The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-10-04
QUAINT SPECTACLE.
uN.OUE ATTRACTIONS OF a MEXICAN
MARKET DAY.
Pict,ircznu:. scenes .J,st Of tho Usual Liza
8. Travel IIaciendas of the
valley OF the i.erma-
stock IN Trade

f,y strcas, ,,g INIT haIing into purple and
blue How VII 20 the outlook Isl 1t seems
endless, teraa5a the further limit IS uniia-
tinguishaIls from tie ky. AMI a lonr way
it = ,syent,-!,ra miles IS th2 crow iiic5, t.
tn, fam volcanoes, only vi-iolo now rs
Their SNOWY top. catch the sun, and with
difficulty d.~tIn-- 1iisuaAi' from tho ciput
cre-t. .cainI From our lofty vantage
ground we ,...:tI.ni two valley. ms To
the we .twarL Is the valley "f the L3rme,
one OF tie iol.gest of the Na.ictn rivers,
dominated ~ it, own lofty peal the extinct
volcano OF Nevada de Tolaca. As the train
winds in and out among the pine covered
hills. cttcuins glmu-cs fir { OF one and then
OF tho otter valley, one neal+ to keep his
bearing, wei. % knp" which for tho moment
lies beneath him.
Tie descent into tho valley Of the Ierma
is even more delightful than the ascent from
Mexico. Tine prospect i not perhaps so
COMMUNICATIVE, but one drops down moro
abruptly anI sees things moro distinctly.
At intervals II our long spins around mule
shoe curves cut in the .ace i the mountain.
in the course Of which we almost completely
encirceI two oil towns s. cio,e that We
coul fairly soc Gowl into the court yards
Of the house Tie eye took il an immense
stretch al valley, cultivated t. its full
capacity, marked Of with rows of :na&uey
or century plant, ana alternating in plants
of rcd soil, freshly TILED, aud in green and
yellow blocks IF rain. Tho whole city of
which we now =. :, wit elch opening of the
hills q distinctnr view, Is TlIu"a. The ride
over the mountains in the intervals
where the broader prospects just
described. ara cut eff is Wi and
picturesque in tho eXtremn. You
>rin around curve end un oHd down ernies
which woull be utterly impracticaoie with
any hut Il narrow ctuT', with any eng ne
bat one all driving wheel and the 10. air
brake equipments You plunge into tun-
uol only t. shoot cut over 4 sIi4ery iron
bridge i'll a way so like ? leap into the air as
10 ,tartle you.
In the valley Il The Lerma are grca, Eaci-
ellas, with archal gatewdy5 AMI ral-t'iaI
roofs, AMI projecting rife tou>r, at tha cor
Iers-veritabto furt.e- e+ You may lie
sure tie wealthy t"a WAC c"a, it. has
:assaIago ike q f..u Iai lord al vast fio:',s,
and that whoa La visits lie market at
Touca, he wears & sombre"o covered with
gold OF silver lace, AMI fall pint OF silver
buttons down the oIter seafn % hi, cICse-
fitting hreechoE, AM has heavi'y cha ell
revolver at either nip. Iii ho,.y.i i AMI
richly capar;sonel Lare with brar~Ain-"oV-
cred fiaak5 and SlVCT-nlpUntc tTgpEin3S is
rot les gorgeous ttan himself
NV dest ;rlatir II IN t!-is trip VS. a little old
town in the mountains, tack rom tie rail-
rga1, 200 miles from +! hNica Ter have
boon mines IN ami ~! at III ORC s:nc7 Def re
tu, conquest 80 lat Z is :: settial Co.an2un
- WIN itiefI!el lioS44A' 81 II, OWL O.i7
i@t1 la'her-ia'eh q ..''e5' ia 'ne SIIce's
''ii'e '".'i'I anu s'' = vi - jan on ''Ifi,
Ae"iS - 'h5 on i"''l t-'''i :" TIE p''% J. ""
tho pigs enjoy tie freedom IF tie town.
There is neither hotel nor IAN why should
there be- Tho native, mover s. anywhere,
y,Iry should anybody como 10 them: o. the
5000 estimated population, not above a
.., : 5r.'.,,- ~, 80, ,o, fftv r,.l,s
-, ~ -, = L,II L. IN
- - 49,
E''i "' 'u''l'J iI'' 49, SUI" u -" 30
ever" Were ~ HeNic"- F.f years tHn PEE
qi- have lab"rel III the shafts AMI tunnels,
ai;! for y,arS ga Sundays. the Indians on
til, Ills an | h2cicrrIas about have br0urh /
ts.t, -,,-, IL. anil b.tl ,o,rI-et in Tho MAJ,