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Show STEVK.NSON IN MEXltt). Telia How Ha ra-aetj rmlnin oatceri au4 llode In i t4iagt ALUUi.('HWt'Kt N. M., Dec. ti, lb96. To tha Editor JUeavlug Demlog wa traveled aouth-ea.t aouth-ea.t forty nil lea aad eroaaud Ihe Jiua tuts Uld Mexleo lo Column, tha hUx oanouaUm buoea lha Aiuerlran oue-lotu oue-lotu houaa being a. Detnlng. Ouruui-fit Ouruui-fit being ratbar lata wa ware under tha neoeealty of camping bvfore oroaelng Iba Una, tu tba law here la very etrli -genl regardtag oroaalng after mneef. Mj eleeplug apartmeut waa in a atoie t Uaiuubue, (July m very few houeta re here, and on tba Amerloan alJa. Three per tune ware murdered lu my bod room aoaut four yeara ago, one man, and eon and Iba wife ami mother. It waeeuppueed tbat ab ui $l,ooi waa Iba iHioty; afterward! $.VH) wet Jjunil at tba ooroner'a lntueet dasoelted amung the nuueebold goeda. Tbera being no hetri to tba property II waa told by tba iberiU. Wa rlrava bafora break fait to tha cuitom bouea aud paeied through the ilaw ardeal, leaving Ibere at 1 P m. Tba cueiuma are veryblgb at thli point a gued bona $411, maree $lo, eaddlea $1 per pound, ueed ouea Ih oeala er pound, earrlegee, a luxury, very blgtt duly. Thera li tine good building at L'alome, lha balanuo ara vary Inferior, tat footed alUltf. Wbilauilngup aoma time aud pa-llauoa pa-llauoa aa papera, ate, wore being made out al Ihe outturn houaa, wa eel lie J out and eaw loine Mexloaua making inuJ feucei, tbey bad i wuodau box alx leel limit, twenty Incite wide ami about twenty Inohea deep; tba mud wae made by mixing mud, water i;nl a little etiaw. Two Mextoane 1 believe ttey were human be in ate for they bad own appearauca of being eo werw b reft -o led and bareleggel aa well, Ihoy irnuiru'J tbe mud, aud unoe lu a while eliutk II wllb a big niug'-r bou, auch ae the neruee ueed In Alliaourl. Altur trainpinif the mud and bueiug II a lit lie, tbey filled up the tux, one of the two who wore making tna ft lice would tramp tba mud, partly iuIxo. Julo tuo bul. smooth It over wltb hu baudi and niuvo Hit- bnx on anotlier tix i" X v. J in rca"?t, minding to h.u.k Int-Ineo Int-Ineo Were tha Urguet adoile 1 aver ew, being tlx fevl by twen y by twenty Inchee. Wo walltd loun annug.li ir the e ow operation of pa'Mr t a cflittne to leern the traoa of mud .tf-ce muklug; llivn we wrnl tn t v ti I routed cuetnui n.n-etoete protr. I nTUIng that we might be detained f i over Iwj hour. Uue i.:au waiting l'r hU turn tu uome eald Ihe uuetoiu t Altera lol" him he wnulj not get away until nluht end he aeked him why he -hou.J have to wall eu jing. "Wny," ball Ihoy, "wn mini eat.' Tuat iiiea wltb lha .Mt xlcaua eat, aleep !' icet lu the warm part of tha -ley two huur; then If tbey did nut get tiulla tiiri.ui:u, muiniah' thai meaue torn or of. Lrt-eruliiK thle ne, ny kuUc and I, Who epuk" auiue Hpemeli, lojkeJ alUir a ) )h, hut the Maxlueii wuuld nut have ue unlu-awe atrippod off aa they were, and II wae tuo tnld lur ue lo uo, iu wa took a luuk uvr another ki d i f fence made of a eorl uf caotu, witlcii urn we in bumue-, alx tu eiht l.lgh, and tuuie twice ae Uif ue a b f, walkiuh vane. Ttee, liae evurylhlu.; which gruwa lii tma tiiiu i t, aia full of brlere and tnorn, ehup t ut-edirj. l heee aia gittnure I un i eel In lha gnuuJ aud IWi itttlo ill in pu lee, oue on vault l-t-( t:eit tottntliwr with r.awhlil et:liiK, mnketi what tiivy call a frnov. Tne evil would g eruuud It bvt.r' he wuuld go ti'.Muub; aud i do not heittvd avou a .