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Show DOWN IN IIKXICO. I'dwaril Hletrnna Islls tThat lit Saw en the Trip to Juariz, C'ULOMA JllAHCZ, MrXlCO, Die. 7, lblij. To the IMItori Our party, coualallngot Kldera F. M. tisman, Anthony Isles, Amiuoa Tlnaey and I, drove tha conveyance sixty nillst lo Dublsn, Iba tsnie day. Moxli-o baa a mi ttrauge, loooly ooun-try ooun-try In Ita domain. I'our nillee out from Diax la I. a Aacuaadon, a Mexican, whalthall 1 oall 117 Home call II a town, of I, HOD loto l!,0i)i people. The eU'eia ara th'c way, tuat way, and several tliuea tha olh"r way. The kouaet are ant'Oli tha same at tlie atreett, muddy lo iklug, low, flat and uninviting. Kverythlug luokt oou-fuaed. oou-fuaed. We drove through the cr.ioked itreett. They were very narrow, but tha land It grand, end mllliont of acres of II. The t.'tBua (itatides runs close along, and through Ilia valley, lbs wbulu broad valley Is oaa of the bssl by far, thai wa have eeen lu Mexico. There Is a large slrsain led by sprlui;s nesrlv one half of which Is ownej by the Mormon commuuity. Tbe soli la very good, end nor romililint y ere bullulng up and apraadlug out lilt evsry pr.peet ol auccess, A oiierrti has bsen built, ami tolue lespauiabla dwellings. At twa.ve Iret good waler may be bao, s una wind mills are erected with auc- At 10:30 a. to , where we btltod our tsuma.tome euleluie were la slght.aud a II H-k of quail rams lu view, wa bad 1 1 1 1 a i about twenty IPIIes. This bs-Ing bs-Ing fall iy we ulTvrrd up 0'ir prayers ana tna.,Msi(lvlug unto tbe t. ird. and drove over dry, barren land, and baited al the big heud nl tne Cases tiiaude tno only water we have suu elnoe tterore coining te the Mexican town. Thore has boon plenty of grata el day on uur way. We pueiei a Mexlcnn town, Correlltis, and soon were met by a Ireeli team, wnioll li"k must of us uu to Diiblan by duss. Wa also passed an abandons 1 tuwn, llsraucas by name. Here It is where a aewlug niscuine man waa allursd lute a house lo warm and rest when he wes murdered. mur-dered. I hit occurred about one year ago. lie waa known lo liava tome money, and II waa for this he was klllal. Home lone'y couutry waa next I aaotd, aiuougit tba mott lovely teen eiy. TuJey wo passed tome large oluiupa of tha cactus In bloom; II lookel delightful, lireeklng the mooot ouy of tue Journey. Allot ut wsra ploused to ruiel warm-hearted frleuos to kindly reculvo us luto thuir liuinble babttiitlnlis, Alllutlt the foreniia: Waa lllsbop Wloalow Farr, formerly o' OgOsn t iiy, I'tati, also lijctur lis-KnoiiB, lis-KnoiiB, as the alsxlcsus call him; really lleorge Like. Around the old-fashion ed tireplacce uiauy remlulaoeuoea of tne hatdanlpr, lolls and lebora were related. The Atormun piople are pro verblally a uueertul happy, peise-Verlug peise-Verlug people, slwayt tiusllag In Ike Lord fur dlvluu aid. 1 once heard the 1'ruphel Joreph hmltb, while passing pass-ing through the Allssuiirl Ul lb-btngs, lb-btngs, say, when ha was loid that lha Ml.s url mohlier would like lu force ut irom tue country, aud out ul fae world, aud Hnally uowa lo luslr kind of nelh "Well, II they do so wa will turn tha devil out and nteea a heaveu of It lor the dtsimy of Meruiou-Inn Meruiou-Inn Is lo Prlu.' tun falltn plauet beck luto Ita prist na glory, as It waa In KJeu's tints." Iaaii.u Illh ousptsr waa iiuuled, whaia tha lion atd tha laiubauoulii lis uuwa lugether, Tue uullmllad fauh in Uud, wbloli It ao tduaoloualy adhered tu, hat ou aoled lUla little bau J, luKalber Willi all omara ul llxa Integrity, to endure so many raversea and to have oetabliehed Dulilall aud olUer colonlet lu M.Ilo, uutll now rra.ldent iMex ocurla tiis ojloalxsilon of his dominion by Mor-D-jna. It Is Indeed very Interes'lng to hear how many dlllloull sosoas theeeoolonlsta have endured to Oually gslu a footing that now la eujoyed. It t.tma aa though the orust la broken, towna are eslaklisned, .arms orenad, water suae, astabllsbel, dams put In and prsparaliont made to luoressa reeervoira oua proopeollve that wa have visited which, II sue CKsarul, will cover auras ludlclent to make three Iskes to receive lha Cases Utsniles lu lt llmsa of oveillow.rassrv lug II for tluue wheu It runs nearly dry. Mlllluua of acrea of Mexican toll will tbut Pa turned Into acres of frull. fulness. Oue uovernor lost hit ofllolal bead by Interfering with those persistent persist-ent Mormons who, wkeitver they go, turn bsrrsu deserts Into fruitful Delda. I'll s dent Dlaa bai l.an a I to aaek lual aucU colonlata aa Ihotawbo made Ulah what It la now. The lulure ef thoae once deal lied Mormons la Old Mexico on Iba souln, the Dominion of CauaUa on tno north, and in Arlsona aud Idsht, la bung made all the bailor. Alter vislilug aud burning a arilee of meelluga wllh the pejple uf Duolan, whiuii uunibvr about oOd psoplo or soula, wa wra tskeu In carriages over lo Junrss, aixtui-n milet, pssiiug through Cases (Jrandei lularpreled graud, large bouiee but It looks lo ut like a large edutae yard. It la aeid that the population la about ".oou lubabl -aula. Whale beautllul Irsot of fertile fer-tile land and rleldt they poise.. I Tbe wuudeu plow will he substituted soon kylhoMoimvn styls. lucre Is car-lalnly car-lalnly a great work lo b dona berelor the U.onO.uoo ef falleu hu mainly. Wa bold two daya' meelli ga al this bsautl-lul bsautl-lul plana of about Too good psnplo. Kiiwaau UruvbiNauM. |