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taking in such au alien ami a degraded people. .Sup

pose. he said, Mr. Asior should pick up some aoau

uoned vagaboud in the streets ot New York and

adopt him 111 his family; that would be, no doubt.

line thing tor the vagabond; but how would it be

lor the lainily of Mr. As tor f

TUB MARKET.

One o' the most novel ami sinking sights In Port

au Prince la tiie market and the crowds of women

coining to it irum the country, most of them cither

mounted on or leading donkeys with immense, rude

looking paniers tided with bananas, yams, orange*

or oilier fruits and vegetables. The market places

are large square* iu tue heart of the city, und in ihe

morning are crowded with women, either selling or

buying produce, which Is mostly in very small

quantities. A woman will bring for miles from the

country, on her head or 011 a donkey, less than a

dollar's worth of fruit auu vegetables. There

are no men in the market, except a few

at the butcncrs' stalls. All the rest of the

business Is done by women. The morning 1 went

to the market there must have been sou or Duo of

these women, most 01 them squatting on the grouiul

beside their little piles or produce. All wore com

mon colored cotton liaudkerchiers 0:1 their heads,

widen are carried out. from tho buck of the head

fully eighteen inches or two feet, as stiff as starch

can uiukc them. The markets, like all parts or the

city, are filthy, gutters runuiug everywhere filled

with slops and garoage. There are no sewers or

outer means of drainage, 'ihe side pavements are

as rough as the roughest corduroy roads. Cous.dur

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The New York herald. (1871). New York [N.Y.], 1871-03-17. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1871-03-17/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1871-03-17.