Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-15

spanning at u mes hollow Wlun Orluge,
then burrowing into the mountain by a
tunnel, of the trees and shrubs, many of
them now Towering.
also made the acquaintance on the
train of young Mr.. Wright from Mime
sota whose father came from Chittenden
Co., and | understood was related to the
Wrights of Orwell. This young man
knew we'll Cray, Kitchell and Davenport,
Middlebury boys at Minneapolis. |
found him very Intelligent, especially in
the matter of the races of men and the
division of languages. The hotels in
Mexico now are well filled and to large
extent with American tourists. The rail-
road officials told me that their business
had doubled each year.
The Vera Cruz train makes close con-
nection at Mexico with that for Ell Paso.
Depots are perhaps 100 rods apart. Ar
rived at the Mexican Central depot the
train stood ready quietly waiting, the
last car a ve1y excellent Pullman sleeper.
My things soon had lin this, excepting
the Mexican table, which had to go by
express. There were two American
young couples from Indianapolis, pretty
happy at the idea of getting back. This
feeling found universal and is due most
ly perhaps to the want of comforts in
Mexico and partly no doubt to a dislike
of the race. One of these young women
remarked that she saw that day picture
of George Washington and took great
interest in it, though she had never been
especially fond of George before. After
wards a gentleman and wife and wife's
sister got on, who came from Chicago,
and gentleman and wife from Iowa. A
music dealer from New York, and a
young German fruit grower from Cali
fornia completed our company. All these
came through to Ell Paso.
In the morning another Pullman car,
an excursion car from st. Louis, was
fastened to our train and pulled through
to Ell Paso. Our first days ride, We'd
nesday, was through the States of Guam
jauato, small corner of Jalisco and
Aguas Calentes, as far as Zacatecas. 1t
was through a very fertile valley and
that looked much prettier than anything
of equal extent that we saw on the other
road. We arrived at Zacatecas Just at
dark. 1t is large city with a wonder
fully romantic location. In a long, deep,
but high raised valley that seems entirely
surrounded with lofty mountains. The
, railroad winds around the city and above
it for f,,1ito Iicto ia, tho
morning we passed again through re-
gion that was made quite fertile by irri-
. CATION. This was in Durango, but after
, entering Chihuahua, the most northern
of the central States of Mexico. there
was little to be seen but sage brush and
desert and bare distant mountains, those
to the west the highest and nearest. The
=, railroad here must be $50 miles from the
4 Pacific. Much of this, as understand. is
= mountainous where the widest and prn-
! cipal part of the Sierra Madre extends.
1t would, think. be very interesting to
pierce these mountains, and explore the
Pacific coast. There seem to be many
i rivers that flow from them to the Pacific,
so that their valleys must be we'll
watered.
The night shut down upon us again
> Retiring hour of the car about 10, though
: the porter begins to make up his berths
: at 8. Friday morning all were up in
| good season and ready for the breakfast,
i that was at I 10, at Paso del Norte, in
: Mexico, Just cross the river Rio Grande
from Ell Paso, in Texas. The breakfast
was sufficiently poor; after it soon we
y were pulled across the river. 1t was a
clear, bright morning; signs of snow up
on the low, near mountains. An Ameri-
can bus waited for us. Indeed, in a mo-
j. ment everything was changed.
T. American civilization, the most ad-
vanced of any on earth, met us with
T open hands. Handsome blocks of build
ings, elegant stores, houses built for
u beauty or pleasantness and comfort,
e handsome equipages, and everywhere
s signs of growth and prosperity. Most
: fortunate is it that over one-half of the
! Mexican country was rescued from its
c degradation ana is being settled under an
IS enlightened civilization. Lower Cali
L fornia at least should follow. and perhaps
! Sonora.
% Feb. 3. Sunday Evening.
Is 1t is an exceedingly agreeable popula-
t ton that one sees at this town. | attend
ed today the Presbyterian church. 1t is
d small but neat, and was quite well filled.
y The preacher was Young man, spoke
4 extempore and with good deal OF
he ability. Ell Paso is planned out for a
N large city, and | think is sure to become
a one. Besides number of fine blocks OF
10 stores it has a court house that is quite
N an imposing building, costing $4,000
I'd The weather continues clear and fine, but
e. cool. am told the thermometer falls a
IN times here close to zero.