A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BrigGeneral Schwan . AS are going to reform him, of course ; but —the day will come when we shall be ashamedto look Spain in the face. In Cuba thismans brothers were known as patriots ;which meant that they were soldiers whenthere was any work to be done, and laborerswhen fighting was on hand. In my opinion,they are vicious beasts. The cost of living naturally hinges uponthe price of labor; and so one may eat anddrink in Puerto Rico for a trifle more than asong. Fruit and vegetables are cheap andplentiful,
A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BrigGeneral Schwan . AS are going to reform him, of course ; but —the day will come when we shall be ashamedto look Spain in the face. In Cuba thismans brothers were known as patriots ;which meant that they were soldiers whenthere was any work to be done, and laborerswhen fighting was on hand. In my opinion,they are vicious beasts. The cost of living naturally hinges uponthe price of labor; and so one may eat anddrink in Puerto Rico for a trifle more than asong. Fruit and vegetables are cheap andplentiful, though flour is so costly as to bealmost a luxury; while the meats are neitherlow in price nor good in quality. Excellentfowls are to be had for very little is dear and dangerous; butter is onlyknown as it appears in cans from Denmark;and all the other dairy products are of themeanest description. Still, one can live withpleasure and comfort upon the many pecul-iarly native articles of subsistence in commonuse. Rents are low, but satisfactory houses areseldom to be had when they are Promenade of the Fleas in Yauco.
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