Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-09-25

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! Catholic priests here are not noted fol
their morality. Although they do not
marry, it is stated, on good authority
that every priest in chihuahua, the
archbishop included, are fathers of il
legitimate children. The churches here
We understand, are communicated
from the church of Rome; of this, how
ever, we are not sure.
We go to Santa Rosalie. 1t is a
small town of probably not over eight
hundred inhabitats. The hot springs
about three miles from here are well
known and highly recommended for
all syphlllitic diseases. Leaving Santa
| Rosalie, we soon enter the Sand Hills.
While surveying the route for the rail-
road through these hills, some two
years ago, the entire gang consist
ing of eighteen men, were murdered
by Apache Indians.
We are at Florida. We shall at
tempt right here to tell about Mex
cans in their everyday life. How and
in what way they live. How they
work, and with what they work. What
they eat and how it is cooked. What
they wear and how they wear it, etc.
Carne depuerco (pork) is very scarce.
But few or no hogs are raised-why,
we have no idea. When a puerco
(hog) is killed, all the fat is rendered
into nadnteca Qard); the hams, shoul-
ders, etc., are cut into thin strips, and
either sold fresh, or dried. Consequent
ly, bacon is unknown. Some we inn
ported from the United States cost us
forty-eight cents per pound, wholesale
Butter, also called naanteca, is an ar
ticle of food we never saw during the
entire time we were in the country, ex-
ceptlng that which is imported: it cost
ing ninety-two cents a pound, whole
sale. All their milk, after souring, is
made into Q1eso (cheese). This cheese
tastes, looks, and is made, similarly to
the "smearcaSe" of "the Statesu-a
small cake, the size of half-pint cup,
costing about six cents In cooking
the cheese. chilli colorado or chilli
uerde tred or green pepper) are boiled
until they are reduced to a mixture of
about the thickness of French mustard;
then few pieces of QAeso are put in
and cooked short time, when the dish
is ready for eating. Everything they
eat is gotten up in nearly the same
Gich Vii ~:
would be but very poor eating for a
Mexican.
We are afraid the grocery merchants
in America would not envy the trade
of keeper of tienda (shop or store)
in Mexico, and would think their pa
tronage very small, if they We're to on
ly get the trade of one of these tiendas
we were in one morning; although the
conaerciante (merchant) told us he had
had good mornings trade.
This tienda was kept by a man NAM
ed Antigorio Holquin, in Huajuaquil-
la, about twenty miles from Florida,
and was only a grocery store-a good
sample of all the rest, but few of them
having more to sell or more customers,
excepting those who also deal in dry
goods. He had for sale: bread, cigars,
cigarettes, nadescal, or sotol sugar,
salt, matches and coffee. The first
customer is a little barefooted Daucha-
che (girD who asks for "clacke er" pan
(bread) dos "clacker" cigaros (ciga-
rettes), cigars are generally called
grande cigaros or puros), "clacker"
azugar (sugar) and SO OH. Never buy
ing over six and half cents worth of
any one thing. These are put in one
corner of her serape (shawD, and,
with quick adiOs, she skips away. |
This style of buying is kept up all day,
the women sometimes coming, but
generally sending the children. The |
men change the monotony by buying
sotot. The entire sales for one day do |
not generally average over two dollars.
In case man should want to treat
several friends to drink he purchases |
a quantity, the fluid is all put in one
large glass, and then passed around,
each man taking a small drink or sup
from it, the man standing treat drink
ing all that is left after it has gone the |
rounds. If he should want drink for
himself only, the glass is set out and
filled by the merchant. They do not
wash the glass after it has been used.
A drink of nlescdl or sOtoI costs cent |
and half; glass of tequilta SIX and
a quarter cents.
Their cereos (matcaes) are put up in
small boxes, with about fifteen i'm each |
box. They are about an inch long,
with sulphur on both ends. The cereo
is made by taking four or five pieces of
thread and dipping them in wax.
They cost from one and half to three
cents, according to size of the matches.
The dress of a peon, is made entirely
of unbleached muslin. The sides of
the piece of muslin are sewed together,
and no buttons used. The pants are
the same size, from the foot up, and
are about the size iu diameter of one of
our two-bushel sacks. A piece of sole
leather, cut the shape of the foot and
tied on with pieces of thong, answers
the purpose of shoe; an old straw hat
and a serape finish their costume.
Their sole object seems to be to keep