-xir-.u wmi I J :ry iho lR'tr. Now cniiet the word wo noulJ paia, I.e., into Oil Miico. riuoii wo lurnel auuthwoet, Qitakiui: a V and thou turned again lnt- a '. Whoii tna in ou came up, 1 s t t.mpletely turueii around, lit Mt i.to n tit me up In thu eu'.l, Vi c i .ptfti on a oiiull elrtieiu ;il.'J lha Iio.-m ttruu.it Hit nniy ouo we iihVo teju f. r a luiu 1 1'irnijy. We Wit ;urly milva I rum Diaa and aixiy oi ilv fruut DeiniiiK, and nu 't'hea IliUfl,' ae the Mnnane ey. H nm-ifullle nm-ifullle WNte apn-ad down, our ciata did i r a pllljw, eu'iie blaukvia ta trover ue up and a hamlkerJbief HeJ uvur our bvatle, we en 10 prayere, and llitenrd t the howling Wttlvee, li eeifltiiult to Bleep If tuat CiUid Jo au. Thli put me In uilud uf lurty yeare ecu; hut It ib lueuy yeara 1 cauuu: rt'iuuiifr ne. htiW aiiiiy iiune 1 laid m y h.jy uuwn to elur p I u line way. O how gial we Were to ei the penp of day unre mure. About - u'uIock a. m. tuy cuuipauiun and 1 mar J whet wa u.rjKi-eU wae a grueer auuitier ajrt uf Mxireu walking uuwii the road toward our huietw, whn'b were ttr.xiu on the bUMoe, we watoutd him uy the hgiil of tue iiiuun. Heturm-d t wat4 catup until ha ranae appirently tu get a rupe to eleal one of our four liuretir, wuii-h wa ouuld but Illy aparo lu our luuely coudttlou. ! In aliy he came very mmr our all uulduur bed, 1 thought eul-ticteully eul-ticteully and nuo mi'urlatny cb-ee, when 1 balled him with Wbal duyuu weui?" Ibe reply wai: 'Your money or your wire." We knew the voire; It waa uo ulber than tnt ot our old Irleud, William W. Uuibralih, turtuer I ly ul Knyevtlle our ata;e driver who i kludly rama lOO tuiiei ti eiage lie over lha rnugb roa J to thu ooaonlea. We lal our carelul watotimau nil by making up a goud nrr, altur wblub we i tuok a little nam "d up at o: I I, break feet, prayrr, and at 7 a. m. eterled, drove tweuly-fnur nulue by 11 a. iu. aud tuok dlituur witu cjwnuya our Mormon buya who ara rounding up their elonk, one liuuob of Wbiou ti'iueieta of oearly l.u'iOheed lu , charica of J. IN. Hmilti Jr.,ou I heir way tu Domliu tu tirulher Teyl.ir, wbu U j lucre lelilng ur eblpping titeni for the brethren -line bviug iiu of tne euurcea of revenue uf Iba Murium ojlunteti. ! Here we met enme friend J. N, Hmlib, 1-J ier lieck and olhtTrt and ! druva pant an.jthor ordeal ul .Mt-xiuan l Iiubk, etxteeu tin I re to Dltt, a Mirmun oniony In tntt mPlet uf agraU p.att-au i uf million uf auiee ot excoikul B'll,bui euareo nf water uf which wa will have mure t eey be reader, TuureWe init i.ld' ib l.yuu aiiil Ivina, wuu eidved lato U.mi night with two Utile rnulee and a biiKH, alter a alxty-iuliie Urivy. l.Ulu p Juhrieinn uf Diea ald It wae bard tuauy which wae tba in at tird tttebruthreo or tuo mule. Our big atege coaon. In whlot 1 ludo luti mtlee, aid remarkably Wt; fcr H tut'ked nie II rat lu Iba light then lelt, again lur-ward lur-ward thau back, au that it kepi ui on tbe eiiaiiHu and We had uot lime ts gut tired. .Hut we eujiyed tha trip very Wall aud galuad lomem'treexpudauoe. K. 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