Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-06-28
HOW sGREASERS' LIVE.

The word "Greaser" is applied to the COM
mon native or Indian Mexican. There is
a great and marked difference, like caste
distinction, between the 'Greaser" Mexican
and the Spanish Mexican, who boasts OF
descent from pure Castillian blood. The
former is lazy, thriftless, ignorant supersti-
thus and unstable. The latter is usually
bright active and Intelligent. AS might be
expected, they in harmony with the white
element. control most of the wealth and
commerce of the country. In the Northern
States of old Mexico the greater portion OF
the people are of the former class, and hence
the governments are unstable and subject
to frequent revolutions under the influence
of factious leaders. In the more Souther]y
States there is greater diffusion of the Cas-
lillian blood and revolutions are more rare
and difficult. On the ranch or village home
of the "Greaser" Mexican everything bears
the stamp of negligence and shlftlessness
Their gaunt, sharp-nOsed, long-legged and
tan-coored hogs Share with their owners in
the comforts Of the family residence. NO
fences except brush surround their fields:
Generally there are none. They raise just
sufficient wheat, barley, beans and chill
(red peppers) to meet their absolute needs.
They thresh their crops upon bare, smooth
ground by driving hocks Of goats over them
and washing in the nearest stream. They
often plough with crooked stick, and the
hoe is their schythe, sickle and reaper.
Even their hay is cut with hoe. They as
q rule live in villages and cultivate small
fields upon their outskirts. Living as they
do, and possessing soil which under irri-
CATION is wonderfully productive, they re-
quire but little ground to cultivate, For
this reason at points between their villages
there are large tracts of unoccupied lands
L. hninn
occupied by Americans.
An impression prevails somewhat at the
North and East that the inertia of this
people is due largely to some enervatlng
Influence of the climate. This is an error.
The climate is superb, and the air eXhila-
rating rather than enervating. | have been
here in all seasons, and know of no climate
where can exert myself so freely with so
little exhaustion. This is the universal
record of American settlers. Rarely does
the mercury range over 80 degrees in the
hottest summer day, and the hottest sum,
! mer heats are almost invariably tempered
| by pleasant breeZes. | have never heard
of a case of sunstroke here. The nights
are always cool, requiring. blankets Tor
comfort, and free from mosquitoes, andsleep
ia sweet and restful. I have never seen
| y mosouito-bar in New Mexico, nor have
I felt the need of one. AS I have said be-
fore, taken as whole the country is not
beautiful nor attractive to the eye. The
mountain scenery is at many points wonder
fully beautiful and picturesque. But apart
from the mountains and the few river val
leys the country is one vast cattle range.
THE ORIGIN OF REsTAURANTs.-Th use
of restaurants has become so general all
over the world that it will be interesting to
many to hear how they originated, and to
what they owe their now familiar name.
1t appears that the first Of these establish
ments was started in 1865, by man rejoicc-
ing in the not inappropriate name of Boul-
ange. This date has, however, nothing to
do with the choice of the title by which
the new houses of entertainment were
known. In order to explain this we must
90 back to the seventeenth century, at the
end of which one of the soups, or liquid
ailments, most used by the people. was
6ouil0n known as the "divine restorer." "
1t was made up of the remains of fowls and
viands boiled down in an alembic, with
crushed barley, dried roses and Damascus