL
DE AGUADILLA, p. X.
Estados Unidos de America,
Ell Presidente de los EE.UU. SIS.
No. 2725.
Jose Antonio Wales y Lopez,
Demandante.
Esteban Vargas y Soto, o su
SUCCESSION,
Demandado.
EMPLAZAMIENTO.
Ell PUEBLO DE PUERTO
RICO.
A Esteban Vargas Y Soto o su
succession, o sea ell demandado an
tes mencionado, cuyo paradero
Sc ignora.
POR LA PRESENTE Sc NO.
TIFICA A listed o ustedes,
cue Sc ha presentado en- la Oil
Gina del Secretario de la Corte
de Distrito, del Distrito Judicial
de Aguadilla, P. Il. la demanda
del actor antes citado en- la cual
alega:
Que es dueno dc una finca de
29 cucrdaS de terreno radicada
en- el barrio Rio Prieto, de Lares,
que linda al NOrte, con Succession
de Demetrio VeleZ antes Juan
Rodriguez; Salienta, la misma
Succession Y Salvador Alemahy !;
al Sud, el mismo Aleniaiiy; y al
Poniente, Pedro Nuncz Y Pedro
Jose Gonzalez, anteS, Juan Ro-
drigueZ.
Que Sobre d;cha finca exiate