The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1877-11-10
FROM 0CR REGULAR san ANTONIO
1. CORRESPONDENT. -
SAN ANTONIO, TEyts. J
Oct. -. 1871.
EDITOR ISDErExDExT

Oct. -, Is77.
EDITOR lSDErENDEST
Since my last the sangcffest b4s come
and gone, il was 4 success m song xays, and
in Others II was noi1 the weather was delight
fal ard everything passed Of /eery smoothly.
but there was not that greet influx Of stran-
gers, veal had been led 10 expect; instead
Of counting them by N;ousands We lid not
have the hundr. r.,is,And very few hundred
would cover all afrivaIs. Great preparations
had been made and Two or three thousand
visitors c0TId have b.en- we'll entertained
! but they came not those that lid come
seem ID haze been fully satisfied with the
welcome they received
IN FATT.
Z According to programme our Fair was in
augurated on the ed inst. and bid fair to
be gr4nd success the day Of opening was
ono OF those iirels fall days. thar are peeu=
liar to our Texas climate neither too hot
or too cold. Just the weather fof out door
rSrrgises of ali Kinds; tIc attendaht At the
Far grounds wis very large, nttteit larger
than the managers anticipated; there was
fine diiSiltaY- -nf stock, and N cxeitiag-rAri.
or t.o The other departments arr not as
wcit lifted As til7x ought 70 bs,-and this
seems 10 be, more of Stock exhibition
rhan IN Agricultural Fair-,his, however Is
to be expected Of all Fairs in Western
Texas; as everybody snews this i par ex-
ceilcnce stock country" Tie first day
passed off apreeably. and a!l were well satis-
Eel; the nlanaaEE-r- fig,r-.l fnr r,..t.
on the 2nd day, and thousands had made
their arrangements to attend but alas for
human calculations, during the night ;he
SKY became clordc,I and in the morning
drizzling rain sct ii and continued at inter
walls all day -ihe streets leading to The
grounds seon became muddy the race track 4
too heavy for running or trotiing races, the
few people who went out in The morning re-
turned 10 their homes and thus ended the
2nd days Fair. Tlds morning Thursday
the 3rd day has opeaed unpropitioasly the /
rainNiS falling at intervals, although tie sian
bursts through the clouds now and again and /
seems inclined to ,lispel them this was To
he tile grand day, the Hon Judge ireland
was 10 deliver the address aud the turn I
out " to hcaF him would have been immense.
# Tins unfortunate rain had not have made .
the roads impossible, thereby keeping all .
the country people from coming to town.
and combining ournwn citizens to their homes:
II is very discouraging to tie :. Association.
and t..c managers thereof, who have laborcd
iucessantly to make this Fair grand sue
cess, which il would have been if the eFates'
had not oonspired against them.
III PAse COUNTY NRIurs.
The news from san Elezaro created quite
EriPpie Of excitement tIrre, as roth ifowsF,i
and Cards are well known in this city. the
former having lived here for number Of
years. We hope quiet has been restored at
last, il is absolutely necessary that the gov
ernment should have more troops from FL
Paso to the mouth of the Rio Grande, that I
is, if it is the intention of the National
Authorities to protect the lives and property
Of citizens from mobs, both native aud
foreign. We all know that when any dis
turhanec occurs between Americans and
Mcxicans, along the Rio Grande, that shallow
stream is no hindranee, aud Mexicans from
the other side pour over 10 help their