Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-16
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10 the Edltor OF me Free Press am Ilnes;
Los ANGELES, Cal, May s. 1894.
Our Raymond excursion party, that left
the East on Aprl 10, filed eight Pullman
cars, and numbered 147, all tod omit
details of cur drigntful days at Chicago,
Kansas City, Mauitou, D nver, l. advilr,
Royal G rye, Narshal's pass and Vista
Pass (any one OF which mi ut su1grst en
article ani 81 speak only If SaIa Fc
Though We travelled via the Atchnsru,
Topeka S Santa Fe Il dlrJai. W" uod hat
the town vi Limv /. the nra'cs'
point to Siuta Fe and that it
rcqutes journey uf eighteen niles
on n branch road and mp a soarp gradient
before We are lifted ~ ~ the p'at"Hu On
which the CRY stun l., 1000 feet above thu
sea. Thluk Of dwelling the wear round at
an elevation 200) feet higher than Nj. Wash
Ington, ur nearly rs hi1h as CanrI's Ilump
Pulled or Mansfield. We re liz d the rarit,
II tine atmosphere hy the sud In b ralhlrss
ness that &C companies has'v ascent of the
stairs or a rapid walk. The plateau Of
| Santa Fe is 40 miles in dancer aud i.
surrounded by snowy noun aims. Chilly as
they look they are yet the life Of the re.
giOp, for th,ir melting SHOWS keep the
streams SIC Oily full, and without those
drought or famine would dep lpullfc the
land Every stream is tapped and YOU sc
the neat, little, flowing, wtrcr courses rnie'-
secting every field. lucy are conducted
into every arden AID every veG Ia lle aud gar
den bed is ridgeh around it, edges to retain The
precious water when It is let on. Twice a
month is enough, and W til this addition to
| the July and Angus rains, the products of
he soil srr ample aud varied A tinr noun
tain torrent fl rvs directly through the town,
i"tersecing naDf The S reefs, aud alTJrding
ample supply to all.
As to budln s. there Is a mOnOtnny and
to spare, Of The Spanish and NJ xican adobe,
(a-do-bay), and The usual var ETY. in the new
Americ N structures. The new Palace
| III te accOmmO hrted all our company ex-
a. pt'ng IOur. 1t i. Of three stories aud has
every mod IN improvement except IL vators,
and II well deserves its name, and its 9, rvicr
and appointments are &c the hest. Two hue
brick huldlrg4 contain the National bank
There are ah 'nt iiflv nice. brick, modern,
| A'uCr can h)ln's'cnd1 which look iuviiug
| and natrral. Around three sides ut thr
"Prz'' are excellent dry q DIS, drug aud
shoe sior s.
The University If New Mexico looms M
grandly near the dcpot, and tall brick
tower aud spreading wings Il WAS "rran,z4d
IN an uns, crarlan riSI> hy R.v. II O Lad /.
president, aud has TIA sup 'rt of Ep scupl
| MS, " NST IN lU ~ . tlbl l-if ~ III :.
| Thr professors are members vt lhr.e s,.v, raj
"hur hes, in ptri. : v"uty II ~ pupils now
tteud. All h,n.rrO R'y. Mr. LId, Tor
Ms rn,strcss aud sIccc,s in lhs pioneer
| work.
lner" ia pretty aud well furnished
Pr"sbyterAr charcn aud ais one Of the
lCnsrrgatihnal pcrsua jim, Aud bUlh societies
are prosper MS
But the Episcopal church strikes one with
he most s.rplisc. Among the hnndrrd4 Of
| acres 1T one Srorled a ub' streets mis- build NJ
Uses higr. Il IS 1T cur stone. goth In plan
| rhoruug ny nlnirs-cd Some uf lis NlndiNs
ire Of aimed ID4,s Consider il ls .carr..ly
40 years since It va founded. The peWs,
'tiurr tprnlture, rphi = room aui real W
| t"sks. pulpit amt rh 'ir He all of polish, d
| lsh, hutt.-uut ar oak and The uphrlstcr of
h." seats n III neat I'd carprling IT the entire
tu'iit 'rluu. grv" an air OF fl ISL Ina hr
| speaks th,. wh ,lchcartrd earn, stress Of The
r-ctor R.v f. ". NJ ar, T.. y. Oxnn.
| mi OF his willing AID zen rous conGrc- alton
| who buli and pad FIR this bcaItltu, house
| II wurs ip IL So slurt TIM.
