Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-08-16
BUSINESS OPENINGS IN MEXICO.
"heDo and WHO Do Not Make Money
Ventures for Americans.

Nehs"res ZOE AmcFicans.
Many young men write here MEX
ico), asking II there is an opening fol
them. Some desire clerkships ant
others have q small capital which they
wish to invest in lands.
1t is not advisable for young men to
come here in quest OF q clerkship, es.
pecia1ly if unacduainted with the
Spanish languages Clerkships here,
unless secured beforehand in some
strongly established house or in
a corporation, are not satisfactory.
& young fellow coming here should
have some good prospect of q steady
rise in position, else he had better STAY
at home. Without the language he
".il DO of little use TO himself or any
one else. A young Bostonian who
came here short time ago re.
marked in unconcealed astonish-
nent
Why, everybody speaks Spanish
here, you know"
If Mexican had said to him in
Boston that everybody spoke English,
ic would have set that Mexican down
- an idiot.
For men with small capital for
Investment in lands Mexico is not the
country. For some time to come
indicates and large capitalists will
continue to purchase big tracts, and
agriculture will be carried on in that
,7ay. Not until some time will small
racts DO available.
There is @ field here always for men
With useful specialties. First-class
mechanics who can afford trip here
look over the ground might well
ONE, and people with odd knacks
which are worth money.
For example, a young Portuguese
anne here recently on a venture
lis only art was o rare ability to paint
N silk. This seemed q mighty poor
apital to invest here, but he got an
ltroduction into wealthy families, and
as now good income from teaching
he senoritas his novel and beautiful
.rt. The Mexicans love decoration
md the decorative arts.
Some young people are doing well
here as tutors Of English in rich fam
lies, for English is fashionable
age, and the senoritas like to be
Gble to say few charming things
in the language of Shakespee arr.
It is quite the elegant thing to be
able to say Z" good by and " how do
you do?" in English, and the zeal
With which some young Mexican
aides pursue English is wor.
Thy of the Boston girls craze on
Cafe keeping here is profitable; and,
as we have an American barber shop
and American bar-rooms, it seems
quite feasible to make money out OF
IN American cafe, where one could get
buckwheat cakes, pumpkin pie (good
pumpkins grow here), fish-balls, and
other Yankee dishes.
An elderly Englishman here has
made money out of q regular Johnny
Gull eating house, where one can get
'oast beef and plum pudding, and ale
ad lib.
The French have their cafe, with
their own cooking, but the American
,ourist finds little that is familiar tc
IN here. A genuine American res
Aurant, run by O live and energetic
an, would pay well.
The growing taste for American
'Eht carriages suggests the idea tina,
n American livery stable would be
rotitable venture. Rent need not be
Ugh and labor would be very cheap,
I'd | think that the youth OF Mexico
would patronize literally q good stable
where fine teams for display on the
i'aseo could be had.
There are not many good carriage
roads here, but there is an opportunity
rent out ph@tons, buggies, etc.
It would be a decided novelty
lere.
And why not livery stable as well
rs the present roller skating rink,
where the jeunesse doree of Mexico &c
20 bark their shins and crack theii
'rowns. The despised roller skatine
ink is succeeding here, and down il
Vera Cruz they regard their rink as
most delightfully."- fashionable place OF
Entertainment.
Another American novelty which If
aging handsomely here is the circus,
permanently established near where
he inquisition used to bother people
with little iron arrangements for
'xtracting Observation-Disclosures Her
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