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Show IN CHIHUAHUA. MtXKO. JtnlnlerrillnzTrli' from Salt IjiVo to this 1 lace by I ay Mitra. IConeiroadaaraeftaatiilaRir awa) After learlne Iho lovely valley of lUtcu, IVow Mexico, w pAMidovtrn rough rouittry lo Albuquerque, which wo nached at 2a.m. on Hunday, tho 17th. Ban Antonio la laid to contain houiea SOOyearaold aJobleo with flat dirt roofe. Moat of Iho houiea aro low and look ".cry ancient, Mnuy walked out to lea llila ancient town, which haa only alout 30U iratmlatlon. At Itlncon thirteen poraona took another route, leaviug our tialn for I'oplobamio Hay, Mtxlco. They belonged be-longed Id a roloulzttloti coniany call ed tho "Cridll Fonder Uouipany," and aro forming a largo colony near tho ctnut, Thla colony la not allowed lu at' I or mortgagu their lioniei, but dwell on them forn lifetime. Hating ironed a ility.flra mllo desert and couatdetable ealeratui or alkatli a landl, aa well na jiM))a, reminding ono of tho plaint lu 1817, wv wero the better prepared to enter mon a lovely belt of country wild blooming fruit trera, and lucern In largo iuaulltlee about twelvo Incliee high. A handanie modtrn brick manalon with fine aurroundlnga at traded attention. It Wlonga lo a lawyer. Laa Crucea la the uaiiiU of the valley, named from the many erotica which mark where Mexlcani were murdered by Indlaaa In thu early daya. Wherever a Mexican fall Into death'a gra-p, be It ever ao lonely a lit, a crou la erected. They ato very numeroua at thla place, hence the name. ljargefuantllleof grapeaaroahlpped from trie lnl on the railroad car. Thirteen wllie' Journey brought tn lo i:i 1'aao, Tetti, Juit acroia thu Itlo llramlo rlvir, wlil.lt la tbo llmi of 01 1 Mexico. Hero tho cuitoni Itouae icrutlnylamide. Woapnot the alter muii vioa lug aoiuo of thu ilghta of 1,1 I'Acuand lta atirroundlngw, Including the military ial, a aineitar, and tho Ktale building. Jay Gould' Iace car haa I i-en here for acve ral daja. At G k in., having rurchaied a rattirn ticket to the Cily of Mexico, we traveled all bight through land hllla lo where I en thc.e Hun In Chihuahua, two hundred and elilyebiJIii Irom l'.l I'aio, nnd 1303 from HalU.ako I lly. Chihuahua la uulte a mlnlug centre. Wing tbo main aupply lnt for all the large mlnca lu thla I art of the Bute, harming hero li at loat one huudrcd jcarabebliidtbe IIiiim, and uolhwlthttandlug the fact that all bliula of machinery and farming lm plemenla ate flee of duly, the Mexican farmer i Iowa with tho olifahloned l.gypttau wooden allck allat tied alo the liornaof oxen, acratclilug the ground not more than three cr four Inchea deep, nnd a large brurli la u-ed for n harrow, heat la hoivenled by the na Uvea with a rlcklo and throhed out by honea treading on a itone Hour and cloaneil by throwing agnlnet Ihe wind. After the wheal li thrtihed the atrjw haaaauretalo at twenty dollara tr ton. Btrangotu lay, alfalfa la almoot unknown to the Mexican tartnera, and yet they can I rmluce four and five cropa a year and II at twenty.flve aud thirty dollara ier ton. Temiral (dry) firming la rarrled on very exleualvely aud Inordinary yiara a large iuaullly of malu or Indian corn li ralaod, but drouth for the laat Iwoyearihaa made temporal a failure In many I arte of the Htatc. Corn la now idling for nearly three couta wr Iwund and wheal about two dollara per luihel, but theaenre uuuiually high Lrioea on account of irop fellurte. onilderlng Ihe great demand and high prlcea for all klnde of farm product, pro-duct, land at present la viry nuion. able, and It aetmaitrango that more entarprlalog forrlguera do not turn their attention to farming, fruit ralalng aud manufacturing Inatead of au much proi ectlog for rulnra, tilnco our arrival here wehave made the aciualntAtice of aome foreigner, alio aome well-to-do Mixlcana, and all clam a t Xpnil till m.el Vll li aed that aomu of our ih.o1o are aetlllug In Mexico, hoi liigthat wllh ourlmtrovo I uielhode of farming much advancement advance-ment will be inadeln cultivating the land, Uu my arrival hero I mat Ilro. J. C. lleutley, ofBt. Ueorgo, and wlthlilui have lint a few daya In vliltlng aome of Hie Mexican churchta audcathed-rala. audcathed-rala. I.aat I'rlday we vlilted Ibo Church of ban l'ranilaco, the oldeit church In tho clly. It waa built over two hundred jcaraago. Wewcro received very courteously by thu paator, aud itiown through all thu dllUient churchea, uhero wero ilejuitleil many curlouarellcaand liusgei. C'onurcted wltU thla church la a rchool ol lllly or loveuty-flvo ladl, all belog iducnted to become Cathollo prleat. The toadur, Mr, Jiaua I'ralo had lliue little lida repeat, lu concert, Ihe Iord'a prater, the creed and the ten commandment, com-mandment, alter which we apoke a fow worda totbem and took our Kate. Tho climate of thli att of Mexico la dellghllully warn and (I. iint. May and Juno nro tall to U tbo warmeU montha of the j ear, the cool refrtahlng rklna lommtncing during tho latter art of Juno. I expect lu remain heru a tew daa longer. I m vno Ht. r .nton. CitiiiUAIit'A, Mexico, April mn. |
