The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-03

Z
-
the Msssess CsOssAi-Aais . p~s~s For-
sasss - Fsissssgs asA as Nssy Nero IN
BsildsoSs ss4 Fssstssre-
lccrresposdence Of the Mes York Tfrsesi
An Enxlshman named Barron went
to Mexico one day, a long time age. and
opened . bank. He made money, grew
rch, and died. His son went on with
the business. grew richer. and died, too.
The grandson, Who IL still living. KEEP:
on with the business and grew richer
than any OF :he rest of them. He ms
more sensible than any Of his ancestors,
for, when he rsksd together so much
money a. he wanted, he went back To
England, where he could enjoy IL. Re-
fore he left, however, be built and fur
nished the most elegant establishment;
in Mexico, II not the finest on the Amer.
lean continent. This Is saying . good
deal, for there are q great many very
respectable residences in the United
States. BSs aoy one Of them hsd bet
ter take thought before il puts itself in
comparison with this Englishman's
country eat in semi-ciyilized Mexico.
This wealthy gentleman, who makes
occasional visits 10 see how his business
6-thriving, also owns a handsome city
residence ia the Mexican capital. IL
stands in a very conspicuous place, and
its outer walls are covered with the
Minton tiles with which We New York
ers ornament our mxntelpieces. The
country residence, which Is not digni-
fed By . name, is two or three miles oui
Of the city, on q little elevation, where
the trees are green from the lst OF Janu-
AIRY till the 31st of December, and where
q bouquet Of roses and viole.s and hya-
cinths may be gathered ia the garden
on any February morning.
Ali the small articles of value in the
house having been either locked up or
taken away, I had no difficulty in get
ting q note from Mr.. Barron's agent to
the administrator, admitting me TO the
place, and n morning a party OF
Americans entered two or three OF the
wretched Mexican hacks and drove u
We drove, that is, very nearly out 10 the
place. The house being set on a hill,
and q number of the horses refusing ut
terly to climb the hill, we walked the
remainder of the way.
IRE ShOtNDo
that surround this house are as nicely
laid out and kept as any part Of Central
Park. Life-size statues peep at you
through the branches of the green trees;
the walks wind through little green val
leys, turn unexpectedly past miniature
cascades, and lead To rustic seats, cool
grottoes, and beside steep precipices.
The trees are such as grow On the low
lands of the coast, on the mountain
sides, under the hot tropical sun, in the
cold winds of the North, and in the
temperate zones. There were enough
Amer lean trees to make the place look
like q Hudson River summer residence,
and enough palms and other tropical
trees to give it the appearance of a Gu
ban hacienda. Flowers were in bloom
everywhere, the most brilliant and deli
cate and beautiful flowers of the tropics.
1t might have passed for the Garden of
Eden if any of the Adam family had ap-
peared among the bushes. There were
walks made of shells and pebbles and
stones and unrOmantic tar. Standing
On the edge of the hill and looking of
to the southwark, the two great Mexi.
a volcanoes could plainly be seen
~Popocatepetl and Ixtacixuatl. One OF
the party got the muscles of his lower
jaw in q terrible tangle trying TO pro-
nOunce the names, so we christened
them Tom and Jerry. Some Of the party
wanted to call them Moody and Sankey,
but the more serious Of US could nOt
consent to this. Tom is the highest
mountain in America, and its summit is
always covered with snow. Jerry is
pretty high, too, but not quite as high
as Tom. They are both very successful
as high hills, but as volcanoes they are
dead failures. They look from here, in
this clear, rare atmosphere, as il they
we're three or four miles away-One is
60, the other 80. They make a very nice
background for a gentleman's yard.
THE HOUSE
itself is very broad and very deep and
very low. The first story is surrounded
by q broad balcony, whose roof makes
windows of the second story. The
house is built of stone, and covers con
siderably more ground than our City
hall. We went up half a dozen broad
stone steps, crossed the veranda, and
were received at the big front door by
the administrator, who, not being able
to speak English, wisely said nothing.
I would be willing to lay odds that he
could not read our note of introduction,
but he recognized the signature and
smiled, and we were ushered into the
grand hall. Marble statues and ststu.
cites lined the broad entry on both sides
all the way up to the grand staircase at
the further end. Offering glass
pendant chandeliers and shining brass
chandeliers a~lternated with each other.
Paintings as large as the side of q small
house covered both the walls. The
floor was made of marble tiles in gay
colors. We were taken first into q room
to the right of the hall-a o about
the size Of the Governors room in the
City-hall-flled with
FAMILY PORTRAITS.
In one corner, neal q window, hung the
newest and brig htest picture Of them
all, a f~ull-length portrait of q lad Of 16
IL, the heir to the Barron cash and
the Barren houses. The present pro-
prietor, q gentleman past the middle
age, looked out Of a heavy gilt frame.
There was very little furniture in this
room, or in any of q dozen or more cor
responding rooms on the ground floor,
but what there was vas of the
heavy and costly old English fashion;
sofas that would weigh a
ton, and polished tables that shone like
mirrors. This room, in size and furni-
ture. was very much like all the rooms
on that side Of the lower part OF the
house, and there were at least IL or Is
Of them all hung with beautiful paint
iDgs, 50 full that the walls could hardly
be seen. The Mexicans never can bring
to regard the ground door