The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-06-20
Monterey. mexIeo.

EDITOR EMPORIA NEWS.-This
beautiful city of over 10000 in
habitants is situated on plateau 1 800
above the sea leYel. nestles closely
among the foot hills of the grand old
Sierra Madre. or mother mountains,
that looms sublimely upward from the
south east fully 1000 feet, picturesque
in the extreme. Her situation for
beauty is unsurpassed in either repub-
lie, sheltered by her mountain bull
warks, EMPOWERED in her groves of
orange, agnacate and other semitrop-
of rareSt tint. She is to the traveller
real panorama of beauty. Her
streets and her architecture
is borrowed by the Spanish from
the MOors, whence it dates back
to Ham and Shem. Quaint as il is, it
yet possesses wierd charm for every
one who is so fortunate as to be able to
yield himself to its destinations. To
the south of the city runs the Rio San
Juan, and from this pure mountain
river acqius bitches or viaducts) con-
vey clear streams of water to every part
of the city, through gardens, plazas,
along streets wherever it is needed for
| the purpose of identifying the city.
Beautiful trees, shrubs and flowers line
| these silver streams. To the west, on
| one of the foot hills overlooking. the
city, stands the famous Bishops Palace
commanding both the city and the
wagon road to Saltillo. 1t was this
| citadel, and the Black Fort situated
on the plain north of the city that
proved such serious obstacles to Gener-
/ al Taylor and his command in Septem-
Der, 1847. To the southwest, a spur of
| the grand range known as Sierra de
| la Silla, or Saddle mountain, stands
out clear and alone against the blue
sky. 1t is claimed that this monstrOuS
| saddle is the model from which the
we'll known Mcclellan saddle was tax
en-. Whether this be true, l know not,
but l do know nature never formed Il
more perfect saddle than the one above
described. 1t is impossible to convey
to the reader the spell that possesses
one as he wanderS along Monterey IS
boulder paved streets, charmed with
types of the bYgOne centuries. Here
and there he will see the AStic and OIL
tee, pure and simple as in days of the
MonteZumas, and their women
grinding corn on the metataS, not I'M
like the Hebrew women two thousand
years ago. Nay, more; he will see the
dark-eYed Senoritas with their urns at
the fountain for water, as were Rebec-
ca and Rachel in the days of the patri-
archS. In brief, he Will see much OF
the past in real life-manners and GUS
toms, as well as in agriculture. archi-
lecture. etc. And would you shut out
the busy world, with its giant schemes,
of commerce, its stupendous enterprises
and transcendent exhibitions of genius
that holds this age spell-bound, then
enter one of their markets and you
find yourself waited back to the days
of Abraham. There sits mild-eyed
woman on rude tiled floor with heI
lentils, pepper and algums. on the one
side and her copper shekels on the 9TH
er; and there is a bright-eyed boy with
his kids and doves. Everywhere is life
and chatter, each intent upon exhibit
ing the virtues of his or her wares
The scene is both antique and unique
kind of antiquated Kaleidoscope, .
live mosaic, all of the centuries gone
but without tint or touch of the pres
emit. A. NJ. E.