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Show IN' (IIIIII'AIIUA, JILMIO. In Inlrrrttlnz Trip from Molt Iiko lo Ihli I lace by I ! Slsgcs. ICorrsiroaasstsodbsUSIKRaT aws I After leaving Ihe lovely valley ol listen, New Mexico, wn psaatdovtra rough couiitry to Albu luerque, which we reached at 8a.m. on Hunday, tho Utli. Han Antonio Is said to contain Jioatrs .100 years old adobln with fist dirt roofs. Most nf tho houses are low and took very ancient. Mauy walked out lose this ancient town, which lias only aloul too imputation. At Itlncon thirteen persons lock another route, toavltig our train fur Koi lobamno Hay, Mexico. They be- longed lo a colonization comtany call ed the "L'rtdlt i'oncler Company," and are forming a large colony noar tho coast. This colony Is not alluwed to sell or mortgage their homes, but dwell on them for a llfillmc. Having crossed a sixty-five mile descrl and cnusldetable saleralus or alkaline lauds, a well as pools, reminding one of the plains In 1847, we were the better prepared to enter uion a lovely belt of country with blooming fruit tries, and Jucorn In large quantities about twelve Inch high. A linndonio modem brick mansion with fine surroundings attracted at-tracted attention. It ttjongi to a lawyer. Las Cruets Is the nau-e of thu valley, named from the msny crosses which mark where Mexicans wero murdered by Indlsna In Ihe early days. Wherever a Mexican falls Into death's grap, be It ever so lonoly a siit, across la en cttd. fhey are very numerous at this place, hence the name. I,rgeiiuantlllf of grapes are shipped from tl Is iolnt on the rnllron! cars. Thirteen Wilis1 Journey brought us to 1 1 I'aw, Texts, Just acrois llm Jtlo (Irainla river, whlili Is the Una of 01 1 Mexico Here thn custom house icrutlny Is mide. We spool the after-nioii after-nioii vlualng some of tho sights of 1.1 t'aiuanl Its surroundings, liuludlng Ihe military loel, a smaller, and Ihe Bute building. Jay Gould's tutlars- car has tun here for several da) s. At 5 p. ni , having rurcnaied a return ticket in the City uf Mexico, we traveled all right through tsnd hills lo where I pen lhe lines In Chihuahua, two hundred and sltljekilht irom I.I 1'aeo, and 130 from Haltl.aket Ity. Chihuahua Is quite a mining centre. Ulngtbe main suiply taint for all the large mines In this part of the Hlatr. f-anulngliere Is at loan! one hundred ) ears behind the times, and nolhwlthstandlng the tact that all kinds if machinery and farming lut pteineola are free of duty, Ihe Mexican farmer Iowa with the ol (-fashioned 1 gy tlau wooden slick attached .to I ho liornsof oxen, scratclilug the ground not more than three tr four Inches deep, and a large bruth Is ued for n harrow. W heat Is harenttd by the natives na-tives wltlin slcklo and Ihrohed out by horses tresdlng on n stone lloor ami clesned by throwing against the wind. After the whiat Is threshed the straw has a sure sale at twenty dollars r ton. Htrango to say, alfalfa Is almost unknown to the Mexlcau tarmi rs, nn 1 yet they can produce four and five crops a year ani s. 11 at twenty-live and thirty dollars tr tou. Tcraioral (dry) Miming Is carried on very exlruslvely aud Inordinary yiars large quantity of malio or Indian corn Is raised, but drouth for the last two years has madetc miHirala falluru In mauy arts of Ihe Hlate, Com la now selling for nearly three cents per Kund anil wbodl about two dollars per she), but these are UUUsually hfs.li prices on account of irop falluru. Considering the great ilemnnd and high prices for all kinds of farm products, pro-ducts, land at present Is very rtaion able, aud It seems strange that more enterprising furelgnere do not turn thilr attention to farnili g, fruit raising and manufacturing Insteal of so much I rosctlngfor nilnes, tjlnce our arrival here weliave made Ihe acquaintance of eome foreigners, also some well-to-do Mixlcsns, and all classesixprret thtmselves (leasnt that somu of our pcoilu are settling in Mexico, hoi luglliat wild our lni rove I mcthoJs of farming much advance-meat advance-meat will I inaJuin cultivating the land, Ou luj arrival hero I met Uro. J, C. llsnlley, of HI. Urorgc, aud with him have spent a fuw days in visiting some of tho Mexican churchts andcathed. rals. I.lnt I'rldav we visited the Chnrcli of Hau Krsnclico, the oldest church In thu city. It was lullt uver two hundred jcarsago. Wuwero tecetved ver courteously by tho pastor, aud shown lhruui.li nil thu dllleient churches, wlitru wera dejiostUnl many curious rellcaand Images. Conmctid wltU this church Is a school of Ally or teveuty.llvu lads, all being educated to become Lalhollo priests The teacher, Mr, Jims rralo had llioa. little lids repeat, lu concert, the lord's iraycr, the erred and thn ten commandments, com-mandments, alter which we spoku a low words to tut tn and Uok our leave Tho climate of Ihls art of Mexho la dellghtlully nam and (lissant. Msy aud Juuo aro sail to lu the warmest months cf the jear, Ihe owl refrtshlug rains commencing during tho latter art cf June. I vxiect to remain hero a few dsa longer. 1 tin mo Htminfon, Chihuahua, -Mexico, A rll Hit. |
