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Cuba Libre 251
"Patria y Libertad (Fatherland and Liberty)."
They are as true as if turned by lathe, and finely
polished; for everything done at Mayari, so far as
it goes, is well done.
The lower end of the hall is devoted to the repairing of machetes. Handles of beautiful design are
made and harmoniously fitted to the various styles
of machete, from the long, pointed Camaguey blade,
to the broad forester's cutlass and Santo Domingo
scimitar. The handles are made from layers of
ox horn, heated and shaped with brass forms, and
pressed over night in a vise. They are then clinched
with brass rivets, trimmed with knife and file and
polished to their utmost brilliancy.
You may have your machete fitted with a guard of
brass or steel if you wish, and may select your design
for a handle, or leave it to the taste of the artisan.
Care -is taken in the selection of horn, and the
results are creditable to the taste and patience of the
workmen.
Henrique Gomez, a dark, thick-set little man, a
saddler by profession and an all-around mechanic,
is overseer and foreman of the arsenal. He has
brought his wife with him to the mountain, for the
Spaniards burned her out of house and home a few
months ago. They live in a little rancho on the
mountain side. She is the only woman on Mayari.
Industry is the order of the day at Mayari.
When work in the armory is slack, the men devote
themselves to labor in the garden and to improvements about the grounds. In the wood-carving
department extra time goes to the manufacture of
boxes, inlaid checker-boards, and card-tables. The
| Title | Marching with Gomez |
| Creator | Flint, Grover |
| Publisher | Lamson, Wolffe and company |
| Place of Publication | Boston, New York [etc.] |
| Date | 1898 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000298 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | Cuba Libre 251 "Patria y Libertad (Fatherland and Liberty)." They are as true as if turned by lathe, and finely polished; for everything done at Mayari, so far as it goes, is well done. The lower end of the hall is devoted to the repairing of machetes. Handles of beautiful design are made and harmoniously fitted to the various styles of machete, from the long, pointed Camaguey blade, to the broad forester's cutlass and Santo Domingo scimitar. The handles are made from layers of ox horn, heated and shaped with brass forms, and pressed over night in a vise. They are then clinched with brass rivets, trimmed with knife and file and polished to their utmost brilliancy. You may have your machete fitted with a guard of brass or steel if you wish, and may select your design for a handle, or leave it to the taste of the artisan. Care -is taken in the selection of horn, and the results are creditable to the taste and patience of the workmen. Henrique Gomez, a dark, thick-set little man, a saddler by profession and an all-around mechanic, is overseer and foreman of the arsenal. He has brought his wife with him to the mountain, for the Spaniards burned her out of house and home a few months ago. They live in a little rancho on the mountain side. She is the only woman on Mayari. Industry is the order of the day at Mayari. When work in the armory is slack, the men devote themselves to labor in the garden and to improvements about the grounds. In the wood-carving department extra time goes to the manufacture of boxes, inlaid checker-boards, and card-tables. The |
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