Show mexican sheep heard george 11 II crosby in writing to it a friend iu in bountiful describes a mexican sheepherder sheep herder lierzer ns as follows it may interest some of our readers to hear bear of 0 tile the strange life of a mexican sheepherder sheep herder we will notice his easy tread which tells us that he wears moccasins ills his camp utensils utin sila sils consist of a bake skillet in which he bakes his bread and roasts his coffee a frying pan and a coffee pot if you yet go to his camp he at once warms some bome coffee for you and probably flavor it with vanilla if you stay slay lo longer iger he be will roll up liis ills cleaves and after carefully washing was liing his hands commence mixing some dough in which lie he puts no belyan leiT sn or yeal this lie he fries in kettle of hot grease having previously patted the lough dough into thin cakes if lie he is real well supplied with provisions he will also have plenty of red pepper which he will use freely with his meat three quarters of a pound of meat and one quarter of a pound of pepper after the meat is prepared in this way lie will make inake his coffee and then ask you to eat with him it if you accept and try to eat some of the stew you will find it very liot hot indeed deed more than likely will open your mouth and blow which causes your mouth to burn all the more while you are doid doing 0 thus yo your ur host will ch chew ew away at his supper being very careful not to open his mouth to let in the air the herder usually has a great many logs dogs and wild creatures they are arc too bed of the sheepherder sheep herder is simply a pile of sheep skins and blankets here there and everywhere with only thirteen dollars per month as wages no tent no home no education no sugar vanilla flavored coffee bread without yeast the poor fellow with six or eight dogs and a half dozen donkeys drags out an existence that he be calls a lapp happy one the sheep are probably owned by a rich person whom they call a don while the poor herder is said to be his pion pen on surely upon him rests the curse of god placed upon lamon and their marriage with the spaniards has not taken it away |