Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-03-16

through train for the day, we must wait tS
hours for Thursdays train Few of us
were sorry for this delay which gave us "A
chance 10 get a nights lodging at n hotel,
TO say nothing Of meals, and to "step OVER
and scrape acquaintance with our Mexican
neighbors.
Accordingly, Thursday morning, after
breakfast at the Grand Central (the leading
hotels, stores and public buildings of this
new city are not unworthy of their preten-
sions). we boarded a street (mule) car and
rode across the Rio Grande, here and now
an insignificant stream, into the Mexican
city of Paso del Norte This place is said
TO have been settled about the year 1885
The old church, reputed TO be of about the
same date, was, it is needless to say. one of
the most interesting objects to be seen /;
though hardly less 50 was the school which
we visited, where the little dark -hued mis-
tress showed with pride the evidences, in
dustral as well as intellectual of her equal
| ly dark -hued pupils The natives and sol
diery in their picturesque costumes the
! adobe houses-thereafte not infreuuently
met with on our route-and the shops lin
| ing the streets wherein objects of curiosity
and use are dealt out lin some cases by mer-
chants whose persons, language and man
ners bespoke a not remote dispersion"
from Chatham street, were all duly sub
iected to the scrutiny Of the visiting horde
of Yankee travellers, who, Of course came
away well laden with souvenirs of this un-
expected episode
Resuming our Journey about noon, we
Immediately babe adieu to the Lone Star
state, in which we had so long been pill
grims, and, crossing the Rio Grande little
higher up the river than before, found our
selves within the domains Of New Mexico.
Here the soil o. and landscape we found to
be but a repetition Of those Of Texas, and
it was IA relief, as indicating substantial
! progress, TO find ourselves before night
within the borders Of Arizona The only
notable incident of the afternoon was the
discovery, soon after leaving FL Paso, of
three or four stowsways, apparently Of the
order tramp who had climbed upon the
trucks for free ride divested of scenic at
fractions On being discovered at the first
stopping point, they took to their heels but
| either climbed on again the train was
starting up or awaited the chance of con
tnuing their journey by the next train. 1t
was not a pleasant thought TO contemplate
that perhaps the fellows were train robbers
seeking favorable opportunity to ply their
vocation. 1t is not a rare thing that trainps
are run over and killed while stealing rides
in the manner described, and probably these
| were only tramps; but the next day we
had the Measure of ascortine, n trai,. rnjIo,.
who operated upon this road last fall, to his
destination at Fort Yuma, where he was to
| sarva o,,t b;g sartorr,. aJ s;,,,,, ,,,,,. -;
val Gam, ~ rohbors sto,,naJ a trai,, -,
/ this road and secured the contents of the
express safe, though kindly ignoring the
| passengers, who, knowing what was going
| on, are said to have awaited the course of
under seats
Friday mornin., the only fresh obiact of
interest tbat nat ou,. ,,isir,, ,,as q, nav, o,,J
wonderful varietv nf cartr,s-tb. tree COZ,
| fms monarch nf H. trila W, LaJ oI,.,,I,.
| bacome familiar .nrnay.l,,+ t,o fo,niiior at
times -,,;tI s.,,,.,al ,r.ti.s - tI; ,.,,,;,,s
vegetable bedgeboo lint tI,e si,,Lt of tles,
yrotesoue living columns so,netiras i,
grouns souati,las br.ncbad ILL candaIa
| bra and attaining in some instances La;gb+
| Of 70 or 4O feet v.as sor,e+bir,, ,,,ortb,, of
note One could not b,,t ,,,o,,der IN st,,j,--
| ing their remarkable nro,ortiors 90 ad,,;-
rally adantad IN the pnrnose ,,b,. tho raii-
road compsnv had NOT ntiIi,ed tba,, Co..
| talae,ro,,b noies
At noint u,bere the mountain rone,as
had retired IN q ,,raot distance bid;n1r tbe
| far nortions of the desert in a baz, nLscu,-
itv we saw what anrearad 10 ha e,rea+
| lake but were told tbat i yyas -
which before the davs of transcortinenfai
railways had lurad man, tra,,elors D., Ia
struction
At noon IN Frida,. ,,,. bsd roocbad V,,,,o
| a nlaca of cnnsideroIJ. ;,rortarca l,,atad
| AT the iunction of tba ella and CoIorado
rivers and unIv sevsn miles from the Wevi-
can harder Here ,ya rnada an hour sto,,
| and aftar dinner at The ,-a,.,. ros,aotaI5a
| and commodions bot.I bald a,laasa,,t arJ
| instructive interviay With a groun ~ Mo.
turesnue but not very clean Io6ting savagas
| Few Of them could snaak Fn,-Iisb bnt H.
vopue,ar onos ,,,ere no. a,,.rse 20 sLo,,.;,,,
their skin with the how and arrow and ali
,vara content q, s,ora ord astarai 90 "
not all for in a few instances tbe,, war;
! Zen 10 solic;, ~ +bair -. aiaioro.oi,.
| drassed eastern brotbars tho lift of ta,,-
cent niece annarantIv cons;Jerins, ,Leir
side Of the show the more valuable some
of the admits we y,ar, inforr,ad aro II, tho
emplov of the railroad comnanv and tbeir
adobe dwellings form an imnnrfant mart of
the nloce
Crossing the Colorado river ber. ,ro rac-
os,piya tbs fact that at Iast ~. 49, .,+,.aoI
ing the soil" of California Rnt ubat on
introduction IN a.. state ,ybicb aIair,s tS s,',.-
mass lis sister states in natural reso,,r.as +,
| Shades of sahara Vas L,t ,,.a f,rrr,+
As California affords snots which snrSass
all other narts of the Irnion in noint of fer
tilitv so sbe ;s abla ~ 90 tbarn one hettar
| in noiut of harrauness AND nttsr dasoIation