Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-07-06
BUSINESS OPENINGS IN MEXICO.
Who DO End Who De Net Mako Money
Ventures for Americana.

Ventures for Americans.
Many young men write here MEX.
ico), asking il there ID an opening for
them. Some desire clerkships and
others have q small capital which they
wish to invest in lands.
It is not advisable for young men to
como here in quest Of clerkship, es.
pecially if unacquainted with the
Spanish language. Clerkships here,
unless secured beforehand In some
strongly established house or in
a corporation, are not satisfactory.
A young fellow coming here should
have some good prospect. Of q steady
rise in position, else he had better stay
at home. Without che language he
will be of little use to himself or any
one else. A young Bostonian who
came here o short time ago re.
marked in unconcealed astonish-
ment:
Why, everybody speaks Spanish
here, You know"
If a Mexican had said to him in
Boston that everybody spoke English,
he would have set that Mexican down
as Gn idiot.
For men with small capital for
investment in lands Mexico is not the
country. For some time to come
syndicates and large capitalists will
continue to purchase big tracts, and
agriculture will be carried on in that
way. Not until some time will small
tracts be available.
There is field here always for men
with useful specialties. First-class
mechanics who can afford trip here
to look over the ground might well
come. and people with odd knacks
which are worth money.
For example, young Portuguese
came here recently on q venture.
His only art was . rare ability to paint
on silk. This seemed Q mighty poor
capital to invest here, but he got an
introduction into wealthy families, and
has now a good income from teaching
tho senoritas his novel and beautiful
art. The Mexicans love decoration
and the decorative arts.
Some young people are doing we'll
here as tutors of English in rich fam
lilies, for English is fashionable
rage, and the senoritas like to be
able to say few charming things
in the language Of Shakespee arr.
1t is quite the elegant thing to be
able to say good by " and how do
you do?" in English, and the zeal
with which some young Mexican
ladies pursue English is wor.
thy Of the Boston girls craze on
German.
Cafe keeping here is profitable; and,
H. =.
and American bar-rooms, it seems
quite feasible to make money out OF
an American cafe, where one could get
buokwheat cakes, pumpkin pie (good
pumpkins grow here), fish-baIs, and
other Yankee dishes.
An elderly Englishman here has
made money out Of regular Johnny
Bull eating house, where one can get
roast beef and plum pudding, and ale
al lib.
The French have their cafe, with
their own cooking, but the American
tourist finds little that is familiar to
him here. A genuine America,
tsurant, run BY live and enero.
man. would pa. ' welle
The growing taste for Americas
light carriages s,nggests the idea tb,s
an American livery stable wonid no .
profitable venture. . Rent need not n.
high and labor would be verv ch.,r
and l think that the youth Of Msr;d1
would patronixe literally a GOOD stabio
where fine teams for display on ths
Paseo could DO had. -0
There arc not many good carriage
roads here. but there is an opportunity
to rent out phntons, buggies, etc.
1t ~uld be decided novelty
here.
And why not o livery stable as we'll
AZ the present roller skating rink,
where tho jeunesse doree Of iexico 90
20 bark their shins and crack their
;rowns. The despised roller skating
rink is succeeding here, and down in
Vera Cruz they regard their rink as
most delightfully."- fashionable place OF
entertainment.
Another American novelty which is
paying handsomely here is the circus,
permanently established near where
the inquisition used to bother people
with little iron arrangements for
extracting information. Boston Her.
aid.