The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-04
An INTERESTING LETTER
FROM a CITIZEN OF DALLAS
1sv Isavsling In The Land Of the Msnte-
sanas-rAs Beautiful Girls Of that
Country Knewn Only IN ImAg-
inatlon - Notes ON the
People, 1te, Etc.

The following interesting private
letter to q citizen of this place has
bean kindly furnished to The HERALD
for publication:
zacatecas, Mexico, Sept. %, 1855.
NY DEAR FRED-s After q
three weeks trip through the interior
OF Mexico, during which l have
looked for mortal clsy of the above
description In tho alsmsdss and
plazas OF Cities, In adobe huts of viii
lagos and In ranchos scattered ihrou Il.
out a highly romantic and correspond
ingly barbarous country, tho oonvlc-
tioa hss force d itself on me that beau.
tiint Mexican girls of the order named
have neverand never will exist save In
the msudiin rsvlnas and maniac Inn
eglnatlon Of people who have lost
their reason la their vain search for
that which never lived In mortal
ensps. God knows, Dallas Is no.
blessed with surplus supply OF
female beauty, and yet you may meet
In an hours walk more pretty girls
than have seen In three weeks
journey throughout the land of the
A0ntezunAs. In order that may DO
saved all trouble of explaining. lot
me say right hero that down to Zacate.
cas-, and inslusive OF this place, condi-
tiOns are not to be compared with
those prevaing in the u aited Statep.
The Mexican race, as / have observed
IL no far, Ia In It's decay, and IL morally,
physically, mentally and every other
way, not 90, not 100 years, but several
Gen, uries behind the United States.
Ninety per cent. Of the population is
composed Of tho peOn or peladO class,
and they are as far behind the Aneri.
can negro aB the negro Ia behiud the
Caucasian. The other 10 per cent. Ia
composed of mixture OF Spanish,
French and German immigrants, or
descendan,s, who, In their way, are
quite agreeable people, whose polite
ness has made the fame OF this coun-
try, but which, nevertheless, though
Tar moro OstentatiOns, Ia not, in my
0stimati0p, 80 genuine as that of tho
average American. Truly, old boy,
one does not know
HOW GREAT ARE THE UNITED STATES
In their political, social, industrial and
psycho!ogical condition until he gets
out OF them. II is true, am told, that
from here south tue country bears
an0tser aspect. Lot us hope that H.
does, Very little will satisfy me after
what have observed north OF here.
However, "retuurn0ns q nos mou
tons" Itarrled a week In Parras, the
guest OF Ffenchman, who Is the DOS.
SCISSOR of one half the interest devOlv-
ing upon his 10 year.old Mexican wife
(Frenohman is 20 years OId.) Said
Frenchnan has thoroughly posted me
on the matrimonial laws of this coun.
try. Ho tells me that according to law,
ON his wifes death, one-half OF her
property assets will fall to him, the
other halt to her children. The mar
ra&ive. OF his speculative marriage
reads ike a fOmance, but IL TOO long
70 be repeated here. Suffice II to Gsy
Nat church and state authorities, u
night by'night, escorted by II srmOd
men,
POISONED DAGaERs AND sHor-aUNs,
~ played their important aud appro-
pirate part, bsfOre he secured his $780,
OOO bride OF 20 years.
In about two weeks shall know
something OF the prospects In tho
Htate Of Jalisco. Pray to heaven that
the Andalusian beauties, reported to
be there, will not also prove to no
myths; for II 10, old boy, there will be
0otuluB ioLb lOV US III 10, Dut CO rOlI u ID
our sleeves aud work for living. 1
am installed In the Hotel Xacatecano,
IN old convent connscated by Con-
eral OrteyO in 1870 for tho public, and
appropriated for his individual benefit.
What used TO DO the priors' room. Is
now tho landlady's room, abe being
an American and her hush and at prey
ent In tho United States. Opals, I will
1lnd only as soon az get to |
QueretarO. I trust that you Will DO
able. to arrange yourself SO that you
need not 60 back home. l shall keep
You p0steu es to iurthor Developments.
Wish you we're here with me, for al
Enough this ia u hard country, in the
truest sense of the word, there IL at
the same time such q combination OF
unlocked for effects that in the COM
pany ola decent American, ono could
enjoy IL. AS IL is, 1t is doviIlsh lone
some, and everything moves no slow
thai l feel like sticking the first man
] NEST, down, just to create some ex.
cltsment. Yours, JUAN.