Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1884 — Street Scenes in Lisbon. [ARTICLE]

Street Scenes in Lisbon.

Among the street scenes in lusbon may be noted two men carrying a bedstead and mattress slung upon a pole, a la Chinatown; a man driving a flock es turkeys; places at the publie fountains divided by classes —this side for gentlemen, this side for menials, etc.; the Praza do Comereio, or, as the English call it, “Black-Horse Square,” after the equestrian statute of Joseph I, which stands in tlio middle; the Passeio- Publico, with its marble basins, its trees, flowers and pretty girls; the cathedral, rebuilt since the groat earthquake of 1775; the palace of Ajuda. where the royal family (the population of Portugal is scarcely more than one-half that of the State of New York) usually dwells; and the theater San Carlos. The man-peasant wears a woolen nightcap for a head-dress, the female, nothing, The male, of the genteel class wears a shiny silk hat with a very narrow brim; the female, whatever maybe the fashion in Paris. The gentry wear French costumes, the peasants, black homespun woolen jackets and trousers. You meet English people at every tnrn. Most of the few industries which flourish in Portugal are in their hands; the wine -trade, the‘fruit trade, the shipping, the mining, and even the sardine fishery—in fact, since the Methuen treaty Portugal has become little more than a British province. It has nominally a ptoteiitive tariff, but really enjoys free trade, the entire coast and the frontiers being in possession of smugglers. What with the small population of tlie country, its almost ruined condition, ana its utter-depStidience upon England, its crown becomes a mockery, and both its “ancient" and “modern” nobility a careature. — Cor. Son Francisco Chronicle.