The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-08
vERA CRUZ.

The city itself, compact and solid,
with q line of domes and steeples
blackened with time, roofs of sub
stantial red tiles. plentiful balconies.
and bits Of wall tinted blue, green
and pink. is like little Venice. A
large crane hangs out from the end
of an iron pier, and the fancy hooks
on to it at once-the terminus Of the
English railway which is to tear US
away up the extraordinary slopes
from the hot laRds-the tieTrGS cal
ientes-to the mysterious interior
and the capital.
In an existence of going on four
hundred years, Vera Cruz has ar
rived at population of seventeen
Thousand. The interior view of the
place does not belle the promise of
! the first glimpse. The churches are
Of irregular, picturesque shapes, with
nice bells. The principal one, in q
| little shaded plazS. has q dome of
colored MOSAIC tiles, which shine in
the sun-a style we shall see plenty
of farther on. The principal shops
have 4 well furnished air especially
IN the branches Of groceries and
heavy hardware, and the custom
house square is stuffed to TepletiOn
with cJtton bales, railroad iron and
miscellaneous goods waiting trans
portati0n. The principal street is
called De la Independence, and
leads to a shuro concrete promenade
bordered with stone benches and
palm trese. 1t is early discovered
that the Mexic IN is very patriotic.
He names his streets after his bat
ties. as particularly the Cinco de
Mayo. fought at Puebla against the
french, and even has a way fjsin-
ing / he names of his heroes to those
Of lies. Thus Puebla is Puebla de
ZarIgoZa, commandant in the same
great battle Of the 9Th Of May; and
Uaxaca is Oaxaca of (President)
JuareZ. En- 1855.
Grass grows in the joints of the
stones in the minor streets and open
cutters run in the centre. One
might be in some such Italian city
as Mantau. The zOpOLites of which
travellers have written sit on long,
straight water-spoutS projecting
from the houses. They are large,
raven black ,dignified, and aloft there
against the deep blue sky have an
appearance Of carved architectural
ornaments. There are Street-clean-
ing departments elsewhere which
are far less ornamented, lat any rate.
Notices for bull-fight for the COM
ingSunday are posted on dead-walls.
A tram-car Of peculiar pattern
runs out to the open fields, where
there is dancing place and ball
ground. There is view, in passing,
of the cemetery, which should be
leading institution indeed at Vera
Cruz; and yet when one is on the
grOund,as is apt to be the case, there
are mitigationS to be found even of
the terrors of yellow fever. PAIL
bearers in gloomy weeds are natur-
ally expected to form considerable
part Of the population. just as muir
derers and kidnapperS of all sorts
are expected to abound elsewhere.
But an American resident assured
nae that in four years he had known
Out one OF our countrymen TO die OF |
.he 0onlttO. as it is called, and very
Few to have it. Its chief havoc is
among the poor and badly nourished.
fhe American consul, himself a
physician, and resident of twelve
ears standing. is strenuous in his
news as to the harm done to the |
commercial interests of both coun-
ries by ignorance and misrepresen-
atoms On the subject. 1t is certain
hat the local authorities do not re-
ard the disease as contagious, put
ing those afflicted side by side with
urgical patients in the hospital;
rom which it seems that if the case
Tere really looked into, there may be
little need of the annoying quar- L
ntine against yellow fever, at least s
this variety, as if it were simple
gue.-HGrper'S Magazine.