The Brookhaven ledger., 1882-07-06

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The Mexican gentleman, as well as
Iepere, isg . most eensummate fopynet,
onlysin regard to his horse, but in his
equipments. He may parade himself
with,an incrustasion on his skin of seven
years dirt and With q shirt that has
survived. sixi paQnths' continuous wear,
but he will invariably carry large
nickel-plated revolver hanging at his
side and showing half its length Of bar
rea below his Jaakss.a TO the butt Of
this revolver he will generally have
cord and tassel, or steel or nickel
plated chain attached. II he is on horse
back he will haye jingling bits. clanking
saber and saddle shining with silver
ornaments, but he will never be without
eexbine or revolver. The result Of al
this display Of firearms is, that they are
psTfsss i4nI;;l sss with wsapors in "A gen
eiiil way, and think no raore OF pointing
pistol at . man than nt a post 1t has
almost superseded tho knife, though
that peculiarly Spanish weapon is not
infrequently used.
AS to stealing, the lepero is thief
from his mothers arms. 1t ls fact,
and l state 1T as confirmed to me by the.
Chief OF Police, that aine out OF every
ten OF the boys and men iound In the
streets OF Mexico, pedd:iag papers or
lottery tickets, or soliciting light en-
poyment generally, are thieves and
plcApockets, and only approach you on
The lookout for an opportunity to plum
der you. So numerous are they that the
police cannot distinguish the bad ones,
as in the United States and European
cites, bat CLASS them all as capable Of
any crime. s-..-sF
After the visit of the Chicago mer-
chants to Mexico it was stated that all
the country needed was improved agri-
cultural machinery. A Chicago firm
forwarded lalge lot of mowers, reap
ers, threshers, etc, with several men to
instruct the natives in their use. One
of the men in charge of this establish
ment gave his experience to the CORE
spondent as follows:
cts just holy terrorl The people
Just about worried me to death. Here
I've been here more'n year, and how
many mowers and rsapers do you think
I've sold? Well, sir, I amt sold one.
These Mexieans are lust q caution to
snakes Why they come here and get
one of my machines and take it out on
their plantations and smash it all to
pieces, and then say 'tain't good enough
for 'em. And the worst of it is, I have
almighty hard work to get the pieces of
that machine back to the shop. THEY'LL
never buy what they can steal or cheat
body out OF. No machinery is good
enough for 'em. Here are Mexicans
who have lived oil their lives without
seeing an improved machine of any
kind, and xho've llewsd~ their land all
their lives with stick, that are Just too
WISE to learn to do anything. A few
men have got all the land, and they
keep it. The only way is to tax the
land, for at present these owners of large
hacien.las that cover leagues and leagues
of territory don't pay cent of tax.
The working people are only slaves, the
best of them getting only 2 reales a day
and find Themselves. It's no wonder
that everybodv's "a thief. Why, these
bcegars are so poor that they never
have 90 cents with 'em over night Not
a thing is wasted in this country, the
last bone and scrap of meat aud bit of
old rae is carefully saved !: why they'y,
even driven the buzzards out Of this
country. A vulture would be ashamed
of himself everlastingly if he ate and
lived among the filth these Mexi.
cans do. .s-...
"Here I am with stock of machinery
chat would set up first-class extablish.
;aent in tho States that is rusting to
pieces. and these people are only wait
ing till I'm tired out, when they expect
to get it for nothing. When you've been
among them q year. as 1 have, and have
seen what sons of S,tan they really are,
youu change your mind. about em
Yon tou ;sts who only meet them on the
street, and See 'em grinning and bowing
and shaking hands, and embracing you
as though you were long lost brother.
and telling You their house is yours, and
their wives and daughters and every
thing they own is at your disposition
you only see one side OF 'em. I've seen.
both sides. I've tested their hospitality
and found out that there amt bit OF
real genuine hospitality in Mexico,
They're the shrewdest people on this
continent. Just as lOng-headed as law