The Rowan C4rhol'c r. ligipn svays the
Mexican and Spanish poputttion. Thc
| Archbishop LrmN pushes everytii,g with
| American pluck IL has III" la'gc new
| noys sch iol "ul cal e. s. Michtrrs next
| NC az VIZ wa Z y ''iI VI ~ ~ wal bI'
| rhe school is prO-p ruus ami the church is
| Attended ny the pupils ami by he entire
| 'npul II. he sisters conduct an excel Mt
| !ew Hospital, mud h v Il fine new cul stone
| chapel ali tor the CpuVvul Use. Tue home
| tor The arChhshup IS near and on the whole
| he Rpmtu Clnilch has m rXleusivc up ant.
| Thr cth-drr hpN yer sIimmnt- all, and
whrn finished will dominate the Town.
| Forsaking atonc h bulls, rs now use cur
| tone and are hu,ldlng vast structurr
| lirec ~ around and over the u Il Crhtdru
| which will br rrtunve m iinc, l'tvius the
Ireseut bullding 10 its beautiful proportions
II Rom N arches aud noble tOVcr. 1t h $
ben IA years 80 tar N huiltiDg and IS
| ,bOut halt done. K gI'ar services are he'd
| 'etOrr The old altar no Nevrr "a Cuurcn with
| II Chu Ch). Thr ( uu id "a about the
0uidlug is covered with The stones in pro-
c'ss of prep4rali n for window, and mn lion,
arch aud butrr-s, pillar an uIcne. For an
| our before s. rvtce tac y or people m y lie
cen gathered about these stones, perched
| lpon, or sltlug by them, rs though Ia
irld Of ruins. soon the chimes sound and
hey file into the gloomy civern Of church,
where almost ia kue,s prevails, and the
Worship as of yorc, goes Gcvoutly on. SIX
lays the whole place re~ounis wi'h the
cIang0r Of bsnm.r aud nr.unS, and on the
| Lords day only the sound OF PRAYER and
Drase. But The t,aure Of ) ,nm F. is
,dobe. An adobe brick IS of driei brown
lay, usually 10 inches long, s inches we
md inches thick. The nd be hou-e i
Usually built Of these about II feet high,
,ud OF one st ry. Four or eight rooms are
| 1ult around squ rTe, onClO,r court. Tue
walls are pumb. the edges 81 larr and the
uidiuT rpuny and neat The root l.
rear y Il 1t, tyu'-inch ra'trrs are laid across
he walls on The too. Their ends often pro-
rude over III street, on tue-e. rou-h h.m'd-
are Ia d. and on these, iustad ct slate or
| .hiugles about one Ia 1t If the ado 'e mud l.
| ,pr,.a,i and SIN ~ he'd lik" Ctmtn Il y.
That j. all. l. the 'orcr hrus :, me Il 'nI
| : a iobr ais ;, AMI he occupant is Ms thor
mehy surround, d by mother earth a
| hOugh he burrIwed in he soil. Md IS
| used tor mOllhr IN an atunc wal, Hnd ulleu
| il used to face the vii rs plast r. In
,uch eases tnr 'opi sometimes wn'trwa>h
ne huilnug and lay oil he su'iacr ~
h mgn in h hrr- r cat stoe In, walls
re usually 20 " 80 inches hi aud my, y
y The huus lave ice wudIn wind W..
In nduhf tOu>rS orc petty America : We
| u q excel rut tip r. a. Wold, CON and
| va post red wnue or tptltd n, ~uh u>.
: me had brussels carp r. Il Nrtr iuru>hr1
| sin piIuus, lac, cur ans. TIC ule>. raulnrt>
aud all the usual ma k of curHrr aud
iucultut The SUPP sr WAS complete ard
4rhghliul to find such lut' rlors, win,
ui'dins nt u.ud, aud of only the color OF
mad outside.
| u, cuosider the fairness ard monet ry OF
whole city ct al he uses all II 'r'l
igh, a,lnhr lard walls a feet hlZn, ad he
street waits (tur ieuces) feet hgn, m lc,
miles OF tits dIcd mud, u der foo, a.
h. unpaved sir, ct Is ',dub } and On either
mrd, uclOre YOU ard behind yu. Truly
his cry is ''of ne earth "a thy Is il any
" nder that the pres ucr If u NICE new re
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