The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-14
LETTERS FROM MEXICO.
Extracts from the Private Correspond
enCe Of Miss Mamie Lloyd.

SUCH q AAe EGpvLA VI yNN w. NDAA7a AA"AA
your teachers, for though I am far away in
a strange laud am greatly interested in
the Hillsboro College girls, and want you
all to do we'll
It is astonishing how many nights pass
in HiEs50rO, but when morning comes am
always back in the Orphauage. Miss Lee
Huray thinks the sky is biuer here than in
the States, but do not. have seen the
sky look just as beautiful at Hillsboro, and
1 have not seen any sunsets that surpassed
those seen from the College. We have no
twilight here, as we are surrounded by
mountains aud the sun is lost from view
suddenly. A number Of mornings when
riding, we could see the sun shining on the
mountains in the west long before it was
visible to us.
Some Of the mountains we see are forty
and fifty miles distant. The volcanoes
Popocatapetl aud Iztaechuau are always
visible on clear day, and their snow
covered submits look very beautiful against
the blue sky. hope to ascend POpocata-
peu some time, when can tell you much
more about it. It is forty miles away.
One Of the most interesting places w
visit is ChapultepeC, grand old building
on the top of very high hill and sur
rounded by large grove with beautiful
drives all through it,
The building isused as a Military Colleg
and I think they have some three hundre,
students. People are not generally per
mitted to enter its doors without a pass
but as Mr.. D. is acquainted there, we wer
allowed to go through it. Three Of tn
students seemed to take great pleasure 1
showing us everything Of interest.
At the time Of the American invasion
there were three hundred cadets killed i
trying to defend the place, and there is
large monument erected to their memor
right in front of the building. Large o
paintings Of many of them hang on IL
walls Of the differentrooms. The younge
was only thirteen, and when he saw that a
would be lost, he took the Mexican Aal
wrapped himself in it and jumped from Il
tower to the ground, and was killed il
stantly. He was determined not to
taken alive
The new President Diaz is to live o
- there, 80 some rooms are being handsome
fitted up for him by a New York man.
The dormitories are very nice, each co
tanning about one hundred single brass b.
steads, small bureaus and chairs II
furniture, dishes aud bedding are
marked with the monogram NJ. @. militia
College,.
The boys are under very strict rules, a
are required to get up at Ave O'Clock eve
} morning.
never saw finer view than we {
1 from the balconies and corridors Of Chap
tepeo. The whole valley of Mexico j
II outspread before you, and its beauty
VI indescribable.
'I And now Frank, must tell you abb
NJ our mission school at Ganta for boys.
n is a day school and their teacher is a Ct
: verted Mexican, Mr.. Garcia. You VOL
3 think he had a strange sohool-about
enrolled-but believe not more than
who come regularly. They aim to bel
at nine and closa at four, but sometiE
they are not out until between Eve or 4
Mrs. Drees goes in to play and take
of our oldest girls over to help them 81
Five or six Of the boys about the size
George and yourself are learning to 8
alto, so / help them, while ForninO si
soprano with the rest.
Some Of the boys are very full Of Z
p chief, and have seen their teacher {
IA several Of them at different tipes by
ri ear to move them from one seat TO nnOtl
= when they we're not behaving we'll
little fellow about six years old can no
I'd still at all; he has a very bright, pretty
= and like to watch him.
vi In the Mexican schools they do not
III pect the children to keep quiet, as we
.Nl but allow them to study aloud, so you
NJ imagine what constant din they ms
-sa We have our girls here in the Orphan
a'%Iq study without noise, just as you do at hi
tha Mr.. Garcia's boys keep still during
No time we are singing, as Mrs. Drees
ssg2., them we would not go if they did not.
am often reminded Of you when /
RE some Of the boys, and one Of them
D like George.
All our pupils study English, and
FIRST grade (oldes) girls, understan
/, pretty well, but do not like to speI
much.
We have a sewing teacher, aa q girl
@ to considered well educated here, unlea
more understands fancy sewing and olnbroi
lolds Our girls re delighted to have Mr..
her Ter come to the Orphanago aud IA
them. They call him Pastor (accoI