Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-30

form TIE lowest class g cgn-c1 ttoofers
Ia Mexico, ard they sre 81 Law and i9as
usage FeresEel a. the common, carriers ln
eaety large cisg ard town On t1e republic
The.r wages ARD waists sre srais- ant
their bone aud masei are ihsir only
capissi Es1eAttOn. u'Qd-sty a1d refot-
meat are almost a1knowu auOaz taaD
AMI morality gsten exists only iu nkUe.
Tne h0.es aua aspirations 0f r1Any are
no higher tazn ga. 5arisas on tnelf hEcs.
wafe t1eir deEra1ss.gn s. 0fteu As low -
pulQcs and mescal cas- u2ke is-
rHEiz pEEss
j. COMPOSED u S ,0w. wide oEimmea
straw hat, gOztsk jsekst &ud p4uiss
leather apr0n irUm the ueck iowa AID s
pair u sandals 90 place q shoes Ihey
carry a ,1ick qsd on tbsiT aAc& upol
which their burtecs are pared. The
whole Is held 10 place By q wide belt,
whIca passes around zoe lead azd jlst
above tae forehead. la addition some
wear a belt, from whieh Is swung large
sheathed knife, q sack, sewlag needle, q
bunch % strings and q long rope. Wiia
THIS g1rb snf 3 license from the govern
meut the csrgddor is ready Tor work, ard
s ty lis class considered wei 20 do Be
life and iufsed fasy have some cause
for thinking 50; for we often sse ihem
passing inrp1gh the street under heavy
burdens without pads and entirely naked
from the waist ny.
THEIa NORk
includes about all that Is done by our
dairy, bakery and grocery delivery
wagons, also ihat Of the common two
horse wagon, tue buicher's cart ard the
draw, for none % these are 10 use here.
When there Is very extensive moving
being done !i makes a strange scene, IS
they drudge along IN line iu the street.
Each one il bent under his burden COM
posed q various articles Of parl1r, house
bold and kitchen furniture The grocery
delivery man and the frutero fruit ped
der carry their burdens on their heads
10 low Bai baskets, which are sometimes 4
d yard wide. This q p.sced on a circu.
lar pad which Jas, us the head oi The 4
carrier. When peAdling frult one man
carries the basket while g second goes
along aud cries The kind, quality price, 4
and concludes by saying "t3d0 ests muy +.
baratO" tau are very cheap.} In ihls 4
city The prisoners an worked 81 cArEa- I
dores, aud While I am writing this, City .
have passed nay door and all were loaded 4
with wood. At other times we see them
loaded With bses Of earth and rubbish .
from the street, sud hme, sand, brick aud .
stone for the builders Many Of them
are baref0otcd aud clothed Ia rags, while .
Others have piece Of blanket tied around .
tbs loins, which alone forms their entire .
suit They are conducted (or driven 20
aud fro
By A MOUNTED GUARD,
consisting Of about one-third Of tseIr
own number iaus, 70 many Of them, life
Is almost worse than death Itself when
lumber or long timber is TO be trans
ierred Ia the city the ends Of two pieces
are tied 70 the pack.saddle on either side 1
Of mule OF hurro, while the other ends /
drag on the ground; thus they are traiied 4
along 10 their required place This is the /
secret Of transferring everything for
which s long-geared wagon is necessary. 1
And IL Is said they pride themselves on 4
this, their native ingenuity, for by Il there
Is
40 rIMg 1857
10 gearing OF IN ungearing All the 4
butchers supplies are carried here more
than B mile, and we have seen one man F.
carry five dressed sheep or two quarters
Of beef this distance at one load for SIX 4
cents And, as his employer is not re.
quired 20 buy hay and corn for him, and,
as he pays for his own breakfast he thus |
becomes cheaper creature or /
beast Of burden than the mule .
or burro; hence we seldom see
them used IN the work Others are seen 1
carrying large hog skin baskets filled with /
hides, horns and tallow, while others are /
peddling sheep or goat skins full of lard /
This receptacle Is made by taking the |
skin from the animal in It's natural form; /
after which the feet are tied aud all cuts
securely sewed up, then Il IS filed from
the neck sud tied up sack-fashiun. When
a supply Is wanted they have only TO unite
foot, or tap the body Ia some convenient
place and the supply Is forthcoming.
There are no wells or water-works here,
hence all water for use Is conveyed by
water-csrrlers and sold about the city.
The scene at the fountain in the early
morning Is an ancient one indeed Hun.
dreds OF women are fllling and bearing
away on their shoulders ollas Garsl of
water. These resemble the one used hy
Rebeccs Men are there with poles ana
water cans. In short the scene is com.
posed OF men, donkeys and dogs, women,
children, pet lambs, pigs and goats. The
air Is hlled With muaic, for all creatures of |
4 kind are exchanging morning greetings
while waiting IN their turn. Thus al |
seem TO enjoy life while reproducing the
scenes of old Aud here as then the hearts
OF many dark-eyed Robeccas are won by
ardent lovers who meet them at the well. /
Thus each day we behold life and love
among the lowly, RAMRLRR.