Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-04-23

| somewhat lost interest in our sur
roundings, because of sea sickness.
On the 14th we arrived at Carta-
gena, Colombia. This was one of
the first cities built by the Spanish
,, in the New World 1t was the
scene of a disastrous naval defeat
suffered by American Colonial and
English forces under Admiral Yer
| non in 1741. Here Lawrence
Washington. half-brother of George
Washington, contracted tropical
disease which later caused his
death
Cartagena remains a typical
Spanish city. The people are large
ly of Castilian origin. The mixture
of races so much in evidence in
Central America was not noticed
here. The country is very hot. It
is one of the driest spots on either
hemisphere. Even in the so-called
rainy season, rain seldom falls.
The reason for this, in part, was APP
| parent, as we gazed to the south
west and saw the northern fringe
The lofty mountains affect air cur
rents in such way as to shut off
rain from the north coast of South
America. Farther inland it is diff
ferent, as evidenced by the Magda-
lena river that empties into the
Caribbean sea between Cartagena
and Pueto Colombia. This river is
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across for some distance near it's
mouth. On this stream boats bring
in coffee from the interior and
make both Cartagena and Puerto
Colombia, nearby, important ports
in the coffee trade
We sailed from Puerto Colombia
on the 18th. Again we were on
the Caribbean sea, the old, Spanish
Main, cover which hover the vapors
of many legends" r Imagine the
treasure at the bottom of this sea
the wrecks of Spanish gold car
riers sunk with everything on
board. in battles with English buc-
cancers Like the stormy days OF
old. the sea was rough. A gale
from the northeast lashed the wa
ter and again made us all miserable
with sea sickness. hrs
Step Ashore At Havana
On the 10Th we stepped ashore at
Havana. A day was spent in this
beautiful city. We visited the Co
lumbian cathedral in which the
bones of Columbus rested until they
We're moved to Spain. We were in
Central park, the hub of Havana's
social life, and drove around old
Moro castle, with its crumbling
walls, relic of the days of chival-
ry. Another beautiful drive took
US five miles along the Gulf OF
Mexico, on a fine boulevard. We
saw the famous Fraternity tree, a
ceiba. planted in 1928 to typify the
growth of amity between the ma
tions Of Latin and Saxon America.
Parts of the soil in which the tree
is growing We're sent by each coun-
try. ,t.-a-..tt -r.=..I#
Bound For Home Port
We again embarked on the 20th,
bound for our home port-New
York. Off Jacksonville, Florida.
one of the worst storms of the win
ter was encountered. Passengers
and sailors expected the boat to
founder. We lost whole day driv-
ing through this terrible gale. Ev-
erybody was too sick either to eat
or to realize the peril they were in.
Even the captain was seasick. On
March cath we stepped ashore in
New York. ,e l-saE s=6E
The remainder of our journey by
land included stops at New York,
Washington. Baltimore, Harris
burg and Pittsburgh On the 2Sth
we reached New Philadelphia. after
an absence of 81 days. We had
travelled as nearly as we could
figure. $500 miles by land and g.
600 miles by water. We had cross
ed the continent twice, once by
rail in North America and once by
water in Central America. We had
visited eight countries. not includ-
ing our own. and had cast anchor
in Is ports. ten on the Pacific and
five on the Atlantic side of the con-
tinent At last we had achieved
our ambition to visit our great sis
ter nations Of the south, those
whose friendship we indeed cherish
and whose protection and peace we
are pledged to preserve. The earth
quake in Nicaragua emphasizes this
relationship. Those made home
less and destitute naturally look to
the United States for help. and it is
certainly our duty to respond to
their appeals for aid.
Manchester Grange
Program of Manchester grange
for April 25, is as follows: Roll
call suggestion that will make a
grange meeting; song,
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