THE CHILANOS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2178, 23 December 1885, Page 2

THE CHILANOS.

The CJiilanos are Irishmen of- South witty, impulse, |na reckless, Many of the leading families o,f Ohili (remarks tho correspondent of a contemporary) are defendants of Irish anooatry, Barney O'Higgins was tho Liberator and tho first Dictator ot Ohili, the Washington of his country, and Patrick Lynch was the commanding general in the late war with Peru. Patrichio M'Garry is a prominent merchant in Santiago, and Miguel (Michel) O'Herne one of the conspicuous statemen. The ()'s, and Macs are frequently {jeen in newspaper articles, when Ppanjsjt suriv'intes'look'very funny. They will light at' drop pi the hat, with anybody, for. any cause, anc| against any qdds, and are'always anxjofls (for some' Ijody to step on the tails of their coats, They make splendid soldiers, are fond of pomp and parade, and have no sense of fear, as the late war with Peru demonstrated, in which aa regiment of Chilians was always good for double or treble its number of the enemy, They love a hand-to-hand fight, it being their habit in war to capture everything by charges, dropping their rnus|ets and' using thir wluoh are always caftied'in war. or peace.' P6;ffliill'ano'does not fight with his fist, or a club, or a revolver,' 'ty'ut always with jus knife, and he kilts by as tlije Italian gtnk tiitli Ilia, stiletto, f)\eir )yit prflverbial. Qhili is the only oquntry in Sputh America where oomic papers are published, and these contain oarfcoons and wittioiaraa that would do credit to any country. During the struggle between the church and the Liberal party the priests and monks are objects (if much ridicule, and the printshops are full of pictures representing the devotees of the church and the fathers in all sorts of comical predicaments,