Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-30
sF3HErPEODLBRs OF MExIs
Catching the Fancy ofthe Fair ss,..
Sellers of Notions Innumerabls
Nanny Brigham War

nAhuy bIlE1am Ward.
Among the established institutIon,s
Mexico are the itinerant nerchph
who continually, perambulate n.
streets for If the mountain CANT oM.
TO Mahomet, it naturally followsthS
Mahomet goes to the mountain. r
sides his little tray Of goods, and h.
ribbons, lsces, scarfs and embroidars
hung, over his arms and should,n
the peddler carries q camp nN,
which he spreads upon the psvemaDt
and deposits his tray thereon ybA
cOndSeting business between the h,
of the windows, for, Deing hOna
man" Of course he must not gcinsits
ADparently,the female heart d The
same the wide world over, and the d.
light which these dark-eyed womaa
take in purchasing.a all manner oftrurr
perry, from silk ,dres ses to gingerbrN
horses, Is identical with that ofiAa
Northern cousinSswho haunt the sl0n
of lSeW York. AT all hours Of ever
day, but especially sundays, In ever
city and hamlet ofMexico, these perm
bulating comerelentes swarm thestIRl
ottaring all imaginable comno
tiles, from basket OF hot tamalss
potatoes TO hair puts and switches
They thrust into your windows. and
insist upon your purchasing, not only
notions innumerADle, but the goods Of
tsilors, and hardware merchants, NIL
LINERS ard grpCeTs, shoos, jeSsi!i
saddles and harness, chunks OF mesl,
pigs, alive and dead, goatsand thspnt
try, young kida that cry like 5see'i
cages of birds,, Opals, fresh frcn The
mines, and pen1ls from Pacific isbei
les, antiquities from ruined, pyra.
mids and burned cities, sometimes o.
priceless value, which they ssl lors
/ few cants because they sie old-in
short every thing the smaginAaon CAL
conceive.
Ths fruit peddler beam his 5gs' Os
names, grapes, onions, peppezs Ala pe
| tatoas all MIXED together N q asgs
wooden bowl upon his head, Inc aulcs
Candy wonder carries his s%sels lolns
sweet on tray slung. around his ns t'.
with 3, rope of magley; the mix ssl,s
totos his cans upon his back, the MAXI
carrier has two enormous ans ~
hanging behind, the othsr belize, /, ~ N.
upheld Sy leathsrn strap afounu ~
forehead; while u petroleum hl lsa Y,
aies hio well tered stoakin W - y.
and retails it by the giaA or w wa W.,
Ii at the rate OF az agallDn. Ing ua.s.
comes around twice q day, 81 ~
morn and deyIy eve, WIN ns ,snsr,
which would make eAceiien. s'- -nsn
balls, in bis basket balsncea ~ ~.
his head. He always carries p ~, I'd r
) cious sombreTo, which p'o9spgS .'la
him a year > ssrnings, IN ms .as n.
among the loaves, and II q Ia"ss M
low he economies hisi snes II i
: same manner. Mesnwhlle NV = s.n.
vocal with other cries 1he SS..IS ian
!, der shouts in sc ft-voweled nu
Garditas, GaBjitas! hy' axe.
buenas garditas, Fat llsusa s ii
Fat little cakes, Here are gov so,s. Ii
tie cakes COrbonero'o.oo a0s sisud.
coal raan. Tortillas de on . sS
I icurd cakes interrogstes .s s Il
8 Mantequilla. Mantsquillss S md
, haltnaked creature VINO tns s.'s IA.
: your nose a pot of oniieEous .s nm
4 while the vender of pouiefY os s 4
ing along in the sun with n ,sonv M
: on his shoulders, singsin sleePHyb i
: otone, Ducks and chiesens,
: soul! Good ducks and ehioNV