The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-13
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were huge in &:cl -" c.~.c;. - in
strength of walls
Morgnn, at the time of his destruc.
tive raid, seems to have overlooked
some very fine beer, which still ~.
mains there-but that is another
story
The mud from the build;ng of the
canal. some seven miles away. has
driftci in and settled on the water
front cf the old city, thus turning
What must have been most beauti-
full beach into an ugly ml!d dat. avoid
ed ali6e by man and beast and bir'i
One should visit the place when the
tide l., high and covers this imnCrfec
ton, which is thus done. Is the rise
of the tide, | was told. and on a sec
Ond visit, saw, is as much as 20 feet
or more, and comes to the top OF this
bluff upon which the city stood. From
the top of this bluff. at what was prob
ably the market place of the city, may
easily be seen the entrance to the
canal Thus after more than two cen
turtles. the living and the dead lie
side by side
On Our journey back to the city ';ui
attention was attracted to roadside
shrine, where. upon the surface If !.
very large fiat rock. which protruded
itself few feet above the surface,
were the forms of three crosses. at
the foot of which was very crude
affair, made of tin, so constructed as
to protect from the elements a num-
Der of lighted candles. which have
been kept burning. was told, both
day and night, through long term
Of years. This is for the repose of
the soul Of a priest. who was killed.
as he stood upon that rock, at the
time of one of the numerous rcvolu-
tiOnS which. once upon a time, trou-
bled that country. At considerabl,
distance and in a field. was similar
shrine, only not so well attended or
so we'll constructed. the rcceptacles
for the candles being arranged from
what must have been, in its days of
usefulness. 50-pound lard can. Only
one of the candles was burning. That
sleeper was either less important, or
his friends had gone to Join him in
the darkness of eternity--or else had
grown weary in well doing. and would
rest. Let us hope that the repose of
both sleepers may remain undis-
turbed
A. Native Village
We visited a native village. some
ten miles from the city. 1t was con.
structed of bamboo poles, set upright.
Tor the walls, and palmetto leaves
formed the thatch for the roofs. The
floors were made of clay and tile cook
ing was done outside the buildings.
The houses are practically bare OF
furnishings-the children likewise; a
number being clothed only IN natures
garb. The ladies of the several house
holds evidently cXtinguiSh the lights
before retiring. as the bamboo poles.
having become dry, have grown apart.
ana one may easily see entirely
through the house, from ones place in
the road, from any direction. As ten
cents worth of cloth would form A
full evening gown. their toilets arc
not elaborate and are easily made. 7
was disposed to remain until bed.
time. to see how it was done, but my
wife would not allow me. The men
women, and children. are innocent Of
shoes.
One aesthetic gentleman. evidently
the head OF house, sat within this
Pioy ms upoH uhdieIG, making
Wierd kind of music Ii the instru
ment cost as much as ten dollars, it
cost more than his mansion. Chick,
ems abound about the native houses.
nearly all being of the game" va
MISUNDERSTANDING being we'll under.
stood and appreciated, even. in the
humblest of homes. Thus they sur.
render the utility of the humble hen
to the valor of her husband. Often
one may see natives with game cocks
in their laps, fondling them as pets.
but never a hen-never. Enroute to
the city, in the red glow of the even
ing sun, we passed a donkey car on
its way to market. 1t was crude af-
fair and the farm produce which it
contained consisted of few stalks
of sugar cane and bag of something