Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-06-19

OF & iacal, pronounced "herkal" and forth
with dogs, pigs, burros, chickens, children
people and 1lees turn in and have house
warming.
You understand that the class Elm
describing il of the lowest frontier type
OF course there are cultivated, srstocratiC
and wealthy MexicaDe in Pisdres Ne.
gras, and the interior, but this lower
class do not impress ons with the idea that
life Is worth living a. they live. Cock fight
ing is the regular Sunday amusement. |
| have not INDUCED iii ,he sight, although |
did ''do rs the turkeys tio' and took in q
regular Mexican circus one Sunday night.
Ten mimi oe after the performance opened
a wind siofm broke it up. Idon'rstate this
as provideutia st al for tho circus had
been and continued showing up every night
and Sunday, too, n'.ii i week past.
The sol! is fertile, hut needs irrigation.
Rain is seldom seen this year being q no.
table exception: 4 jersey farmer could come
here, rig up lump. and make fortune
with truck There is no market in either
town One has TO 60 and trust to luck to
find vegetables. The meat is good, but it
all sells for the same price, and as conse-
quence the cutting up of beef is OF no i'm.
portance. Judging from some have seen
the beef is killed a0d & blind map turned
loose on it with an axe--this gives variety.
A tender-oin is from the head one tlay and
the hoof the next. San Antonio supplies
most of the vegetables, aud loses no money
in doing so. Thipk OF sending 167 miles for
green goods.
have the pleasure Of serenede about
twice week since Il young Mexican has
become smitten with damsel close by. He
brings bis harp and friend ,silh what ap.
pears to he big banjo and nlakes g noise
like & tom-tom locKs, and they do give
mighty sweet music But il il ,idicuious to
see a six-foot man bending over three-foot
harp, vile the other ia sitting in the street
and the girl 10 sound asleep, at least | Judge
so, Tor no sign mas ever been given IGat she
hears / ana told it is the custom for young
fellows 10 90 Oh disturbing the peace in this
way for years unless death, himself, or some
other gallant, gets the girl and gives silent
night chance to refresh the weary or allow
the wax seful tc hear the bed dtick in comfort.
must give you three more OF the sights
which struck me as peculiar before | say
goodnight. Last Sunday, wandering around
Piedras Negras with a friend we raffSacross a
little Catholic church. 4 description OF its nte-
rior would not interest you, unless the fact Of
there being no seats save three or four benches
ranged along the walls open up copjectures as to
where tho congregation sit. Personally l cannot
say, but I understand that in public entertain
ments il is tie custom to bring your own seat.
The occupants OF the church were a young girl
very goodlcoking-seeted on piece of carpet at
2 confessional and paying attention TO the sdmo-
nitions Of the priest with her ears while her eyes
took in the operations OF a painter who, with his
varnish in 2 beer bottle, was busy renovating an
altar OF wood painted red. The time was eleven
o'clock do not mention this s2vo to show that
am in strange country.
Coming down town, my friend called my atten
ton to an open doorway, and said that there was
light within, which, seeing for the first time,
would strike me as novel, and On his assurance
that no objections would be raised, took good
lock- woman with child in her lap was busi-
" engaged in examining its head, while girl,
just tall enough to reach up, was performing the
same kind ofiico for the woman and p smaller
child was busy on the girl. Four in a row, and
all trying apparently to get back CT obtain for the
first time controllng interest in that portion OF
their anatomy and were having q cracking good
time in tho war of determination. i mention this
to show that there is more than one kind of bird
which without wings gets there or adjacent.
II any of you arc awake, please forgive me and
accept my GOODNIGHT